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cogniaed He also writes on The
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that has never been equalled. Grote, 1t
may be recalled. was an Eng lsh anker,
who, having accumulated q modest for
tune, retired in middle life to devote him-
self 10 Greek history out OF pure love OF
1t. He produced the greatest English his-
torical work after Gbbon,
Rome.
s TO the growth Of Rome from a rude
hamlet to the ruler Of the world, volumes
v. and VI. are devoted They carry the 4
story TO the division of the empire Into
two parts, and the establishment OF The
capital at Constantinople The following
volume deals with the later empires OF
the east and west. isS93
Gibbon is largely quoted on the imperial
period from Trnjan's time. There are
weak modern minds to whom the ma1es-
tic periods OF the greatest English his
torlan become wearisomc when taken for
seven consecutive volumes, but none can
fail to be fascinated with his picture OF
Marcus Aurellus and his description OF
the age of Antonlnes as the hapriest the
human race has ever known. They are
quoted in the history.
Constantinople.
A wonderful picture5iof Constantinople,
Its splendor, intriGues and factions in the
time of Justinian and Theodore is taken
from Gibbon. One Of the greatest en-
perors OF all time. who promulgated
code which Is the basis OF all European
law to-day. raised to equal powcr Wit h 4
himself a woman who had been a public
dancer and the daughter OF u bear
keeper. i.I{ S55 III Is
The Crusades.
4 The Introduction OH Tho Va luc of the
Crusadesl in the Light Sof Modern His !
tory" is by the Rev. William Denton,
NJ A.. leading English authority on
Medieval life. The romance of the cru
sadng epoch are set forth by the an
Client chroniclers, Godfrey de Villehar-3
douin. Philippe de Beaumanoir, Richard
of Devices, Gregory, of Tours and many
others, and by contemporary Arab his
torans such as Bona -ad-Din and Inad-5
ad-Dln.at si4 III S 5E t55 5 iS5 n rs
The Papacy.
The history ofsSthe Papacy is largely
based on Dean II H. Mllnan,s History
ofgLatin Christianity, a work that Car
dnalt Newman declared u to con tain the
fairest' account Of the 4Papacy ever
written by a. Protestant, Milma1l was IA
remarlsa bic man IL his from, all
prejudices, A his love3Eoft tho til eatre 8and$
mirable scholarship.
Spain.
In the history of Spain eighty principal
authorities are quoted, Including classi-s
cal, medieval. modern, Spanish French,
German, English and American his
'torians. Ii is the first complete and ac-
curate history Of spain published In Eng
fish, because Of tho great numberof
TRANSACTIONS made from Spanish histo-8
rians which arc here rendered accessible
10 English readers for the first
time. It
Italy.
The Il history Of Italy has required the
study and translation of a vas number
of little Known italian gwoI ks chronicles
memoirs. etc. Among the authors is the
eminent Florentine iGuiccardini,s of whose
History Of Italy 1T IS related that when
a prisoner was offered tho option of
reading this work or going to the gall
sleys for life, he first tried the history
and then begged to be sent to the gall
3leys. y HIS work Is a. valuable com pila-
ton D f8facts.g WAS .3S. y
Dante. Petrarch and Boccaccio are est q
mated in passages from that sterling
work, Sismondi's Literature Of Southern
Europe, Giovanni Villani, the contem-
5porary$ OF Dante and the greatest Of ell
Italian chroniclers, pays a tribute to the
poet, meaning to give him perpetual re-
,membrance in this our chronicle, II
France.
The history Of France. occupying two
volumes and a hal Is chiefly translated
from French sources. The great stand
ard historians like Nichelet, Guizot Mar
flin,f Dareste. Thiers,5S Ranbaud and 9TH
5ers are 5freqlentl y2'used. blu t many Inn
fportant authorities unfamiliar to the gen
geral reader are also quoted. Among
them score ofsmedlaeval chronicles may
he noted. OF modern historians, Guizot
Is. the most learned and judicous; Mich
3elet the most eloquent and inspired. The
last great scene in the downfall Of Ma.
ypoleon,@ the battle of Waterloo, Is de-
fscrlbed by Victor Hugo In a passage oc-
gcupylng ten pages, s. translated from Les
M!sern bles, that lis really a historical
study. and Is said to be the greatest bat
tie picture ever penned. Hugos account
Is supplemented by the mastery and
scientific narrative Of Sir Archibald Ali-
son, occupying but five pages. Finally,
Napoleon's place in history is summed
up by Lamartine. Scherer, Napier Barni
and Lord Rosebery.
America.
The VolumeAon American history gives
d complete and unbroken narrative from
The earliest known records down to the
present day.
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