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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS
HISTORICAL SERIES
No. I. MEDIEVAL MANCHESTER AND THE BEGIN-
NINGS OF LANCASHIRE. By James Tait, M.A., Professor
of Ancient and Mediaeval History. Demy 8vo, pp. x. 211,
with 3 Illustrations. 7s. 6d. net.
(Publication No. 3, 1904.)
"Patient and enlightened scholarship and a sense of style and proportion
have enabled the writer to produce a work at once solid and
readable." English Historical Review.
"A welcome addition to the literature of English local history, not
merely because it adds much to our knowledge of Manchester and
Lancashire, but also because it displays a scientific method of treatment
which is rare in this field of study in England."—Dr. Gross in American
His torical Re view.
" La collection ne pouvait debuter plus significativement et plus heureusement
que par un ouvrage d'histoire du Moyen Age du a M. Tait, car
l'enseignement medieviste est un de ceux qui font le plus d'honneur a
la jeune Universite de Manchester, et c'est a M. le Professeur Tait qu'il
faut attribuer une bonne part de ce succes."—Revue de Synthase
historique.
No. II. INITIA OPERUM LATINORUM QUAE SAECULIS
XIII., XIV., XV. ATTRIBUUNTUR. By A. G. Little,
M.A., Lecturer in Palaeography. Demy 8vo, pp. xiii. 273
(interleaved). (Out of print.) (Publication No. 5, 1904.)
" Whoever has attempted to ascertain the contents of a Mediaeval
miscellany in manuscript must often have been annoyed by the occurrence
of a blank space where the title of the treatise ought to be. Mr. Little
has therfore earned the gratitude of all such persons by making public
a collection of some 6,000 incipits, which he arranged in the first instance
for his private use, in compiling a catalogue of Franciscan MSS."
— English Historical Review.
No. III. THE OLD COLONIAL SYSTEM. By Gerald
Berkeley Hertz, M.A., B.C.L., Lecturer in Colonial History.
Demy8vo, pp.xi.232. 5s.net. (Publication No. 7, 1905.)
"Mr. Hertz gives us an elaborate historical study of the old colonial
system, which disappeared with the American Revolution He
shows a remarkable knowledge of contemporary literature, and his book
may claim to be a true history of popular opinion." Spectator.
" Mr. Hertz's book is one which no student of imperial developments
can neglect. It is lucid, fair, thorough, and convincing."
— Glasgow Herald.
" Mr. Hertz's Old ' Colonial System ' is based on a careful study of
contemporary documents, with the result that several points of no small
importance are put in a new light .... it is careful, honest work ....
The story which he tells has its lesson for us." The Times.
" Both the ordinary reader and the academic mind will get benefit
from this well-informed and well-written book." Scotsman.
" Mr. Hertz has made excellent use of contemporary literature, and
has given us a very valuable and thorough critique. The book is interesting
and very well written." American Political Science Review.
Published for Manchester University by Sherratt & Hughes