Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1908, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1908, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Great Britain Royal Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1908, Vol. 2 Among our losses we have specially to regret the death of Mr. J. A. Doyle, the historian of the colonial period of the history of the present United States. Of his five volumes the first was published in 1882. He had other interests and pursuits, and we had to wait a long time for the completion of his work his last two volumes appeared a few months before his death. As an historian he faithfully adhered to the rule which he laid down for himself in the Preface to his History of the Puritan Colonies, ' never to be content with any authority short of the best that could be had, and his work is not less distinguished by the thorough ness with which he treated every side of his subject than it is by the accuracy of his statements and the soundness of his conclusions. 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.