Produced by Suzanne Lybarger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) SHORT STUDIES ON GREAT SUBJECTS. LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-STREET SQUARE SHORT STUDIES ON GREAT SUBJECTS. BY JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, M.A. LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. _SECOND EDITION._ LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1867. CONTENTS. PAGE THE SCIENCE OF HISTORY 1 TIMES OF ERASMUS AND LUTHER: Lecture I 26 Lecture II 50 Lecture III 75 THE INFLUENCE OF THE REFORMATION ON THE SCOTTISH CHARACTER 102 THE PHILOSOPHY OF CATHOLICISM 124 A PLEA FOR THE FREE DISCUSSION OF THEOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES 133 CRITICISM AND THE GOSPEL HISTORY 159 THE BOOK OF JOB 185 SPINOZA 223 THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES 265 ENGLAND'S FORGOTTEN WORTHIES 294 HOMER 334 THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS 363 REPRESENTATIVE MEN 384 REYNARD THE FOX 401 THE CAT'S PILGRIMAGE: Part I 419 Part II 422 Part III 427 Part IV 430 FABLES: I. The Lions and the Oxen 433 II. The Farmer and the Fox 434 PARABLE OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE 436 COMPENSATION 439 THE SCIENCE OF HISTORY: A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FEBRUARY 5, 1864.