Short stories on great subjects
By: by James Anthony Froude
Edition: First series.
Publisher: Scribner, Armstrong & co.
Published: 1872
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
Table of contents: title: The science of history.-Times of Erasmus and Luther.-The influence of the reformation on the Scottish character.-The philosophy of Catholicism.-A plea for the free discussion of theological difficulties.-Criticism and the gospel history.-The book of Job.-Spinoza.-The dissolution of the monasteries.-England's forgotten worthies.-Homer.-The lives of the saints.-Representative men.-Reynard the Fox.-The cat's pilgrimage.-Fables : I. The lions and the oxen. II. The farmer and the fox.-Parable of the bread-fruit tree.-Compensation.