Author: J. Jarvis

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-23

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780259925002

Excerpt from A Descriptive Account of the Second Royal Gala Festival, at Stratford-Upon-Avon, in the Commemoration of the Natal Day of Shakspeare, the King's Adopted Birthday, and the Festival of St. George, on the 23rd, 24th, 26th of April, 1830 Some such feeling as that which excited the labours of those learned men, we trust actuated the celebrated Garrick to institute the Jubilee of 1769. We are aware, however, that other motives, far less honourable, have been attributed to him. Whatever they might he (says the learned His torian of Stratford, )1' the design was certainly noble in itself, and in spite of all the ridicule and Opposition, which envy or malice exerted, it was carried into execution; the perform ance was received with universal approbation; and it was allowed, by gentlemen of the first rank in the literary world, that no occasion of festivity ever was or ever could be more justifiable, than that of paying honours to the memory of so great an ornament to his country, as the inimitable shakspeare. 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.