MEMOIR OF CAMDEV. 75 



This learned author is reckoned the Father of 

 British Antiquaries. He collected a valuable mass 

 of materials which have since served as a basis for 

 the accumulation of further knowledge on the sub- 

 ject. His Brittania is to this day a standard work ; 

 and the translations from the original Latin in 

 the successive editions of Bishop Gibson and Rich* 

 ard Gough, Esq , have been swelled by additions 

 and corrections, to Books of great consequence and 

 magnitude. Camden was also distinguished as an 

 Historian, and Hume observes of his ' History of 

 Queen Elizabeth/ "that it may be esteemed a good 

 " composition both for style and matter. It is 

 "written with simplicity of expression, very rare 

 " in that age, and with a regard to truth. It would 

 " not perhaps be too much to affirm, that it is 

 " amongst the best historical productions which 

 " ha ye yet been composed by any Englishman. 



HUMK'S ENGLAND, JAMES ! 



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