ng effect of naval failure on the
part of England on the last phase of the war with America. BARROW, _Life
of Earl Howe_, 1838. Mr. J. K. LAUGHTON, _Nelson_ (English Men of Action
Series), 1895, by an acknowledged master of English naval history, and
his articles in the _Dict. of National Biography_ on the sea-captains of
the period. _Logs of the Great Sea Fights, 1794-1805_ (Navy Records
Soc.), vol. i., 1899, in progress, well edited by Rear-Admiral T.
Sturges Jackson, a delightful book of first-rate value. References to
the latest contributions to the subject of Nelson at Naples are given in
the text. CHEVALIER, _Histoire de la Marine Francaise pendant la Guerre
de l'Independence Americaine_, 1877, _Histoire, etc., sous la premiere
Republique_, 1886, most valuable works; a third vol., _Hist., etc., sous
le Consulat_. M. le Capitaine DESBRIERE, _Projets de Debarquement_, 2
vols., 1901, a phase of the great war told with all the care and
lucidity which distinguish the best French historical work.

(10) For European politics during the French revolution the best books
are by HEINRICH VON SYBEL, used here in the French translation,
_Histoire de l'Europe pendant la Revolution Francaise_, 6 vols.,
1869-88, and by M. ALBERT SOREL, _L'Europe et la Revolution Francaise_,
6 vols., 1903, in progress; vol. vi. covers 1800-5, a work distinguished
alike by learning, insight, and literary quality; the great collection
of G. F. VON MARTENS, _Recueil des Traites depuis 1761_, vols. i.-vi.,
1817-29; Comte DE GARDEN, _Histoire des Traites_, vols. iv.-vi.,
1848-87, and F. DE MARTENS, _Recueil des Traites conclus par la Russie_,
vols. ix., x. (_Angleterre_), 1892.

(11) In Irish history LECKY has generally been followed, supplemented by
PLOWDEN, _History of Ireland to the Union_, 2 vols., 1809; H. GRATTAN,
_Life of Grattan_, 5 vols., 1839; _Correspondence between Pitt and the
Duke of Rutland_, 1781-87, edit. 1890. Earl FITZWILLIAM, _First_ and
_Second Letters to the Earl of Carlisle_, 1795; TONE, _Life of T. W.
Tone_, 2 vols., 1826; MADDEN, _United Irishmen_, 2 vols., 2nd edit.,
1858; GORDON, _History of the Rebellion_, 2nd edit., 1803, a trustworthy
and graphic narrative by a protestant clergyman of co. Wexford; _Memoirs
and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh_ (Lord Londonderry), 12
vols., 1848-85, vols. ii.-iv.; INGRAM, _History of the Irish Union_,
1887, though failing in its hopeless attempt to prove that the union was
not effect