Excerpt from Essays on Two Moderns: Euripides; Samuel Butler Butler in consequence of having met many people who had read and keenly admired one, or it may be two, of his books Without having any idea of the quantity or variety of his other writings. My inten tion has been to give such persons a glimpse of the general lie of the land, and to indicate how one pleasant and secluded valley leads into another. Never having had the privilege of Butler's acquaintance, I have avoided as far as possible all biographical detail, ...
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Excerpt from Essays on Two Moderns: Euripides; Samuel Butler Butler in consequence of having met many people who had read and keenly admired one, or it may be two, of his books Without having any idea of the quantity or variety of his other writings. My inten tion has been to give such persons a glimpse of the general lie of the land, and to indicate how one pleasant and secluded valley leads into another. Never having had the privilege of Butler's acquaintance, I have avoided as far as possible all biographical detail, nor have I attempted any such elaborate criticism of his merits and defects as writer and thinker as will be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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