William Hickling Prescott
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" Their author " knew all that was to be known upon the sub ject which he selected to write upon. . . . His writings . . . May well count upon a perma nent rank in historical literature. . . . He is no Thucydides, or Gibbon, or Mommsen, or Ranke ; but, giving all credit to the historians who have done honor to our literature since his day, it is not too much to say that he still stands at the head. " (" The Nation, " XVIII, pp. 252, 253. ) CHAPTER IX AWAKING FAMOUS " LOVE of the author gave the... first impetus. The extraordinary merits of the work did all the rest. " So wrote Prescott s friend and con fidant, Gardiner, in accounting for the bril liant bookselling success won by " Ferdinand and Isabella. " No work of serious scholarship had ever been in such demand in America. No American historian had before attained such acclaim from the judicious in Europe. As Gardiner said, the fame of the author be gan in Boston, where he had been chiefly known as a social favorite. His personal pop ularity was unbounded, though his literary labors had been known to but a few of his intimate friends.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" Their author " knew all that was to be known upon the sub ject which he selected to write upon. . . . His writings . . . May well count upon a perma nent rank in historical literature. . . . He is no Thucydides, or Gibbon, or Mommsen, or Ranke ; but, giving all credit to the historians who have done honor to our literature since his day, it is not too much to say that he still stands at the head. " (" The Nation, " XVIII, pp. 252, 253. ) CHAPTER IX AWAKING FAMOUS " LOVE of the author gave the... first impetus. The extraordinary merits of the work did all the rest. " So wrote Prescott s friend and con fidant, Gardiner, in accounting for the bril liant bookselling success won by " Ferdinand and Isabella. " No work of serious scholarship had ever been in such demand in America. No American historian had before attained such acclaim from the judicious in Europe. As Gardiner said, the fame of the author be gan in Boston, where he had been chiefly known as a social favorite. His personal pop ularity was unbounded, though his literary labors had been known to but a few of his intimate friends.
What to read after William Hickling Prescott?
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