Source Book Of English History For The Use Of Schools And Readers

Author : Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
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ISBN 13 : 9781330601983
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Source-Book of English History, for the Use of Schools and Readers (Classic Reprint) written by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Source-Book of English History, for the Use of Schools and Readers The purpose of this little book is stated elsewhere, but a few words of explanation are in place here. In the selection of materials I have endeavored to use extracts which were of real value for purposes of study, and yet of a nature to arouse the interest of the boy or girl of sixteen. No attempt has been made to treat of every important event or aspect of English history. I have rather sought to bring together extracts illustrating the dominant interest of each period. It may seem that a disproportionate share of the extracts is given to the later times. I have felt that this departure from the practice of most histories and text-books was justified by the great difficulty in gaining access to the original materials of the history of the last three centuries. Effort has been made to use the earliest or best edition available, and to reproduce the text with exactness. In some cases, however, the spelling has been deliberately modernised. This has been done wherever I feared that the difficulties of the original form might check the interest of the student. I am under much obligation to many writers, editors, and publishers, without whose generous courtesy the preparation of this book would have been impossible. Thus it is by the liberality of Mr. D. Nutt, and of Messrs. G. Putnam's Sons, and of the several editors, that I am able to print Extracts 22, 27, 31, 33, 37, and 41. 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.