SHERRATT & HUGHES MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS. HISTORICAL SERIES. No. I. MEDIiEVAL MANCHESTER AND THE BEGINNINGS OF LANCASHIRE. By James Taii, M.A., Professor of Ancient and Mediaeval History. Demy 8vo, pp. x. 211. 7s. 6d. net. (Publication No. 3, 1904.) "Patient and enlightened scholarship and a sense of style and pro- portion have enabled the writer to produce a work at once solid and readable." — English Historical Review. "A welcome addition to the literature of English local history, not merely because it adds much to our knowledge of Manchester and Lancashire, but also because it displays a scientific method of treatment which is rare in this field of study in England." — Dr. Gross in American Historical Eeview. " La collection ne pouvait debuter plus significativement et plus heure- usement que par un ouvrage d'histoire du Moyen Age du k M. Tait, car I'enseignement medieviste est un de ceuz qui font le plus d'honneur ^ la jeune Universite de Manchester, et c'est £ M. le Professeur Tait qu'il faut attribuer une bonne part de ce succ^s." — Revue de Synthise historique. No. II. INITIA OPERUM LATINORUM QUAE SAECULIS XIII., XIV., XV. ATTRIBUUNTUR. By A. G. Little, M. A., Lecturer in PalEBOgraphy. Demy 8vo, pp. xiii. 273 (interleaved). (Out of print.) (Publication No. 5, 1904.) "Whoever has attempted to ascertain the contents of a Mediaeval miscellany in manuscript must often have been annoyed by the occurrence of a blank space where the title of the treatise ought to be. Mr. Little has therefore earned the gratitude of all such persons by making public a collection of some 6,000 incipits, which he arranged in the first instance for his private use, in compiling a catalogue of Franciscan MSS." — English Historical Review. No. III. THE OLD COLONIAL SYSTEM. By Geeald Bbekblby Hbbtz, M.A., B.C.L., Lecturer in Constitutional Law. Demy 8vo, pp. li. 232. 5s net. (Publication No. 7, 1905.) " Mr. Hertz gives us an elaborate historical study of the old colonial system, which disappeared with the American Bievolution He shows a remarkable knowledge of contemporary literature, and his book may claim to be a true history of popular opinion." — Spectator. " Mr. Hertz's book is one which no student of imperial developments can neglect. It is lucid, fair, thorough, and convincmg." — Glasgow Herald. "Mr. Hertz's 'Old Colonial System' is based on a careful study of contemporary documents, with the result that several points of no small importance are put in a new light .... it is careful, honest work .... The story which he tells has its lesson for us." — The Times. "Both the ordinary reader and the academic mind will get benefit from this well-informed and well-written book." — Scotsman. "Mr. Hertz has made excellent use of contemporary literature, and has given us a very valuable and thorough critique. The book is in- teresting and very well written." — American Political Science Review. S3, Soho Square. London, W. H
