Excerpt from The Cabinet Cyclopaedia, Vol. 1: Conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner, LL. D. F. R. S. L.& E. M. R. I. A. F. R. A. S. F. L. S. F. Z. S. Hon. F. C. P. S. &C. &C., Assisted by Eminent Literary and Scientific Men Bliss, in the preface to the fourth'volume of the last edition of the Athenae Oxeniensis, observes that m that edition the reader has a com plete history of the Oxford writers for two centuries; but we may venture to question the accuracy of that assertion, since Mr. Bliss himself added several new lives, a proof of the incompleteness of the original work and unless he possessed the means of exhausting the subject, Which is very un likely at such a distance of time, the publication cannot be said to embrace the whole circle of Oxonians. Mr. Bhss's edition of Mr. Wood's inesti mable work cannot be too highly prized for the great care and research that have been bestowed upon it and we derogate nothing from its ih transie value, in observing that while it contains a vast quantity of useful and curious information, which in fact cannot be obtained any where else, it is not so comprehenswe as to render further investigations unnecessary, espemally in reference to persons who, like Drayton, left the university without taking out a degree. 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.