I can see them rejected without displeasure. Leading scholars of the continent and as to my own, as I advance them without dogmatism, I think I may speak with some confidence of theĬorrectness of the narratives : it must be of advantage to know the opinions of the Universities, and that in schools the reading of it will be recommended to, though notĮnjoined on, the higher classes. General adoption in schools but I should hope that it will continue to be used in the More by a fifth than the former edition) are perhaps insuperable impediments to its Its size and necessary price (the present containing Refine, and at the same time to invigorate the intellect, but which I sometimes fear is Taste for classic literature, which in my opinion tends so strongly to The present work is of a different character its object is to keep up and extend the In history and politics on the minds of those who will be future legislators, or occupy Thus the satisfaction of thinking that I shall be instrumental in impressing correct ideas Proved, I may say, their merit for to nothing else can it be justly ascribed. Great public schools, besides a number of private ones, immediately on their appearance, The event has more than justified my anticipation Īnd the adoption of my books at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester, and most of the other
It appeared to me that histories of aīetter kind than the compilations of Goldsmith were wanting in our schools, and I felt Interest, and render some service, however trifling, to my country, that it might be said Literary career, my first thought was how I might at the same time promote my own
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That led me to make literature my profession for had I been free to choose, I hadĬertainly trodden the fallentis semita vitœ. So I may say of myself, it was necessity, not any idle visions of fame The soldier in Cervantes’ comic romance sings, To the wars my necessities take me away, But if I had money at home I would stay Without a reference to his work, I trust he will have the candour to impute the omission Should it chance toĬome under the eye of any of them, and should he happen to find his ideas anywhere adopted To, my obligations to whom I at all times most cheerfully acknowledge. Results of the inquiries of those eminent scholars whose works are so frequently referred Have not made myself directly from the originals. Gone through the whole of the Greek and Latin classics with a view to it and I canĪssert with truth that there are very few of the references in the following pages which I It is the result of my reading for the last six years, during which I have Of the present Edition I think I may venture to speak with moreĬonfidence. Of its defects, it is plain that they thought them to be more than compensated by its Judges have naturally given me much gratification for as they must have been well aware
The praises which it has received from Mr. Literature, it may be said to have had more success than could have been reasonablyĪnticipated. The very height of the Reform fever, when few could think of the calm pursuit of Teacher and though I had attained to correct principles, I had not acquired the habit ofĪpplying them with readiness and accuracy.Ĭonsidering these real defects, and that the work was by an author who was little known,Īnd on a subject against which there was rather a prejudice, and that it appeared during Finally, I was only a learner when I aspired to become a Further, it was written at such hours as I could withdrawįrom other literary avocations, and with but a moderate apparatus of books hence theĮrrors in facts, as I did not always recollect to verify what I had written from perhaps aīad edition of a classic author. The work was originally intended toīe a mere school-book, and it was commenced on that plan circumstances caused it to beĬontinued on another, and to be completed on a third hence the inequality in it whichĮvery one must have observed. Which I think an explanation is due) are as follows. Two-thirds of it are new matter, or have been rewritten. Few pages or even paragraphs remain unaltered, and nearly This new edition of the Mythology of Greece and Italy