BY CHARLES DUKE YONGE, M.A. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST AND AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY" "THE LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE" ETC. Mr. Hallam's "Constitutional History" closes, as is well known, with the death of George II. The Reformation, the great Rebellion, and the Revolution, all of which are embraced in the period of which it treats, are events of such surpassing importance, and such all-pervading and lasting influence, that no subsequent transactions can ever attract entirely equal attention. Yet the century which has elapsed since the accession of George III. has also witnessed occurrences not only full of exciting interest at the moment, bu…
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