Side lights on English history; . f^•Select Historical Documents, LONDONGEORGE BELL AND SONS NEW YORK: HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY1900 Ed ilu Sister, M. W, H., WHO FIRST RECOMMENDED TO ME THE STUDY OF HISTORY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY ©ctiiratcti. PREFACE ALL hail to the new spirit that is permeating the methods of teaching andstudying of history, in New England especially, hut also as far as theinfluence of the thousand-membered American Historical Society extends. Itis the veritable spirit of tlie Renaissance; the spirit that made those fifteenthcentury scholars hunt for manuscripts, and that
Side lights on English history; . f^•Select Historical Documents, LONDONGEORGE BELL AND SONS NEW YORK: HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY1900 Ed ilu Sister, M. W, H., WHO FIRST RECOMMENDED TO ME THE STUDY OF HISTORY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY ©ctiiratcti. PREFACE ALL hail to the new spirit that is permeating the methods of teaching andstudying of history, in New England especially, hut also as far as theinfluence of the thousand-membered American Historical Society extends. Itis the veritable spirit of tlie Renaissance; the spirit that made those fifteenthcentury scholars hunt for manuscripts, and that caused Luther to found his theo-logical teachings on the actual text of the Bible. Here was a cloud of witnessescapable of relating their own experiences as men to men and needing no veil ofpriestly mystery. To those who have followed the movement the rapid increase of so-calledsource-books of history forms a very interesting phenomenon. We have themfor American, English and general medii^ival history, we are promised them for. In the original (see opposite page), following out the motto I am outwardly painted and inwardly accursed,the skirt lifts up and displays these skeleton legs, the coffin, serpent and temptation. VI Preface the history of Greece and Rome. There is scarcely a publisher of repute whois not announcing something of the kind; several universities are publishingperiodical leaflets. Historical associations devote whole sessions to the questionof rendering available such material. Teachers have found that this first-handevidence rouses the interest of their students and dignifies their pursuit. Itbecomes to them what the flowers are to the botanist or the actual cases anddecisions to the young lawyer. The movement is spreading even beyond theguild. The painter Verestchagin lays aside his brush to piece together the nar-ratives of survivors of Napoleons Russian campaign and gives a product ofrealism as fine as anything he has done on canvas. In the time devoted
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