My dear Mr Freeman If the Scotsman is prunable, it will be a great relief to Miss Roberts and myself. If we do it at all it will be on the Cameo plan, with a table of contemporary Princes of the Empire at the head of each section. To divide by Emperors’ reigns any time between Frederick II and Maximilian would bring one to the verge of distraction. But I suspect our plan would make us ... continue reading

My dear Mr Freeman I am not sure whether it be you or Macmillan whom I have to thank for the masterly little compendium that makes your introductory volume. It is a great comfort to be so helped along the line of the Holy Roman Empire. I dare say you know those quaint old books - I have seen two different ones - that give portraits of all the Emperors in succession from Constantine to the ... continue reading