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BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS

General Editors: S. E. Winbolt, M.A., and Kenneth Bell, M.A.


FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI


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BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS.


_Volumes now Ready. 1s. net each._

  =449–1066. The Welding of the Race.= Edited by the Rev. JOHN
    WALLIS, M.A.

  =1066–1154. The Normans in England.= Edited by A. E. BLAND,
    M.A.                [_In preparation_

  =1154–1216. The Angevins and the Charter.= Edited by S. M. TOYNE,
    M.A.

  =1216–1307. The Struggle for the Charter.= Edited by W. D.
    ROBIESON, M.A.      [_In preparation_

  =1307–1399. War and Misrule.= Edited by A. A. LOCKE.

  =1399–1485. The Last of Feudalism.= Edited by W. GARMON JONES, M.A.

  =1485–1547. The Reformation and the Renaissance.= Edited by F. W.
    BEWSHER, B.A.

  =1547–1603. The Age of Elizabeth.= Edited by ARUNDELL ESDAILE, M.A.

  =1603–1660. Puritanism and Liberty.= Edited by KENNETH BELL, M.A.

  =1660–1714. A Constitution in Making.= Edited by G. B. PERRETT, M.A.

  =1714–1760. Walpole and Chatham.= Edited by K. A. ESDAILE.

  =1760–1801. American Independence and the French Revolution.=
    Edited by S. E. WINBOLT, M.A.

  =1801–1815. England and Napoleon.= Edited by S. E. WINBOLT, M.A.

  =1815–1837. Peace and Reform.= Edited by A. C. W. EDWARDS, M.A.,
    Christ’s Hospital.

  =1856–1876. Palmerston to Disraeli.= Edited by EWING HARDING, B.A.

  =1876–1887. Imperialism and Mr. Gladstone.= Edited by R. H.
    GRETTON, M.A.

  =1563–1913. Canada.= Edited by JAMES MUNRO, Lecturer at Edinburgh
    University.

  _Other volumes, covering the whole range of English History from
    Roman Britain, are in active preparation, and will be issued at
    short intervals._

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FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI

(1856–1876)

Compiled by

EWING HARDING, B.A. (Lond.)

Senior Master of the Modern School, Southport







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London
G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.
1913




INTRODUCTION


This series of English History Source Books is intended for use with
any ordinary textbook of English History. Experience has conclusively
shown that such apparatus is a valuable--nay, an indispensable--adjunct
to the history lesson. It is capable of two main uses: either by
way of lively illustration at the close of a lesson, or by way of
inference-drawing, before the textbook is read, at the beginning of
the lesson. The kind of problems and exercises that may be based on
the documents are legion, and are admirably illustrated in a _History
of England for Schools_, Part I., by Keatinge and Frazer, pp. 377–381.
However, we have no wish to prescribe for the teacher the manner in
which he shall exercise his craft, but simply to provide him and his
pupils with materials hitherto not readily accessible for school
purposes. The very moderate price of the books in this series should
bring them within the reach of every secondary school. Source books
enable the pupil to take