Excerpt from A Manual of British and Irish History: Illustrated With Maps, Engravings, and Statistical, Chronological, and Genealogical Tables We already possess, it is true, several histories of England written by Catholics; and those of Miss Young, Mylins, and Mrs. St. George, have earned, as they deserve, the approbation and gratitude of the Catholic public. To keep pace, however, with the increase of historical research and accuracy, as well as to insure a due pre parution for the London University, something more, at least for collegiate purposes, was still a. Requisite. Sadler's abridgment of Lingard was therefore eagerly welcomed. Unfortunately its useful um was found to be impaired by the omission of the chapter on the manners and customs of the anglo-saxons, and by the partial omission of similar notices in other parts of the work. About the Publisher 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.