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development throughout the world. Here we have a sketch of

our history in what we may call our non-Imperial period. A chapter is given to "Progress at Home," by which liberty was assured. Then we have " Growth of Sea-Power" treated at a length which the importance of the subject demands. Chaps. 5.9 describe the consolidation of the United Kingdom by the incorporation of Wales, the union with Scotland and Ireland, the joining of Man and the Channel Islands ; 10-12 describe the acquisition of Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus. We hope to return to this work on some future occasion.