QUESTIONS
1. What general conditions made England slow to take up printing? 2. What special conditions existed in England about the time of the invention of printing? 3. What is the truth about the story that the first English printed book was dated 1468? 4. Tell the story of Caxton’s life up to his return to England. 5. Tell the story of the rest of his life. 6. How many books did he print, and of what sort? 7. What remarkable omissions are there in his work, and why? 8. What was his special field? 9. What sort of man was Caxton? 10. What can you say about Caxton’s typography?