An Outline of the History of England (Revised)

After several years' experience as a teacher of college history, the author has come to the conclusion that the average student needs a manual which will give him an organized view of the course as a whole, clarify his aims in studying, provide definite assignments, furnish comprehensive test questions, aid in review, and supply the minimum essentials of facts in a briefer form than is to be found in the text. This means that the text should be used, and that the manual should supplement it. Such a manual should be more than a mere outline, which repels, rather than attracts, the average student; it should be a summary written in attractive form, which gives the central facts, leaving the details to the text and to collateral readings. These ideas have guided the writer in the preparation of this volume. (excerpt from preface)