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Book

Author

Alfred, King of England, 849-899.

Title King Alfred's books, by the Right Reverend Bishop G. F. Browne.

Imprint

London, Society for promoting Christian knowledge; New York, Macmillan, 1920.

Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Central Library Non-Fiction		829 A	Available

Description	xxxii, 390 p. illus. 25 cm.
Note	Description of Alfred's translations, with selected passages in modern English.
Contents	The blooms of the soliloquies of St. Augustine. - The dialogues of Gregory the Great. - The seven books of Orosius against the pagans. - The pastoral care of Gregory the Great. - Bede's Ecclesiastical history of the English race. - Boethius on the Consolation of philosophy.
Subject	Latin literature -- Translations into Anglo-Saxon.
	English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Translations from Latin.
	English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
Added Author	Browne, G. F. (George Forrest), 1833-1930, tr.
	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Soliloquis.
	Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
	Orosius, Paulus.
	Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
	Boethius, d. 524. Consolateo.
	Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)