Author: Francis Beaumont

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-25

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9781527692114

Excerpt from The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Vol. 1 of 11: The Text Formed From a New Collation of the Early Editions, With Notes and a Biographical Memoir; Biographical Memoir, Dedication, &C., Commendatory Poems, the Woman-Hater, Thierry and Theodoret, Philaster, the Maid's Tragedy Much, however, remained to be done for Beaumont and Fletcher - principally by collation of, the early Copies. In this respect the above-mentioned Editors were so unpardonably careless, that though (as their annotations prove) they used nearly all the early copies extant, they yet entirely overlooked a great number of readings, by which both the sense and the metre might have been restored. Nor were they less deserving of censure on another account: in too many passages which they happened not to understand they deliberately substituted their own improvements for the authors' genuine language. 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.