SOURCE: A review of Histoire de Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siecle: Epilogue, in History, Vol. XVIII, No. 71, October, 1933, pp. 275-76.

In the following review of the Epilogue and second volume of Halévy's Histoire du peuple anglais au XIX^e siècle, Somervell observes a few minor errors in what he calls “a truly admirable piece of work.”

The qualities of M. Halévy's splendid History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century have been made known by previous volumes. The first was an elaborate panorama of English Society in 1815. Two volumes then followed carrying the story down to 1841, at which point the author broke off in order to make sure of writing his Epilogue. The volume on 1895-1905 was published six years ago, and now, with the completion of its successor, M. Halévy declares himself “impatient to return to his task … of writing the history...