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[230] A palpable difficulty in judging mediaeval Latin literature is its bulk. The extant Latin classics could be tucked away in a small corner of it. Every well-equipped student of the Classics has probably read them all. One mortal life would hardly suffice to read a moderate part of mediaeval Latin. And, finally, while there are histories of the classic literature in every modern tongue, there exists no general work upon mediaeval Latin writings regarded as literature. Ebert’s indispensable _Allgemeine Geschichte der Literatur des Mittelalters_ ends with the tenth century. The author died. Within the scope of its purpose Dr. Sandys’ _History of Classical Scholarship_ is compact and good.

[231] _Ante_, Chapter X .

[232] _Post_,