The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
TO READ SPANS HISTORY.
Books About II, From Early Times Up to
the Present.

uee PRESENT..
Serious students or those who mere
ly want to talk with some show of in
telligence on a burning question will
find ample material in public libraries
of average size for the study of Span
ish history. Among a great many
books on the subject may be mentioned
the following. which cover the subject
from the Roman invasion of the pen
insula before the Christian era up to
the present time:
Larned's History for Ready Refer
nee and Topical Reading" which con-
tains brief detailed references to all
the Spanish wars and "A list of books
useful in looking up particular points.
Harpers' Book of Facts" contains
names of generals and battles in very
brief form.
q. Longs Decline of the Roman
Empire" deals with the time of the
Punic wars. as does Gibbons Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire with
the barbarian invasion.
Henry Coppee's History of the Con-
quest of Spain" j. A. Condos History
of the Arabs in Spain and F.. a. Free
mans History aud Conquest OF the
Saracens' cover the Gothic kingdom
and its overthrow. the establishment
of the Inquisition and the invasion of
the armies of Islam.
The story of The Moors in Spain" is
told by Stanley Lane-Poole in the
STORY of the Nations" series. and
THE Christian Recovery OF Spain i'm
the same series by ii. L. Watts.
j. Forster's translation OF the
Chronicle of James l.. king OF Aragon
Surnamed the Conqueror," treats Of the
Spanish internecine wars involving the
Kingdoms of Aragon, Portugal, CASTLE
and Leon.
Edward Everett and Susan Hale's
STORY of Spain" deals with the con-
,,,aSt .F C...tla aud for tho Efnrv nf IN.
invasion of Spain by the Black Prince
&. II. Pearson's English History IL
the Fourteenth Century" may be stud
led as a supplement to Froissart
Chronicles"
Prescott's History of the Reign OF
Ferdinand and Isabella" Hallam':
Middle Ages and Washington Irv'
ing's CHRONICLES of the Conquest o'
Grenada" exhaustively describe the ex
pulsion of the Moors and the fall oi
the kingdom of Grenada.
For the wars following the birth ~
Charles l.. of Spain. who was also th'
Emperor Charles V. of Germany, in
Guiding the burning and sacking o
Rome, J. Bigland's History of Spain,
II. II. Overs History Of Modern Eu
rope" and Robertson's History of tn.
Reign of Charles W may be consulted
The war with France and the pope
1868 is covered in Gaynarre's 'Philil
II. of Spain" and the attempt uroi
England by the Armada in Creighton
Age of Elizabeth
n wars of spain with other coun
tries and the conflicts of the SPANS
succession are treated of in j. \. Har
rison's Spain" II. Watson's "Histor.
Of Philip III" ]. Dunlop's Memoirs o
Spain Under the Reigns of Philip "
and Charles H." J. X. Perkins Franc
Under Nazarin," Mahon's War q
Succession and w. CoXe's Memoir
of the Bourbon Kings of SPAIN Tn
Bourbon succession, with the Europea
league against IL, Is covered in c. W
Koch's Revolutions of Europe"
SPANS part in the Napoleonic war
Is handled in ]. II. Seeley's Short His
tory of Napoleon L." J. Hamilton
Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns
and Napier's Peninsula Wars"
Spanish wars of the present day wit
the troubles with the Carlists. the r,
publican period down to the time whe
the present boy king came in. are do
scribed in W. Muller's Political Hi:
tory OF Modern Times" ]. NJ. Curry
constitutional Government of Spain
and J. II. Roses Century of Constitl
tional History.