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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-18

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780364912676

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Excerpt from Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Times to the Later Norman Period The present volume is the first installment of a work which has been planned to provide a cheap and comprehensive library of English History and English Literature from the earliest times to our own day. It is especially designed for the use of those members of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle who have completed the first course in English History, (dr. Vin cent's Outline of English History, and Green's Short His tory of the English and who are now prepared to com bine the study of those two high departments of human thought - literature and history. This combination is recom mended because of a deep conviction that the study of the liter ature of a people is part of the study of its history. No one can study history worthily without learning a good deal about literature, and no one can study literature rightly without learn ing a good deal about history. The aim in compiling this volume has been not merely to give the last results of inquiry into Early English History and Liter ature, but to put students of history on a course of training which, if faithfully pursued, shall secure to them perpetual profit and pleasure. In order to give as large an amount as possible of those early English translations which are scattered through many ex pensive volumes, and are not easily accessible to the general reader, the historical selections for the Celtic, Roman, and Saxon periods have been confined chiefly to summaries of lead ing events, in the hope, however, that all who use these pages will make frequent reference to Edward Freeman's Old En glish History, which is the best short sketch of English History before the Conquest. To render the work more complete as a student's manual, a guide analysis of the leading points considered is given at the commencement of each chapter or section and a course of reading has been subjoined to the several periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature, Vol. 1 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Times to the Later Norman Period The present volume is the first installment of a work which has been planned to provide a cheap and comprehensive library of English History and English Literature from the earliest times to our own day. It is especially designed for the use of those members of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle who have completed the first course in English History, (dr. Vin cent's Outline of English History, and Green's Short His tory of the English and who are now prepared to com bine the study of those two high departments of human thought - literature and history. This combination is recom mended because of a deep conviction that the study of the liter ature of a people is part of the study of its history. No one can study history worthily without learning a good deal about literature, and no one can study literature rightly without learn ing a good deal about history. The aim in compiling this volume has been not merely to give the last results of inquiry into Early English History and Liter ature, but to put students of history on a course of training which, if faithfully pursued, shall secure to them perpetual profit and pleasure. In order to give as large an amount as possible of those early English translations which are scattered through many ex pensive volumes, and are not easily accessible to the general reader, the historical selections for the Celtic, Roman, and Saxon periods have been confined chiefly to summaries of lead ing events, in the hope, however, that all who use these pages will make frequent reference to Edward Freeman's Old En glish History, which is the best short sketch of English History before the Conquest. To render the work more complete as a student's manual, a guide analysis of the leading points considered is given at the commencement of each chapter or section and a course of reading has been subjoined to the several periods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.