Excerpt from History of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern Times: With the Process of Historical Proof Even in relation to those works of genius whose value consists in their intrinsic merits, and which would not be robbed of their beau ties though discovered to be spurious, an assurance of their genuineness is felt by every reader to conduce greatly to the pleasure they impart. But a much stronger feeling natu rally leads us to demand this assurance In the perusal of works which profess to have reality only for their matter. - Truth is the very subject' of History. - Satisfactory evi dence, therefore, of the integrity of its records may well be deemed an indispensable prelimi nary to a course of study in that department of knowledge. 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.