Sir G. C. LEWIS, _Administrations of Great
Britain (1783-1830)_, edited by Sir E. Head, 1864, has been mentioned
among the authorities for volume x. It is a valuable history of the
inner political life of England, but suffers from a strong whig bias.
LECKY, _History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century_ (5 vols., 1892),
though nominally closing at the union, throws light on Irish history at
the beginning of the nineteenth century. A. V. DICEY, _Lectures on the
Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth
Century_ (1905), is very suggestive. HALEVY, _La formation du
radicalisme philosophique_ (3 vols., 1901-1904), and Sir L. STEPHEN,
_The English Utilitarians_, vols. i., ii. (1900), are valuable for the
history of the radical party. C. CREIGHTON, _History of Epidemics in
Britain_ (2 vols., 1894), contains an excellent account of the cholera
epidemic.

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(5) Books dealing with the great war are numerous. The following have
been already noticed among the authorities for volume x.: Dr. HOLLAND
ROSE, _Life of Napoleon I._ (2 vols., 1904), our most trustworthy guide
for the career of the French emperor. The book has gained not a little
from its author's independent researches at the British Foreign Office.
Captain MAHAN, _Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and
Empire_ (2 vols., 1893), and _Life of Nelson_ (2 vols., 1897), valuable
for their general view of the naval warfare and commercial policy of the
period. JAMES, _Naval History of Great Britain, 1793-1820_ (6 vols., ed.
1826; vols. iii.-vi. extend from 1801-1820), very full and accurate,
largely used in this volume for the American war. Sir JOHN LAUGHTON,
_Nelson_ (English Men of Action Series, 1895), and articles in the
_Dictionary of National Biography_.

To these must be added ALISON'S _History of Europe from the Commencement
of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in
1815_ (20 vols., 1847, 1848), an uncritical but still a standard work.
The reaction against Alison is probably due in large measure to
political causes. In addition to the European history which gives its
title to the book, it contains a narrative of the American war of
1812-1814. The classical though far from trustworthy narrative on the
French side is THIERS, _Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire_ (21 vols.,
1845-1869), translated into English by Campbell and Stebbing (12 vols.,
1893-1894). See als