Lives of Milton is great; great also is the merit of some of them, one exception, nevertheless, they are all dismissed shelf by the publication of Professor Massons mental and authoritative biography, without perreference to which no satisfactory memoir can forth be composed. One recent biography has dthis advantage. I ts author, the late Mark on, wanted neither this nor any other qualification a keener sense of the importance of the religious olitical controversies of Milton stime. His innce to matters so momentous in Milton sown tion has, in our opinion, vitiated his conception hero, who is represented as persistently yielding to what was meant for mankind. We think, on the ry, that such a mere man of letters as Pattison that Milton had been, could never have produced radise Lost. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don"t occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books" Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org