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CONTENTS.-v. 1. The Renaissance, 1493-1520, by G. R. Potter.- v. 2. The Reformation, 1520-1559, by G. R. Elton.-v. 3 The conter-reformation and price revolution, 1559-1610 by R. B. Wernham.-v. 4. The decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War, 1609-48/59 ,by J.P. Cooper. v. 5. The ascendancy of France, ed. by F. L. Carsten.-v. 6. The rise of Great Bri tain and Russia, 1688-1715/25, by J. S. Bromley.-v.7. The old regime, 1 713-63, ed. by J.O. Lindsay.-v. 8. The American and French revolutions, 1763-93, ed. by A. Godwin.-v. 9. War and peace in an age of upheaval, 1793-1830, ed. by C. W. Crawley.-v. 10. The zenith of European power, 1 830-70, ed. by J. P. T. Bury.v. 11. Material progress and world-wide pr oblems, 1870-98, ed. by F. H. Hinsley.- v. 12 The era of violence, ed. by D. Thompson.- v. 14. Atlas, by H. C. Darby and Harold Fullard.