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THE LORD OF DYNEOVER — E. Everett Green
Time of Edward I.
T. Nelson & Sons

FOURTEENTH CENTURY.

THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS — Jane Porter
Scotch Wars—Wallace
J. M. Dent & Co.

IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE — G. A. Henty
Wallace and Bruce
Blackie & Son

CASTLE DANGEROUS — Scott
Scotch Wars
A. & C. Black

THE DAYS OF BRUCE — G. Aguilar
Edward II.—Bruce
Warne & Co. and others

THE CHEVALIER OF THE SPLENDID CREST — Sir Herbert Maxwell
Edward II.—Bruce
W. Blackwood & Sons

THE WHISTLING MAID — E. Rhys
Wales in time of Edward II.
Hutchinson & Co.

MARCO VISCONTI — T. Grossi (trans.)
Italy, early Fourteenth Century
Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1877

MARGHERITA PUSTERLA — Cesare Cantu
Italy, early Fourteenth Century
Felice Le Monnier, Florence, 1839

RIENZI — Lytton
Rome, middle of Fourteenth Century
Geo. Routledge & Sons

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROWN — M. Bidder
Edward II.—Edward III.
Constable & Co.

*THE COUNTESS ALYS (in "New Canterbury Tales") — Maurice Hewlett
Period of Edward III.
Constable & Co.

* Mr. Hewlett's volume ought not to be described (I have seen it so in one quarter) as dealing with the time of Henry VI. The "tales" are supposed to be told in 1450 by Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury.

THE WHITE COMPANY — Conan Doyle
Period of Edward III.
Smith, Elder, & Co.

ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND — G. A. Henty
Period of Edward III.
Blackie & Son

CRECY AND POICTIERS — J. G. Edgar
Period of Edward III.
Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Edward III.
Macmillan & Co.

GOD, THE KING, MY BROTHER — Mary F. Nixon Roulet
Period of Edward III. (Spain)
Ward, Lock, & Co.

GOD SAVE ENGLAND — F. Breton
Period of Edward III. (Winchelsea and Rye)
Grant Richards

IN THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY — E. Everett Green
Crecy, taking of Calais, &c.
T. Nelson & Sons

JOHN STANDISH — E. Gilliat
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Seeley & Co.

ROBERT ANNYS, POOR PRIEST — Annie N. Meyer
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Macmillan & Co.

THE BANNER OF ST. GEORGE — M. Bramston
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Duckworth & Co.

A MARCH ON LONDON — G. A. Henty
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Blackie & Son

OTTERBOURNE — Anonymous
Battle of Otterbourne, 1388
R. Bentley, 1832

KATE CAMERON OF BRUX — J. E. Muddock
Scotland, late Fourteenth Century
Digby, Long, & Co.

THE LION OF FLANDERS — Hendrik Conscience (trans.)
France, late Fourteenth Century
Burns & Oates, 1881

THE LION OF ST. MARK — G. A. Henty
Venice, late Fourteenth Century
Blackie & Son

KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS — H. Sienkiewicz (trans.)
Poland—The Teutonic Knights
J. M. Dent & Co.

FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC, BY THE SIEUR LOUIS DE CONTE
— Mark Twain
Joan of Arc
Chatto & Windus

A NOBLE PURPOSE NOBLY WON — Miss Manning
Joan of Arc
Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1862

A MONK OF FIFE — A. Lang
Joan of Arc
Longmans, Green, & Co.

THE CAGED LION — Charlotte M. Yonge
Scotland, early Fifteenth Century
Macmillan & Co.

THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH — Scott
Scotland, early Fifteenth Century
A. & C. Black

OLD MARGARET — Henry Kingsley
Ghent, in early Fifteenth Century
Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE GLEAMING DAWN — C. Baker
The Hussites
Chapman & Hall

ISABELLA ORSINI — F. D. Guerrazzi
Italy—The Medici
Felice le Monnier, Florence, 1844

BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER — G. A. Henty
Period of Henry IV.
Blackie & Son

IN THE DAYS OF PRINCE HAL — H. Elrington
Henry IV.—Henry V.
Blackie & Son

A CHAMPION OF THE FAITH — J. M. Callwell
Henry IV.—Henry V.
Blackie & Son

AGINCOURT — G. P. R. James
Henry V.
Warne & Co.

AT AGINCOURT — G. A. Henty
Henry V.
Blackie & Son

BY WEEPING CROSS — Lady Laura Ridding
Southern France, 1424
Hodder & Stoughton

NOEMI — S. Baring Gould
Guienne—Time of Charles VII.
Methuen & Co.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD — James Grant
James II. of Scotland
Geo. Routledge & Sons

BLACK DOUGLAS — S. R. Crockett
James II. of Scotland
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE CARDINAL'S PAGE — C. Baker
Bohemia, middle of Fifteenth Century
Chapman & Hall

THE PRINCE OF INDIA — Lew Wallace
Fall of Constantinople, 1453
Harper & Brothers

THEODORA PHRANZA — J. M. Neale
Fall of Constantinople, 1453
J. Masters, 1857

TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Henry VI.
Macmillan & Co.

THE LAST OF THE BARONS — Lytton
Wars of the Roses
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE BLACK ARROW — R. L. Stevenson
Wars of the Roses
Cassell & Co.

GRISLY GRISSELL — Charlotte M. Yonge
Wars of the Roses
Macmillan & Co.

IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES — E. Everett Green
Wars of the Roses
T. Nelson & Sons

HOW DICKON CAME BY HIS NAME (in "The Deserter and other Stories") —
Harold Frederic
Wars of the Roses
Lothrop Publishing Co.

WHERE AVON INTO SEVERN FLOWS (in "The Deserter and other Stories") —
Harold Frederic
Wars of the Roses
Lothrop Publishing Co.

THE CHANTREY PRIEST OF BARNET — A. J. Church
Wars of the Roses
Seeley & Co.

THE WOODMAN — G. P. R. James
Time of Richard III.
Warne & Co.

RED ROSE AND WHITE — Alfred Armitage
Time of Richard III.
J. Macqueen

PERKIN WARBECK — Mary Shelley
Richard III.—Henry VII.
Colburn & Bentley, 1830

THE HEIR OF HASCOMBE HALL — E. Everett Green
Time of Henry VII.
T. Nelson & Sons

THE CAPTAIN OF THE WIGHT — F. Cowper
Time of Henry VII.
Seeley & Co.

WILD HUMPHRY KYNASTON — H. Hudson
Shrewsbury (1490-1493)
Kegan, Paul, & Co.

THE YELLOW FRIGATE — James Grant
Scotland, late Fifteenth Century
Geo. Routledge & Sons

MARY OF BURGUNDY — G. P. R. James
Ghent (1456-1477)
Warne & Co.

THE DOVE IN THE EAGLES NEST — Charlotte M. Yonge
Time of Maximilian (1472-1531)
Macmillan & Co.

THE BURGOMASTER OF BERLIN — Wilibald Alexis (trans.)
Germany, late 15th Century
Saunders & Otley, London, 1843

QUENTIN DURWARD — Scott
A. & C. Black
France—Louis XI.

ANNE OF GRIERSTEIN — Scott
Charles the Bold, Margaret of Anjou, &c.
A. & C. Black

MARIETTA — F. Marion Crawford
Venice, 1470
Macmillan & Co.

DESIDERIO — Edmund G. Gardner
Florence—Savonarola.
J. M. Dent & Co.

ROMOLA — George Eliot
Florence—Savonarola.
W. Blackwood & Sons

NOTRE DAME — Victor Hugo (trans.)
Paris, late Fifteenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH — Charles Reade
Eve of the Reformation (Parents of Erasmus)
Chatto & Windus

THE RESURRECTION OF THE GODS — D. Merejkowski (trans)
Leonardo da Vinci
Constable & Co.

THE VALE OF CEDARS — Grace Aguilar
Jewish Persecution in Spain
Walter Scott and others

THE BLACK DISC — Albert Lee
Conquest of Granada
Digby, Long, & Co.

LEILA — Lytton
Conquest of Granada
Geo. Routledge & Sons

WESTWARD WITH COLUMBUS — Gordon Stables
Christopher Columbus, 1492
Blackie & Son

THE GOD SEEKER — P. Rosegger (trans.)
The Styrian Alps, 1493
G. P. Putnam's Sons

LITTLE NOVELS OF ITALY — Maurice Hewlett
Italian manners from early Fourteenth to late Fifteenth Century
Macmillan & Co.

SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

THE HONOUR OF SAVELLI — Levett Yeats
Italy—the Borgias
Sampson Low & Co.

THE CHALLENGE OF BARLETTA — M. D'Azeglio (trans.)
Gonsalvo di Cordova, &c.
W. H. Allen & Co., 1880

THE MAID OF FLORENCE; OR, NICCOLO DE' LAPI — M. D'Azeglio (trans.)
Florence, 1529-1530
R. Bentley, 1853

TRUE HEART — F. Breton
Switzerland, 1514-25 (Erasmus, &c.)
Grant Richards

IN THE BLUE PIKE — Georg Ebers (trans.)
Germany—time of Maximilian
Sampson Low & Co.

CHRONICLES OF THE SCHONBERG COTTA FAMILY — Mrs. Charles
The Reformation
T. Nelson & Sons

BARBARA BLOMBERG — Georg Ebers. (trans.)
Charles V. and Luther
Sampson Low & Co.

LICHTENSTEIN — Hauff (trans.)
Germany, early Sixteenth Century
E. Nister

IN THE OLDEN TIME — Miss Roberts
Germany, early Sixteenth Century
Longmans, Green, & Co.

THE BRAES Of YARROW — C. Gibbon
James V. of Scotland (Flodden)
Chatto & Windus

IN THE KING'S FAVOR — J. E. Muddock
James V. of Scotland (Flodden)
J. Digby

MARY OF LORRAINE — James Grant
Battle of Pinkie, 1547
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE SHROUDED FACE — Owen Rhoscomyl
Wales in Tudor times
C. A. Pearson

BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST — G. A. Henty
Conquest of Mexico
Blackie & Son

THE FAIR GOD — Lew Wallace
Conquest of Mexico
Warne & Co.

MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER — H. Rider Haggard
Conquest of Mexico
Longmans, Green, & Co.

THE INCA'S RANSOM — Albert Lee
Conquest of Peru
Partridge & Co.

THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOMAS MORE — Miss Manning
Period of Henry VIII.
J. C. Nimmo

HENRY VIII. AND HIS COURT; OR, CATHERINE PARR — Louise Muhlbach (trans.)
Period of Henry VIII.
D. Appleton & Co.

WINDSOR CASTLE — Harrison Ainsworth
Period of Henry VIII.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH — Frank Mathew
Period of Henry VIII.
John Lane

MY FRIEND ANNE — Jessie Armstrong
Period of Henry VIII.
Warne & Co.

THE ARMOURER'S 'PRENTICES — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Henry VIII.
Macmillan & Co.

THE HOUSE OF THE WIZARD — M. Imlay Taylor
Period of Henry VIII.
Gay & Bird

WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER — E. Caskoden
Period of Henry VIII.
Sands & Co.

THE WHITE QUEEN — Russell Garnier
Mary Tudor, 1514
Harper & Brothers

FRESTON TOWER — R. Cobbold
Time of Wolsey
Simpkin, 1850

WESTMINSTER ABBEY — Author of "Whitefriars"
Wolsey, Cranmer, &c., 1527
Routledge & Sons

LIKE A RASEN FIDDLER — Mary E. Shipley
Destruction of the Monasteries, 1536
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

UNDER BAYARD'S BANNER — Henry Frith
Chevalier de Bayard
Cassell & Co.

THE TWO DIANAS — Dumas (translation)
Period of Francis I.
J. M. Dent & Co.

JOHN OF STRATHBOURNE — R. D. Chetwode
Period of Francis I.
C. A. Pearson

MARGUERITE DE ROBERVAL — T. G. Marquis
Period of Francis I.
Fisher Unwin

A WARD OF THE KING — Katherine S. Macquoid
Period of Francis I.
John Long

ST. LEON — William Godwin
Battle of Pavia, 1525
G. G. & J. Robinson, London, 1799

THE BRIGAND — G. P. R. James
France, middle of Sixteenth Century
Warne & Co.

ASCANIO — Dumas (translation)
France, middle of Sixteenth Century (1540)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE PAGE OF THE DUKE OF SAVOY — Dumas (translation)
Period of Emperor Charles V. (1528-80)
J. M. Dent & Co.

ROYAL FAVOUR — A. S. C. Wallis (translation)
Time of Melanchthon and Eric XIV. of Sweden
Sonnenschein & Co.

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER — Mark Twain
Edward VI.
Chatto & Windus

THE MAID OF LONDON BRIDGE — S. Gibney
Edward VI.
Jarrold & Sons

THE COLLOQUIES OF EDWARD OSBORNE — Miss Manning
Edward VI.—Mary.
J. C. Nimmo

SEETHING DAYS — Caroline C. Holroyd
Edward VI.—Mary.
A. D. Innes & Co.

THE TOWER OF LONDON — Harrison Ainsworth
Period of Mary
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE ROYAL SISTERS — Frank Mathew
Period of Mary
J. Long

LEST WE FORGET — Joseph Hocking
Period of Mary
Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE — Stanley Weyman
England and the Netherlands
Cassell & Co.

THE SCARLET JUDGES — E. F. Pollard
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Partridge & Co.

MY LADY OF ORANGE — H. C. Bailey
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Longmans, Green, & Co.

BY PIKE AND DYKE — G. A. Henty
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Blackie & Son

BY ENGLAND'S AID — G. A. Henty
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Blackie & Son

LYSBETH — H. Rider Haggard
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Longmans, Green, & Co.

TRUE TO THE PRINCE — Gertrude Bell
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Digby & Long

IN TROUBLED TIMES — A. S. C. Wallis (translation)
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Sonnenschein & Co.

THE MASTER BEGGARS — L. Cope Cornford
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
J. M. Dent & Co.

*LUDOVIC AND GERTRUDE — Hendrik Conscience (translation)
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
J. Hodges

* Told from the Roman Catholic standpoint.

THE BEGGARS — J. B. de Liefde
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Hodder & Stoughton

FOR FAITH AND FATHERLAND — M. Bramston
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

SHUT IN — E. Everett Green
Siege of Antwerp
T. Nelson & Sons

THE SPANISH BROTHERS — Anonymous
Spain—The Inquisition
T. Nelson & Sons

IN FAIR GRANADA — E. Everett Green
Spain—Time of Philip II.
T. Nelson & Sons

IN THE PALACE OF THE KING — F. Marion Crawford
Spain—Time of Philip II.
Macmillan & Co.

THE TRAITOR'S WAY — S. Levett Yeats
France—Conspiracy of Amboise
Longmans, Green, & Co.

ABOUT CATHERINE DE MEDICI — Balzac (translation)
Catherine de' Medici and her Policy
J. M. Dent & Co.

KLYTIA — George Taylor (trans.)
Germany—Erastus
Sampson Low & Co.

FOR THE RELIGION and A MAN OF HIS AGE — Hamilton Drummond
France—Coligny, &c.
Smith, Elder, & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.

MARGUERITE DE VALOIS — Dumas (translation)
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
J. M. Dent & Co.

A CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES IX. — Prosper Merimee (trans.)
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
J. C. Nimmo, 1890

THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF — Stanley Weyman
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
Longmans, Green, & Co.

COUNT HANNIBAL — Stanley Weyman
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS — Charlotte M. Yonge
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
Macmillan & Co.

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