Excerpt from Wars and Treaties, 1815 to 1914 The causes are epitomized in the fewest possible words and the occasion is separated from the cause. Causes of wars are very seldom remembered and are not very easily discovered in the perusal of histories. The occasion is sometimes mistaken for the cause, whereas it may often be merely a pretext. The occasion of a war has not in frequently been a comparatively trivial incident, whereas the cause can be traced to the gradual development of friction for which divergence of policies or conﬂict of am bitions may have been responsible. The trivial incident, or even an incident of a more serious nature, may pass off without fatal consequences if no friction exists between the nations and there is a general atmosphere of amicable understanding. Where, on the contrary, relations are strained it requires but a very small spark to light up a conﬂagration. It is important therefore to detach the occasion from the cause. 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.

Wars and Treaties, 1815 to 1914 (Classic Reprint)

History

Arthur Ponsonby

Europe

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<p>Excerpt from English Diaries: A Review of English Diaries From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century With an Introduction on Diary Writing Was attracted to the study of Diary writing, not by the well-known diaries which are a part Of English history or literature, but by the fragments of journals of quite Obscure people which are tucked away in the collections of archae ological and other learned Societies or unprinted. They seemed to me so human in their interest that they were worthy of being better known. In fact, when embarking on my collection I was inclined at first to leave out the celebrated diarists. The dividing line, however, would have been too difficult to draw, and a bok which was to be a study of diary-writing would have been incomplete if the best examples were omitted. Egan to collect I found the field opened out pretty some of which had been u forgotten, there were privately printed diaries, there were manu script diaries in libraries or in private houses, and there were diaries absorbed by or scattered in biographies. I had to put a limit to the range of my net. Tempted as I was by the great foreign diarists, I soon saw there was Obviously material enough at home. Even within the United Kingdom, if part of my object was to unearth what was little known, I found I should have to confine myself to England alone. This deprived me of some specially good diaries, such as Sir Walter Scott's, Carlyle's, Sir John Moore's, Swift's and John Mitchel's. But to reach the more Obscure diarists in Scotland and Ireland Special research on the spot Would be necessary. In England alone I found indeed as much, if not more, than I could manage. The only other limita tion I imposed on myself, 'and that very willingly, was that my diarists should not be living. I have not set out to select the best diaries or even only good diaries. My Object has been to give a full representation of all shades of diary-writing, long and short, historical, public and private, good, bad and indifferent. 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.</p>

English Diaries: A Review of English Diaries from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century with an Introduction on Diary Writing (Classic Reprint)

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Wars and Treaties, 1815 to 1914 (Classic Reprint)

English Diaries: A Review of English Diaries from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century with an Introduction on Diary Writing (Classic Reprint)