THE LITERARY HISTORY or ENGLAND IN THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY MRS. OLIPHANT AUTHOR OF 'MAXERS OF FLORENCE,' ETC. " Reading maketh a full man."-BACON, On Study. "A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."-MILTON, Areopagitica. "Je ne voyage sans livres, ny en paix, ny en guerre. C'est la meilleure munition que j'aye trouvé à cet humain voyage.”—MONTAIGNE, Livre iii. Chap. iii. "Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind." Spectator. - ADDISON, IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III New York MACMILLAN AND CO. 1882 |