The History of Twenty Five Years, Vol. 3: 1856 1880 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Walpole, Spencer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330230590 ISBN 13: 9781330230596

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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In his Preface to the first two volumes that appeared in 1904, Sir Spencer Walpole described the scope and design of his 'history of Twenty-five Years,' and explained the rules and methods that he had adopted in composing it. He also gave the reasons that determined him to give this work a new title, although it is in fact a continuation of his 'history of England from 1815 to He said that during the next following period - from 1857 to 1880 - the connexion of England with foreign affairs was of predominant interest, and that the importance of domestic affairs was comparatively secondary. Accordingly, in those volumes he allotted long chapters to continental events and transactions, and to the policy of the British Government in rela tion to them. It will be seen that in the two volumes now published he has followed a similar plan. The first opens with a chapter on the Treaty of London and the Geneva Award, while the second volume con tains chapters on the Eastern Question, and on the important part taken by the British Government in the negotiations connected with the russo-turkish War and the Berlin Treaty.

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Excerpt from The History of Twenty Five Years, Vol. 3: 1856 1880

In 1904 the late Sir Spencer Walpole published the first two volumes of his 'History of Twenty-five Years' (1857-1880), and the volumes now issued bring the narrative down to the date which he had assigned to himself as its limit. The chapters in these two final volumes were almost completed by the author before his death. He intended, as will be seen from a Note appended to the last page, to insert at least two additional chapters; and it is much to be regretted that he did not live to finish them; though the final paragraphs, to conclude the whole history, had been written, and will be found in their place at the end. Sir Spencer Walpole's manuscript required, therefore, no more than some re-arrangement, such as the division of the chapters and the allocation of certain portions to their proper places; but otherwise the book has been printed as the author left it, with the general revision that he himself would have made before publication.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330230590
• ISBN 13: 9781330230596
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354