Historical Essays[p159] SIR SPENCER WALPOLEReading editionChapter navigation40 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…[p iii] HISTORICAL ESSAYS BY JAMES FORD RHODES, LL.D., D.Litt.[p v] PREFACE[p vii] CONTENTS[p ix] HISTORYHISTORY1[p25] CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY[p27] CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY[p47] THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN[p49] THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN[p81] NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES[p83] NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES[p99] SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY[p101] SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY[p105] EDWARD GIBBON[p107] EDWARD GIBBON[p141] SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER[p143] SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER[p151] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY[p153] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY[p159] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE[p161] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE[p169] JOHN RICHARD GREEN[p171] JOHN RICHARD GREEN[p175] EDWARD L. PIERCE[p177] EDWARD L. PIERCE[p183] JACOB D. COX[p185] JACOB D. COX[p189] EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE[p191] EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE[p201] THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE[p203] THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE[p243] A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION[p245] A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION[p265] EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN[p267] EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN[p299] WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?[p301] WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?[p315] A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL[p317] A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL[p325] INDEXPrevious chapter ←[p153] WILLIAM E. H. LECKYNext chapter →[p161] SIR SPENCER WALPOLEAll chapters and sections (40)[p iii] HISTORICAL ESSAYS BY JAMES FORD RHODES, LL.D., D.Litt.[p v] PREFACE[p vii] CONTENTS[p ix] HISTORYHISTORY1[p25] CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY[p27] CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY[p47] THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN[p49] THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN[p81] NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES[p83] NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES[p99] SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY[p101] SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY[p105] EDWARD GIBBON[p107] EDWARD GIBBON[p141] SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER[p143] SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER[p151] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY[p153] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY[p159] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE[p161] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE[p169] JOHN RICHARD GREEN[p171] JOHN RICHARD GREEN[p175] EDWARD L. PIERCE[p177] EDWARD L. PIERCE[p183] JACOB D. COX[p185] JACOB D. COX[p189] EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE[p191] EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE[p201] THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE[p203] THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE[p243] A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION[p245] A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION[p265] EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN[p267] EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN[p299] WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?[p301] WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?[p315] A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL[p317] A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL[p325] INDEXA paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society at the November meeting of 1907.◇← [p153] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY[p161] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE →