LETTERS

ON THE

STUDY and USE

OF

HISTORY.

By the late RIGHT HONORABLE

HENRY ST. JOHN,

LORD VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE.

A NEW EDITION Corrected.

LONDON,

Printed for A. MILLAR.

MDCCLII.

me Leish
12-6-37

THE

1. An objection against the utility of hiftory

removed. 2. The falfe and true aims of

those who study it. 3. Of the hiftory of

the firft ages; with reflections on the ftate

of antient history, prophane and facred.

P. 43

LETTER IV.

1. That there is in history fufficient authen-

ticity to render it useful, notwithstand-

ing all objections to the contrary. 2. Of

the method and due reftrictions to be ob-

ferved in the ftudy of it.

LETTER V.

P: 95

1. The great ufe of history, properly fo
called, as diftinguished from the writings
of mere annalifts and antiquaries. 2.
Greek and Roman hiftorians. 3. Some
idea of a complete hiftory. 4. Further
cautions to be obferved in this study, and
the regulation of it according to the