Excerpt from A Bibliography of History and Historical Biography: Being the Sections Relating to Those Subjects in the Best Books and the Reader's Guide Froude, J. A. - in his Short Studies. Ser. I. 6/ 0 8 Longman 67] 86 Takes the very opposite view to that of buckle. Maintaining that the peculiarities of history are chiefly due to the wayward forces of human nature. 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.