History as Art and as Science: Twin Vistas on the Past (Midway Reprint Series)

"Professor Hughes offers an earnest 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane and persuasive they should be required reading for every student who contemplates a major in history."Geoffrey Bruun, Saturday Review WHEN ONE first approaches the study of history, it does not look particularly forbidding. By H. Stuart Hughes. Includes Bibliographical References.