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"Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by History.' 1 FT is a profound truth that was summed up in this memorable * fc was > indeed, this necessity/ to every man and woman^of * phrase by Sir John Seeley, who had the more right to speak historical reading that, at the end of Ijis task filled the Editor's since the practical effects of his own work have been very tangible, mind. ■ t s ' That imperial consciousness, in which the attitude of the British " We greatly mistake," he- writes in his Introduction, " the world to-day differs so markedly from that of a generation ago, is purport of our story if it does" not, on the whole, make for broader largely traceable to the impulse given by his brilliant study " The views, for truer humanitarianism, for higher morals, personal and Expansion of England." communal — in a word, for better .^fl&ftic. In great crises modern nations have recognised the practical citizenship [in the fullest and Ir^^^lSb value, nay the necessity, of historical reading. When Prussia lay broadest meaning of the term. J. humiliated at the feet of Napoleon after Jena, the study of history Indeed > to attain the plane of jffNp^P^ SOi formed an important part of the national movement which in two the P est cit izenship, historical jSbfer^W-f CSill, generations was to end a predominance the French had enjoyed studies are absolutely essential. for six centuries. The Prussians conquered in '71 because they One can have a competent pSf^! >ft^ knew more, knew more of themselves, of others, of the whole i"^ 1^ 111 regarding the affairs JTw' Jl J^SBISSw course of history, than did the French, for world histories had of his own COu «try without such .J^X^m^KKr^^ followed one studies ' no one a fair judge #7J|^ fbW Xj tfßmfi™^^ another in an the P*** 10 * 1 ' principles of the I | L'Jj '(If I mXBk 1 unbrokensucces- P art y he su PPortsP ort s or of the one < '\M l f -|; | B&BSZ3 !3 sion f rom the that he °PP oses > who has not . -If/ *'.. \ W&m^Wt German press P re P ared himself by a study of '** WSSBf-^ T^are-less P^cal systems of the past. AXEL OXENSTIERNA. IMfc T) ■ inerearenoless <IJ a JT h . mm M r ,* , The famous Chancellor of Gustavus M^W:^ IJ than nine world ' begUn earUer and S P ent Adolphus, the great Swedish King histories of orinie thtrf yy ears treading history,' ?f nl c^T~ oi f™^ s*™"*™5 *™"*™- nistones ol prime „ q_L- TI __ f T , „ „ (Vol. XVI., " Scandinavia.") importance and Said ,, cc ™ ller > 7 should be a MmlmL JW-** and great popu- very dt^ rent *«*« and far better than I am.' Echoing these .-^HHBBhr^S^ larit y in Ger- W ° rds ' We m *y s^ that the outlo <* for every constitutional govW \ many-indeed emment WOuldbe bri S hter > if e very youth and every man who J^^SL \ wi A the very earliest, cx J c ™ s > or is about to exercise, the responsibilities of a voter, » TH*fcl\ W Sfif \\ Schlosser's, has f nd ever y woman whose advice aids or stimulates a father, brother, W ISL \j^M X \ now reached its husband > or Son towards the performance of his civic dufies, could Wv twentieth edition Tu' ***"' let US Say ' but aS many weeks ' in studying ift \ (i8vols). Apub- the hlstor y °f nations. Little fear that students who have made \ I (SMM \ lie brought up on such a sfcart as this would willingly stop these. They would have V J such reading, & ained enou g" of insight to be keenly interested, and it would I when the crisis rec * uire no ur g in g to send them on ; for the panorama of history, came was filled ° nCe WC gam a little insi Bnt8 nt into it as it unfolds before us its neverTHE DUKE OFI ALVA, with ideals which en * ing Variety ° f scenes ' can hardl^ be view e d otherwise than witb unnasf£jin°' interest " the most successful general of his time, in his govern- were not illu- & ment of the Netherlands shewed himself the perfect . , . *. and absolute tyrannt. He boasted, probably with SlOnS. In their exaggeration, that he had executed 18,000 inhabitants turn the French Among the dlStin- jJ^s^ "*^^^ :=a '»Ct^ in six year, (Vol. Kill., '■Netkerlan^J after' Sedan put §UisHed men wh ° h ™ history in the front rank of the agents which go to make efficiency. cx P ressed their appre- iBSI The problem before the British Empire is the greatest that C ] atlOn of the His tonans' has ever faced a race, and the more challenging because its wise 1S Ory World ' solution lies in the hands, not of a few, but of each individual in statesmen are particularthe sovereign democracy. £ m evldenc e-Lord The Web of History. Lord Cromer, the Right 1^ " Ignorance of history is a wilful waste of experience." It is Hon - R - B - Haldane. The - ?f j' f"^^!^''^ • only from the knowledge of what has occurred that man can hope late Grover Cleveland, ,%f* { "^ '4 '^ to perceive what will occur and judge aright of policies and con- who was twice President " ' ( y \}\ " «. v . ■• / sequences. The commonest of all sayings in regard to history is United States, not „„,„,„ . „ ... 4. •«. w 14. • • j j L j •!. • lon-" before his death py CHRISTI/.N 11. OF DENMARK, that it repeats itself. It is indeed ever the same story, and it is *» uerore nis aeaui ex- ,, . . .„ . , . . „ 1 \ , nrrsqrd liimcplf in fl-.^ One of the most violent opponents of the this sameness under infinitely various guises which lends to i Jlcaacu mrnsen in tne Reformation. It was against his regime history its surpassing fascination, and renders it the most potent ™ rmest f ms ** to the k^Jafi. ktlpht . agent of enlightenment. Land tenure ; the relation between the vaiue ot tnc Jrlistory, and (Vol. XVI., "Scandinavia."). state and the individual, whether as regards taxation, the fostering ln tne same strain the of industries, or the adoption of measures for the inducement of " on - *^ • Pember Reeves, personal good conduct ; the status of religion ; the attempt to late Hi S h Commissioner Of tie 2800 line drawings tohicJi " level-up " between the rich and the poor ; federation; defence— for New Zealand , wrote illustrate the text of the History, these things, present in the minds of all at this election time in a ° f the benefit thaL would those reproduced .in this page country which has figured in the world drama for barely two gener- result from the wide cir- shew the excellent use made of ations, are precisely the material of history throughout all ages culati °n of the work. A portraits. The portrci is selected and in all countries. " booklet, reproducing the are of four men concerned in the opinions of many emm- great religious upheaval of the The Oldest Complaint in the World. ent men, will be sent Reformation. Besides the 2800 To imagine that political problems here and now are something P ost free to an 7 reader of pictures in the text, the History cut off and radically different from those which have been wisely th # is announcement who includes over 200 full page plates. or unwisely faced or solved in the past, is in itself the beginning wishes to*?ee it. of political error. If the Historians' History of the World did And the great quality no more than reHeve its readers of this blindness, the benefits of history is that, with all J^^^^^^^t\ would amply repay the labour of its production. -What has a more its practical usefulness, " modern " souud than the complaint of decadence in a civilisation it makes also the most which has already reached its prime ? It is the oldest complaint entertaining reading. jpv*^" V^^^L that .has corae down to us. The Historians'- History of- the World Mr. Alison Phillips, \lsfr '*^^fiW\ quotes from an Egyptian docuHient kaown as " the oldest book in author of " Modern \^''^^S{^&v\. the /world," written some 4000 years 8.C., to show that thoughtful Europe," in writing elo- J^^^^^S' f > Esg^ptians of that time regarded civilisation as being past its quently of the political J^^^^'^^ ""^\ I zeiweh. They were tired of the degenerate days in which they service performed by the atfo&¥ffl^^ 1// lived, and 1 looked back to the. good old days when the Egyptians, History, truly remarks yMV¥/4 Jr'f •jw as it seemed<!to,thfem, were a,great,pe©ple. Of Egyptian history — that the real stories of ' j? \\ \-f f / '111 the most distaxrt -from, ourselves of which we have record — the history surpass the 'finest \\\) '''' H '/ Ml/ Editor-in-chief of'-fehe Kistory^saj^: — ""When!- one considers the fiction in interest, and 'HV !\V - Jl t¥j^ ancient resident of the valley of the "Wile as- a ,'humanxbeing, with that even the genius of N\U ({\ // Ais desires, and'- aspirations ateiost precisely like our own ; Scott could add nothing a man'steaggJmg to.soWe^he.same^oblems of^jradrkal socialism to the historical figures ERASMUS, that we are, .struggling' for to-day — then, and" then^ only,. can the of Louis XI. or Richard The moderate mover in the Reformation, lessons of ancient %yptia« tistot9.be brought home to u S ! in their * and Saladin. shewedThe^afto f!^™^ YefVnS true meaning and .with their true significance." tion -" ( Vol - XIII > "Netherlands."). Socialism 800 B C TllG Want ° f a wor d nist ory was the most obvious gap in En S lisn literature. In filling this want, in bringing history back "Amongst -the .-earKest.otraditio.ns in GFeek history, are the to its proper place as the most popular of all subjects, the laws^ivejito^pffifta-byEycuEgiUS. Fmdang aprodig-iousbmequality Historians' History also supplies the knowledge, the mental in wealth/ he*ha*ib.all the old divisions of land canceled' and new training, for which the times most urgently call. It is a book for ones made, that alhnight be equal. To the same end he .practically all men and women, and, at the subscription price, the cheapest eliminated ithe use of money by changing the coinage from gold book ever published. The subscription list can only remain open and silver to iron,.so that a yoke of oxen was required to remove a short while longer. |f you have not received a subscription the equate of He instituted public tables where- all' ate form and examined the descriptive pamphlet, you should in common o£ the same meal such as was appointed by law. Has write for both TO-DAY. the most advanced socialism ventured further ? The record of the Greek states is one long commentary upon the subject of federation, " ~ " ""' " ' — —»-——— and its central episode, the thirty years' war between Athens and INQUIRY FORM. and Sparta, is the struggle between the imperial ambitions of a j t- TU r T ,ii re „ .N „ _ „„. . „ , democratic naval power and the disruptive forces of conservative | " IHt TIMES Lfllltl0n )' NlZ> OfflCe ' 2 Hari>lS Str^» Wellington. particularism. The accumulation of land in the hands of a few Please send me, post free, the 84-page pamphlet is the central theme of Roman history from the Carthaginian war describing the "Historians' History of the World," to Uptime of Gesar-and so^throughall the ages,in every chapter an *f°™ of subscription at present introductory price. throughout the volumes of the History, the reader sees the same Name .. humanity facing similar problems. The History carries the vivid Z6 ' """"" ' ' "" and detailed record down to-»the latest legislation in Australia and Address New Zealand, to which coui^arieslt devotes 4o,ooawocdß. <c -

FT is a profound truth that was summed up in this memorable * phrase by Sir John Seeley, who had the more right to speak since the practical effects of his own work have been very tangible. That imperial consciousness, in which the attitude of the British world to-day differs so markedly from that of a generation ago, is largely traceable to the impulse given by his brilliant study " The Expansion of England." In great crises modern nations have recognised the practical value, nay the necessity, of historical reading. When Prussia lay humiliated at the feet of Napoleon after Jena, the study of history formed an important part of the national movement which in two generations was to end a predominance the French had enjoyed for six centuries. The Prussians conquered in '71 because they i foiew more, knew more of themselves, of others, of the whole course of history, than did the French, for world histories had •lit \t I nOW reaclied its I came, was filled THE DUKE OF^LVA, with ideals which the most successful general of his time, in his govern- were not illument of the Netherlands shewed himself the perfect . T , . and absolute tyrannt. He boasted, probably with SlOnS. In their exaggeration, that he had executed 18,000 inhabitants t uril the French in six years. {Vol. XIII., "Netherlands") ' after Sedan put history in the front rank of the agents which go to make efficiency. The problem before the British Empire is the greatest that has ever faced a race, and the more challenging because its wise solution lies in the hands, not of a few, but of each individual in the sovereign democracy. The Web of History. " Ignorance of history is a wilful waste of experience." It is ! only from the knowledge of what has occurred that man can hope to perceive what will occur and judge aright of policies and consequences. The commonest of all sayings in regard to history is ! that it repeats itself. It is indeed ever the same story, and it is ! this sameness under infinitely various guises which lends to history its surpassing fascination, and renders it the most potent . agent of enlightenment. Land tenure ; the relation between the I state and the individual, whether as regards taxation, the fostering i of industries, or the adoption of measures for the inducement of personal good conduct ; the status of religion ; the attempt to " level-up " between the rich and the poor ; federation ; defence — these things, present in the minds of all at this election time in a country which has figured in the world drama for barely two generations, are precisely the material of history throughout all ages and in all countries. The Oldest Complaint in the World. To imagine that political problems here and now are something cut off and radically different from those which have been wisely or unw-isely faced or solved in the past, is in itself the beginning of political error. If the Historians' History of the World did no more than reHeve its readers of this blindness, the benefits would amply repay the labour of its production. - What has a more " modern " souud than the complaint of decadence in a civilisation which has already reached its prime ? It is the oldest complaint thathas come down to us. The Historians' History of- the World I quotes from an Egyptian docu-ment known as " the oldest book in [ the /world," written some 4000 years 8.C., to show that thoughtful E^ptians of that time regarded civilisation as being past its j zem£h. They were tired of the degenerate days in which they I lived-, and 1 looked back to the. good old days when the Egyptians, I as it seemed<!to,thfem, were a,great,pe©ple. Of Egyptian history— the most distant -from, ourselves of which we have* record — the Editor-in-chief of '-the History -sa^js,: — " v When>-one considers the ancient resident of the vafey of the Wile as- a .humanvbeing, with desires, -.emotions, and'- aspirations ateiost precisely like our own ; a man ■straggling to < soWe'4he.same^JK>blems of*practieal socialism that we are, .struggling' for to-day — then, and" then^ only,. can the lessons of ancient Egyptian <history*be brought home to us in their ■> true meaning and .with their true significance." Socialism 800 B.C. "Amongst -the -earKest.'o traditions in GFeek history, are the laws<givem to#3pa»!taby "EycuKgjus. Finding a prodigiousbmequality in wealth/ he*feaeb-all the old divisions of land canceled' and new ones made, that alhnight be equal. To the same end he .practically eliminated ithe use of money by changing the coinage from gold and silver to iron,, so that a yoke of oxen was required to remove the equivalent of He instituted public tables where- all' ate in common o£ the same meal such as was appointed by law. Has the most advanced socialism ventured further ? The record of the Greek states is one long commentary upon the subject of federation, and its central episode, the thirty years' war between Athens and and Sparta, is the struggle between the imperial ambitions of a democratic naval power and the disruptive forces of conservative particularism. The accumulation of land in the hands of a few is the central theme of Roman history from the Carthaginian war to the time of Caesar — and so-through all the ages,,in every chapter throughout the volumes of the History, the reader sees the same humanity facing similar problems. The History carries the vivid and detailed record down to-»the latest legislation in Australia and New Zealand, to which cout&ries It devotes 40,ooawocd8, c