Includes bibliographies and index. CONTENTS: v.1-2. The early years, c.1550-c. 1739 / edited by Francelia Butler -- v.3-4. Middle period, c. 1740-c. 1836 / edited by Robert Bator -- v.6. The Victorian age, 1837-1900. 2 v. / edited by Robert Lee Wolff -- v.6. The Victorian age, 1837-1900 / edited Robert Lee Wolff -- v.7. Victorian color book / editor, Jonathan Cott -- v.8. The twentieth century / edited by William T. Moynihan, Mary E. Shaner.

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