"Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In" by Henry B. Wheatley. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Оглавление
Henry B. Wheatley. Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In
Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
Footnote
CHAPTER II
Footnote
CHAPTER III
Footnote
CHAPTER IV
Footnote
CHAPTER V
Footnote
CHAPTER VI
Footnote
CHAPTER VII
Footnote
CHAPTER VIII
Footnote
CHAPTER IX
Footnote
CHAPTER X
Footnote
CHAPTER XI
Footnote
CHAPTER XII
Footnote
CHAPTER XIII
APPENDIX
APPENDIX I
PAINTINGS BY
ENGRAVINGS BY
PHOTOGRAPHS
BUST
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III
APPENDIX IV
APPENDIX V
APPENDIX VI
SECRETARIES OF THE ADMIRALTY,
TREASURERS OF THE NAVY,
Footnote
COMPTROLLERS OF THE NAVY,
Footnote
SURVEYORS OF THE NAVY,
CLERKS OF THE SHIPS, OF THE NAVY, OR OF THE ACTS,
COMMISSIONERS OF THE NAVY APPOINTED TO RESIDE AT CHATHAM,
Footnote
APPENDIX VII
INDEX
Footnote
Отрывок из книги
Henry B. Wheatley
Published by Good Press, 2021
.....
We learn from the “Diary” itself some particulars of how it was written. The incidents of each day were dotted down in short, and then the writer shut himself up in his office to fill up all the details. Sometimes he was in arrear: thus we read, on January 1st, 1662–63, “So to my office to set down these two or three days’ journal;” on September 24th, 1665, “Then I in the cabin to writing down my journal for these last seven days to my great content;” and on November 10th, 1665, “Up and entered all my journal since the 28th of October, having every day’s passage well in my head, though it troubles me to remember it.”
Lord Braybrooke, who first introduced the “Diary” to the public, had no very accurate notions of the duties of an editor; and he treated his manuscript in a very unsatisfactory manner. Large portions were omitted without explanation, and apparently without reason; and although much was added to succeeding editions, still the reader might well say—
