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vols., 1904), is of value for the campaign of 1808-1809. For Waterloo, in addition to Maxwell's Life of Wellington, and Rose's Life of Napoleon I., Chesney's Waterloo Lectures, 1868; W. O'CONNOR MORRIS, The Campaign of 1815 (1900), and J. C. ROPES, The Campaign of Waterloo, may be studied with profit. Morris's work must, however, be discounted for his extravagant admiration of Napoleon's genius and his faith in the Grouchy legend. For the disputes with the United States and war of 1812-1814, see chapters in the Cambridge Modern History (vol. vii., 1903); BOURINOT, Canada (Story of the Nations), (1897); J. SCHOULER, History of the United States of America under the Constitution (6 vols., 1880-1889); and MAHAN, Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 (2 vols., 1905).

(6) For European politics and foreign relations generally, in addition to some of the books mentioned in the last section, we have C. A. FYFFE'S History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 (ed. 1895), a very readable book, which includes the results of some original study, and SEIGNOBOS, Political History of Contemporary Europe, English translation (2 vols., 1901), an useful but not always accurate book. The great French work, Histoire générale du IVe Siècle à nos jours (vols. ix., x., 1897-1898), by numerous authors, edited by MM. Lavisse and Rambaud, is naturally of varying merit; the chapters on France and Russia are the best, and there is a very full bibliography at the close of each chapter. The Cambridge Modern History, vol. ix., Napoleon (1906), is a similar compilation by English writers. ALFRED STERN'S Geschichte Europas seit den Verträgen von 1815 (3 vols., 1894-1901, to be continued to 1871) is perhaps the best general history of the period following the great war. The Memoirs of Prince Metternich (5 vols., English translation, 1881-1882, edited by Prince Richard Metternich, extending to 1835) contain much that is valuable for diplomatic history. For French history see DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, Histoire du gouvernement parlementaire en France (1814-1848, 10 vols., 1857-1872), which, in spite of the title, does not extend beyond 1830. For the Greek revolt, vols. vi. and vii. of G. FINLAY'S History of Greece (7 vols., ed. 1877) are important. American policy is treated by J. W. FOSTER, A Century of American Diplomacy (1901). Sir EDWARD HERTSLET'S Map of Europe by Treaty (4 vols., 1875-1891), while professedly confined to the treaties dealing with boundaries, contains the majority of those of general historical interest. It covers the period 1815-1891. LE COMTE DE GARDEN, Histoire générale des traités de paix (14 vols., 1848-1888, vols. vi.-xv., extending to 1814), and F. DE MARTENS, Recueil des traités et conventions, conclus par la Russie (tomes xi., xii. (Angleterre), 1895-1898), contain the principal treaties belonging to the period. The Castlereagh and Wellington Despatches have been noticed under section 3.

(7) For Indian history: JAMES MILL and WILSON, History of British India (10 vols., 1858), vols. vi.-ix., noticed as an authority for

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