This five-volume history of modern England was published between 1904 and 1906. Regarded as a masterwork, The New York Times said of the series, "[Paul's] work is brilliant, epigrammatic, interesting." The final volume of Herbert W. Paul's engrossing history picks up on June 8, 1885 and the defeat of the Gladstones. The installment goes on to discuss the first and then second Home Rule Bills, the fall of Parnell, and New Unionism. Paul ends his series with poignant, personal concluding remarks.