Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George Buchanan (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George Buchanan Boyle, is extremely defective: this acute and singular man seenis to have been but little acquainted with the productions of Buchanan, and still less with the genuine character of their. Author. But to the learned and indefatigable Le Clerc our obligations are not inconsiderable. This writer, who, in the year 1706, inserted in one of his periodical publications 0. Dissen tation De George Buchanan sr de res Ou rrager, ' had evidently perused his works with attention, and had formed no injudi cious estimate of his personal and literary merits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.