He is not over anxious about impartiality, he is not over nice as to the methods or materials employed, but he looks eagerly for style and for sequence, for incident and for character. The general reader seeks in history for those qualities which are commonly grouped under the denomination of readable. Historical works are, for the most part, aimed at two publics, one represented by the general reader, the other represented by the student. "By the way, talking of history, have you read Parkman's works? He was, I think, among the greatest of the historians, and yet one seldom hears his name." Download the plug-in here, if you do not already have it.įort and Settlements of Detroit. Some Images in this document are in DjVu format and require a free DjVu plug-in to view.
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