![]() Perhaps none of his longer and more ceremonious writings can give to the reader so vivid a sense at once of the range of Acton’s erudition and the strength of his critical faculty as does the perusal of these short notices. But what could never be reproduced is the general impression of Acton’s many contributions to the Rambler, the Home and Foreign, and the North British Review. From the two bound volumes of that single weekly, there might be made a selection which would be of high interest to all who cared to learn what was passing in the minds of the most acute and enlightened members of the Roman Communion at one of the most critical epochs in the history of the papacy. Rarely did he show to better advantage than in the articles and reviews he wrote in that short-lived rival of the Saturday Review. Here, for instance, we have extracted nothing from the Chronicle and Acton’s gifts as a leader-writer remain without illustration. A further selection of nearly equal quantity might be made, and still much that is valuable in Acton’s work would remain buried. The result here displayed is therefore not complete. The two volumes here published contain but a small selection from the numerous writings of Acton on a variety of topics, which are to be found scattered through many periodicals of the last half-century. Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. Letters to The Times on “The Vatican Decrees.” Writes “Letters of Quirinus” in Allgemeine Zeitung. ![]() issued Quanta Cura, with appended Syllabus Errorum. Visits America in company with Lord Ellesmere.įounds, edits, and concludes The Home and Foreign Review. Student at Munich University, living with Döllinger. Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. Cardinal Wiseman and The Home and Foreign Review. Burd’s Edition of Il Principe by Machiavelli. They desire to point out that in Lord Acton and his Circle the article on “The Protestant Theory of Persecution” is attributed to Simpson: this is an error. Longmans, Kegan Paul, Williams and Norgate, and the proprietors of The Bridgnorth Journal for their kind permission to republish these articles, and also the Delegacy of the Clarendon Press for allowing the reprint of the Introduction to Mr. This volume consists of articles reprinted from the following journals: The Quarterly Review, The English Historical Review, The Nineteenth Century, The Rambler, The Home and Foreign Review, The North British Review, The Bridgnorth Journal. They are again indebted to Professor Henry Jackson for valuable suggestions. At the same time they wish to take the entire responsibility for the opinions expressed therein. They have thus been provided with valuable material for the Introduction. ![]() They have had the advantage of access to many of Acton’s letters, especially those to Döllinger and Lady Blennerhasset. The Editors desire to thank the members of the Acton family for their help and advice during the preparation of this volume and of the volume of Historical Essays and Studies.
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