Lanterna Rally

Author: James Mackintosh

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781332785698

Excerpt from Cabinet History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Vol. 1: England The following volume is a part of an experiment to ascertain how far the most necessary portions of historical knowledge may, even in an abridged nar rative, be rendered acceptable to general readers. Neither my habitual relish for English history, nor the hazardous honor of acting with such fellow laborers, has blinded me to the difficulties of the attempt, which experience has shown to be more considerable than I apprehended they would prove. I need not compare the convenience of abridgment with the merits of circumstantial recital: both these sorts of historical composition have their use, and they must both always continue to be written. On behalf of such sketches, I may venture to take it, for granted that an outline may be useful as an introduction, and convenient as a remembrancer; that it is a particularly accessible manual for refer ence; and that it may contain all the information concerning the affairs of one people, which men of different pursuits, of little leisure, or of other coun tries, may think it necessary to have always within their reach. 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.