Historical and Political Essays

· 1903

Longmans, Green, and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London New York, Bombay, and Calcutta 1908 All rights reserved The Essays 'Thoughts on History,' 'Formative Influences,' 'Madame de Staël,' 'Israel among the Nations,' 'Old-age Pensions,' appeared originally in the American Review, the _Forum_--the first under the title of 'The Art of Writing History'; 'Ireland in the Light of History,' in the _North American Review_. Those on Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Henry Reeve, and Dean Milman were written for the _Edinburgh Review_. The Essay on 'Queen Victoria as a Moral Force' appeared first in the _Pall Mall Magazine_; 'Carlyle's Message to His Age' in the _Contemporary Review_. 'The Political Value of History…

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