The names of the distinguished men who have joined the Advisory Council are a guarantee that the work will represent the results of the latest discoveries in every department of research. It will be observed that among them are representatives of science ; for the whole trend of modern thought, as influenced by the theory of evolution, favours the intelli- gent study of the past and of the social, institutional and political developments of national life. As these histories are the first in which this object has been kept in view, and modern principles applied, it is hoped that they will form a work of reference no less indispensable to the student than welcome to the man of culture. Family History will, both in the Histories and in the supplemental volumes of chart pedigrees, be dealt with by genealogical experts and in the modern spirit. Every effort will be made to secure accuracy of statement, and to avoid the insertion of those legendary pedigrees which have in the past brought discredit on the whole subject. It has been pointed out by the late Bishop of Oxford, a great master of historical research, that ' the expansion and extension of genealogical study is a very remarkable feature of our own times,' that 'it is an increasing pursuit both in America and England,' and that it can render the historian useful service. Heraldry will also in this Series occupy a prominent position, and the splendours of the coat-armour borne in the Middle Ages will be illustrated in colours on a scale that has never been attempted before. The general plan of Contents, and the names of the Sectional Editors (who will co-operate with local workers in every case) are as follows : — Natural History. Edited by Aubvn B. R. Trevor-Battye, M.A., F.L.S., etc. Geology. By Clement Reid, F.R.S., Horace B. Woodward, F.R.S., and others Paleontology. Edited by R. L. Lydekker, F.R.S., etc. (Contributions by G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., H. N. Dixon, F.L.S., H. C. Druce, M.A., F.L.S., Walter Garstang, M.A., F.L.S., Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S., R. I. Pocock.Rev. T.R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., etc., B.B.Woodward, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., etc., and other Specialists Prehistoric Remains. Edited by W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A. Roman Remains. Edited by F. Haverfield, M.A., F.S.A. Anglo-Saxon Remains. Edited by C. Hercdles Read, F.S.A., and Reginald A. Smith, B.A. Ethnography. Edited by G. Laurence Gomme, F.S.A. Dialect. Edited by Joseph Wright, M.A., Ph.D. Place Names 1 Folklore [ Contributed by Various Authorities Physical Types J Domesday Book and other kindred Records. Edited by J. Horace Round, M.A. Architecture. By Various Authorities. The Sections on the Cathedrals and Monastic Remains Edited by W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. Ecclesiastical History. Edited by R. L. Poole, M.A. Political History. Edited by W. H. Stevenson, M.A., J. Horace Round, M.A., Prof. T. F. Tout, M.A., James Tait, M.A., and C. H. Firth, M.A. History of Schools. Edited by A. F. Leach, M.A., F.S.A. Maritime History of Coast Counties. Edited by J. K.. Laughton, M.A. Topographical Accounts of Parishes and Manors. By Various Authorities History of the Feudal Baronage. Edited by J. Horace Round, M.A., and Oswald Barron Family History and Heraldry. Edited by Oswald Barron Agriculture. Edited by Sir Ernest Clarke, M.A., Sec. to the Royal Agricultural Society Forestry. Edited by John Nisbet, D.Oec. Industries, Arts and Manufactures 'l Social and Economic History • By Various Authorities Persons Eminent in Art, Literature, Science J Ancient and Modern Sport. Edited by the Duke of Beaufort Fishing. Edited by H. Cholmondeiev Pennell Cricket. Edited by Home Gordon Football. Edited by C. W. Alcock Bibliographies Indexes Names of the Subscribers viii
