Download or read book Life and Letters of Erasmus written by James Anthony Froude and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Letters of Erasmus: Lectures Delivered at Oxford, 1893-94 Erasmus advises students toreadonlythe best books on the subjects with which they are occupied. He cautions them against loading their memories with the errors of inferior writers which they will sites wardshsvetothrowofiand forget. The bestde scriptionof thestateof Enropeinthe ageimme diately preceding the Reformation will he found in the correspondence of Erasmus himself. I can prom isemyown readers that if they will accept Erasmus foragnideinthatentangled period, theywillnot under far out of the way. 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.