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Albany, OR: Books for the Ages, 1997. (В файле 313 с.). The History of the Reformation of Religion within the Realm of Scotland, written by John Knox between 1559 and 1571, forms the first two volumes of Dr. David Laing’s complete edition of Knox’s Works. That edition of the History—the result of a collation of imperfect manuscripts, and of the text of sixteenth and seventeenth century printed editions—can never be superseded. It is a monument of Dr. Laing’s learning, skill, and industry; and the notes with which the text is accompanied are models of temperate, accurate, and exhaustive statement. But Dr. Laing’s edition of the History, the only one now obtainable, is not fitted for popular use. Its length (two volumes, containing 1055 pages), its incorporation in a six-volume edition of Knox’s writings, its price, confine it to a limited circle of readers; and, in addition, its spelling is so archaic and irregular as to restrict its use to scholars. In Blackwood’s Magazine for March 1898, it was stated that, even in the libraries of two Scottish Universities, the pages of Dr. Laing’s edition of Knox’s Works were found uncut. In full knowledge of the merits of that edition Thomas C

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Author
Knox John.
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Christian, Religion, Christianity

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