Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Bulletin of the Society of American Authors: August, 1901
We have in the two volumes of Alfred's writings the great king's will, the various charters which bear his signature, his version of the historian Orosius, his version of the Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of tlte English Nation, his version of Boethius' Consolations of Philosophy, a portion of his version of Gregory's Pastoral Care, his Blossom Gather ings from Saint Augustine, his Laws, and the preface to his version of Gregory's Dialogues. A few other works have been ascribed to Alfred. Their authenticity is discussed by Professor Earle in his essay upon King Alfred as a Writer in the little volume on Alfred edited by the Mayor of Win chester, published in 1899. Alfred's work is almost entirely translation. His preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care is a plea for the education of the people, especially in their own English tongue, by giving them the best literature in good translations. But Alfred was the freest of translators. Sometimes, he tells us himself, he gives us word for word, sometimes meaning for meaning. 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.
