CHAPTER VIII

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INDICATIONS OF THE SURVIVANCE OF ANCIENT LITERATURE, THROUGH A PERIOD EXTENDING FROM THE DECLINE OF LEARNING IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY, TO ITS RESTORATION IN THE FIFTEENTH 77

## CHAPTER IX .

THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 97

## CHAPTER X .

SEVERAL METHODS AVAILABLE FOR ASCERTAINING THE CREDIBILITY OF ANCIENT HISTORICAL WORKS 102

## CHAPTER XI .

EXCEPTIONS TO WHICH THE TESTIMONY OF HISTORIANS, ON PARTICULAR POINTS, MAY BE LIABLE 119

## CHAPTER XII .

CONFIRMATIONS OF THE EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT HISTORIANS, DERIVABLE FROM INDEPENDENT SOURCES 132

## CHAPTER XIII .

GENERAL PRINCIPLES, APPLICABLE TO QUESTIONS OF THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF ANCIENT RECORDS 160

## CHAPTER XIV .

RELATIVE STRENGTH OF THE EVIDENCE WHICH SUPPORTS THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 177

## CHAPTER XV .

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PRECEDING STATEMENTS:--A MORNING AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM 204

## CHAPTER XVI .

FACTS RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION, AND LATE RECOVERY, OF SOME ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS 226

## CHAPTER XVII .

THE PROCESS OF HISTORIC EVIDENCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE INSTANCE OF HERODOTUS 267

## CHAPTER XVIII .

METHOD OF ARGUING FROM THE GENUINENESS, TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS 306

## CHAPTER XIX .

EXAMPLES OF IMPERFECT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE:--HERODOTUS 336

## CHAPTER XX .

RECENT EXPLORATIONS, CONFIRMATORY OF THE TRUTH OF ANCIENT HISTORY: HERODOTUS AND BEROSUS 358

## CHAPTER XXI .

INFERENTIAL HISTORIC MATERIALS 371

## CHAPTER XXII .

THE MODERN JERUSALEM--A VOUCHER FOR THE LITERATURE OF ITS ANCIENT OCCUPANTS 399

HISTORY

OF THE

TRANSMISSION OF ANCIENT BOOKS.

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