Excerpt from A Review of Fox the Martyrologist's History of the Waldenses Those who are endeavoring to understand the history of the Waldenses, must have appreciated the papers which appeared in the appendix to the Christian Observer for the year 1835, and in the numbers for the following February and July, under the signature of Arnaud de Bonneville, or A. D. B.; and those who were really interested in the subject, and anxious that truth should prevail, must have been grieved that the editor should not only have declined making his Magazine the channel for the publication of such valuable matter, but that he should have represented to his readers that he was, out of compassion to them, going to "break off this minute discussion respecting early Waldensian dates." July, p. 407. The discussion was about no such thing. In fact, the Waldensian controversy (considering how many dates of an obscure period do come into it) is remarkably free from such discussions; for even when it happens that there is a difference of statement - as for instance, whether Waldo began preaching in 1160, 1170, or 1180 - it is seldom that any writer has pretended that it is of the least consequence which is right. Many of the dates it may be impossible to settle; but it is almost as impossible to make their uncertainty affect the argument. 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.