Written by John D. Quackenbos

Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical

by John D. Quackenbos

The History of Literature, as a separate branch of the history of civilization, is of comparatively recent origin; the first work on the subject in any language dating no further back than the sixteenth century, and being little more than a crude catalogue of authors and their books. Yet who can deny the great importance of such history? When studi..