entaries on them. The private life of the king is written by JESSE,
_Memoirs of the Life and Reign of George III._, 3 vols., 2nd edit.,
1867, in itself scarcely to be reckoned as of historical value, but
giving copious references to authorities. Life at the court is vividly
described in Madame D'ARBLAY'S (Miss Burney's) _Diary_, 7 vols., 1854; a
new edition by Mr. Austin Dobson is in course of publication. The Diary
should be read with an allowance for the writer's dislike of her work at
court, which Macaulay does not perhaps sufficiently consider in his
essay. His other essays relating to this period should be read, but the
views of history which they present must not be accepted in all cases.
Bishop DOUGLAS, _Seasonable Hints from an Honest Man_, 1761; _Case of
the Troops Serving in Germany_, 1781; MAUDUIT, _Occasional Thoughts on
the Present German War_, 1761, and other pamphlets. Many of the
Caricatures of _Gillray_, _Rowlandson_, and others are valuable as
historical documents. In default of the originals, see WRIGHT, _England
under the House of Hanover_, 2 vols., 3rd edit., 1852, republished in
one vol. as _Caricature History of the Georges_ [1867?].

[Sidenote: _ON THE AMERICAN REBELLION._]

(7) Of books on the American revolutionary war the best general history
of a popular kind is by Mr. FISKE, _American Revolution_, 2 vols., 1891;
it is written with moderation and a desire for impartiality. GORDON,
_History of the Rise of the Independence of the United States_, 4 vols.,
1788, with many documents. G. BANCROFT, _History of the United States_,
centenary edition, 1879, vols. iii.-vi. containing the history of the
revolution, display wonderful industry, but are disfigured by violent
partisanship. _Narrative and Critical History of America_, edited by J.
Winsor, vol. vi., 1888, has some good papers by various writers.
_Cambridge Modern History_, vol. vii., _The United States_, 1903. TYLER,
_Literary History of the American Revolution_, 2 vols., 1879,
illustrates the course of American sentiment during the period. Sir G.
O. TREVELYAN, _The American Revolution_, pts. i. and ii., 3 vols., in
progress, written on the whig side: the views taken in the present book
as to the causes and character of the dispute, and as to some other
points are different from those advanced by this distinguished author.
For the loyalists, L. SABINE, _American Loyalists_, Boston, 1847,
revised edit., _Biographies, etc._, 2 vols., 1864, and M