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Excerpt from Shakespeare's Library, Vol. 1: A Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems, and Histories Employed by Shakespeare in the Composition of His Works
But, once' for all, it is proper to guard the reader against the idea that Shakespeare's Library at all supersedes such publications as the Illustrations of Douce, and the New Illustrations of Hunter. It is a companion to those two admirable works, and should be consulted and read with them; for, in fact, it would be simply impracticable, if it were not also beside the object, to assemble together in the follow ing sheets all the detached scraps and passages from books which shed an incidental light on places in the plays - that is, of course, the province of the Editors. I am only afraid that, by having admitted into the collection a few such items, either unknown or widely scattered, I have laid myself open to a charge of ih consistency and of want of a definite plan. But those who have worked, as I have, at these matters, know how hard it is to draw the line. It is doubtful if I have not gone beyond my com mission a little in admitting The Northern Lord, a ballad containing the story of the bond, and the ballad of Lear and his Three Daughters but these weak productions, though in all likelihood 'never be held by Shakespeare, and even (almost to a certainty) 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.
