L E T T E R S

ON THE

STUDY and USE

Ο F

HISTORY.

By the late Right HONORABLE

HENRY S 1. JOHN,

LORD VISCOUNT BOLINGBROK E.

A NEW EDITION Corrected.

LONDON,
Printed for A. MILLAR.

MDCCLII.

McLeish

Τ Η Ε

12.6.37

3505 CONTENTS.

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P. II

L ETTER I.

OF the study of hifpory.

LITTER II.

Concerning the true use and advantages

of it.

LETTER III.

. An obječtion against the utility of history

removed. 2. The false and true aims of

those who study it. 3. Of the history of

the first ages; with refleétions on the state

of antient history, prophane and sacred.

p. 43

LETTER IV.

1. That there is in history sufficient authen-

ticity to render it useful, notwithstand-

ing 'all objections to the contrary. 2. Of

the method and due restrictions to be ob-

Jerved in the study of it. P: 95

LETTER

1. The great use of history, properly so

called, as distinguished from the writings

of mere annalists and antiquaries. 2.

Greek and Roman historians. 3. Some

idea of a complete history. 4. Further

cautions to be observed in this study, and

the regulation of it according to the

V.