Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Canada Book of Prose and Verse, Vol. 4
Even in recording events as they were supposed to have happened, early writers saw no harm In adding and subtracting, in heightening the bright lights, or deepening the shadows, to make a story better. Early history 13 in consequence so mixed with myth and legend that it is difficult to separate them. It is the poet, not the historian, who in early days records the deeds of his ancestors, and tries to glorify them. 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.
