The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . History of Europe, whichcovers the period from the commencement of theFrench Revolution to the accession of Napoleon in1852, has some historic merit, and has been translatedinto most of the European languages. His masteryof arrangement was creditable, his narration freshand animated, and his description realistic andinteresting. Dr. John H. Burton produced a large number ofworks, chiefly on legal, biographical, and historicalsubjects; most of which were valuable and interest-ing contributions to the literature of Scotlan
The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . History of Europe, whichcovers the period from the commencement of theFrench Revolution to the accession of Napoleon in1852, has some historic merit, and has been translatedinto most of the European languages. His masteryof arrangement was creditable, his narration freshand animated, and his description realistic andinteresting. Dr. John H. Burton produced a large number ofworks, chiefly on legal, biographical, and historicalsubjects; most of which were valuable and interest-ing contributions to the literature of Scotland. Hislongest work is the History of Scotland, from 310 MODERN LITERATURE OF SCOTLAND. Agricolas invasion to the suppression of the rising in1745. One of his latest efforts was a History ofthe Reign of Queen Anne. He was an able, aninstructive, and an indefatigable writer. The works of Thomas Carlyle extend over variousfields of literature, translations from the German,critical essays, political and satirical pamphlets, bio-graphy, and history. He is the author of many. THOMAS CARLYLE. volumes, and commands the attention and admirationof a large body of readers. His chief works in thehistoric branch which he cultivated were, TheFrench Revolution ; Oliver Cromwells Letters andSpeeches; and the History of Frederick H., calledthe Great. The French Revolution is the bestof his historic works. His powers of description CARLYLE, SKENE. 31I were amazing-, and he presents a realistic and seethingpanorama of the Revolution. Frederick II. is thelongest of his works, and extends to six large is much patient research in it, vivid toucheson men and things, sage remarks, and humour, finedescriptions of battle-fields and scenes; yet it is nothistory in the strict sense, it is merely personal bio-graphy, varied and enlivened by the authors raregenius and worship of power. Although Carlyle had no remarkable analytic facul-ties, as a historical biographer he was really in
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