Download or read book A Bibliography of the King's Book, Or Eikon Basilike (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Almack and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Bibliography of the King's Book, or Eikon Basilike Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity, writing in 1824, and Mr. Edward J. L. Scott, Keeper of the Department of mss. At the British Museum, writing in 1880, expressed the great desirability of gathering together all the various issues, describing and classifying them, and thereby opening the way to the elucidation of the authorship. It may be asked why the title page speaks of The King's Book. The answer is that, at the time of its first appearance, and subsequently, the E icon was constantly thus spoken of, and written about. The natural assumption is that-the King wrote it. It remains for someone to prove that he did not write it. It will generally be found that the person who readily declares an opinion adverse to the King, and in favour of Gauden, has not read the Ei/eon. A touching pathos and simple dignity pervade every chapter. In reading these meditations, the King's subjects instantly recognised the stamp of the King's own character in every page. Running through every chapter there is a vein of calmness and patience, pre-eminently characteristic of Charles the First. Some scores of copies which I have, bear evidences of having been read and read again from Alpha to Omega.' Mr. Walter Hamilton, of the Record Office, daily and hourly steeped to the lips in the true history of the period, venerated much the King's character. He regretted his fatal tendency to state-craft; but writing - mark you - before the immortal William learnt lightning somersaults, he did not think that we of to-day could safely take to stone-throwing. 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.