Books Condemned to be Burnt

Project Gutenberg's Books Condemned to be Burnt, by James Anson FarrerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Books Condemned to be BurntAuthor: James Anson FarrerRelease Date: March 6, 2010 [EBook #31520]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOOKS CONDEMNED TO BE BURNT ***Produced by Steven Gibbs, Lisa Reigel, and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netTranscriber's Note: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A completelist of typographical and punctuation corrections follows the text. Ellipses match the original. More notesfollow the text. Click on the page number to see an image of the page.rooster bookplateThe Book-Lover's Library.Edited byHenry B. Wheatley, F.S.A.BOOKS CONDEMNEDTO BE BURNT. BYJAMES ANSON FARRER,decorationLONDONELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW1892PREFACE.HEN did books first come to be burnt in England by the common hangman, and what was the last book to be sotreated? This is the sort of question that occurs to a rational curiosity, but it is just this sort of question to which it isoften most difficult to find an answer. Historians are generally too engrossed with the details of battles, all as drearilysimilar to one another as ...