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Title: The history and progress of the world
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Sanderson, Edgar, d. 1907 Lamberton, John Porter, 1839-1917, joint author Morris, Charles, 1833-1922, joint author
Subjects: World history Philosophers Women Statesmen Statesmen Literature
Publisher: Philadelphia, T. Nolan
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sian defender of Sebastopol, Todleben.His style is too brilliant for history, and the entire workwas condemned by Matthew Arnold as an example ofBritish bad taste. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, bom in 1829, was professorof modern history in Kings College, London. Hedevoted himself especially to the history of the Seven-teenth Century, and has published the History of Eng-land from the Accession of James I to the Restoration(12 vols). Apart from this he has published an excellentStudents History of England and several booksdescribing epochs and characters of the period of his chiefwork. Justin McCarthy, born at Cork, Ireland, in 1830, hasbeen an active politician and journalist, and has writtensome novels of merit. His chief historical work is AHistory of Our Own Time (1879-97), notable for itsfairness in treating political questions still in dispute. Thesuccess of this work led him to write a History of theFour Georges (1889) and a History of Ireland, whichshow the same excellent qualities.
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POETS OF THE LATER VICTORIAN PERIOD Down to the last decade of the Century the two greatpoets who are the Hterary glory of the Victorian era sur-vived in revered old age, and still sent forth poems worthyof their fame. But their lives and works have alreadybeen discussed and others claim attention. A generalcharacteristic of these later poets, as indeed of nearly allpoets of the Century, is the tendency to recur to the pastfor themes of their important works. This is partly animaginative escape from the recognized ills or prosaicmonotony of the present, just as poets of former days sungof the Golden Age, But it is partly due to the increasedknowledge of history, which, in these days of books anduniversal education, is forced upon everybody. Hencelatter-day poets revert to King Arthur and the knights ofthe Round Table, to the quest of the Holy Grail, tomediaeval legends, to classical mythology and Icelandicsagas. Another characteristic is the frequency of imitation,the distinct followi

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