High school history of England and Canada
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is part of: B.C. Historical Documents Collection
creator: Buckley, Arabella B. (Arabella Burton), 1840-1929
creator: Robertson, W. J.
issued: 2017-06-05
issued: 1891
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extent: 435 pages
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note: ■HHM1 ?mi(ph /? O 9.. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. ^ / UO ®~/LJ j4. 1J-HIGH SCHOOL AA " / 4&H mf HISTORY OF ENGLAND * jk M $ BY ARABELLA B/BUCKLEY (mes. fisher) AND W. J. ROBERTSON, B.A., LL.B. AND HISTORY OF 3^1 CANADA BY W. J. ROBERTSON, B.A., LL.B. R&» Jtuthomeb bg the (limitation |p.qrartmettt #£ (Dntaria. Q>6 / Q> ^ L?ORONTO : THEfCOPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED, 1891. ■1 PREFACE In the small space allowed me in this little book, I have tried to set before young readers a connected history of the rise and development of England. While giving as far as possible the chief facts required by students, I have been especially anxious to present a vivid picture of the life, the difficulties, and the achievements of our ancestors ; showing how our laws, our constitution, our trade, and our colonies have arisen. If this short sketch opens the way to the study of more comprehensive histories, leading those now growing up into citizens of a widespread empire to take a lively interest in the past, present, and future of our nation, it will have done its work. At the same time, as it is necessary in school teaching that dates and facts should be firmly rooted in the memory, I have endeavoured, with the help of Messrs. Acland and Ransome's admirable Outlines, so to arrange the Table of Contents at the beginning of the volume that it may offer a clear abstract of the facts of each chapter, and also serve as a Chronological Table, giving the dates in their due succession. Among so many figures, both in the table and the text, there must inevitably be swme errors in spite of every care. When any such are discovered, I shall be grateful to those who will point them out that they may be corrected. Upoott Avenbl, Highamptom, CANADIAN AUTHOR'S PREFACE. A brief explanation of the Canadian author's share in this History is, perhaps, desirable: The revision and classification of the matter of Miss Buckley's History of England has been carried out with a scrupulous regard to maintaining intact the…
has type: Books
identifier: D21 .C66 1891
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0370064
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : Copp, Clark
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subject: History--Historical texts
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