It is easy to show that Mr.Froude erred contrary to his bias on occasion, and it must never be forgotten that he did what no consciously dishonest historian could possibly do.

He deposited at the British Museum copies, in the original Spanish, of the documents, very difficult of access, which he used in his History.

By aid of these transcripts, we can find him slipping into errors, and his action in presenting the country with the means of correcting his mistakes proves beyond doubt that he did not consciously make mistakes.

There is no way in which this conclusion can be evaded.

No historian was more honest than Mr.
Froude, though few or none of his merit have been so fallible." How many historians of his merit have there been?
He had no contemporary rival in England, for Carlyle and Macaulay belonged to a previous generation.