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2. The Best Plays of Thomas Otway. Introduction by the Hon. Roden Noel.	13 and 14. The Best Plays of Thomas Hiddleton. Introduction by Algernon Charles Swinburn.
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2. No Place for Repentance. By Ellen F. Pinsent.
3. The Problem of Prejudice. By Mrs. Vere Campbell.
4. Margaret Grey. By H. Barton Baker.
5. A Painter's Honeymoon. By Mildred Shenstone.
6. The Bond of Blood. By R. E. Forrest.
7. A Slight Indiscretion. By Mrs. Edward Cartwright.
8. A Comedy of Three. By Newton Sanders.
9. Passports. By I. J. Armstrong.
10. A Noble Haul. By W. Clark Russell.
11. On the Gogmagogs. By Alice Dumillo.

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13. Sleeping Fires. By George Gissing.
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18. Which is Absurd. By Cosmo Hamilton.

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THE STORY OF
THE NATIONS

A SERIES OF POPULAR HISTORIES.

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1. Rome. By Arthur Gilman, M.A.	25. Scotland, By John Mackintosh, LL.D.
2. The Jews. By Professor J. K. Hosmer.	26. Switzerland. By R. Stead and Lina Hug.
3. Germany. By the Rev. S. Baring-Gould.	27. Mexico. By Susan Hale.
4. Carthage. By Professor Alfred J. Church.	28. Portugal. By H. Morse Stephens.
5. Alexander's Empire. By Prof. J. P. Mahaffy.	29. The Normans. By Sarah Orne Jewett.
6. The Moors In Spain. By Stanley Lane-Poole.	30. The Byzantine Empire. By C. W. C. Oman, M.A.
7. Ancient Egypt. By Prof. George Rawlinson.	31. Sicily: Phoenician, Greek and Roman. By the late E. A. Freeman.
8. Hungary. By Prof. Arminius Vambery.	32. The Tuscan and Genoa Republics. By Bella Duffy.
9. The Saracens. By Arthur Gilman, M.A.	33. Poland. By W. R. Morfill.
10. Ireland. By the Hon. Emily Lawless.	34. Parthia. By Prof. George Rawlinson.
11. Chaldea. By Zenaide A. Ragozin.	35. The Australian Commonwealth. By Greville Tregarthen.
12. The Goths. By Henry Bradley.	36. Spain. By H. E. Watts.
13. Assyria. By Zenaide A. Ragozin.	37. Japan. By David Murray, Ph.D.
14. Turkey. By Stanley Lane-Poole.	38. South Africa. By George M. Theal.
15. Holland. By Professor J. E. Thorold Rogers.	39. Venice. By the Hon. Alethea Wiel.
16. Mediæval France. By Gustave Masson.	40. The Crusades: The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. By T. A. Archer and Charles L. Kingsford.
17. Persia. By S. G. W. Benjamin.	41. Vedic India. By Zenaide A. Ragozin.
18. Phoenicia. By Prof. George Rawlinson.	42. The West Indies and the Spanish Main. By James Rodway, F.L.S.
19. Media. By Zenaide A. Ragozin.	43. Bohemia. By C. E. Maurice.
20. The Hansa Towns. By Helen Zimmern.	44. The Balkans. By W. Miller.
21. Early Britain. By Professor Alfred J. Church.	45. Canada. By Dr. Bourinot.
22. The Barbary Corsairs. By Stanley Lane-Poole.	46. British India. By R. W. Frazer, LL.B.
23. Russia. By W. R. Morfill.	47. Modern France. By André le Bon.
24. The Jews under the Roman Empire. By W. D. Morrison.	The Franks. By Lewis Sergeant, B.A.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious spelling/typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Transcriber’s notes in text—mostly detailing corrections—are indicated by faint dotted underlining. Scroll the mouse over the word and the note will appear.

The text is a compilation of previously published articles.

Inconsistent spelling and inline hyphenation occurs across chapters and is retained:

* “meal-worm[s]” occurs four times, “mealworm[s]” thirteen times
* “re-appeared” occurs once and “reappeared” occurs three times

Page 3: The signature date 1800 is clear error, 1898 is likely correct.

Page 28, 29: “I used still to to”, extra “to” removed.

Last Pub. Page: Last entry “The Franks” unnumbered, retained.

This handwritten note appears on the first page of the transcriber's copy of the book.

Wm. Lambert.
Prize for regular attendance.
Moulton School,
Xmas, 1900.