Historical Essays

Name: Historical Essays
Author: Rhodes, James Ford

Rhodes, James Ford

Great Britain -- History; History; United States -- History

Johnson, Samuel, on American Revolution, 113.

  Johnston, J. E., Hayes desires to offer cabinet position to, 247.

  Journalists, Godkin, 267-297.
    _See also_ Newspapers.

  Jowett, Benjamin, on Thucydides, 6.

  Julian the Apostate, Gibbon's treatment, 132.


  Kansas, and election of 1856, 88.

  Kent, James, on danger in presidential contests, 219.

  Key, D. M., in Hayes's cabinet, 247.

  Kinglake, A. W., on power of press, 89.


  Laboulaye, Edouard, on Federal Constitution, 204.

  Langlois, C. V., on Froude, 41;
    on ethical judgments, 43;
    on note-making, 76.

  Latin, importance to historians, 49, 51, 54;
    Gibbon's knowledge, 120, 123.

  Laud, William, Macaulay and Gardiner on, 149.

  Lausanne, Gibbon at, 108, 113, 119, 121;
    Voltaire's theatre, 121.

  Lea, H. C., business training, 79;
    as scientific historian, 103.

  Lecky, W. E. H., and Christianity, 131;
    essay on, 153-158;
    precocity, 153;
    value of "Morals," 153;
    intellectual training, 153;
    as philosophic historian, 154;
    "England," 154, 155;
    on French Revolution, 155;
    on Irish history, 155;
    in politics, 156;
    popularity of history, 156;
    social traits, 156;
    interest in America, 157;
    historic divination, 158;
    "Democracy and Liberty," 158.

  Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, on power of press, 96.

  Lincoln, Abraham, as President, 213-216;
    theory and action of war power, 213;
    as a precedent, 214;
    popular support, 215;
    and public opinion, 231;
    as a prime minister, 241.

  Linguistic ability, importance to historians, 49-52;
    Gibbon's, 133;
    Gardiner's, 143.

  Literary criticism in _The Nation_, 291-295.

  Literary style, acquisition by historian, 52-55;
    Macaulay's, 55;
    Gibbon's, 133;
    Gardiner's, 148;
    Spencer Walpole's, 165.

  Lodge, H. C., in the House, 227.

  Logan, J. A., at burning of Columbia, 303, 311, 312.

  London _Daily News_, Godkin as American correspondent, 273.

  Long Parliament, character of rump, 320.

  Louisiana, purchase as precedent, 208;
    overthrow of carpet-bag government, 248, 249.

  Lowell, J. R., on present-day life, 21;
    on Carlyle, 39;
    on college training, 102;
    on Darwin, 145;
    on Grant's cabinet, 186;
    on _The Nation_, 268, 271, 278;
    on importance of Godkin to it, 275.


  Macaulay, Lord, on Shakespeare as historian, 2;
    on Herodotus, 5;
    prolixity, 11, 16, 36;
    on Thucydides, 19, 61;
    lack of reflection and digestion, 37;
    enthusiasm, 38;
    as partisan, 41;
    and popularity, 44;
    on Greek and Latin, 51;
    style, 55;
    on mathematics, 56;
    importance in training of historian, 62;
    biography, 64;
    as reader, 69;
    on Gibbon, 115;
    on Wentworth and Laud, 149;
    Gladstone on, 155;
    on Cromwell, 318;
    on character of Puritans, 318;
    on Cromwell's army, 319;
    Auckland on agreeing with, 323.

  McCrary, G. W., in Hayes's cabinet, 247.

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Historical Essays

Rhodes, James Ford

Great Britain -- History; History; United States -- History

Johnson, Samuel, on American Revolution, 113.

  Johnston, J. E., Hayes desires to offer cabinet position to, 247.

  Journalists, Godkin, 267-297.
    _See also_ Newspapers.

  Jowett, Benjamin, on Thucydides, 6.

  Julian the Apostate, Gibbon's treatment, 132.


  Kansas, and election of 1856, 88.

  Kent, James, on danger in presidential contests, 219.

  Key, D. M., in Hayes's cabinet, 247.

  Kinglake, A. W., on power of press, 89.


  Laboulaye, Edouard, on Federal Constitution, 204.

  Langlois, C. V., on Froude, 41;
    on ethical judgments, 43;
    on note-making, 76.

  Latin, importance to historians, 49, 51, 54;
    Gibbon's knowledge, 120, 123.

  Laud, William, Macaulay and Gardiner on, 149.

  Lausanne, Gibbon at, 108, 113, 119, 121;
    Voltaire's theatre, 121.

  Lea, H. C., business training, 79;
    as scientific historian, 103.

  Lecky, W. E. H., and Christianity, 131;
    essay on, 153-158;
    precocity, 153;
    value of "Morals," 153;
    intellectual training, 153;
    as philosophic historian, 154;
    "England," 154, 155;
    on French Revolution, 155;
    on Irish history, 155;
    in politics, 156;
    popularity of history, 156;
    social traits, 156;
    interest in America, 157;
    historic divination, 158;
    "Democracy and Liberty," 158.

  Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, on power of press, 96.

  Lincoln, Abraham, as President, 213-216;
    theory and action of war power, 213;
    as a precedent, 214;
    popular support, 215;
    and public opinion, 231;
    as a prime minister, 241.

  Linguistic ability, importance to historians, 49-52;
    Gibbon's, 133;
    Gardiner's, 143.

  Literary criticism in _The Nation_, 291-295.

  Literary style, acquisition by historian, 52-55;
    Macaulay's, 55;
    Gibbon's, 133;
    Gardiner's, 148;
    Spencer Walpole's, 165.

  Lodge, H. C., in the House, 227.

  Logan, J. A., at burning of Columbia, 303, 311, 312.

  London _Daily News_, Godkin as American correspondent, 273.

  Long Parliament, character of rump, 320.

  Louisiana, purchase as precedent, 208;
    overthrow of carpet-bag government, 248, 249.

  Lowell, J. R., on present-day life, 21;
    on Carlyle, 39;
    on college training, 102;
    on Darwin, 145;
    on Grant's cabinet, 186;
    on _The Nation_, 268, 271, 278;
    on importance of Godkin to it, 275.


  Macaulay, Lord, on Shakespeare as historian, 2;
    on Herodotus, 5;
    prolixity, 11, 16, 36;
    on Thucydides, 19, 61;
    lack of reflection and digestion, 37;
    enthusiasm, 38;
    as partisan, 41;
    and popularity, 44;
    on Greek and Latin, 51;
    style, 55;
    on mathematics, 56;
    importance in training of historian, 62;
    biography, 64;
    as reader, 69;
    on Gibbon, 115;
    on Wentworth and Laud, 149;
    Gladstone on, 155;
    on Cromwell, 318;
    on character of Puritans, 318;
    on Cromwell's army, 319;
    Auckland on agreeing with, 323.

  McCrary, G. W., in Hayes's cabinet, 247.

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