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January, 1902.
NOTEโthe order in which the books are placed is, on the whole, according to the periods dealt with; occasionally the grouping decided on has prevented absolute correctness in this respect.
PRE-CHRISTIAN ERA.SARCHEDON โ G. J. Whyte Melville
Ancient Babylon and the Assyrians
W. Thacker & Co., and Ward, Lock, & Co.
UARDA โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
EgyptโRameses Sesostris
Sampson Low & Co.
ZOROASTER โ F. Marion Crawford
Zoroaster, the Persian Religious Reformer
Macmillan & Co.
AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
EgyptโAmasis and Cambyses, 6th Century B. C.
Sampson Low & Co.
THE FALL OF ATHENS โ A. J. Church
Peloponnesian War
Seeley & Co.
A YOUNG MACEDONIAN โ A. J. Church
Alexander the Great
Seeley & Co.
SALAMMBO โ Gustave Flaubert (trans.)
Rome versus Carthage
G. P. Putnam's Sons, and Grant Richards
THE LION'S BROOD โ Duffield Osborne
Rome versus Carthage
W. Heinemann
LORDS OF THE WORLD โ A. J. Church
Rome versus Carthage.
Blackie & Son
THE SISTERS โ Georg Ehers (trans.)
EgyptโPtolemy Philometer, and Euergetes
Sampson Low & Co.
THE HAMMER โ A. J. Church and R. Seeley
Maccabaean Times
Seeley & Co.
DEBORAH โ J. M. Ludlow
Maccabaean Times
J. Nisbet & Co.
HELON'S PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM โ F. Strauss (trans.)
Judaism in the Century preceding Christ
J. Mawman, London, 1824
PRUSIAS โ Ernst Eckstein (trans.)
The Slave Revolt under Spartacus.
Trubner & Co.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO โ A. J. Church
RomeโSpartacus and Mithridates
Blackie & Son
WOE TO THE CONQUERED โ Alfred Clark
Roman Life, B. C. 73-71
Sampson Low & Co.
A FRIEND OF CAESAR โ W. S. Davis
Pompey and Caesar
Macmillan & Co.
CLEOPATRA โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
Latter Years of Cleopatra.
Sampson Low & Co.
NEAERA โ John W. Graham
Rome under Tiberius (A. D. 26)
Macmillan & Co.
PHILOCHRISTUS โ Anonymous
Memoirs of a Disciple of Christ
Macmillan & Co.
BEN HUR โ Lew Wallace
Rome in the time of Christ
Harper & Brothers, and others
TARRY THOU TILL I COME (Salathiel) โ G. Croly
Judaism and Christianity (the early struggle)
Funk & Wagnalls Co.
AS OTHERS SAW HIM โ Anonymous
Early Christianity (A. D. 54)
W. Heinemann
BERIC THE BRITON โ G. A. Henty
Roman Invasion of Britain
Blackie & Son
ONESIMUSโ Anonymous
Memoirs of a Disciple of Paul
Macmillan & Co.
QUO VADIS? โ H. Sienkiewicz (trans.)
Rome in the time of Nero
J. M. Dent & Co.
NERO โ Ernst Eckstein (trans.)
Rome in the time of Nero
Trubner & Co.
THE BURNING OF ROME โ A. J. Church
Rome in the time of Nero
Seeley & Co.
ACTE โ Hugh Westbury
Rome in the time of Nero
Bentley
DARKNESS AND DAWN โ Dean Farrar
Persecutions under Nero
Longmans, Green, & Co.
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII โ Lytton
Time of Vespasian
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE GLADIATORS โ G. J. Whyte Melville
Fall of Jerusalem
W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.
DOMITIA โ S. Baring-Gould
Time of Domitian
Methuen & Co.
MASTERS OF THE WORLD โ Mary A. M. Hoppus
Time of Domitian
Bentley, 1888
QUINTUS CLAUDIUS โ Ernst Eckstein (trans.)
Time of Domitian
W. S. Gottsberger
VALERIUS โ J. G. Lockhart
Time of Trajan (Rome)
W. Blackwood & Sons
TO THE LIONS โ A. J. Church
Christians and the Younger Pliny
Seeley & Co.
ANTINOUS โ George Taylor (trans.)
Time of Hadrian
William S. Gottsberger, New York, 1882
MARIUS THE EPICUREAN โ W. Pater
Time of Marcus Aurelius
Macmillan & Co.
PER ASPERA โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
Alexandria in time of Emperor Caracalla
Sampson Low & Co.
PERPETUA โ S. Baring-Gould
Nimesโbeginning of Third Century
Isbister & Co.
THE CAMP ON THE SEVERN โ A. D. Crake
Persecution in Britain
Mowbray & Co.
THE VILLA OF CLAUDIUS โ E. L. Cutts
Roman occupation of Britain
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
CALLISTA โ J. H. Newman
North Africa persecutions
Longmans, Green, & Co.
*THE EPICUREAN โ Thomas Moore
Worship of Isis (Egypt)
Downey & Co.
* This tale, it must be admitted, is given a place mainly on account of its literary interest; as a historical romance it has been very severely criticised.
AURELIAN โ W. Ware
Romeโlate Third Century
Warne & Co.
THE LAST DAYS AND FALL OF PALMYRA (ZENOBIA) โ W. Ware
Zenobia and Longinus
Cassell & Co. ("Red Library," 1890)
HOMO SUM โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
Christians in Arabia
Sampson Low & Co.
*OUR FOREFATHERS (Die Ahnen) โ Gustav Freytag (trans.)
Germany A. D. 357
Asher & Co., 1873
* The collective title of a series in which the history of a family is made to illustrate successive stages of German Civilisation. The English translation does not extend beyond the first two stories, dealing with the years 357 and 724 respectively; the remaining four stories (published by Hirzel of Leipsic, 1874-80) depict German life in 1226, 1519, 1647, and 1805.
THE LAST ATHENIAN โ V. Rydberg (trans.)
Athens A. D. 361
T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia
*THE DEATH OF THE GODS โ D. Merejkowski (trans.)
The Emperor Julian
Constable & Co.
* No. 1 of the trilogy "Christ and Anti-Christ."
JETTA โ George Taylor (trans.)
Heidelberg under the Romans
Trubner & Co., 1886
SERAPIS โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
Alexandria A. D. 391
Trubner & Co., 1885
A DUKE OF BRITAIN โ Sir Herbert Maxwell
Picts and Romans
W. Blackwood & Sons
GATHERING CLOUDS โ Dean Farrar
Chrysostom [late Fourthโearly Fifth Century]
Longmans, Green, & Co.
CONQUERING AND TO CONQUER โ Mrs. Charles
Jerome [late Fourthโearly Fifth Century]
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
FABIOLA โ Cardinal Wiseman
Rome early Fifth Century
Burns, 1855
HYPATIA โ Charles Kingsley
Alexandria
Macmillan & Co.
THE COUNT OF THE SAXON SHORE โ A. J. Church
Departure of Romans from Britain
Seeley & Co.
ATTILA โ G. P. R. James
Decline of Roman Empire
Warne & Co.
FELICITAS โ Felix Dahn (trans.)
The German Migrations, A. D. 476
Macmillan & Co.
BUILDERS Of THE WASTE โ Thorpe Forrest
Britains v. Anglians in Yorkshire
Duckworth & Co.
A STRUGGLE FOR ROME โ Felix Dahn (trans.)
The Ostrogoths and Belisarius
R. Bentley, 1878
ANTONINA โ Wilkie Collins
Rome in 546
Chatto & Windus
HAVELOK THE DANE โ C. W. Whistler
Denmark and England
T. Nelson & Sons
SHAVEN CROWN โ M. Bramston
Conversion of the Surrey Border (time of Ethelbert)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
THE SON OF AELLA โ Gertrude Hollis
Conversion of Northumbria
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
CAEDWALLA โ F. Cowper
Saxons in the Isle of Wight
Seeley & Co.
THE BRIDE OF THE NILE โ Georg Ebers (trans.)
Egypt, A. D. 643
Trubner & Co.
* The second tale in Freytag's "Our Forefathers" (vide Fourth
Century section) illustrates the Germany of A. D. 724.
THE INVASION โ G. Griffin
Ireland and Northern Europe in second half of the Eighth Century
Saunders & Otley, London, 1832
A THANE OF WESSEX โ C. W. Whistler
Ethelwulf (mid Ninth Century)
Blackie & Son
THE WOOING OF OSYTH โ Kate T. Sizer
Edmund the Martyr
Jarrold & Sons
*THE KING'S SONS โ G. Manville Fenn
Alfred and his times
E. Nister
* A very slight but charming story of Alfred's boyhood, specially suited for the very young.
IN AELFRED'S DAYS and UNDER THE BLACK RAVEN โ Paul Creswick
Alfred and his times
E. Nister
GOD SAVE KING ALFRED โ E. Gilliat
Alfred and his times
Macmillan & Co.
THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN โ G. A. Henty
Alfred and his times
Blackie & Son
KING ALFRED'S VIKING โ C. W. Whistler
Alfred and his times
T. Nelson & Sons
A HERO KING โ Eliza F. Pollard
Alfred and his times
Partridge & Co.
TWIXT DAYDAWN AND LIGHT โ Gordon Stables
Alfred and his times
J. F. Shaw & Co.
A LION OF WESSEX โ Tom Bevan
Alfred and his times
Partridge & Co.
THE LITTLE DUKE โ Charlotte M. Yonge
NormandyโRichard the Fearless
Macmillan & Co.
EKKEHARD โ Scheffel (trans.)
GermanyโThe Huns, &c.
Sampson Low & Co.
EDWY THE FAIR โ A. D. Crake
BritainโDunstan
Longmans, Green, & Co.
THE VIKINGS OF THE BALTIC โ G. W. Dasent
The Vikingsโlast quarter of Tenth Century
Chapman & Hall, 1875
OLAF THE GLORIOUS โ Robert Leighton
Russia and Norway
Blackie & Son
THE FALL OF ASGARD โ Julian Corbett
St. Olaf's Days
Macmillan & Co.
KING OLAF'S KINSMAN โ C. W. Whistler
Ethelred the Unready
Blackie & Son
WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANE โ C. W. Whistler
Edmund Ironside
Blackie & Son
ALFGAR THE DANE โ A. D. Crake
Edmund Ironside
Longmans, Green, & Co.
EDWARD THE EXILE โ Mary Davidson
Edward the Confessor's period (abroad)
Hodder & Stoughton
HAROLD โ Lytton
The Norman Conquest
George Routledge & Sons
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR โ Sir Charles Napier
The Norman Conquest
George Routledge, 1858
THE CAMP OF REFUGE โ C. Macfarlane
The Norman Conquest
Constable & Co.
HEREWARD THE WAKE โ Charles Kingsley
The Norman Conquest
Macmillan & Co.
THE RIVAL HEIRS โ A. D. Crake
The Norman Conquest
Longmans, Green, & Co.
WULF THE SAXON โ G. A. Henty
The Norman Conquest
Blackie & Son
RUFUS, OR THE RED KING โ Anonymous
William II.
Constable & Co. (reprint announced)
IN THE DAYS OF ST. ANSELM โ Gertrude Hollis
William II.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS โ Scott
First Crusade
A. & C. Black
GOD WILLS IT โ W. S. Davis
First Crusade
Macmillan & Co.
PABO THE PRIEST โ S. Baring-Gould
Time of Henry I.
Methuen & Co.
A LEGEND OF READING ABBEY โ C. Macfarlane
Time of Stephen
Constable & Co.
THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN โ R. D. Chetwode
Time of Stephen
C. A. Pearson
VIA CRUCIS โ F. Marion Crawford
Second Crusade
Macmillan & Co.
THE BETROTHED โ Scott
Henry II.
A. & C. Black
FOREST OUTLAWS โ E. Gilliat
Henry II.
Seeley & Co.
IN HIS NAME โ E. E. Hale
The Waldenses
Seeley & Co.
THE TALISMAN โ Scott
Richard I.
A. & C. Black
IVANHOE โ Scott
Richard I.
A. & C. Black
RICHARD YEA-AND-NAY โ Maurice Hewlett
Richard I.
Macmillan & Co.
MAID MARIAN โ Thomas Love Peacock
Richard I.
Macmillan & Co.
THE BLUE BANNER โ Leon Cahun (trans.)
Period of Crusades and the Mongol Conquest (late Twelfth to early
Thirteenth Century).
Sampson Low & Co.
ROYSTON GOWER โ Thomas Miller
Time of John
Colburn, 1838
RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR โ J. G. Edgar
Time of John (the Charter)
Ward, Lock, & Co.
WALDEMAR โ B. S. Ingemann (trans.)
Denmark, 1204
Saunders & Otley, 1841
THE MOST FAMOUS LOBA โ N. K. Blissett
Persecution of the AlbigensesโCarcassonne
Wm. Blackwood & Sons
PHILIP AUGUSTUS โ G. P. R. James
France in early Thirteenth Century
Warne & Co.
LA BATTAGLIA DI BENEVENTO โ F. D. Guerrazzi
Italyโperiod of Emperor Frederick II.
Guiseppe Maspero, Milan, 1829
THE COUNTESS TEKLA and THE STRONG ARM โ Robert Barr
Germany mid-Thirteenth Century
Methuen & Co.
'NEATH THE HOOF OF THE TARTAR; OR, THE SCOURGE OF GOD โ
Baron Nicolas Josika (trans.)
Hungaryโthe Tartar Invasion
Jarrold & Sons
A CLERK OF OXFORD โ E. Everett Green
Henry III.โBarons' Wars
T. Nelson & Sons
HOW I WON MY SPURS โ J. G. Edgar
Henry III.โBarons' Wars
Ward, Lock, & Co.
A STOUT ENGLISH BOWMAN โ E. Pickering
Period of Henry III.
Blackie & Son
THE ROBBER BARON OF BEDFORD CASTLE โ A. J. Foster and E. C.
Cuthell
Period of Henry III.
T. Nelson & Sons
THE THIRSTY SWORD โ Robert Leighton
Norse Invasion of Scotland, 1262-3
Blackie & Son
THE PRINCE AND THE PAGE โ Charlotte M. Yonge
8th Crusade
Macmillan & Co.
THE KING'S REEVE โ E. Gilliat
Time of Edward I.
Seeley &
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