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Quarterly Review<\/h1>\n\t

Published 1809-1967. Quarterly, 6s. This was the high Tory review, and the first among its competitors to be founded \u2013 before the Whig Edinburgh<\/em> or the Radical Westminster<\/em>. It was published by John Murray. Historian contributors included Lord Acton and J. A. Froude. (See DNCJ<\/em>, where all quotations appear, for further information and references to additional sources; online edition ProQuest British Periodicals.)<\/p>\n\t

\n\n \u201cAmerican Annals; or, a Chronological History of America from Its Discovery in 1492 to 1806.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 2, no. 4: (1809): 319\u201337.\n         Discusses the work of Dr. [Abiel] Holmes by summarizing key points and scrutinizing missing material, lack of sufficient information, and having too broad and unmanageable a focus. Reviewed: Holmes, Abiel. American Annals; or, a Chronological History of America from its Discovery in 1492 to 1806.\n \u201cThe History of Barbadoes, from the First Discovery of the Island in the Year 1605, till the Accession of Lord Seaforth, 1801.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 1, no. 2: (1809): 258\u201368.\n         Briefly discusses John Poyer\u2019s book, stating that this account is uninteresting but does not truly explore the history of the Island. The article then moves on to offer detailed information about the Island beyond governmental affairs by commenting on the slave trade and the population problems of the colonial islands of the West Indies. Reviewed: Poyer, John. The History of Barbadoes from the first discovery of the island in the year 1605, till the accession of Lord Seaforth, 1801.\n \u201cA History of the Political Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt; Including Some Account of the Times in Which He Lived.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 4, no. 7: (1810): 207\u201371.\n         A mixed review of Gifford\u2019s political biography of William Pitt (1708-1778). The reviewer attacks the sources used, points out the elements of this period that have been overlooked, discusses the bias that can occur when writing history, and instructs readers as to how a political biography should be written. Reviewed:\u202f: Gifford, John. A History of the Political Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt; including some Account of the Times in which he lived.\n \u201cEcclesiastical Biography, or Lives of Eminent Men Connected with the History of Religion in England, from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 4, no. 7: (1810): 93\u2013103.\n         Examines the bibliographical scholarship of Christopher Wordsworth, which addresses the biographies of men of the English Church in the 16th and 17th century. The review focuses on how Wordsworth selected subjects and biographers. Points out the importance of respecting historical sources and the usefulness of bringing old works together in a new collection. Reviewed: Wordsworth, Christopher. Ecclesiastical Biography, or Lives of Eminent Men connected with the history of Religion in England, from the commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution.\n \u201cHistory of Brazil.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 4, no. 8: (1810): 454\u201374.\n         Examines the first volume of Robert Southey\u2019s History of Brazil, which focuses on 16th-century events. For the most part, the reviewer praises the work. Commends Southey for his work\u2019s demonstration of the interaction of the European settlers, both with each other and with the native population. Reviewed: Southey. Robert. History of Brazil. See also 1817 review of vol 2.\n \u201cThe History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, and Survey of the Antiquities of Winchester.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 3, no. 6: (1810): 347\u201368.\n         A mixed review (and summary) of Rev. John Milner\u2019s book. Observes that readers may be prejudiced by the author\u2019s beliefs and principles; much of the evidence used is not credible or sufficient. Nevertheless this is a work unrivalled in many areas. Reviewed: Milner, John. The History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, and Survey of Antiquities of Winchester.\n \u201cA History of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings Attached to the University of Oxford, Including the Lives of the Founders.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 6, no. 11: (1811): 87\u201398.\n         States that this work is accurate and judicious, however the author has omitted some valuable topics. Then the reviewer goes on to offer detailed discussion of content with many lengthy excerpts from the work. Reviewed: Chambers, Alexander. History of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings attached to the University of Oxford, including the Lives of the Founders.\n \u201cHistorical Sketches of the South of India; in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of That State, to the Extinction of the Mahommedan Dynasty in 1799, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 6, no. 11: (1811): 103\u201324.\n         Reviewer offers a lengthy detailed summary but very little opinion about the work as whole, stating that a real opinion will be given when the next and final volume is completed. Reviewed: Wilks, Lieut Col. Historical Sketches of the South of India; in an Attempt to trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of that State, to the Extinction of the Mahommedan Dynasty in 1799 (1810). See entry for remaining volumes in 1817.\n \u201cHistory of Ancient Wiltshire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 6, no. 12: (1811): 440\u201348.\n         This second notice states that the book is well-organized, well-illustrated , and discusses new subject matter with judiciousness and knowledge. Offers an in-depth look at a few of the topics in the work and states that overall it this volume as well done as its predecessor. Reviewed:\u202f: Hoarse, Sir Richard Colt. History of Ancient Wiltshire. Part II.\n \u201cThe History of Ancient Wiltshire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 5, no. 9: (1811): 111\u201320.\n         Review presents some of the findings in the book that can be challenged and discusses the benefits and faults of the information, illustrations and sources used. Reviewed: Hoarse, Sir Richard Colt. The History of Ancient Wiltshire.\n \u201cThe History of Mauritius and the Neighbouring Islands, &c. &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 5, no. 9: (1811): 229\u201341.\n         Observes that, although the book is oddly structured, it brings together the many biographies it utilizes in a useful and beneficial manner and that it is beyond criticism. There is then a very detailed summary of the contents, which discusses the history of the Islands, their people, their exports, and the benefits of islands to the French and British. Reviewed: Viscount de Vaux, Charles Grant. The History of Mauritius and the neighbouring Islands.\n \u201cThe History of the Inquisitions; Including the Secret Transactions of Those Horrific Tribunals.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 6, no. 12: (1811): [313]-357.\n         Review of three works. The anonymous History<\/i> \u2018will do harm rather than good, because the manufacturer of it has indiscriminately heaped together truth and falsehood\u2019 about Catholicism and the Inquisition Reviewed: The History of the Inquisitions; including the Secret Transactions of those Horrific Tribunals (Stockdale, 1810) and two other works.\n \u201cHistory of the Reformation in Scotland; with an Introductory Book and an Appendix.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 7, no. 13: (1812): 107\u201320.\n         Comments that the author presents his work with impartiality and moral sense. But some further topics could have been included and others expanded. Reviewed: Cooke, George. History of the Reformation in Scotland; with an Introductory Book and an Appendix. (1811).\n \u201cPresent State of the Spanish Colonies; Including a Particular Report of Hispaniola, or the Spanish Part of Santo Domingo; with a General Survey of the Settlements on the South Continent of America, as Relates to the History, Trade, Population, Customs, Manners, &c. with a Concise Statement of the Sentiments of the People on Their Relative Situation to The.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 7, no. 14: (1812): [235]-264.\n         Notes that this work contains too many and varied topics; fewer topics examined in more depth would have been preferable. Reviewed: Walton, William. Present State of the Spanish Colonies; including a particular Report of Hispaniola, or the Spanish Part of Santo Domingo; with a general Survey of the Settlements on the South Continent of America, as relates to the History, Trade, Population, Customs, Manners, &c. with a concise Statement of the Sentiments of the People on their relative Situation to the Mother Country. (1812).\n \u201cThe History of the European Commerce with India. To Which Is Subjoined, a Review of the Arguments for and against the Trade with India, and the Management of It by a Chartered Company.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 7, no. 15: (1812): 114\u201344.\n         Judges that this work fills in the gaps of knowledge on this subject; it is well laid-out and overall well-done. Reviewed: Macpherson, David. The History of the European Commerce with India. To which is subjoined, a Review of the Arguments for and against the Trade with India, and the Management of it by a Chartered Company. (1812).\n \u201cHistory of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the Year 1808.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 10, no. 19: (1813): 90\u2013139.\n         The content of the three works reviewed is discussed and the similar or competing claims about related subject matter is examined. Reviewed: Bogue, James & James Bennett. History of Dissenters, from the Revolution in 1688, to the year 1808. (1812).\n \u201cThe Life of John Knox, Containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland, with Biographical Notices of the Principal Reformers, and Sketches of the Progress of Literature in Scotland, during a Great Part of the Sixteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 9, no. 18: (1813): 418\u201333.\n         Judges this work to be ample, original, and well sourced. Reviewed: McCrie, Thomas. The Life of John Knox, containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland, with Biographical Notices of the principal Reformers, and Sketches of the Progress of Literature in Scotland, during a great Part of the Sixteenth Century. (See later review of 1851 new edition.).\n \u201cHistory of the Azores, or Western Islands; Containing an Account of the Government, Laws, and Religion; the Manners, Ceremonies, and Character of the Inhabitants; and Demonstrating the Importance of These Valuable Islands to the British Empire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 11, no. 21: (1814): 190\u2013203.\n         An essay on exploration and discovery. Reviewed: Ashe, Thomas. History of the Azores, or Western Islands; containing an Account of the Government, Laws, and Religion; the Manners, Ceremonies, and Character of the Inhabitants; and demonstrating the Importance of these valuable Islands to the British Empire. (1813).\n \u201cAn Account of the Kingdom of Caubul and Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; Comprizing a View of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Doorqunee Monarchy.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 14, no. 27: (1815): 152\u201388.\n         Critiques another periodical for calling this work \u2018distinguished\u2019. Unfortunately the mission to Afghanistan had no expertise on antiquarian research or physical science; mostly concerned with contemporary international politics, i.e. with Russia. Reviewed: Elphinstone, Hon. Mountstuart. An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprizing a View of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Doorqunee Monarchy. 1815.\n \u201cA History of Inventions and Discoveries,.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 14, no. 28: (1816): 405\u201329.\n         The author\u2019s work is scholarly and philosophical, but the translator has arranged the numerous \u2018dissertations\u2019 in a disorderly way. Reviewed: Beckmann, John. A History of Inventions and Discoveries. Trans. William Johnston. 1815.\n \u201cSymbolic Illustrations of the History of England, from the Roman Invasion to the Present Time, Accompanied with a Narrative of the Principal Events, Designed More Particularly for the Instruction of Young Persons.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 15, no. 30: (1816): 418\u201319.\n         Criticizes this work, and its method of teaching history through illustrations alone, as not useful and actually rather absurd. States that these illustrations need many pages of explanation in any case and that, even with the written explanations provided, this illustrative attempt at teaching history is not very effective. Reviewed: Rundall, Mary Ann. Symbolic Illustrations of the History of England, from the Roman Invasion to the present Time, accompanied with a Narrative of the Principal Events, designed more particularly for the Instruction of Young Persons. 1815.\n \u201cThe History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time: Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of That Kingdom.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 15, no. 29: (1816): 236\u201392.\n         Praise for the author\u2019s \u2018candour and industry\u2019 despite \u2018the appalling fables\u2019 which make up the earlier chapters of Persian history. Reviewed: Malcolm, Col. Sir John. The History of Persia, from the most Early Period to the Present Time: containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of that Kingdom.\n \u201cHistorical Sketches of the South of India; in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor; from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of That State to the Extinction of the Mahomedan Dynasty in 1799.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 18, no. 35: (1817): 47\u201373.\n         Very detailed account of India in 18th century; the author is charged with indiscretion , even calumny, in describing British officers\u2019 behaviour. Reviewed: Wilks, Col. Mark. Historical Sketches of the South of India; in an Attempt to trace the History of Mysoor; from the Origin of the Hindoo Government of that State to the Extinction of the Mahomedan Dynasty in 1799. Vol. II\/Vol. III. 1817. See also review of earlier volumes in 1811.\n \u201cThe History of Brazil.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 18, no. 35: (1817): 99\u2013128.\n         A lengthy essay on the subject-matter, with reference to Southey\u2019s merits and defects as a historian. The subject is too vast and various for his biographical and narrative talents. Reviewed: Southey, Robert. The History of Brazil. Vol. II. See also 1810 review of Vol. 1.\n \u201cThe History of Java.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 17, no. 33: (1817): 72\u201396.\n         Regrets that the island has remained part of the Dutch empire. Historical information thrown hastily together. Reviewed: Raffles, Thomas Stamford. The History of Java. 1817.\n \u201cThe History of Small-Pox.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 19, no. 38: (1818): 357\u201375.\n         Includes a narrative of ancient — and Chinese — understandings of smallpox but the thrust of the article is contemporary public-health policy. A History of Vaccination by the same author is also reviewed and judged less admirable. Reviewed: Moore, James. The History of Small-pox.\n \u201cThe Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Year 1678.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 18, no. 36: (1818): 502\u201341.\n         Not an account of history, but a collection of the materials for such an account — \u2018of a dark and turbulent period\u2019. Reviewed: The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the year 1678. By the Rev. Mr James Kirkton . . . Ed from the MS by Charles Kirkpartick Sharpe. 1817.\n \u201cThe History of Greece.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 25, no. 49: (1821): 154\u201374.\n         Despite \u2018acuteness and patient investigation\u2019, Mitford is \u2018singularly deficient\u2019 in this work. A narrative without analysis, lacking eloquence and enthusiasms. And the style is \u2018obscure, inharmonious and ungrammatical\u2019. Closes by drawing parallels between the histories of Greece and Britain. Reviewed: Mitford, William. The History of Greece. Volume 5.\n \u201cThe Civil and Constitutional History of Rome, from Its Foundation to the Age of Augustus.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 27, no. 54: (1822): [273]-308.\n         Lengthy commentary which ignores the book at hand. Concludes with observation of Bankes\u2019s deficiency with respect to investigation, reflection and style. Falls short of \u2018those qualities with which we have ventured to invest the character of the genuine historian.\u2019 Reviewed: Bankes, Henry. The Civil and Constitutional History of Rome, from its Foundation to the Age of Augustus. 1818.\n \u201cA Memoir of Central India, Including Malwa and Adjoining Provinces; with the History, and Copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of That Country.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 29, no. 58: (1823): 382\u2013414.\n         Complacent assessment of the excellence of \u2018the ruling powers in this distant and magnificent appendage to the British empire\u2019. Malcolm\u2019s book is praised for his extensive knowledge of contemporary conditions in India, but the work also includes historical and geographical knowledge. Reviewed: Malcolm, John. A Memoir of Central India, including Malwa and adjoining Provinces; with the History, and copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of that Country. 1823.\n \u201cBishop Burnet\u2019s History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the First Volume, and Notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwicke and Speaker Onslow, Hitherto Unpublished. To Which Are Added the Cursory Remarks of Swift, and Other Observations.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 29, no. 57: (1823): 165\u2013213.\n         This book is part of an Oxford (Clarendon Press) series of new editions of historical works. Reviewed: Burnet, Gilbert. Bishop Burnet\u2019s History of his Own Time: with the suppressed Passages of the First Volume, and Notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwicke and Speaker Onslow, hitherto unpublished. To which are added the Cursory Remarks of Swift, and other Observations.\n \u201cHistory of the Peninsular War.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 29, no. 57: (1823): 53\u201385.\n         Reviewer expresses great pride in Englishmen\u2019s contribution; praises Southey\u2019s talents and experience, industry, research, style, knowledge etc. Concludes with some quibbles with respect to excessive detail. Reviewed: Southey, Robert. History of the Peninsular War. Vol. I. 1823.\n Barrow, John.\u201cThe Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 31, no. 61: (April 1824): 146\u201366.\n         Dismisses most of the book as \u2018being constructed of those materials which usually make up our half-crown Guides to watering places\u2019. Lyall is a Scottish physician and traveller. Book is not even mediocre; \u2018the style is mean and vulgar\u2019. Reviewed: Lyall, Robert. The Character of the Russians, and a detailed History of Moscow. 1823. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Arnold, Thomas.\u201cRomische Geschichte, von B. G. Niebuhr. History of Rome.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 32, no. 63: (June 1825): 67\u201392.\n         Niebuhr\u2019s book has been in print for 12 years at the time of this review, but its excellence is not well known in Britain. Admires German historical scholarship in general. Reviewed: Niebuhr, B.G. Romische Geschichte, von B. G. Niebuhr. History of Rome. 1811\/1812. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Procter, George.\u201cThe History of Ancient and Modern Wines.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 32, no. 63: (June 1825): 232\u201362.\n         Review is focused more on the chemistry of wine, ancient and modern, than on the history of its making and use. Includes extensive excerpts and concludes with the question of whether wine-making should be attempted in England. Reviewed: Henderson, A. The History of Ancient and Modern Wines. 1825. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Palgrave, Francis.\u201cThe History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 34, no. 67: (June 1826): 248\u201398.\n         The anonymous reviewer (Palgrave) of a new edition takes the opportunity to critique Hume\u2019s methodology and scholarship. Reviewed: Hume, David. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688. 1825. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Ellis, Henry.\u201cThe Political History of India, from 1784 to 1823.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 35, no. 69: (January 1827): 32\u201366.\n         Notes that Malcolm\u2019s earlier Political Sketch of India <\/i>is incorporated as the first 5 chapters of this work, which is also primarily concerned with contemporary and recent history. Also comments on two other pamphlets. Reviewed: Malcolm, John. The Political History of India, from 1784 to 1823. 1826. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Edwards, Edward.\u201cThe History of the British and Foreign Bible Society.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 36, no. 71: (June 1827): 1\u201328.\n         Owen\u2019s history of the BFBS\u2019s first twenty years is subsumed in the context of a contemporary dispute over publishing the apocryphal books of the Bible. Reviewed: Owen, John. The History of the British and Foreign Bible Society. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Blunt, J. J.\u201cHistory of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy, in the Sixteenth Century; Including a Sketch of the History of the Reformation in the Grisons.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 37, no. 73: (January 1828): 50\u201384.\n         A discussion of critics of the Catholic Church before Luther. Reviewed: McCrie, Thomas. History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy, in the Sixteenth Century; including a Sketch of the History of the Reformation in the Grisons. 1827. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Southey, Robert and Edward Edwards.\u201cThe Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 37, no. 73: (January 1828): 194\u2013260.\n         The anonymous reviewers (Southey and Edwards) are skeptical of the notion of separating constitutional from political and other aspects of history, and more generally of Hallam\u2019s partisanship. He is accused of misrepresentation, sophistry and special pleading. Reviewed: Hallam, Henry. The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. 1827. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Southey, Robert.\u201cChronological History of the West Indies.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 38, no. 75: (July 1828): 193\u2013241.\n         Review discusses the work of a Royal Navy captain, who has pulled together various chronicles to lay out what the reviewer describes as a shameful story. Concludes with comments on modern colonization in Australia. Reviewed: Southey, (Captain) Thomas. Chronological History of the West Indies. 1827. (Attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Southey, Robert.\u201cThe History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 39, no. 78: (April 1829): 360\u2013405.\n         Praise for local histories in general, and comments on the difficulty of writing this particular history. Reviewed: Surtees, Robert. The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. 1816-1828. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Scott, Walter.\u201cHistory of Scotland.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 41, no. 82: (November 1829): 328\u201359.\n         The anonymous reviewer (Walter Scott) discourses on the difficulties of writing a marketable history of Scotland and criticizes Tytler for being too hard on his predecessor Lord Hailes, while praising Tytler\u2019s industry and competence. Reviewed: Tytler, Patrick Fraser. History of Scotland. Vol. I and II. 1829. {attribution Wellesley Index}See also review of Vol 7, 1841.\n Williams, John.\u201cOutlines of History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 45, no. 90: (July 1831): 450\u201371.\n         Comments on political and historical change, with very little reference to the work ostensibly under review. Reviewed: Outlines of History. 1830. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Lockhart, J. G.\u201cHistory of the War of the Succession in Spain.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 47, no. 94: (July 1832): 519\u201337.\n         Opens with an acknowledgement of Stanhope family involvement in the war in question; and closes with praise for the author\u2019s skills as a historian. Also notes that manuscript correspondence has survived. Reviewed: Lord Mahon (Philip Henry Stanhope). History of the War of the Succession in Spain. 1832. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Milman, H. H.\u201cThe History of Charlemagne.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 48, no. 96: (December 1832): 421\u201355.\n         Discusses the period as a turning-point for Europe. Noting that the author intends this as first of a series on the great men of France, the reviewer (Milman) criticizes the concept and observes that James has written at too great length. Reviewed: James, G. P. R. The History of Charlemagne. 1832. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Croker, J. W.\u201cHistory of the Revolution in England in 1688.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 51, no. 102: (June 1834): 493\u2013536.\n         Postpones consideration of the author as \u2018a mere historian and speculative moralist\u2019 in favour of comparing the revolutions of 1638 and 1832. A footnote mentions that Mackintosh is deceased and the volume was continued by a colleague. The latter has written an unsatisfactory biographical sketch. Reviewed: Mackintosh, James. History of the Revolution in England in 1688. 1834. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Vivian, George.\u201cA History of Architecture.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 53, no. 106: (April 1835): 338\u201371.\n         Observes that the gentry should show more interest in the subject. The author is described as laborious and accomplished. Reviewed: Hope, Thomas. A History of Architecture. 1835.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Egerton, Francis and H. H. Milman.\u201cHistory of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Illustrated by Original Documents.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 54, no. 107: (July 1835): 78\u2013108.\n         Comments on the author\u2019s other work, and on the difficulties of working with undigested primary documents. Praise for von Raumer\u2019s \u2018impartial and scrutinizing spirit\u2019. Reviewed: von Raumer, Fredric. History of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, illustrated by original documents. trans. Lord Francis Egerton. 1835.  {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Croker, J. W. and George Murray.\u201cHistory of the War in the Peninsula and the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 56, no. 111: (April 1836): 131\u2013219.\n         First of four reviews of this work (now 4 vol.) although first volume appeared 8 years ago Compares this work favourably to \u2018literary productions of a lighter and more ephemeral nature. The stream of historical knowledge belongs to posterity as well as to the existing generation, and it is one amongst the many important duties of criticism to watch with especial care against its pollution at the fountain-head.\u2019 Expresses concern over various judgments on Napier\u2019s part. Reviewed: Napier, W.F.P. History of the War in the Peninsula and the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814. 1828-1834.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Murray, George and J. W. Croker.\u201cHistory of the War in the Peninsula, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 56, no. 112: (June 1836): 437\u201389.\n         Second article, here commenting on the third volume of the 4-volume work. Continues critique in terms of party bias, partiality to the French and against the Spaniards, and distortion of facts. Reviewed: Napier, W.F.P. History of the War in the Peninsula. 1835. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Lockhart, J. G.\u201cHistory of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 57, no. 114: (December 1836): 330\u201349.\n         Asserts that the subject is \u2018the most instructive and interesting chapter in that of the human race\u2019. Examines and reviews Lord Mahon\u2019s (Philip Henry Stanhope\u2019s) 1836 work (eventually titled: History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles). Discusses the content of the work, its merits and the sources used, and offers an overall evaluation. Reviewed: Lord Mahon. History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. vol. I. 1836. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Murray, George and J. W. Croker.\u201cNapier\u2019s History of the War in the Peninsula.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 57, no. 114: (December 1836): 492\u2013542.\n         Third article on Napier\u2019s book; includes the recently appeared 5th volume. That volume includes an \u2018Answer to Some Attacks in the Quarterly Review\u2019, which the reviewers characterize in terms of \u2018flippancy, want of temper and, above all, want of candour\u2019. Reviewed: Napier, W.F.P. Napier\u2019s History of the War in the Peninsula. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Murray, George and J. W. Croker.\u201cHistory of the War in the Peninsula, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 61, no. 121: (January 1838): 51\u201396.\n         Fourth article, which continues the critique and insists it is important not to abandon the task. Reviewed: Napier, William. History of the War in the Peninsula. article IV.  {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n \u201cOaths; Their Origin, Nature, and History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 61, no. 122: (April 1838): 390\u2013425.\n         Moderate review: author is \u2018good and conscientious\u2019 but does not offer anything new, and the historical sketch is incomplete. Reviewed: Tyler, James Endell. Oaths; their Origin, Nature, and History. 1834. (No attribution in Wellesley Index).\n Croker, J. W.\u201cSecret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George III. to the Death of George IV.; Including, amongst Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 61, no. 122: (April 1838): 425\u201327.\n         \u2018We notice another infamous publication\u2019 — not by the lady of rank whose name is on the title page, but by \u2018an anonymous slanderer\u2019 who \u2018imputes his wretched libels\u2019 to her. Reviewed: Hamilton, Lady Anne [sic]. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George III. to the Death of George IV.; including, amongst other important Matters, full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte. 1832[?]. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Tytler, Patrick Fraser.\u201cContributions to Modern History. From the British Museum and the State Paper Office.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 62, no. 124: (October 1838): 452\u201375.\n         While celebrating the value of research in the private papers of great men, the reviewer decries the waste of taxpayers\u2019 money on the publication of the Rolls Series and other government papers. The work under review is described as \u2018a failure\u2019. Reviewed: von Raumer, Fredrick. Contributions to Modern History. From the British Museum and the State Paper Office. 1836.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Blunt, J. J.\u201cThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 62, no. 124: (October 1838): 360\u201385.\n         This new edition of Gibbon includes notes by the historian the Rev. H. H. Milman, whose objective has been to correct the \u2018defect\u2019 of Gibbon\u2019s \u2018infidel principles\u2019 which have undoubtedly unsettled numerous immature minds. The anonymous reviewer (Blunt) thinks that a preliminary essay might have worked better than notes, but are glad to have a safe edition of Gibbon in circulation. Reviewed: Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. vol I-IV. 1838. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Lockhart, J. G.\u201cHistory of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 63, no. 125: (January 1839): 151\u201365.\n         Subsequent volumes continue the excellence identified in reviewing the first volume, in December 1836. The author shows \u2018courage, judgment, and taste . . . so as to give his narrative the picturesqueness of a Memoir, without sacrificing one jot of the real dignity of History.\u2019 Reviewed: Lord Mahon. History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. vol. II. 1837. vol. III. 1838.attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Ford, Richard.\u201cHistory of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic of Spain.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 64, no. 127: (June 1839): 1\u201358.\n         Observes that the subject has been hitherto neglected; welcomes the contribution of an American author to English literature. Reviewed: Prescott, William. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic of Spain. 1838. attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Burgon, J. W.\u201cEngland under the Reigns of Edward VI. and Mary, with the Contemporary History of Europe, Illustrated in a Series of Original Letters Never before Printed. With Historical Introductions, and Biographical and Critical Notes.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 65, no. 129: (December 1839): 52\u201376.\n         Comments on the \u2018indistinctness\u2019 common to much historical writing in comparison to the value of archival research. Tytler has pulled together original documents. Reviewed: Tytler, Patrick Fraser. England under the Reigns of Edward VI. and Mary, with the contemporary History of Europe, illustrated in a series of Original Letters never before printed. With Historical Introductions, and Biographical and Critical Notes. 1839. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Stanhope, Philip Henry.\u201cHistory of Scotland.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 67, no. 134: (1841): [303]-344.\n         Reviewer observes that the skills of historical research are seldom found alongside those of analysis. But Tytler shows deep research and sound judgment, with \u2018a narrative clear, vigorous, and graphic in its style, accurate and trustworthy in its statements.\u2019 But Stanhope disagrees with Tytler\u2019s reserved opinion about Mary Queen of Scots. Reviewed: Tytler, Patrick Fraser. History of Scotland. vol. VII. 1840. See also review of vols. 1-2, 1829. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Herschel, John F. W.\u201cHistory of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Times.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 68, no. 135: (June 1841): 177\u2013238.\n         Comments on the history and philosophy of science and admires Whewell\u2019s work. Reviewed: Whewell, William. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Times. 1837. attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Lockhart, J. G.\u201cHistory of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; and an Account of the Medals, Crosses, and Clasps Conferred for Naval and Military Services; with a History of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 68, no. 136: (September 1841): 413\u201344.\n         Describes this as the first comprehensive history of its subject, \u2018elaborately prepared and splendidly printed\u2019. Reviewed: Nicolas, Harris. History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire; and an Account of the Medals, Crosses, and Clasps conferred for Naval and Military Services; with a History of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover. 1839-1840. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Milman, H. H.\u201cThe History of India.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 68, no. 136: (September 1841): 377\u2013413.\n         The reviewer (historian of Greece H. H. Milman) comments on the need for a brief work and characterizes Elphinstone\u2019s research as \u2018profound without being ostentatious.\u2019 Reviewed: Elphinstone, Mountstuart. The History of India. 1841. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Milman, H. H.\u201cHistory of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 73, no. 145: (December 1843): 187\u2013235.\n         Praise for the author\u2019s skills as a historian and archival researcher (noting that Prescott\u2019s style has fewer jarring Americanisms than formerly). Reviewed: Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes. 1843. attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gleig, G. R.\u201cMilitary Miscellany; Comprehending a History of the Recruiting of the Army, Military Punishments, &c. &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 76, no. 152: (September 1845): 387\u2013424.\n         The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals <\/i>tells us that the reviewer is G. R. Glieg; author of one of the three works reviewed under this heading. He judges his own work to be \u2018more successful than in several of [Gleig\u2019s] preceding performances — writing with a love and an intimate knowledge of his subject, he condenses clearly, and now and then expatiates with happy energy.\u2019 Having dispatched all three works briefly, Glieg spends the remainder of his 38 pages on the subject of moral discipline of the British Army. Reviewed: Marshall, Henry. Military Miscellany; comprehending a History of the Recruiting of the Army, Military Punishments. 1845. With A Sketch of the Military History of Great Britain, by the Rev. G. R. Gleig, Principal Chaplain to the Forces. 1844. And A view of the Formation, Discipline, and Economy of Armies, by the late Robert Jackson. 1845. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gladstone, W. E.\u201cHistory of the Church in Scotland.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 77, no. 153: (December 1845): 220\u201352.\n         The anonymous reviewer is Gladstone in his Peelite cabinet minister days. A witty and engaged discourse on the subject, with little attention to the works ostensibly under review. Reviewed: Russell, Rev M. History of the Church in Scotland and several other works. . {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Denman, Thomas.\u201cHistory of the House of Commons from the Convention Parliament of 1688-9 to the Passing of the Reform Bill in 1832.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 77, no. 153: (December 1845): 192\u2013215.\n         The work is a collection of biographical notices of MPs. The author\u2019s judgment is \u2018candid and dispassionate\u2019, though the reviewer regrets so much attention to lawyers and so little to recent history. Reviewed: Townsend, W. Charles. History of the House of Commons from the Convention Parliament of 1688-9 to the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832. 1843. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Milman, H. H.\u201cA History of Greece: 1. Legendary Greece; 2. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 78, no. 155: (June 1846): 113\u201344.\n         The anonymous reviewer is the historian H. H. Milman. He compares British scholarship on Greece favourably with that of Germany. Admires Grote\u2019s scholarship, especially his clarification of the differences between myth and history. Extensive excerpts. Reviewed: Grote, George. A History of Greece: 1. Legendary Greece; 2. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens. 1846.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Donaldson, John William.\u201cAEgyptens Stelle in Der Weltgeschichte, &c.-Egypt\u2019s Place in the History of the World: An Historical Treatise, in Five Books.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 78, no. 155: (June 1846): 145\u201374.\n         Praise for the scholarship of the Prussian ambassador. Reviewed: Bunsen, Christian Charles Josias. AEgyptens Stelle in der Weltgeschichte, &c.-Egypt\u2019s Place in the History of the World: an Historical Treatise, in five books. vol. i-iii. Hamburg, 1845. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Eastlake, Elizabeth.\u201cBritish Costume. A Complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the British Islands.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 79, no. 158: (March 1847): 372\u201399.\n         The anonymous reviewer, frequent QR <\/i>contributor Lady Eastlake, writes in a masculine voice to critique the vagaries of men\u2019s clothing. Reviewed: Planche, J.R. British Costume. A complete History of the Dress of the Inhabitants of the British Islands. 1847. attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Milman, H. H.\u201cHistory of the Conquest of Peru.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 81, no. 162: (September 1847): [316]-350.\n         In Prescott\u2019s works, \u2018the most laborious and dispassionate inquiry, instead of chilling down the history into a cold and unstirring chronicle, actually kindles it into a strange romance; fiction is pale and spiritless before the marvellous truth\u2019. The anonymous reviewer (Milman) discusses the effect of Prescott\u2019s visual disability on his authorship, including his explanation in this book. Reviewed: Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru. 1847. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Croker, J. W.\u201cOutlines of the History of Ireland.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 83, no. 166: (September 1848): 584\u2013614.\n         The essay discusses the subject extensively, making no mention of the book ostensibly under review, which was probably an anonymous school history: Outlines of the History of Ireland for Schools and Families from the earliest period to the Union in 1800, with questions for examination, and Illustrations on wood. <\/i>Published in Dublin by William Curry Jr. & Co. Reviewed: Outlines of the History of Ireland.. Dublin, 1847.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gladstone, W. E.\u201cPresbytery Examined: An Essay, Critical and Historical, on the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland since the Reformation.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 84, no. 167: (December 1848): 78\u2013105.\n         \u2018Every peer who employs the opportunities furnished by his high position, together with his natural gifts, in conscientious labour for the public good, is now more than ever an ornament and a bulwark to the State, and a blessing to the people.\u2019 Reserves the right to criticize the Duke\u2019s views, which are nevertheless far sounder than those of Dr Arnold. Reviewed: Duke of Argyll. Presbytery examined: an Essay, Critical and Historical, on the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland since the Reformation. 1848. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Croker, J. W.\u201cThe History of England from the Accession of James II.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 84, no. 168: (March 1849): 549\u2013630.\n         The Quarterly\u2019s famous, scathing Croker review of Macaulay\u2019s two volumes on the Glorious Revolution. \u2018Mr Macaulay\u2019s historical narrative is poisoned with a rancour more violent than even the passions of the time; and the literary qualities of the work, though in some respects very remarkable, are far from redeeming its substantial defects. There is hardly a page . . . that does not contain something objectionable . . . and the whole of the . . . narrative is . . . impregnated to a really marvellous degree with bad taste, bad feeling, and . . . bad faith.\u2019 Reviewed: Macaulay, Thomas Babington. The History of England from the Accession of James II. 1849.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Stanley, A. P.\u201cHistory of Greece.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 86, no. 172: (March 1850): 384\u2013415.\n         Praise for Grote\u2019s achievement; \u2018a stately and heart-stirring narrative of the deeds of living men\u2019. The reviewer (Stanley) expresses pride in recent English successes in history-writing. Reviewed: Grote, George. History of Greece. vol. III-VIII. 1847-1850. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Reeve, Henry.\u201cMemoirs of the House of Brandenburg and History of Prussia during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 86, no. 172: (March 1850): 337\u201363.\n         The anonymous reviewer (the politician and journalist Henry Reeve) admires Ranke\u2019s archival method (\u2018the greatest conquest of modern literature over the jealousy of politics\u2019). On the other hand, the method does not help the author\u2019s fragmentary style. Translated by: Alexander and Lady Duff Gordon. Reviewed: Ranke, Leopold. Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg and History of Prussia during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 1849. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gisborne, Thomas.\u201cThe History of Agriculture in Ancient, Medioeval, and Modern Times.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 87, no. 173: (June 1850): 141\u201389.\n         An essay on the subject, with glancing references to Hoskyns\u2019s book. Critique of \u2018mild moralizing\u2019 and \u2018irrelevant\u2019 passages; suggests the author borrowed without attribution from Dickson. Reviewed: Hoskyns, Chandos Wren. The History of Agriculture in Ancient, Medioeval, and Modern Times. 1849. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Stanley, A. P.\u201cHistory of Greece.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 88, no. 175: (December 1850): 41\u201369.\n         Concentrates on Grote\u2019s fine coverage of Socrates. Continues from comments in previous (March) number. Reviewed: Grote, George. History of Greece. vol. vii-viii. 1850. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Holland, Henry.\u201cA History of the Romans under the Empire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 88, no. 176: (March 1851): 385\u2013416.\n         Merivale\u2019s book attempts to fill the void of Roman history before Gibbon\u2019s coverage. These two volumes \u2018a fair foundation for the whole work\u2019, but \u2018there is . . . a certain turgescence of phrase.\u2019 Reviewed: Merivale, Charles. A History of the Romans under the Empire. 1850. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Innes, Cosmo.\u201cThe History of the Reformation in Scotland by John Knox.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 89, no. 177: (June 1851): 33\u201356.\n         Praise for a much-needed new edition, whose margins are not \u2018disfigured . . . with controversy.\u2019 Reviewed: The History of the Reformation in Scotland by John Knox. ed. David Laing. 1848. Attribution Wellesley Index. (See earlier review of 1813 edition.).\n Cheney, Edward and R. H. Cheney.\u201cHistory of the Church of Rome to the End of the Episcopale of Damasus, A.D. 384.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 89, no. 178: (September 1851): 451\u201391.\n         Context is the \u2018papal aggression\u2019 and the article (none of the books ostensibly under review is mentioned) is sharply critical of the power of the papacy throughout Europe. Reviewed (among 8 works): Shepherd, E.J. History of the Church of Rome to the end of the Episcopale of Damasus, A.D. 384. 1851. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Bushby, Henry Jeffreys.\u201cThe History of British India, from 1805 to 1835.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 89, no. 178: (September 1851): 257\u201376.\n         An essay on the practice of suttee, and Major Ludlow\u2019s campaign to abolish it. No mention of the book by Wilson ostensibly under review. Reviewed: Wilson, Horace Hayman. The History of British India, from 1805 to 1835. vol.III. 1848. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n O\u2019Sullivan, Mortimer.\u201cA Primer of the History of the Holy Catholic Church in Ireland, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Formation of the Modern Irish Branch of the Church of Rome.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 91, no. 181: (June 1852): 37\u201372.\n         Context is the contemporary expectation of the decline of Catholicism in Ireland. Reviewed: King, Rev. R. A Primer of the History of the Holy Catholic Church in Ireland, from the Introduction of Christianity to the Formation of the Modern Irish Branch of the Church of Rome. 3rd ed. 1851. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Colton, D. T.\u201cThe History of England during the Thirty Years\u2019 Peace, 1816-46.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 91, no. 181: (June 1852): 160\u201395.\n         Two works of contemporary history are considered. Both are condemned for partisanship, errors and animosities. Reviewed: Martineau, Harriet. The History of England during the Thirty Years\u2019 Peace, 1816-46. 1851. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Maitland, S. R.\u201cHistory of the Ancient Barony of Castle Combe in the County of Wilts, Chiefly Compiled from Original MSS.–with Memoirs of the Families of Dunstanville, Badlesmere, Tiptoft. Scorpe, Fastolf, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 92, no. 184: (March 1853): 275\u2013305.\n         The heading of this review says the book is \u2018not published\u2019 , which apparently means that it was printed for private circulation. Neverthless the reviewer (the historian S. R. Maitland) treats it to a full public review. Reviewed: Scrope, George Poulett. History of the Ancient Barony of Castle Combe in the County of Wilts, chiefly compiled from original MSS.–with Memoirs of the Families of Dunstanville, Badlesmere, Tiptoft. Scorpe, Fastolf. 1852. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Robertson James Craigie.\u201cThe History of the Church of Rome to the End of the Episcopate of Damasus, A.D. 384.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 93, no. 185: (June 1853): 83\u2013116.\n         Despite Shepherd\u2019s \u2018ability and learning,\u2019 the results of his research are described as \u2018rather startling\u2019. Many documents trusted by other scholars are here called forgeries. Reviewed: Shephard, E.J. The History of the Church of Rome to the End of the Episcopate of Damasus, A.D. 384. 1851. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Freeman, E. A.\u201cThe Lives of the Queens of England, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, VOLUME 95, JUNE, 1854: (1854): 207\u201349.\n         Here Freeman uses his authorial anonymity to discuss Queen Elizabeth (a very \u2018national\u2019 sovereign), her personal life, and her \u2018favourites\u2019. As for Strickland, her style and intellect are found wanting, and she is judged inaccurate and partial; nevertheless her work is valuable to serious historical students because it contains copious extracts from little-known primary sources. Reviewed: Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England. Vols 6 and 7. 1843, and other works. Attribution Wellesley Review; picked up for HBooks by contributor search.\n Stanley, A. P.\u201cHistory of Latin Christianity; Including That of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 95, no. 189: (June 1854): 38\u201370.\n         Moderate praise for this book by the Dean of St Paul\u2019s Cathedral. But there is \u2018a certain monotony of sentiment\u2019 and \u2018an abruptness and carelessness of composition\u2019. Reviewed: Milman, Henry Hart. History of Latin Christianity; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. Vol. I, II, III. 1854.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gibson, William Sydney.\u201cThe Bell: Its Origin, History, and Uses.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 95, no. 190: (September 1854): 308\u201337.\n         Am essay on the subject of the books under review. Reviewed: Gatty, Rev. Alfred. The Bell: its Origin, History, and Uses. 1848. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Bunbury, E. H.\u201cAn Inquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 98, no. 196: (March 1856): 321\u201352.\n         Acknowledges the influence of Niebuhr on the field, and engages with Lewis\u2019s skepticism with respect to trustworthy evidence for this ancient period. Reviewed: Lewis, Sir George Cornewall. An Inquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History. 1855. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Smith, William.\u201cA History of Greece.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 99, no. 197: (June 1856): 60\u2013105.\n         Commentary and praise for the full 12-volume work. Observes that Grote is qualified by his personal knowledge of political and business life (something lacking in the work of \u2018the most learned Germans\u2019); Reviewed: Grote, George. A History of Greece. 1846-1856. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n James, Thomas.\u201cThe History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 101, no. 201: (January 1857): 1\u201356.\n         Discusses ten works on the county, beginning with praise for local history: \u2018If we want a boy to know some day the families of the Herods and the Caesars, let him start by learning who was his own grandfather.\u2019 Mentions the role of subscription publishing in the support of local history. Reviewed: Baker, George. The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton. Part I-V. 1822-1841. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Kennedy, John Pitt.\u201cHistory of the Irish Poor-Law in Connexion with the Condition of the People.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 102, no. 203: (July 1857): 59\u201388.\n         Describes the book as a \u2018very important work\u2019 while addressing the subject independently. Reviewed: Nicholls, Sir George. History of the Irish Poor-Law in connexion with the condition of the People. 1856. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Ford, Richard.\u201cThe Book of Rugby School, Its History, and Its Daily Life.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 102, no. 204: (October 1857): 330\u201354.\n         The author of The Book of Rugby School <\/i>(Edward Meyrick Goulburn, Arnold\u2019s successor as headmaster) is mentioned in the text. After a lengthy discourse on the school, the reviewer (Ford) turns to the novel: \u2018This attractive and suggestive book is singularly free from all sickly sentimentalism.\u2019 Reviewed: The Book of Rugby School, its History, and its Daily Life. 1856; also Tom Brown\u2019s School Days, 1857. No author\u2019s name given. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Smiles, Samuel.\u201cA Comprehensive History of the Iron Trade.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 104, no. 207: (July 1858): 75\u2013106.\n         Seven works are reviewed, in a celebration of Britain\u2019s contributions to the industry. Reviewed: Scrivenor, Harry. A Comprehensive History of the Iron Trade. 1841. attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Pollock, W. Frederick.\u201cHistory of Civilization in England.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 104, no. 207: (July 1858): 38\u201374.\n         The reviewer, Pollock, is a Tory politician and mathematician. He debunks Buckle\u2019s manifesto for conceptualizing history as a science, governed by laws. Reviewed: Buckle, Henry Thomas. History of Civilization in England. vol. I. 1857. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Pollock, W. Frederick.\u201cHistory of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 105, no. 210: (April 1859): 275\u2013304.\n         Addresses the second edition, commenting on the interest inspired by the subject, but noting that \u2018future portions of the biography\u2019 have yet to appear. Judges this to be Carlyle\u2019s \u2018worst work\u2019, on grounds of the author\u2019s notorious style. Compares Carlyle to the Pre-Raphaelites. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Bernard, Montague.\u201cAncient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society and Its Relation to Modern Ideas.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 110, no. 219: (July 1861): 114\u201338.\n         The book is judged an innovative and important work by a distinguished jurist. Reviewed: Maine, Henry Sumner. Ancient Law: its Connection with the Early History of Society and its Relation to Modern Ideas. 1861. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Moule, Frederick J.\u201cHutchins\u2019s History of Dorset.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 3, no. 222: (April 1862): 281\u2013318.\n         Essay covers seven works on Dorset. That of Hutchins is a re-issue, praised for \u2018laborious collection of detail of it\u2019. Reviewed: Hutchins\u2019s History of Dorset. Part I and II. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Michell, T.\u201cHistory of the Russian Empire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 113, no. 225: (January 1863): 60\u201395.\n         Laments the state of Russian historiography, in a discussion of 12 works, some in Russian, some in French, as well as several in English. Reviewed: Karamzin, A. History of the Russian Empire. St Petersburg, 1842. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Milman, H. H.\u201cHistory of England.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 114, no. 228: (October 1863): 510\u201337.\n         These are described as \u2018remarkable volumes, which shed new light . . . on that most important and critical epoch in the history of the world\u2019. The style is excellent, with \u2018singularly perspicuous English\u2019 though the mode of composition is faulty (documentary evidence is provided in the text); but Froude\u2019s judgment of the Queen is severe. Reviewed: Froude, James Anthony. History of England. Reign of Elizabeth. vol. 1 &2. 1863. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Davies, James.\u201cAn Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the Reign of Henry VII.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 117, no. 234: (April 1865): 540\u201374.\n         This is a new edition (with new preface) of Russell\u2019s youthful work on the British Constitution, issued \u2018on the eve of a dissolution\u2019. Reviewer feels the time has not yet come for a history of the 1832 Reform crisis, but admits that some such manifesto has been needed. Reviewed: Russell, John (Earl Russell). An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the Reign of Henry VII. 1865. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Merivale, Herman.\u201cHistory of Frederic the Second of Prussia, Called Frederic the Great.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 118, no. 235: (July 1865): 225\u201354.\n         Comments on the extensive criticism (both positive and negative) of earlier volumes, concluding that \u2018we shall not profane the great work before us by the slight handling of an ordinary review.\u2019 Reviewed: Carlyle, Thomas. History of Frederic the Second of Prussia, called Frederic the Great. Vol. V & VI. 1825. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Elwin, Whitwell.\u201cA History of Architecture in All Countries from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 120, no. 240: (October 1866): 425\u201361.\n         Comments that this book (the first of three volumes) is \u2018the first in which the subject has been properly treated.\u2019 Reviewed: Fergusson, James. A History of Architecture in all Countries from the earliest Times to the present Day. 1865.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Howson, J. S.\u201cThe History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 122, no. 244: (April 1867): 347\u201381.\n         Covers 10 works on the localities — of which only a couple of small handbooks are very recent. In the reviewer\u2019s (Howson\u2019s) opinion the two counties should not be considered separately. Reviewed: Nicholson, J.N & Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Herbert, H. H. M.\u201cThe History of the Norman Conquest of England, Its Causes and Its Results.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 123, no. 245: (July 1867): 144\u201373.\n         Praise for Freeman\u2019s \u2018fairness and honesty of purpose\u2019, despite \u2018obvious prepossessions on particular subjects\u2019 (notably spelling). Reviewed: Freeman, Edward A. The History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and its Results. Vol. I. 1867. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Stigand, William.\u201cHistory of Lace.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 125, no. 249: (July 1868): 166\u201388.\n         Praise and admiration. for \u2018a worthy historian\u2019 of \u2018this graceful ornament of civilization\u2019. Reviewed: Palliser, Mrs. (Fanny) Bury. History of Lace. 1865. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Stigand, William.\u201cThe Massacre of St. Bartholomew, Preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IX.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 126, no. 252: (April 1869): 499\u2013534.\n         Covers several works on Protestantism in France. Reviewed: White, Henry. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew, preceded by a History of the Religious Wars in the Reign of Charles IX. 1868. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Burrows, Montagu.\u201cHistory of England, Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 129, no. 257: (1870): 1\u201339.\n         Regrets that Macaulay did not live to write the history of the period, but engages with Mahon\u2019s \u2018less dazzling\u2019 but \u2018most trustworthy\u2019 approach. Reviewed: Earl (Philip Henry) Stanhope. History of England, comprising the Reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Bryce, James.\u201cHistory of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 128, no. 255: (January 1870): 49\u201381.\n         Identifies the subject as standing between the history of speculative philosophy and that of politics. The style is \u2018easy and agreeable, albeit somewhat feminine\u2019; whereas the author\u2019s mind is quick but too facile in generalization. He lacks, however, \u2018the strength and precision of thought, force of imagination, accuracy . . . critical discrimination, [and] sobriety of judgment\u2019 of the true historian. Reviewed: Lecky, W.E.H. History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne. 1869. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Porter, Josias Leslie.\u201cA General View of the History of the English Bible.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 128, no. 256: (April 1870): 301\u201342.\n         Praise for Westcott\u2019s work and a discussion of the subject. Reviewed: Westcott, Brooke Foss. A General View of the History of the English Bible. 1868. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Burrows, Montagu.\u201cHistory of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 128, no. 256: (April 1870): 506\u201344.\n         Discusses this with other works on Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots. Froude\u2019s \u2018is the most bitter, the most vehement, and at the same time the most circumstantial attack ever made on the memory of Mary Stuart.\u2019 Terminology includes \u2018hallucinations\u2019, \u2018blindfold\u2019, and \u2018a grand opportunity misused\u2019. Readability is not everything. Reviewed: Froude, James Anthony. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. vol. IX, X, XI, XII. 1869.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Ward, Adolphus W.\u201cGeschichte Der Revolutionszeit von 1789 Bis 1795. Von Heinrich von Sybel.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, VOLUME 129, OCTOBER, 1870: (October 1870): 454\u201384.\n         High praise from Ward for German historiography. (This review of Von Sybel\u2019s important work on the French Revolution was not captured by the HiPPo research methodology. It includes the English translation of the 3rd edition (by Walter C. Perry) published in London 1867-70.) 3 vol. Dusseldorf, 1865-6. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Palgrave, Francis Turner.\u201cThe Life of John Milton, Narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical and Literary History of His Time.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 132, no. 264: (April 1872): 393\u2013423.\n         Finds some \u2018rather serious faults\u2019 and \u2018defects\u2019 which might be helpful to the author in completing this lengthy work; the history has become more prominent than the biography. Comments on the problems of reviewing a book published by instalments. Reviewed: Masson, David. The Life of John Milton, narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical and Literary History of his Time. vol. I and II. 1871. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Palgrave, R. H. I.\u201cHistory of British Commerce, and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 134, no. 267: (January 1873): 204\u201325.\n         The time is apt; the book is well-researched and accurate. Reviewed: Levi, Leone. History of British Commerce, and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870. 1872. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Yule, Henry.\u201cHistory of Bokhara, from the Earliest Period down to the Present.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 134, no. 268: (April 1873): 516\u201352.\n         Discussed with six other books, Vambery\u2019s is the only work on this subject; the narrative is strong and the proportions are good. New sources are used, and the translation is judged excellent, though anonymous. Reviewed: Vambery, Arminius. History of Bokhara, from the Earliest Period down to the Present. 1873. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Shairp, J. C.\u201cChronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and Early Memorials of Scottish History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 135, no. 269: (July 1873): 68\u201398.\n         Considers 12 related works Reviewed: Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots, and Early Memorials of Scottish History. ed. William F. Skene. 1867. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Stanley, A. P.\u201cHistory of the Church of France.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 135, no. 269: (July 1873): 40\u201368.\n         Disagrees with Jervis on some counts, but notes he has studied the subject thoroughly, in original sources. Reviewed: Jervis, Rev. W. Henley. History of the Church of France. 2 vol. 1872. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Venables, Edmond.\u201cThe History of the Isle of Wight.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 137, no. 273: (1874): 1\u201339.\n         None of the 7 works discussed has been published recently. Reviewed: Worsley, Sir Richard. The History of the Isle of Wight. 1781. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Buchanan, T. R.\u201cWorthies of All Souls; Four Centuries of English History Illustrated from the College Archives.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 137, no. 274: (October 1874): 514\u201326.\n         The reviewer \u2018warns the historical student against expecting much\u2019 — they would have liked more of All Souls and less of English History. Burrows doesn\u2019t understand the Renaissance. Reviewed: Burrows, Montagu. Worthies of All Souls; Four Centuries of English History illustrated from the College Archives. 1874.. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Palgrave, William Gifford.\u201cHistory of Jamaica.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 139, no. 277: (July 1875): 40\u201377.\n         Regrets the many stereotypes surrounding Jamaica. Critiques the author, an LMS missionary, for employing the tone of a partisan, rather than that of a historian, engaging in \u2018sacerdotal spite\u2019. Reviewed: Gardner, W.J. History of Jamaica. 1873. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Brewer, J. S.\u201cA Short History of the English People.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 141, no. 282: (April 1876): 285\u2013323.\n         Two years after publication, comments on Green\u2019s \u2018extraordinary popularity\u2019 and on the praise of other periodicals. The style is readable and attractive, while \u2018a lively imagination, not always under the most rigid control, imparts its own colours to the dry details of history, where a more scrupulous or conscientious writer would have wearied himself, and fatigued his readers, unwilling to venture beyond the arid region of facts.\u2019 Sternly insists on historians sticking to the facts, especially in histories for the young. Reviewed: Green, J.R. A Short History of the English People. 1874. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Craik, Henry.\u201cHistory of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 143, no. 286: (April 1877): 404\u201323.\n         The anonymous reviewer (Craik) finds the book dull despite the author\u2019s research and style; his method is problematic, because he chooses the wrong writers to study. Reviewed: Stephen, Leslie. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century. 1876. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Douglas, Robert K.\u201cHistory of the Mongols from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 144, no. 288: (October 1877): 351\u201379.\n         Writing history of this kind is admitted to be difficult. Howorth has done well despite his ignorance of Asian languages. Reviewed: Howorth, Henry H. History of the Mongols from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century. 1876.\n Acton, J. D.\u201cDemocracy in Europe; a History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 145, no. 289: (1878): 112\u201342.\n         The author, Sir Erskine May, is a long-serving MP. The reviewer (J. D. Acton) says it\u2019s based on \u2018sound sense and tried experience rather than dogmatic precept\u2019. The subject is democracies, rather than democracy as a principle. Reviewed: May, Thomas Erskine. Democracy in Europe; a History. 1877. Attribution Wellesley Index.\n Hayward, Abraham.\u201cA History of England in the Eighteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 145, no. 290: (April 1878): 498\u2013534.\n         Praise for Lecky\u2019s plan and its execution. Nevertheless, some aspects are omitted; and he overestimates the influence of Methodism. Reviewed: Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. A History of England in the Eighteenth Century. vol I and II. 1878. {attribution Wellesley Index}. See also other volumes reviewed in1882, 1887 and 1891.\n Doyle, John A.\u201cHistory of the Life and Times of James Madison.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 145, no. 290: (April 1878): 475\u201397.\n         Two books published in 1859 and 1867 are discussed, from the perspective of constitutional history. Admires Rives\u2019s approach. Reviewed: Rives, William C. History of the Life and Times of James Madison. vol. I. 1859. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Cave-Browne, John.\u201cThe History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth; with an Appendix.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 146, no. 291: (July 1878): 100\u2013140.\n         This 1806 work is reviewed along with others on Lambeth, and Stray Studies from History of England, by J. R. Green (1867); Reviewed: Ducarel, A.C. The History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth; with an Appendix. 1806l {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Hole, Charles.\u201cThe Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 147, no. 294: (April 1879): 511\u201332.\n         Framed as an essay on Early English History, including William Bright\u2019s 1878 book on Church history, and two others. Stubbs\u2019s scholarship is praised for thoroughness. The anonymous reviewer (Hole) refers to his comment on Green\u2019s History of the English People, some years ago. Reviewed: Stubbs, William. The Constitutional History of England in its Origin and Development. 1874-1878. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Davies, James.\u201cCollections towards the History and Antiquities of Herefordshire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 148, no. 295: (July 1879): 143\u201386.\n         Essay discusses 11 works on the county. Reviewed: Duncumb, John. Collections towards the History and Antiquities of Herefordshire. vol. I & II. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Dickins, F. V.\u201cJapan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions, with the Narrative of a Visit to Japan in 1879.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 150, no. 300: (October 1880): 305\u201336.\n         Context is recent political events in Japan. Observes that \u2018the annals of Japan are not inviting reading\u2019 but Reed has done his best. Reviewed: Reed, Sir E.J. Japan: its History, Traditions, and Religions, with the Narrative of a Visit to Japan in 1879. 1880. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Courthope, W. J.\u201cA History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 152, no. 303: (July 1881): 239\u201371.\n         Recognizes that absolute impartiality is impossible for the historian — rather, accuracy, dignity and sense of proportion. However Walpole\u2019s work in the Radical interest fails these basic requirements and is poorly written. Reviewed: Walpole, Spencer. A History of England from the Conclusion of the great War in 1815. 1878-1880. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Hayward, Abraham.\u201cHistoire Du Luxe, Prive et Public, Depuis l\u2019Antiquite Jusqu\u2019a Nos Jours (History of Luxury, Private and Public, from Antiquity down to Our Time).\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 152, no. 304: (October 1881): 486\u2013526.\n         Describes the book as \u2018a history of manners and morals, modes of life and customs, arts, industry, commerce and civilization, in all ages and all quarters of the world.\u2019 Reviewed: Baudrillart, H. Histoire du Luxe, Prive et Public, depuis l\u2019Antiquite jusqu\u2019a nos Jours (History of Luxury, Private and Public, from Antiquity down to our Time). 1880. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Hayward, Abraham.\u201cA History of England in the Eighteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 153, no. 306: (April 1882): 489\u2013529.\n         Praise for these volumes covering the American revolution. Reviewed: Lecky, William Edward Hartpole. A History of England in the Eighteenth Century. vol. III & IV. 1882.{attribution Wellesley Index}. See also other volumes reviewed in 1878, 1887 and 1891.\n Tipping, Henry Avray.\u201cA History of Agriculture and Prices.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 157, no. 313: (January 1884): 92\u2013124.\n         Observes that the author boasts of his labours and complains they have been ignored; but he depends too much on early-modern account books and not enough on the general literature of the time. Reviewed: Thorold Rogers, James E. A History of Agriculture and Prices. vol. III & IV. 1882. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Butcher, C. H.\u201cA Short History of the Copts and of Their Church; Translated from the Arabic of Taqui-Ed-Din El-Maqrizi.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 157, no. 313: (January 1884): 125\u201343.\n         An essay on the subject, with little reference to any of the works under review. Reviewed: Malan, Rev. S.C. A short History of the Copts and of their Church; translated from the Arabic of Taqui-ed-Din El-Maqrizi. 1873. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Saintsbury, George.\u201cA History of London.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 158, no. 315: (July 1884): 1\u201339.\n         The context is recent changes to London infrastructure and government. Notes that the first edition was published only a year earlier. Loftie is a capable historian, despite a few errors of detail and dependence on untrustworthy sources. Comments on the \u2018amorphous amplitude\u2019 of much current historical writing. Reviewed: Loftie, W. J. A History of London. 2nd ed. 1884.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Morris, Mowbray.\u201cThomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 159, no. 317: (January 1885): 76\u2013112.\n         This essay is written in the context of the scandal raised by Froude\u2019s revelations about the Carlyle marriage. The reviewer (Mowbray Morris) regrets Froude\u2019s candour. Reviewed: Froude, James Anthony. Thomas Carlyle: a History of the First Forty Years of his Life, 1795-1835. 1882. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Smith, Philip.\u201cOrigins of English History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 159, no. 318: (April 1885): 424\u201350.\n         This essay also reviews J. R. Green\u2019s The Making of England (1881) and The Conquest of England (1883), along with a new edition of The Student\u2019s Hume by J. S. Brewer (1880). Notes that Brewer reviewed Green, and that both have recently died. Discusses their methodology in the context of recent work by Freeman and others — the focus on Englishness (rather than a Celtic character) in British identity. Reviewed: Elton, Charles. . Origins of English History. 1882.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Palgrave, R. H. I.\u201cHistory of Taxation and Taxes in England, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 161, no. 322: (October 1885): 382\u2013410.\n         Notes that Dowell works in the office of Inland Revenue. Reviewed: Dowell, Stephen. History of Taxation and Taxes in England, from the earliest Times to the present Day. 1884.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Palmer, Arthur.\u201cHistory of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 161, no. 322: (October 1885): 441\u201369.\n         The reviewer is unable to speak highly of Rice\u2019s work, which is not sufficiently authoritative or detailed. Other works reviewed are about contemporary racing. Reviewed: Rice, James. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. 1879. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Yule, Henry.\u201cHistory of Burma, &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 162, no. 323: (January 1886): 210\u201338.\n         One of the works included in this list of 9 is by the anonymous reviewer (Narrative of the Mission sent to the Court of Ava in 1855, by Captain H. Yule. 1858) Phayre is eulogized as \u2018one of the few survivors of the best old school of Indian \u201cSoldier Politicals\u201d.\u2019 The subject of Burma is unattractive but the book is excellent. Yule\u2019s own book is not mentioned. Reviewed: Phayre, Sir Arthur P. History of Burma, &c. 1883. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Russell, George William Erskine.\u201cHistory of England in the Eighteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 165, no. 330: (1887): 500\u2013534.\n         Describes Lecky as \u2018an Irishman who has been already recognized as one of the most accomplished writers of the Victorian era\u2019. His coverage is judicious. Reviewed with other works relating to Britain and Ireland (includes a comment on Gladstone\u2019s review of one of the other works). Reviewed: Lecky, W.E.H. History of England in the Eighteenth Century. vol. II 1878, vol.IV 1882, vol. VI 1887. Attribution Wellesley Index. See also other volumes reviewed in 1878, 1882 and 1891.\n Knightly, Louise Mary.\u201cHistory of Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with Genealogical and Architectural Notices of Its Several Towns and Villages.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 164, no. 328: (April 1887): 382\u2013414.\n         Suckling\u2019s \u2018painstaking\u2019 work — published almost 20 years earlier — is among those discussed in the context of county history. Reviewed: Suckling, Rev. Alfred. History of Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages.1848. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Whittle, James Lowry.\u201cHistory of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 164, no. 328: (April 1887): 507\u201340.\n         Continues the 1881 critique of the earlier volumes — \u2018an unsatisfactory book, notwithstanding the diligence, and, we gladly add, the ability of the author.\u2019 But this is social policy, not history. Notes that Walpole \u2018claims comparison with Macaulay\u2019. Reviewed: Walpole, Spencer. History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815. vol. III-V. 1880-1886. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Mallock, W. H.\u201cChapters in European History, with an Introductory Dialogue on the Philosophy of History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 165, no. 329: (July 1887): 127\u201358.\n         Discusses Lilly\u2019s method and his protest against the contemporary popular view of the role of evolution and determinism in historical change. Reviewed: Lilly, William Samuel. Chapters in European History, with an Introductory Dialogue on the Philosophy of History. 1886. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Whittle, James Lowry.\u201cHe Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 165, no. 330: (October 1887): 400\u2013437.\n         Under review is an older work, recently edited and expanded by the nephew of the original author, John Willis Clark. Comments favourably on the work of the Cambridge University Press and the beauty of the illustrations. Reviewed: Willis, Robert. The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton. ed. John Willis Clark. 1886. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Littledale, R. F.\u201cThe History of Catholic Emancipation.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 166, no. 331: (January 1888): 31\u201362.\n         One of seven works on the politics of Catholicism. Reviewed: Amherst, W.J. The History of Catholic Emancipation. 1886. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gregory, Robert.\u201cThe Constitutional History of England.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 167, no. 333: (July 1888): 136\u201361.\n         Discusses the minutiae of church history (especially Convocation), referring to Stubbs\u2019s 10-year-old work. Reviewed: Stubbs, W. The Constitutional History of England. 1875-1878. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Murray, John.\u201cThe Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley, D.C.L., Formerly United States Minister in England; Author of \u2018Rise of the Dutch Republic,\u2019 \u2018History of the United Netherlands,\u2019 &c.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 168, no. 336: (April 1889): 297\u2013331.\n         The historian\u2019s correspondence is of interest in Britain because he spent so much time in London. Reviewed: The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley, D.C.L., formerly United States Minister in England; Author of \u2018Rise of the Dutch Republic,\u2019 \u2018History of the United Netherlands,\u2019 &c. ed. George William Curtis. 1889. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Courtenay, Boyle.\u201cThe History of Duels.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 169, no. 337: (July 1889): 189\u2013221.\n         Cockburn\u2019s 1720 book has been privately reprinted. Reviewed: Cockburn, John. The History of Duels. 1888. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Cornish, F. W.\u201cHistory of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 169, no. 338: (October 1889): 492\u2013527.\n         Comments on the new style of doing history, \u2018the modern school of \u201cresearch\u201d and \u201ctendency\u201d,\u2019 embraced by \u2018the scientific school\u2019. On the other hand “we rush to the publisher for new volumes of [Macaulay\u2019s and Froude\u2019s] works, despite their crudities and exaggerations. As for Gardiner, his knowledge is wide and he knows his period well. Reviewed: S. R. Gardiner, History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649. Vols 1 & 2. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Dibdin, Lewis T.\u201cHistory and Antiquities of the Parish of St. Saviour\u2019s, Southwark.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 170, no. 340: (April 1890): 394\u2013414.\n         The occasion for returning to Concanon\u2019s 1795 work is the recent plan to restore the church in question. Reviewed: Concanon, M. & A. Morgan. History and Antiquities of the Parish of St. Saviour\u2019s, Southwark. 1795. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Elton, C. I.\u201cThe Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the English-Speaking Nations. Illustrated from the Antiquities Discovered in Mounds, Cairns, and Bogs, as Well as from the Ancient Sagas and Eddas.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 170, no. 340: (April 1890): 347\u201369.\n         A very interesting book \u2018full of every variety of picturesque illustration\u2019. Well-researched. Reviewed: Du Chaillu, Paul B. The Viking Age: The early History, Manners, and Customs of the English-speaking Nations. Illustrated from the Antiquities discovered in Mounds, Cairns, and Bogs, as well as from the ancient Sagas and Eddas. 1889. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Cornish, F. W.\u201cA History of Eton College, 1440-1884.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 171, no. 341: (July 1890): 1\u201327.\n         Under review is a new edition, revised and enlarged, published in honour of the 450th anniversary of Eton.. Reviewed: Lyte, H.C. Maxwell. A History of Eton College, 1440-1884. 1889. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Browning, Oscar.\u201cDie Bergrundung Des Deutschen Reiches Durch Wilhelm I.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, VOLUME 171, OCTOBER, 1890: (October 1890): 329\u201365.\n         The book discusses the unification of Germany and the foundation of the German empire. Browning describes von Sybel as \u2018the first historian of his country, and perhaps since the death of Ranke the first in Europe.\u2019 The author is Heinrich von Sybel. The 5- vol book is published in Munich and Leipzig. Attribution Wellesley Index; this entry was not picked up by the standard HiPPo methodology.\n Falkiner, C. Litton.\u201cA History of England in the Eighteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 172, no. 343: (January 1891): 1\u201332.\n         Addresses the conclusion of Lecky\u2019s \u2018great work\u2019. Extensive coverage of Ireland continues. But some defects are identified: he tells the tale \u2018in inverted commas\u2019, not in his own words. While admiring the author\u2019s judiciousness, the reviewer wants him to take sides. Reviewed: Lecky, W.E.H. A History of England in the Eighteenth Century. vol. VII & VIII. 1890.{Attribution Wellesley Index}See also other volumes reviewed in 1878, 1882 and 1887.\n Cornish, F. W.\u201cStudies in European History, Being Academical Addresses Delivered by JOHN IGNATIUS VON DOLLINGER, D.D., Late Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Munich.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 172, no. 343: (January 1891): 33\u201364.\n         Speaks respectfully of Dollinger\u2019s history -writing — more like Ranke than Mommsen or Stubbs, powerful knowledge but not much style. Reviewed: Studies in European History, being Academical Addresses delivered by John Ignatius von Dollinger, D.D., late Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Munich. Trans. Margaret Warre. 1890. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Emmett, J. T.\u201cLondon Past and Present, Its History, Associations, and Traditions.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 174, no. 348: (April 1892): 393\u2013422.\n         The book allows the reviewer to sketch London himself. Reviewed: Henry B. Wheatley, London Past and Present, 1891. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Round, J. Horace.\u201cThe History of the Norman Conquest of England.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 175, no. 349: (July 1892): 1\u201337.\n         Freeman\u2019s adversary begins his scathing anonymous review with a lament for the author\u2019s death. Focus of the article is Freeman\u2019s place in the history curriculum, and his authority and accuracy as a historian. He lacked a sense of proportion; he was narrow-minded, even bigoted, and pedantic. Round compares the movement for a newly scientific history to that of the Pre-Raphaelites (love of detail), but charges Freeman with inaccuracy. Reviewed: Freeman, E.A. The History of the Norman Conquest of England. vol. I & II. 3rd ed. 1877. vol. III & IV. 2nd ed. 1875\/1876. Also reviews Freeman\u2019s History of William Rufus, 1882. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Dixon, William Macneile.\u201cThe History of the University of Dublin, from Its Foundation to the End of the Eighteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 175, no. 349: (July 1892): 162\u201387.\n         Reviewer is an Irish academic. No comment on Stubbs\u2019s authorship or views. Reviewed: Stubbs, John William. The History of the University of Dublin, from its Foundation to the end of the Eighteenth Century. 1889. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Gardner, Percy.\u201cThe History of Sicily from the Earliest Times.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 175, no. 350: (October 1892): 319\u201347.\n         Discusses posthumous publication of Freeman\u2019s work; no great liking for his historical theories, but \u2018regret at the loss of so efficient and accomplished a workman in history, so interesting and consistent a political opponent so warm-hearted and generous a friend.\u2019 Focus is on Freeman\u2019s ethnology of racial purity. Reviewed: Freeman, Edward A. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times. vol. I -III. 1891\/1892. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Barry, William.\u201cHistory of the Jews from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 176, no. 351: (January 1893): 106\u201339.\n         Praises the work \u2018as honourable to the nation (i.e. Judaeism) of which he was both historian and apologist as to himself.\u2019 But of course his \u2018point of sight cannot be ours\u2019. Reviewed: Graetz, Prof. H. History of the Jews from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edited and in part trans. by Bella Lowy. 5 vol. 1891-1892. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Parry, F. S.\u201cHistory and Antiquities of the Exchequer.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 178, no. 355: (January 1894): 215\u201334.\n         Jokingly refers to what Macaulay\u2019s schoolboy does and does not know about the arcane rules of Parliamentary procedure, and in particular the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Reviewed: Madox, Thomas. History and Antiquities of the Exchequer. 1711. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Barry, William.\u201cThe History of the Jews.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 183, no. 365: (January 1896): 29\u201357.\n         Discusses vol 5 of the book reviewed three years earlier, along with others on related subjects. Reviewed: Graetz, H. The History of the Jews. vol. V. 1892. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Parry, Ernest.\u201cA History of Gardening in England.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 184, no. 367: (July 1896): 54\u201375.\n         Described as \u2018a clear and very readable sketch\u2019 of a vast subject. Author abstains from discursiveness. Reviewed: Amherst, Alicia. A History of Gardening in England. 1895. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Wilson, Herbert W.\u201cHistory of the United States from the Compromise of 1850.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 185, no. 369: (January 1897): 214\u201340.\n         Discussion of several works on the American civil war. A new generation of historians can be impartial for the first time, writing \u2018without even an unconscious bias\u2019. Reviewed: Rhodes, J.F. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850. vol. III. 1895. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Falkiner, C. Litton.\u201cHistory of the Irish Rebellion in 1798.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 187, no. 373: (January 1898): 31\u201360.\n         The fact that the subject lives in popular memory is the occasion for this and other centenary works under review. Reviewed: Maxwell, W.H. History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798. 1894. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Cornish, F. W.\u201cGardiner\u2019s History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 187, no. 374: (April 1898): 446\u201370.\n         Reviewer (Cornish) observes that \u2018Histories, as they are written nowadays, make a greater demand upon the reader\u2019s leisure than the ancient quartos or even the octavos of Macaulay and Froude. The modern historian gives the public too much of his material. … The university schools of history have created such a rage for accuracy that historians are afraid to hazard any statement without giving full proofs.\u2019 Cornish wants someone of Gardiner\u2019s calibre to instruct and enlighten, to pronounce judgments. \u2018If Clio listens to Sir John Seeley (who was better than his creed) and condescends to be dull, she will become a Danaid, not a Muse . . . and if the public does not read, the publisher will not print, and so Clio is starved out.\u2019 Reviewed: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate. vol. I and II. 1894\/1897.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Palgrave, R. H. I.\u201cA History of Banks, Bankers, and Banking in Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 190, no. 379: (1899): 128\u201352.\n         Discusses various works on the subject of banks and banking, refreshing readers\u2019 knowledge of recent events. Reviewed: Phillips, Maberly. A History of Banks, Bankers, and Banking in Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire. 1894. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n George, Hereford B.\u201cA History of the Art of War: The Middle Ages, from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 189, no. 378: (April 1899): 337\u201358.\n         Compares Oman\u2019s work favourably with various European works also discussed, although his starting-point is open to criticism. Reviewed: Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War: the Middle Ages, from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century. 1898. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Drage, Geoffrey.\u201cHistory of the English Poor Law.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 191, no. 381: (January 1900): 154\u201375.\n         Described as \u2018a remarkable book, written in a popular style\u2019 which amounts to a defence of the reforms of 1834; the reviewer (Drage) notes that the author has himself worked with poor people. Mostly concerned with contemporary social policy. Reviewed: T. Mackay, History of the English Poor Law. Vol 3. 1899 — in conjunction with various contemporary royal commission reports.{attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Hall, Hubert.\u201cDr. Theal on South African History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 192, no. 383: (July 1900): 1\u201324.\n         Discusses 6 works in all, 3 of them by \u2018the veteran historiographer of our distressful colony [who] has been at work among the London archives\u2019. Regrets that the London-based research was available only for the most recent edition of Theal\u2019s history. The older work (based on Cape Town records) gives some justification for sympathy with the Boers, whereas the new archival research in the PRO disproves that view. But it is poorly edited. Reviewed: Theal, G. McCall. Records of the Cape Colony, Copied for the Manuscript Documents in the Public Record Office, London. Vol. I-V. 1795-1806. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n Wallace, William.\u201cEarly Scottish History.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 192, no. 384: (October 1900): 455\u201376.\n         Discusses 10 works in all, including one by Andrew Lang (\u2018the most vivacious and most critical history of his native country that has yet been written\u2019). Hume Brown\u2019s book exhibits \u2018calm lucidity\u2019 and Lang\u2019s \u2018gay wisdom\u2019. But more work remains to be done on the subject. Reviewed: Hume Brown, P. History of Scotland. vol. I To the Accession of Mary Stewart. 1899. {attribution Wellesley Index}.\n \u201cTHE FUTURE OF GREEK HISTORY.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 195, no. 389: (1902): 79\u201397.\n         The subject is fascinating but the evidence is scant. Grundy\u2019s work is praised for scholarly excellence. Discusses the uses of textual criticism for historical studies. Reviewed: Grundy, G.B. The Great Persian War and its Preliminaries. 1901 and two other works.\n Gooch, G. P.\u201cTHE HISTORY OF MANKIND.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 198, no. 395: (1903): 28\u201355.\n         The first volume of the Cambridge Modern History is reviewed with 7 others (including one of Ranke\u2019s) dealing with world history. Discusses Lord Acton\u2019s role in the project and engages in detailed criticism of the volume. Reviewed: The Cambridge Modern History. vol. I. ed. A.W. Ward, G.W. Prothero, and Stanley Leathes. 1903.\n Lloyd, E. M.\u201cTHE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY.\u201d Quarterly<\/i>, 199, no. 397: (1904): 32\u201356.\n         Fortescue\u2019s book is reviewed with others on military history. Praise for the scale of his work, but when it comes to the American revolution he gets bogged down in the detail. Reviewed: Fortescue, J.W. A History of the British Army. vol. I-III. 1899-1902.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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