Excerpt from The Pedigree of the English People The early annals of Britain, and the Race relations of the English People, are in our day gaining increased attention. The liberalizing influence of science has relaxed many sturdy prejudices, and its light has so far dispelled historic superstitions, that a chance of obtaining a hearing is now afforded even when cherished national beliefs are sought to be dislodged. The Author is not aware that the main positions he has been led to lay down have ever been expressly advocated by any of bur historians. The ground, it is true, is old, and the materials, always in great part at hand, have of late, been much increased by the quarrying of our public archives; but no structure has hitherto been planned and reared. 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.