Excerpt from The Life and Writings of Henry Thomas Buckle, Vol. 1 of 2T/ie previous sketc/zes of Henry T liomas Buckle's life nave been few in number, and but sketckes. T be most important of t/zem are, an article in Fraser's Magazine for September, 1862, one in tbc Chess Player's Magazine for 'f'ebruary, 1864, one in tbe Atlantic Monthly for April, 1863, a letter in Me Athenzeum, by t/ze Rev. 7. A. Longmore, and a bio grapk ical notice by Miss Helen Taylor, prefixed to buckle's'miscellaneous and Posthumous Works, of wkic/i an important part was contributed by M iss Skim/eff. To Miss Taylor all admirers of Buckle and of learning 'owe a debt of gratitude. Nave compared t/ze manuscript and print of Buckle's Post humous Works wit/z some attention, and, tkouglz nave been able to detect a few misprints, and doubt.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.