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* Weller, C. H. _Athens and its Monuments_ (N. Y., 1913, Macmillan, $4.00).
Wheeler, B.I. _Alexander the Great and the Merging of East and West into Universal History_ (N. Y., 1900, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."
Wilkins, A. S. _Roman Antiquities_ (N. Y., 1884, American Book Co., 35 cents).
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Adams, G. B. _The Growth of the French Nation_ (N. Y., 1896, Macmillan, $1.25). The best short history of France.
Archer, T. A., and Kingsford, C. L. _The Crusades_ (N. Y., 1894, Putnam, $1.50).
Baring-Gould, Sabine. _Curious Myths of the Middle Ages_ (N. Y., 1869, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.25).
Bateson, Mary. _Medieval England_ (N. Y., 1903, Putnam, $1.50). Deals with social and economic life. "Story of the Nations."
Cheyney, E. P. _An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England_ (N. Y., 1901, Macmillan, $1.40). The best brief work on the subject.
Church, R. W. _The Beginning of the Middle Ages_ (N. Y., 1877, Scribner, $1.00).
Cutts, E. L. _Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages_ (London, 1872, De La More Press, 7s. 6d.). An almost indispensable book; ill.u.s.trated.
Davis, H. W. C. Medieval Europe (N. Y., 1911, Holt, 50 cents).
------ _Charlemagne, the Hero of Two Nations_ (N. Y., 1899, Putnam, $1.50). "Heroes of the Nations."
Emerton, Ephraim. _An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages_ (Boston, 1888, Ginn, $1.10). The most satisfactory short account, and of special value to beginners.
Foord, Edward. _The Byzantine Empire_ (N. Y., 1911, Macmillan, $2.00). The most convenient short treatment; lavishly ill.u.s.trated.
* Gibbon, Edward. _The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_, edited by J. B. Bury (N. Y., 1914, Macmillan, 7 vols., $25.00).
The best edition, ill.u.s.trated and provided with maps, of this standard work.
* Green, J. R. _Short History of the English People_, edited by Mrs. J. R.
Green and Miss Kate Norgate (N. Y., 1893-1895, Harper, 4 vols., $20.00). A beautifully ill.u.s.trated edition of this standard work.
Guerber, H. A. _Legends of the Middle Ages_ (N. Y., 1896, American Book Co., $1.50).
Haskins, C. H. _The Normans in European History_ (Boston, 1915, Houghton Mifflin Co., $2.00).
Hodgkin, Thomas. _The Dynasty of Theodosius_ (N. Y., 1899, Oxford University Press, American Branch, $1.50). Popular lectures summarizing the author's extensive studies.
Jessopp, Augustus. _The Coming of the Friars, and Other Historic Essays_ (N. Y., 1888, Putnam, $1.25). A book of great interest.
* Lacroix, Paul. _Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance_ (London, 1880, Bickers and Son, out of print).
Lawrence, W. W. _Medieval Story_ (N. Y., 1911, Columbia University Press, $i.50). Discusses the great literary productions of the Middle Ages.
Mawer, Allen. _The Vikings_ (N. Y, 1913, Putnam, 35 cents).
Munro, D. C., and Sellery, G. C _Medieval Civilization_ (2d ed., N. Y., 1907, Century Co., $2.00). Translated selections from standard works by French and German scholars.
Rait, R. S. _Life in the Medieval University_ (N. Y., 1912, Putnam, 35 cents). "Cambridge Manuals."
Synge, M. B. _A Short History of Social Life in England_ (N. Y., 1906, Barnes, $1.50).
Tappan, Eva M. _When Knights were Bold_ (Boston, 1912, Houghton Mifflin Co., $2.00). An economic and social study of the Feudal Age; charmingly written.
Tickner, F. W. _A Social and Industrial History of England_ (N. Y., 1915, Longmans, Green, and Co., $1.00). Very simply written and well ill.u.s.trated.
* Wright, Thomas. _The Homes of Other Days_ (London, 1871, Trubner, out of print). Valuable for both text and ill.u.s.trations.
TRANSITION TO MODERN TIMES
Cheyney, E. P. _European Background of American History, 1300-1600_ (N.
Y., 1904, Harper, $2.00).
Creighton, Mandell. _The Age of Elizabeth_ (13th ed., N. Y., 1897, Scribner, $ 1.00). "Epochs of Modern History."
Fiske, John. _The Discovery and Colonization of North America_ (Boston, 1905, Ginn, 90 cents).
Gardiner, S. R. _The Thirty Years' War_ (N. Y., 1874, Scribner, $1.00).
Goodyear, W. H. _Renaissance and Modern Art_ (N. Y., 1894, Macmillan, $1.00).
Hudson, W. H. _The Story of the Renaissance_ (N. Y., 1912, Ca.s.sell, $1.50). A well-written volume.
Hulme, E. M. _The Renaissance, the Protestant Revolution, and the Catholic Reformation in Continental Europe_ (rev. ed., N. Y., 1915, Century Co., $2.50). The best work on the subject by an American scholar.
* Joyce, T. A. _Mexican Archaeology_ (N. Y., 1914, Putnam, $4.00).
------ _South American Archaeology_ (N. Y., 1912, Putnam, $3.50).
Kerr, P. H., and Kerr, A. C. _The Growth of the British Empire_ (N. Y., 1911, Longmans, Green, and Co., 50 cents).
Oldham, J. B. _The Renaissance_ (N. Y., 1912, Dutton, 35 cents).
Seebohm, Frederic. _The Era of the Protestant Revolution_ (N. Y., 1875, Scribner, $1.00). "Epochs of Modern History."
CHAPTER I
THE AGES BEFORE HISTORY
