Sinopsis

MY theme is history. It is an old subject, which has been discoursed about
since Herodotus, and I should be vain indeed if I flattered myself that I
could say aught new concerning the methods of writing it, when this has
for so long a period engaged the minds of so many gifted men. Yet to a
sympathetic audience, to people who love history, there is always the
chance that a fresh treatment may present the commonplaces in some
different combination, and augment for the moment an interest which is
perennial.
Holding a brief for history as do I your representative, let me at once
concede that it is not the highest form of intellectual endeavor; let us at
once agree that it were bett...