Chapter III: Section II: Historical Literature of the Nineteenth Century

⭘ Historic Characteristics of the Period――M‘Crie’s Writings――His
Style――Mill’s History of British India――Dunlop’s History of
Fiction――Tytler’s History of Scotland; its historic value
――Alison’s History of Europe, his Method and Style

⭘ Thomas Carlyle――His early Life and Work――His Essays and
Pamphlets――The French Revolution――Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and
Speeches――History of Frederick the Great of Prussia――Peculiar
Characteristics of his Works――His Death

⭘ Burton, his early Writings――His History of Scotland――History of
Britain in the Reign of Queen Anne――Blakey’s Historical Writings

⭘ Skene’s contributions to History――His History of Celtic Scotland

⭘ Record Scholars and Editors of Historical materials, Thomson,
Innes, Stuart, Robertson, Laing, and Pitcairn

⭘ Chambers’ History of the Rising of 1745――Robertson’s Scotland
under her early Kings――Mure’s History of the Literature of
Ancient Greece――Grub’s Ecclesiastical History of Scotland
――Conclusion

CHAPTER XLI.

_Literature of the Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Centuries (continued)._