A History of the Germanic Empire

With Germany prior to the dissolution of the Roman power, the present compendium has no concern: the history of that period is, or ought to be, familiar to every reader. Our object is to contemplate that celebrated country as an Empire; but as its establishment must be traced to an era considerably anterior, a few pages by way of introduction may properly open the main subject...

Samuel Astley Dunham (died 1858) was a British historian, and author of works published in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia. All were distinguished by original research and conscientious thoroughness.