HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND PROFESSOR OF MODERN
HISTORY AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND

1883

228. f. 53

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PREFACE.

THE object of this little book is to attempt to tell the story of our country's history for young children. Important events have been given in fuller detail than is usual, so as to awaken an interest in them, though no story has been told simply because it is interestingroom having been made for this by omitting much that would be merely burdensome to the memory. Very few dates have been inserted, with the exception of those of the kings' reigns. For the useful Analysis and Notes which have been added to the present edition, I have to express my warm thanks to Mr. T. PARRY, of Liverpool, from whom I have received great assistance in revising the sheets as they passed through the press.

1. The Britons.-Nearly two thousand years ago, the island in which we live was called Britain. The people who lived in it were called Britons. They could not read or