. The year after the Armada, and other historical studies . iar contemporary infor-mation—some faded manuscript or forgotten news-letter—which seems to throw fresh light upon animportant period or an interesting personality of thepast. It is true that in some cases the mattersrecounted are not of any great historical significance,but even then there is generally some quaint glimpseto be caught of bygone manners or events whichredeems the document from worthlessness. Fromsuch treasure-trove as this, and from other sourceswhich have generally been overlooked or neglectedby English historians, th
. The year after the Armada, and other historical studies . iar contemporary infor-mation—some faded manuscript or forgotten news-letter—which seems to throw fresh light upon animportant period or an interesting personality of thepast. It is true that in some cases the mattersrecounted are not of any great historical significance,but even then there is generally some quaint glimpseto be caught of bygone manners or events whichredeems the document from worthlessness. Fromsuch treasure-trove as this, and from other sourceswhich have generally been overlooked or neglectedby English historians, the studies contained in thepresent book have been drawn; and it is hoped thatsome fresh knowledge as well as amusement may begained from them. Vlll PREFACE. If the reader is only half as much interested inperusing as I have been in writing them, I shallconsider myself very Some of the studies have^lready appeared inMagazines, but the principal portion of the bookis now printed for the first time. MARTIN A. S. HUME. London, September,
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