Excerpt from An Outline Sketch of English Constitutional History It is very likely that the task which I have undertaken in this little book is an impossible one. Even to sketch so long a history in so few words seems hopeless, and I am sure that I have left out many things which other students of the English constitution will think should be found here. I have tried to keep in mind in writing chiefly the desire to show how modern liberty came to be what it is and what foundations our institutions have in the past history of the race. I am indebted to the Editors for permission to use portions of an article which appeared in the American Historical Review for July, 1915. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.