Tacitus and Bracciolini. The Annals Forged in the XVth Century

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TACITUS AND BRACCIOLINI.

AS A VERY SLIGHT TOKEN OF MY AFFECTION AND ALSO OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS RARE ASSEMBLAGE OF QUALITIES LOFTY MORAL RECTITUDE THE KINDLIEST FEELINGS OF THE HEART DEVOTION TO HIGH OCCUPATION APTITUDE FOR BOOKS AS FOR AFFAIRS - AND - A REFINED ENLIGHTENMENT TO APPRECIATE THE GENIUS OF TACITUS AND OF BRACCIOLINI - AND - FULLY TO APPREHEND AN INVESTIGATION UNDERTAKEN IN THE TRUE INTERESTS OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. - PREFACE

BOOK THE FIRST. - TACITUS. - CHAPTER I. - TACITUS COULD BARELY HAVE WRITTEN THE ANNALS.

CHAPTER II. - A FEW REASONS FOR BELIEVING THE ANNALS TO BE A FORGERY.

CHAPTER III. - SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER OF THE ANNALS FROM THE POINT OF TREATMENT.

CHAPTER IV. - HOW THE ANNALS DIFFERS FROM THE HISTORY.

CHAPTER V. - THE LATIN AND THE ALLITERATIONS IN THE ANNALS.

BOOK THE SECOND. - BRACCIOLINI. - CHAPTER I. - BRACCIOLINI IN ROME.

CHAPTER III. - BRACCIOLINI SETTING ABOUT THE FORGERY OF THE ANNALS