Short Studies on Great Subjects

by James Anthony Froude

LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1867.

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CONTENTS.

• PAGE
• [The Science of History] [1]
• [Times of Erasmus and Luther:]
  • [Lecture I] [26]
  • [Lecture II] [50]
  • [Lecture III] [75]
• [The Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character] [102]
• [The Philosophy of Catholicism] [124]
• [A Plea for the Free Discussion of Theological Difficulties] [133]
• [Criticism and the Gospel History] [159]
• [The Book of Job] [185]
• [Spinoza] [223]
• [The Dissolution of the Monasteries] [265]
• [England's Forgotten Worthies] [294]
• [Homer] [334]
• [The Lives of the Saints] [363]
• [Representative Men] [384]
• [Reynard the Fox] [401]
• [The Cat's Pilgrimage:]
  • [Part I] [419]
  • [Part II] [422]
  • [Part III] [427]
  • [Part IV] [430]
• [Fables:]
  • [I. The Lions and the Oxen] [433]
  • [II. The Farmer and the Fox] [434]
• [Parable of the Bread-Fruit Tree] [436]
• [Compensation] [439]

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THE SCIENCE OF HISTORY:

A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION