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TERPRISE._ Compiled and re-written by W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of "Great English Churchmen," &c. With Map. Crown 8vo. Cloth boards, 5_s._ _CHRISTIANS UNDER THE CRESCENT IN ASIA._ By the Rev. EDWARD L. CUTTS, B.A., Author of "Turning Points of Church History," &c. With numerous Illustrations. Post 8vo. Cloth boards, 5_s._ _HEROES OF THE ARCTIC AND THEIR ADVENTURES._ By FREDERICK WHYMPER, Esq., Author of "Travels in Alaska." With Map, Eight full-page and numerous small Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. Cloth boards, 3_s._ 6_d._ _CHINA._ By Professor ROBERT K. DOUGLAS, of the British Museum. With Map, and eight full-page Illustrations on toned paper, and several Vignettes. Post 8vo. Cloth boards, 5_s._ _RUSSIA: PAST AND PRESENT._ Adapted from the German of Lankenau and Oelnitz. By Mrs. CHESTER. With Map, and three full-page Woodcuts and Vignettes. Post 8vo. Cloth boards, 5_s._ Depositories: LONDON: NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET. Footnotes: [1] Laurentius, Mellitus, and Justus agreed that it was better for them to go back to their own country, and there serve God with minds at rest, than to live fruitlessly among barbarians who had revolted from the faith (Bede, ii. 5). It was in pursuance of this resolution that Mellitus and Justus crossed the Channel, and Laurentius prepared to follow them. [2] The last decade of the century usually played an important part in the period which our present consideration covers. From 190 to 200, Christianity made such progress in Britain as to justify the remark of Tertullian quoted on page 54. From 290 to 300, Constantius secured his position. From 390 to 400, the last great stand against the barbarian invaders on the north was made by the help of Roman arms. From 490 to 500, the great victory of the Britons under Ambrosius Aurelianus over the Saxons rolled back for many years the English advance. From 590 to 600, the Christianising of the English began to be a fact. [3] See page 96. [4] Ecclesiastical History of the Franks, ix. 37. [5] Page 120. [6] _Daily Chronicle_, June 30, 1893. [7] _Standard_, May 30, 1893. [8] _Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_ (late Canterbury copy). Green, _Making of England_, p. 111. [9] There is a very interesting discussion in a recent book, _The History of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury_, by the Rev. C. F. Routledge, Honorary Canon of Canterbury, on
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