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"S long ago as 1905 Sir Walter Raleigh sketched the first plan of th is book, and in 1909 Sir Sidney Lee undertook its production. He arrang ed for the writing of most of the treaties now published, set on foot t he first selection of the illustrations ... and made additions from his own collections and from fresh researches. In 1911 he was obliged to p ostpone work upon the book ... Successive editors who took up the task were withdrawn by war work in the course of 1914-15". The Clarendon pre ss has employed Charles Talbut Onions for the completion of the work. c f. Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

CONTENTS.- v.1. Ode on the tercentenary commemoration of Shakespeare , by Robert Bridges. The age of Elizabeth, by Sir Walter Raleigh, by th e Rev. Ronald Bayne. The court, by E. K. Chambers. The army: military s ervice and equipment, by the Hon. J. W. Fortescue and the Viscount Dill on. The navy: ships and sailors, by L. G. Carr Laughton. Voyages and ex ploration: geography: maps, by the later J. D. Rogers. Land travel, by Charles Hughes. Education, by Sir J. E. Sandys. Scholarship, by the sa me. Handwritting, by Sir E. M. Thompson. Commerce and coinage, by Georg e Unwin. Agriculture and gardening, by R. E. Prothero. Law, by Arthur U nderhill. Medicine, by A. H. G. Doran. The sciences, by E. B. Knobel, R obert Steele, Percy Simpson, C. T. Onions, and Sir W. T. Thiselton Dyer . Folklore and superstitions: ghosts and fairies: witchcraft and devils , by H. Littledale.- v.2. The fine arts, by Lionel Cust, W. B. Squire a nd J. A. Gotch. Heraldry, by Oswals Barron. Costume, by Percy Macquoid. The home, by the same. London and the life of the town, by H. B. Wheat ley. Authors and patrons, by D. N. Smith. Booksellers, printers and the stationers' trade, by R. B. McKerrow. Actors and acting, by Percy Simp son. The playhouse, by William Archer and W. J. Lawrence. The masque, b y Percy Simposon. Sports and pastimes, by the Hon. J. W. Walrond and Si r Sidney Lee. Rogues and vagabonds, by Charles Whibley. Ballads and bro adsides, by C. H. Firth. Shakespeare's works. Index of proper names. In dex of subjects and technical terms.