A History Of England From The Earliest Times To The Revolution In 1688 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Student's Hume: A History of England From the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688 Another work which has been Of great service to the cd itor Is the Historic Peerage of England, by the late Sir Harris Nicolas. AS a peer is usually mentioned in history by his title, and the same title has Often been borne by dife ferent families, the student frequently experiences no small difficulty in ascertaining the family to which a title belongs, and supposes a relationship between persons who are in no way connected. Sir Harris N icolas has removed all diffi culties Of this kind; and, accordingly, the editor Of the pres ent work has taken pains to distinguish in the Notes be tween families bearing the same title, and to Specify the times when titles Of historical importance were created and became extinct. It is believed that such information, which is given for the first time in a history Of this description, will guard the student against many mistakes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.