Pre scott, William Hickling

(1796-1859), grandson of the commander at Bunker Hill, was graduated at Harvard in 1814. Abundant means enabled him to carry out his purposes of prolonged historical research, though his partial blindne was a great hindrance. Pre scott’s works nearly cover the period of Spanish greatne . They appeared in this order: ‘‘ Ferdinand and Isabella '' (1838), ‘‘ Conquest of Mexico” (1843), “‘ Conquest of Peru ” (1847), ‘‘ Philip the Second ”? (1855-58), to which should be added the continuation of Robcrtson’s ‘‘ Charles V.” Pre scott had acce to many valuable original sources, including the Spanish archives at Simancas, and his histories are permanently attractive for their charm of style, Life by Ticknor. 122