I. See, on this whole subject, Professor H.L. Cannon's Reading
References for English History referred to in the Short List of Books
on page xxxvi. Professor Cannon's volume contains "exact references
to some two thousand of the most useful and accessible works on
English history." No other single volume can compare with it for
usefulness in this department.
II. See E.K. Kendall's Source-Book of English History; G.C. Lee's
Source-Book of English History; and Professor E.P. Cheyney's Readings
of English History (1 vol.); and Professor E.P. Cheyney's Readings of
English History (1 vol.); A.H.D. Acland, and C. Ransome, Outline of
the Political History of England, 1 vol.
III. See, for brief but carefully written biographical and historical
articles relating to English history, Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 10
vols. For fuller treatment see the New Encyclopaedia Britannica (29
vols.), The Dictionary of National [British] Biography (66 vols.), an
the International Encyclopaedia (17 vols.).
IV. For recent events in English history, see Whitaker's Almanack,
Hazell's Annual, the Annual Register, the Statesman's Year-Book, and
other publications of this class.