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HINE, REGINALD L.[[2]] Cream of curiosity: being an account of certain historical and literary manuscripts of the XVIIth, XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. il *$6 Dutton 040
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“‘The cream of curiosity,’ by Reginald L. Hine is an account by the author of several manuscript collections in his possession. The most interesting of them appears to be the Heath papers, extracts from which throw a true ‘Sidelight on the Civil war.’ The extracts from Harpsfield’s life of Sir Thomas More are familiar. Two of these papers have already appeared in Blackwood; those dealing with Monmouth and Sir Justinian Pagitt. A collection of epitaphs is exceptionally good.”—Sat R
“For the most part the manuscripts which he prints are heavy work. Nor is he always over-happy in the presentation of his documents: the humour drags. Yet he deserves well of readers in general: he sets a liberal example for other owners of mss.; and his book is in its externals one of the best for many months.”
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“Possessing a sense of humor, an ability to appraise human nature, and a profound respect for truth, he has given enough of these old manuscripts to reproduce for us a picture of the times in which their writers lived. These papers are not without value to the historian.” G. H. S.
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