The County Lieutenancies and the Army, 1803-1814. E-book. Formato PDF John Fortescue   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The present volume may be described as an over?ow from the History of the British Army. It owes its existence principally to the Secretary of State for War, who, recognising the importance of the subject at the present time, kindly granted the writer a small subsidy to insure him against loss through its publication. But for this help, for which I desire to express my grateful thanks, the matter here printed must-have been packed into some twenty or thirty pages only. As things stand, the twenty or thirty pages have been expanded into ten times that number; and if, as I fear, the ordinary reader finds them impossible to read, I can only assure him that I have found them maddening to write.

The Governance of England: Otherwise Called the Difference Between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy. E-book. Formato PDF John Fortescue   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The work here presented to the reader has been three times previously printed; twice, in 1714 and 1719 by Mr., afterwards Sir John, Fortescue-Aland, who ultimately became Lord Fortescue of Credan, and once by Lord Clermont in his edition of the collected works of Fortescue. Of these editions the two first have become very scarce, while the third is only printed for private circulation. Of all three the value is very much impaired by the fact that the text is based on a comparatively late manuscript; while no attempt has ever been made to bring out the historical significance and relations of the treatise. It is hoped therefore that the appearance of the present edition, which aims at supplying these deficiencies, will not be considered to be without justification.Had the treatise 'On the Governance of England' no other claims on our attention, it would deserve consideration as the earliest treatise on the English Constitution written in the English language. But as a matter of fact, its historical interest is very high indeed; far higher, I venture to think, than that of the author's better-known Latin treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliœ.

Narrative of the Visit to India of Their Majesties, King George V. And Queen Mary: And of the Coronation Durbar Held at Delhi 12th December 1911. E-book. Formato PDF John Fortescue   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

India. What does this name signify to ninety-nine out of a hundred of us beyond a triangle, coloured red, upon the map of Asia? We are told that the said triangle measures nineteen hundred miles in length from north to south, and about the same in breadth, at its widest point, from east to west; and that it contains an area rather larger than that of Europe west of the Vistula. The statement conveys little to us. We accept it as undoubtedly true, and, if we look at a map of India superimposed upon one of Europe on the same scale, we are perhaps a little staggered. But we in our little island are accustomed to reckon by acres, not by thousands of square miles; and, strive as we may against the tendency, we find ourselves always attempting to apply our own puny standards to things Asiatic. We hear of great rivers, and instinctively recall the Thames at London Bridge, forgetting that a great Indian river in flood would fill the space from Westminster Abbey to the Crystal Palace.