Child's History of England

Dickens dedicated the book to "e;My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject"e;. The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the accession of Queen Victoria. [2]A Child's History was included in the curricula of British School children well into the 20th century, with successive editions published from 1851 to World War II.