Coopers Histories Of Greece And Rome And Of South And North America Classic Reprint

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Total Pages : 302 pages
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Download or read book Histories of Greece and Rome written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Histories of Greece and Rome: And of South and North America Two thousand copies of the Plymouth first edition of this work have been sold, in the space of a few years. This is ample evidence of the estimation in which it is held by the public. As the best return the publisher can make for the patronage, which he has received, he has spared no expense to render the pie-sent edition more accurate and worthy of encouragement, than any which has preceded it. The reviser, to whom was submitted the examination of the copy, before it was put to the press, has corrected many errors, which had crept into the work in previous impressions, especially in the ancient histories, by carefully comparing it with standard authorities, The histories of South and North America, which are extracted almost entirely from Dr. Robertson and Dr. Gordon, and of which they are good abridgments, he has collated throughout with the originals, rectified occasional mistakes, and supplied some omissions. He did not think it his duty to new-model Mr. Cooper's composition, excepting in a few instances, where perspicuity manifestly required it, though he felt a strong desire to restore the elegant periods of the historian of South America. It was his intention to make the orthography of the volume uniform, corresponding with that of Johnson and Walker. The publisher flatters himself, that his second edition of the work, now offered the community, will meet their continued approbation. He trusts, that it will answer the candid expectation of those schools and literary institutions, by whom it is used as an elementary treatise. In fine, he hopes, that these histories of Mr. Cooper's, whose lucid order, judicious and interesting selection of materials, compressed into a small compass - excellences allowed them by common suffrage - wherever they may circulate, will prove of essential benefit in forming the minds of the rising generation, for whom they were designed, and to whose capacity they appear very well adapted. 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.