Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Writings of Henry Thomas Buckle, Vol. 1 of 2 T/ie previous sketc/zes of Henry T liomas Buckle's life nave been few in number, and but sketckes. T be most important of t/zem are, an article in Fraser's Magazine for September, 1862, one in tbc Chess Player's Magazine for 'f'ebruary, 1864, one in tbe Atlantic Monthly for April, 1863, a letter in Me Athenzeum, by t/ze Rev. 7. A. Longmore, and a bio grapk ical notice by Miss Helen Taylor, prefixed to buckle's'miscellaneous and Posthumous Works, of wkic/i an important part was contributed by M iss Skim/eff. To Miss Taylor all admirers of Buckle and of learning 'owe a debt of gratitude. Nave compared t/ze manuscript and print of Buckle's Post humous Works wit/z some attention; and, tkouglz nave been able to detect a few misprints, and doubt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.