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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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Excerpt from William Shakespeare, His Family and Friends: Edited by a Hamilton Thompson, With a Memoir of the Author by Andrew Lang The shape in which these papers were left by Mr. Elton was incomplete and disconnected. Some had undergone revision: in some cases, two almost parallel versions, apparently of the same chapter, existed, testi fying to the scholarly care with which the work had been undertaken and planned. There was no definite in...

Excerpt from A Catalogue of a Portion of the Library of Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta EltonA Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning. By the late Joseph Addison, Esq., now first published from an of Mr. Addison's, Prepared and Corrected by himself. London, Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn, 1739. Fol. The first edition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.for...

Excerpt from The Great Book-Collectors The splendours Of the private library began in the days of Lucullus. Enriched with the treasure of King Mithridates and all the books Of Pontus, he housed his collection in such stately galleries, thronged with a multitude Of philosophers and poets, that it seemed as if there were a new home for the Muses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Fi...

Excerpt from Custom Tenant-RightWe shall find a great difference be tween the history of the manor, as it appears in the early law-books, and the true story which has gradually been re covered by the writers who have ex plained the origin and the growth of our ancient institutions. The manor of the jurists is an aggregate compass of ground, which a king, who held Eng land in fee, is supposed to have granted to his feudal baron with a liberty o...

Excerpt from Origins of English History The object of this work appears so fully in its introductory chapter that it is almost needless to add anything by way of formal preface. It has been the writer's wish to collect the best and earliest evidence as to the different peoples with which the English nation in any of its branches is connected by blood and descent. There are few that have studied the fascinating subject of the trade and travel...

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Excerpt from The Tenures of KentIntroduction of the Feudal System into Kent - Retention of Tenures in Franoal moigne, Dren gage, Burgage, and Socage - Changes in the three latter Tonnes. Drengage. - lts importance to an enquiry into gavelkind.-letter of the monks of Christchurch to Henry II. - Changes in the law of Gavelkind. - Escheat. Forfeiture. - Alienation. Devise. Descent. Dower. Curtesy. Resumption that lands in Kent are Gavelkini - Ins...

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