Excerpt from The English Historical Review, 1919, Vol. 34 Dr. Levison, who more recently edited the Life, thought Dr. Wells too severe,3 but it deserves attention that on some of the vital points in which Eddi and Bede disagree, he accepts the evidence of Bede.4 Dr. Wells sought, as far as possible, to avoid the controversial features in the discussion in the present article I do not propose to Shirk them, and while in many par ticulars I am unable to follow Dr. Wells, I think his judgement errs on the side of leniency. But before coming to the more difficult questions I will take a couple of examples to illustrate Eddi's mode of treatment in regions unconnected with the crucial problems in Wilfrid's biography. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.