English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 1: From Celt to Tudor

English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 1: From Celt to Tudor

This little book is made up from the opening series of a considerable range of talks, with whichduring the past few yearsI have undertaken to entertain, and (if it might be) instruct a bevy of friends; and the interest of a few outsiders who have come to the hearings has induced me to put the matter in type. I feel somewhat awkwardly in obtruding upon the public any such panoramic view of British writers, in these days of specialistswhen students devote half a lifetime to the analysis of the works of a single author, and to the proper study of a single period. I have tried, however, to avoid bad mistakes and misleading ones, and shall reckon my commentary only so far forth goodas it may familiarize the[viii] average reader with the salient characteristics of the writers brought under notice, and shall put these writers into such a swathing of historic and geographic enwrapments as shall keep them better in mind. When I consider the large number of books recently issued on similar topics, and the scholarly acuteness, and the great range belonging to so many of them, I am not a little discomforted at thought of my bold scurry over so wide reach of ground. Indeed, I have the figure before me nowas I hint an apologyof an old-time country doctor who has ventured with his saddle-bags and spicy nostrums into competition with a half score of special practitionerswith their microscopy and their granules dosimetriques; but I think, consolingly, that possibly the old-time medicinerif not able to cure, can at the least induce a pleasurable slumber. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54168
Author: Mitchell, Donald Grant
Release Date: Feb 15, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English