Excerpt from Literary Influence in British History: A Historical Sketch HE influence of public speakers is perhaps more apparent than that of poets, historians, and novelists. Yet these latter are shown by recent ex perience, especially in Britain, to have greater in fluence in legislation and on public Opinion than is usually believed. In this republished and revised volume I endeavour to trace the influence of literature in British history, With the hope that the book may. 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.