al-fisher reaps the prize of his toil as
he leads his bride to her home.

THE END.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.

BY JOHN RICHARD GREEN

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"I thank you very much for sending me Mr. Green's book. I have read it
with genuine admiration. It bears marks of great ability in many ways.
There is a vast amount of research, great skill in handling and
arranging the facts, a very pleasant and taking style, but chief of all
a remarkable grasp of the subject--many-sided as it is in its unity and
integrity--which makes it a work of real historical genius. I am sure I
wish it all the success it deserves; and you are quite at liberty to
give my opinion about it to any one who asks it."--_Extract from Letter
of W. Stubbs, M.A., Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford._

"I think Mr. Green's 'Short History of the English People' admirably
suited for students in the Universities and for the higher classes in
schools. The object of the book, that of combining the history of the
people with the history of the kingdom, is most successfully carried
out, especially in the earlier part. It gives, I think, in the main, a
true and accurate picture of the general course of English history. It
displays throughout a firm hold on the subject, and a singularly wide
range of thought and sympathy. As a composition, too, the book is clear,
forcible, and brilliant. It is the most truly original book of the kind
that I ever saw."--_Extract from Letter of Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L.,
LL.D., &c. &c._

"Rightly taken, the History of England is one of the grandest human
stories, and Mr. Green has so taken it that his book should delight the
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Letter of Professor Henry Morley._

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which all others, if young and old are wise, will be speedily and surely
set aside. It is perhaps the highest praise that can be given to it,
that it is impossible to discover whether it was intended for the young
or for the old.