Excerpt from The Making of the British Empire There are so many School Histories of England already in existence, that it may perhaps seem presumptuous on the p

Excerpt from The Foundation and Growth of the British Empire It is in my opinion a mistake in such a text-book to deal extensively in generalisations and the di

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Excerpt from The British Empire The editor desires to thank all those authors and publishers who have kindly permitted the use of copyright works, and her husba