THE

LIFE AND TIMES

OF

ALFRED THE GREAT.

BY THE

REV. J. A. GILES, D. C.L.

LATE FELLOW OF C. c. c. OXFORD,

AUTHOR OF HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS, LIFE AND LETTERS
OF THOMAS A BECKET, &c.
AND CURATE OF BAMPTON, OXON.

... Græcos

Ausus deserere et celebrare domestica facta.

LONDON,

GEORGE BELL, 186, FLEET STREET.

TO

GENERAL SIR JOHN SLADE, BARONET,

OF MONTYS COURT, NEAR TAUNTON,

AND PROPRIETOR OF THE ISLE OF ATHELNEY,