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The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

James Burton Robertson (1800–1877)

Robertson, James Burton. An English historian; born in London, Nov. 15, 1800; died in Dublin, Feb. 14, 1877. He published a translation of Frederick Schlegel’s ‘Philosophy of History’ (1835) and of ‘Symbolism, or Exposition of Doctrinal Differences between Catholics and Protestants’ (1843). His original writings include: ‘Public Lectures on Some Subjects of Ancient and Modern History’ (1859); ‘Lectures on Some Subjects of Modern History and Biography’ (1864); and many others.