Introduction to the History of Civilization in England (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Introduction to the History of Civilization in England

It was suggested to Buckle, before the issue of his second volume, that he himself should publish a popular edition of his book without the notes. It is now reprinted, with all the notes and many fresh annotations, at a lower price than would have been charged in Buckle's day for an abridgment. Even notes that might have been held redundant are faithfully reproduced, so that the student can everywhere judge of Buckle's work for himself and the editor's notes are scrupulously distinguished from his by brackets, and by the absence of reference numbers. Buckle's references in his second volume to the first are of course altered to apply to the present edition. A few small grammatical errors, evidently due to his weak health at the period of publication, have been corrected but where correction would involve interference with the cadence or structure of a sentence, even grammatical laxities have been left untouched.

Some difference of opinion may arise on a point which has given the editor some perplexity - the question.

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