Cambridge:

PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AND SON,

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

THE

EXPANSION OF ENGLAND

TWO COURSES OF LECTURES

BY

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J. R. SEELEY, M. A.

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE FELLOW OF THE ROYAL

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

FROM THE ESTATE OF

MRS. CHARLES ROBERT SANGER

FEBRUARY 19, 1936

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PREFACE.

IN preparing these lectures for the press I have been much indebted to Professor Cowell, who was good enough to take an interest in that part of them which relates to India, and to Mr Cunningham, the author of that most interesting book, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce.