Fifth Book of Reading Lessons
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Excerpt from Fifth Book of Reading Lessons: With Illustration From Giacomelli and Other Eminest Artists When, for example, Freeman, the historian of the Norman Conquest, critically examines the style of Macaulay, and analyzes its effect upon his own style, we all give respectful attention to a critic who writes some of the purest English of our time. This high order of literary criticism will here be found as fully represented as the limitations of a school-book will admit. This is an age of varied activities. Marvellous scientific discoveries have almost overshadowed the greatest literary achievements. Scientific researches do not readily lend themselves to quotation; but, fortunately, the most profound thinkers of our day have cultivated the art of expression, and the scientific style is now remarkable for grace as well as for vigor and directness. We are thus enabled to reprint in the language of the investigators themselves the results of some of the most recent researches. Among the narratives of geographical exploration, we have included a valuable monograph on the discovery and exploration of the Pelly (Yukon) River, which has been contributed by the discoverer, Robert Campbell, Esq. This vast river, which is navigable for nearly two thousand miles, drains the far northwest of the Dominion. Hitherto the story of its exploration has been strangely overlooked. Occupying a delightful middle ground between literature and science are those antiquarian researches by which the lost ages have been won back for history. Dr. Schliemann, after recovering Troy, has followed the mighty Agamemnon home to Mycenae, has disinterred the civilization of that wonderful city, and has shown us the last sleeping-place, if not indeed the mortal remains, of Agamemnon himself; Mr. Wood has recovered the long-lost Temple of the Ephesian Diana; General Cesnola has restored the ancient civilization of Cyprus; the great kings of Egypt have been identified, and their history has been recovered; the Library of Sardanapalus has disclosed its marvellous monuments of Assyrian civilization. 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.
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