Excerpt from The Fathers for English Readers: St. Hilary of Poitiers and St. Martin of ToursThe very mixed character of the Emperor Maximus is coloured with a more romantic tint than is dis cernible in the pages of Sulpicius and of the pagan historian Pacatus in the poem entitled The Dream of Maxen Wledig, which forms one of The Visions of England depicted for us by Mr. Francis Palgrave. The fact that the poem is inspired by The Mabinogion, the collection of the legends of that highly poetic country, Wales, may suffice to account for the apparent discrepancy. If any of my readers are induced to compare the two portraits, they may perhaps be inclined to think that of the Latin historians the more probable. But in any case they will, if I mistake not, feel grateful for the reference to a book which, over and above its poetic merits, is so full of instruction and suggestiveness to all students of history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.