Excerpt from Cursor Mundi; The Cursur O the World, Vol. 3: A Northumbrian Poem of the Xivth Century, in Four Versions, Two of Them MidlandBut the Society has yet other claims upon us, in addition to those which appeal chiefly to students of literature. It is to such works as are issued under its auspices that we must look, far more than to the State records, for the social history of the country. In the Babees Boke, ' the 'boke of Norture, ' the Boke of Carvingf the statutes of the English Guilds, and the Supplycacyon of the Beggars, ' we may read the very mind of our forefathers, the way in which they regarded the common duties and responsibilities which make up every-day life, their methods of making existence comfort able, gentle, easy, and cultured, their way of dress, their pro tection and advancement of the arts; how they ate, drank, talked, and slept. And if there linger among us any relicsofsthat most ancient religion, the worship of ancestors, Mr furnivall's appeal for help should touch us there. But, indeed, his Society is doing so great a work for all the English speaking race on both sides of the Atlantic, that its claims reach higher than mere pride or patriotism.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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