Southey"s Life of Nelson is an enlargement of an article that appeared in 1810 in the Quarterly Review not much more than four years after Nelsons death. Written while the hero"s memory is still fresh in the hearts of his countrymen and while the great Enemy of England, whose naval power he had almost annihilated, still threatened by land the liberties of the civilized world, Southey"s narrative is full of the enthusiasm and patriotism which animated the English in the greatest of their wars.......Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900"s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.