Excerpt from Letters on the Study and Use of History Have confidered formerly, With 1 good deal of attention, the fubjeet on which you configmand 'me to commttnicate my thoughts to yout andi praftxfed in thofe days, as much as hohne1s and plea fure allowed me time to do, the rules that feemed to me neceiiary to be obferved in the Rudy of hiftory. They were Very dif ferent from thoie which etc on the fame (objea have recommended, and which arc: commonl) prafm'ed. But I confefs to your lordfhip, that tms nezther gave me then, nor has given me fince any dxfirufi of them I do not aren't lmgularit). On the Com trary, I thmk that a duo deference i: to be pad to received opimonc and that a due A 2 com;4 letteri. 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.