. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. ther, which was better ; but by thistime he had become so deeply interested in the DutchRepublic that he determined to write its history. TenThe Rise of years later he sent a manuscript to the EnglishRepublic!1 publisher, Murray. It was promptly declined,1856. and the author published it at his own Murray was a sorry man, for The Rise of theDutch Republic was a decided success. The lavish amount of work that had been bestowed upon it ought tohave brought suc-cess. Motlev couldnot obtain theneeded documen
. A short history of England's and America's literature, by Eva March Tappan. ther, which was better ; but by thistime he had become so deeply interested in the DutchRepublic that he determined to write its history. TenThe Rise of years later he sent a manuscript to the EnglishRepublic!1 publisher, Murray. It was promptly declined,1856. and the author published it at his own Murray was a sorry man, for The Rise of theDutch Republic was a decided success. The lavish amount of work that had been bestowed upon it ought tohave brought suc-cess. Motlev couldnot obtain theneeded documentsin America, there-fore he and hisfamily crossed theocean. When hehad exhausted thelibrary in one place,they went to an-other. He had ahard-working sec-retary, and in twoor three countrieshe had men en-gaged to copy rarepapers for his his materialwas .well in hand,he had the critical ability to select and arrange his facts, the literary instinctto present them in telling fashion, and the artistic talent tomake vivid pictures of famous persons and dramatic JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY1814-1877 1860-1874] THE HISTORIANS 345 One of the pleasantest facts about our greater authorsis the almost invariable absence of envy among book could hardly fail to trench upon the field ofPrescott; yet the blind historian was ready with thewarmest commendations, as were Irving and , indeed, in the first volume of his Philip theSecond, published a year earlier, had inserted a cordialnote in regard to the forthcoming Dutch Republic. Motleys next book was The United more work would have completed the his- The unitedtory of the whole struggle of the Dutch for |JJ|j£rliberty. He postponed preparing this until he have written The Life and Death of Jn^DeathJohn of Barneveld. Then came the long ill- of John ofness which ended his life, and the story of the was never completed. 39. Francis Parkman, 1823-1893. Some years be-f
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