Christian Frederick Swartz
Published: 2016-11-13
Total Pages: 430
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick Swartz: To Which Is Prefixed, a Sketch of the History of Christianity, in India Imperfect biographies of Swartz have appeared at different times; but it is remarkable, that a complete history of his life was not published for nearly forty years after his decease. This - so long a desideratum -was furnished in the year 1834, by the Rev. Dr. Pearson, the well known biographer of Buchanan. The delay was occasioned by the difficulty of collect ing materials. Dr. Pearson's work has left us little to desire, as he had the object before him for many years, and enjoyed the best means of gaining information. Indeed, he is rather redundant in materials; and it is by throwing out some of the less important of these, as well as by a smaller type and closer page, that the work was reduced, in the present edition, from an expensive octavo of two volumes, without diminishing the interest or value of the memoir. The thread of the narrative has not been broken at all by the omis sions, as these consist, in a great degree, of letters, contents of which were anticipated either in other letters, or in the remarks of the biographer, which have been retained. 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.
