Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern; to Which are Added a Table of Chronology and a Comparative View of Ancient and Modern Geography Volume 3

by Alexander Fraser Tytler, Edward Nares

Excerpt from Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 3: To Which Are Added, a Table of Chronology, and a Comparative View of Ancient and Modern Geography; Being a Continuation, Terminating at the Demise of His Majesty King George III., 1820
To this end it has been found necessary to carry on the History of Great Britain and Ire land from the period of the death of Queen Anne.
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512 pages, Hardcover

Published May 3, 2016

About the author

Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, was a Scottish lawyer, writer, and professor. Tytler was also a historian, and for some years was Professor of Universal History, and Greek and Roman Antiquities, in the University of Edinburgh. Tytler's other titles included Senator of the College of Justice, and George Commissioner of Justiciary in Scotland. Tytler was a friend of Robert Burns, and prevailed upon him to remove lines from his poem Tam o' Shanter which were insulting to the legal and clerical professions.