My dear Mr Freeman I am not sure whether it be you or Macmillan whom I have to thank for the masterly little compendium that makes your introductory volume. It is a great comfort to be so helped along the line of the Holy Roman Empire. I dare say you know those quaint old books - I have seen two different ones - that give portraits of all the Emperors in succession from Constantine to the ... continue reading

My dear Mr Freeman, I think I was misled by the love of Vercingetorix, also of Sidonius Apollinarius whom I have admired ever since I met with him in Guizot, but I think I had better make a fresh start leaving all the Romans and Franks to be read in your history and starting with the Counts of Paris for my thread, and only making a short resumé to shew what material they came in upon. ... continue reading