Title: Historical class-book; comprising an abridgement of Fredet's Ancient and Modern History, and outlines of English and Irish history
Description: History Book, 4th Edition dated 1866. Covers Ancient History (from the Creation and the Flood - well it was written from an Irish Catholic 19th Century perspective - via Egypt to Julius Caesar), Modern History (Roman Empire to Napoleon), British History (Ancient Britons to George 3rd) and Irish History (Milesian Dynasty to Catholic Emansipation). To modern eyes quirky in what it concentrates on, much being political effects on and the political influence of the Catholic Church. Its language is of its time.
Subjects: Irish, Catholic, History Text Book, 19th century