The Archaeological Journal Volume 34

Author : Royal Archaeological Institute Ireland
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ISBN 13 : 9781333018931
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeological Journal, Vol. 34 (Classic Reprint) written by Royal Archaeological Institute Ireland and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-03 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Archaeological Journal, Vol. 34 The present occasion. But I am bound to say that my tenure of office is even shorter than that which prevails with Secretaries of State, and First Lords, and Presidents of the Board of Trade, because it is limited to a week, in which I am afraid there is not very much professional knowledge to be acquired. I have been consoled a good deal in my position by being assured by my Archaeological friends that very little is expected of their local President in the way of Archaeology and Architecture. That expectation is founded, I believe, upon 33 years of experience in all parts of the British Isles, and highly as we may value the good City of Colchester, I do not suppose, at all events, I do not feel, myself to be an exception to that experience. More than that, I am bound to make a confession to you. I think I have detected in the faces of some of my Archaeological friends belonging to what, in official language, I may call the permanent Archaeological service, a certain dismay at the idea of their temporary President poaching upon their preserves, or venturing upon a professional Lecture upon the subject of Archaeology and Architecture. Well, I can assure you that you need be under no feelings of dismay on that account. I am not going to inflict upon you a lecture upon the antiquities of Colchester or the neighbourhood; but I have another character to fill here, which I shall do my best to discharge. I am not merely a sort of First Lord of Archaeology, with a week's tenure of office, but it is my business to endeavour to play a double part: I not only nu worthily represent the Royal Archaeological Institute, but I also represent the County of Essex, in an official capacity, and, especially on the present occasion, Col chester and that part of the County of Essex or land of the East Saxons, which lies within a few miles of us. I represent not only the visitors, but the visited not only the Antiquaries who come to inspect us, but the antiquities that are to be inspected; not only the learned, but the ignorant; and in spite of some kind things that I have heard in the course of our varied proceedings of this day, I feel, I am bound to say, I am much more at home in the latter capacity, and I do. 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.