SHORT STUDIES

ON

GREAT SUBJECTS.

LONDON
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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 ...