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A HANDBOOK
OF
PICTORIAL HISTORY.
| Some other HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY Publications. HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. In Four Sets. By H. W. Donald. Price, each set, 1/6 HISTORY TEACHING BY BIOGRAPHIES. In Two Volumes. By Alice Eve, B.A. Price, each, net, 3/-; post free, 3/4½ “BRITANNIC” HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY. In Two Parts. Price, each, net, 5d. Details of the above will be found on pages at back of this book. |
A
Handbook
of
PICTORIAL
HISTORY
Containing 680 Illustrations from Original &Contemporary Sources treating upon Architecture,Arms and Armour, Antiquities, Costumes,Customs, Shipping, Heraldry, The Church, etc.with Notes and Descriptive Articles on TheseSubjects for the use of Students & Teachers.
Written and Illustrated
by
HENRY W. DONALD
Compiler of the Britannic Historical Geography &
the Suggestions Historical Drawing Cards etc.
LONDON:
Charles and Son, Ltd.
10, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C.4.
AND GLASGOW.
Made and printed in Great Britain.
PREFACE.
It has been felt that in the study of English History, to the ordinary studentand teacher, there are great difficulties in the way of consulting thenumerous standard and other excellent works, on the subjects dealt with inthis volume. Many have not sufficient leisure, and many are unable tomake use of the facilities for study and research offered by our great nationaland provincial libraries and museums. And, to most, the prohibitive costof a representative collection of these standard works is an effectual bar tothe acquisition of a personal collection.
An acquaintance with these subjects is necessary to an intelligentappreciation of the life history and development of our nation, and of theconditions of life of our ancestors, and this work has been undertaken forstudents and teachers with regard to these matters, with the hope that, byits means, the path of study will be illuminated, and the interest shown inthe study of history correspondingly increased.
Too often, in the past, has history been taught as a series of dry lessonson facts and dates, and although in late years there has been a greatimprovement in this respect, to many the living facts around us, as bearingon our history, in our churches, our historic buildings, our museums, andour national collections, are still disregarded. What eloquent tongues theyhave, and yet, on what deaf ears do their voices fall!
Mr. Fairholt, in his well-known work on “Costume in England,”says: “A knowledge of costume is, in some degree, inseparable from aright knowledge of history. We can scarcel