SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE FIRST EDITION.

“With considerable literary skill he has compressed into a brief compass a most readable and impartial account of the efforts which from the time of Edward I. went on to weld the two countries into one.”—Edinburgh Evening News.

“Mr. Omond tells his story brightly and with full knowledge.”—Manchester Guardian.

“A genuine contribution to British history.”—Dumfries Courier.

“There is much to interest and inform in this volume.”—Liverpool Mercury.

“The conciseness of the sketch, instead of detracting from the worth of the work, rather enables the author to give a more vivid description of the course and progress of events.”—Dundee Advertiser.

“Mr. Omond has laid students of British history under a debt of gratitude to him for his work on the Scottish Union question.”—Leeds Mercury.

“Mr. Omond is at home in the struggles which led up to the act of Union in 1707.”—British Weekly.

“His book, modest and unpretentious as it is, is a careful contribution to the study of one of the most important features of the history of the two kingdoms, since 1707 united as Great Britain.”—Liverpool Daily Post.

“A handy summary of the history of such international relations, written with an orderly method and much clearness and good sense.”—The Academy.

“A handy, well-written volume.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

“A very interesting, as well as very instructive book.”—Literary World.

John Hamilton, Lord Belhaven.