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Title: The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Author: Henry Martyn Baird

Release Date: September 24, 2007 [EBook #22762]

Language: English

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HISTORY OF THE

RISE OF THE HUGUENOTS.

_VOLUME I._

A REVIEW OF THIS WORK,

_Occupying nearly four columns, appeared in the_ NEW YORK TRIBUNE _of
Dec. 30th, 1879, from which the following is extracted._

"It embraces the time from the accession of Francis I. in 1515, to
the death of Charles IX. in 1574, at which epoch the doctrines of
the Reformation had become well-grounded in France, and the
Huguenots had outgrown the feebleness of infancy and stood as a
distinct and powerful body before the religious world. In preparing
the learned and elaborate work, which will give the name of the
author an honourable place on the distinguished list of American
historians, Professor Baird has made a judicious use of the
researches and discoveries which, during the last thirty years,
have shed a fresh light on the history of France at the era of the
Reformation. Among the ample stores of knowledge which have been
laid open to his inquiries are the archives of the principal
capitals of Europe, which have been thoroughly explored for the
first time during that period. Numerous manuscripts of great value,
for the most part unknown to the learned world, have been rescued
from obscurity. At the side of the voluminous chronicles long since
printed, a rich abundance of contemporary correspondence and
hitherto inedited memoirs has accumulated, which afford a copious
collection of life-like and trustworthy views of the past. The
secrets of diplomacy have been revealed. The official statements
drawn up for the public may now be tested by the more truthful and
unguarded accounts con