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SOURCES.

The Utopia of Sir Thomas More. Ralph Robinson's translation, with Roper's Life of More and some of his letters. Edited by G. Sampson and A. Guthkelch. With Latin Text of the Utopia. 1910. (Bohn's Libraries).

Der Briefwechsel des Mutianus Rufus, bearbeitet von C. Krause. 1885.

J. Reuchlins Briefwechsel, hg. von L. Geiger. 1875.

E. Boecking: Hutteni Opera. 1859-66. 5 vols.

Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum: The Latin Text with an English translation, Notes and an Historical Introduction by F. G. Stokes. 1909.

Des. Erasmi Roterodami Opera Omnia, curavit J. Clericus. 1703-6. 10 vols.

Des. Erasmi Roterodami Opus Epistolarum, ed. P. S. Allen. 1906 ff. (A wonderful edition of the letters, in course of publication. As yet 3 vols).

The Colloquies of Des. Erasmus, translated by N. Bailey, ed. by E. Johnson. 1900. 3 vols.

The Praise of Folly. Written by Erasmus 1509 and translated by John Wilson 1668, edited by Mrs. P. S. Allen. 1913.

The Epistles of Erasmus, translated by F. M. Nichols. 1901-18. 3 vols. (To 1519).

The Ship of Fools, translated by Alexander Barclay. 2 vols. 1874. (Sebastian Brandt's Narrenschiff in the old translation).

TREATISES.

P. Monnier: Le Quattrocento. 2 vols. 1908. (Work of a high order).

L. Geiger: Renaissance und Humanismus in Italien und Deutschland. 1882. (In Oncken's Series). 2d ed. 1899.

J. Burckhardt: Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien. 20. Auflage von L. Geiger. Berlin. 1919. (Almost a classic).

P. Villari: Niccolo Machiavelli and His Times, translated by Mrs. Villari. 4 vols. 1891.

W. H. Hutten: Sir Thomas More. 1900.

J. A. Froude: The Life and Letters of Erasmus. London. 1895. (Charmingly written, but marred by gross carelessness).

E. Emerton: Erasmus. New York. 1900.

G. V. Jourdan: The Movement towards Catholic Reform in the early XVI Century. 1914.

A. Humbert: Les Origines de la Theologie moderne. Paris. 1911. (Brilliant).

A. Renaudet: Prereforme et Humanisme a Paris 1494-1517. 1916.

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