Gibbon (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Zusatztext

<div><p>This 1878 volume in the English Men of Letters series explores the life of Edward Gibbon, author of<i>The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</i>.  According to a contemporary review by Mark Pattison in the<i>Academy</i>, "Future numbers of the series may imitate, they cannot surpass, the present specimen." A splendid perspective on the life of an intriguing man.</p></div>

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<div><p><b>James Augustus Cotter Morison</b> (1832-1888) was an English historian whose essays were highly influenced by Mark Pattison and Carlyle. He is best known for his<i>Life of St. Bernard</i> (1863) and his two contributions to the English Men of Letters Series,<i>Gibbon</i> (1878) and<i>Macaulay</i> (1882).&#xa0;</p></div>

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