Excerpt from Tables of European History, Literature, Science, and Art, From A. D. 200 to 1909: And of American History, Literature, and Art It remains to mention that in the Tables from 1840 onwards it has been thought advisable to use only two varieties Of type, small capitals and Roman letters, thus differentiating the names into those of the less important and more important writers and artists, without attempting to anticipate, for a period still so near us, the final verdict as to which may be the most important of them all. 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.