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The Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396813825
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book The Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of Shakespeare It is a main purpose of this Edition of Shake speare to show how in plays of his - as Aristotle put it Manners are comprehended by means of the Action. A study of Shakespeare's method in dealing with the main part of a play, especially his way of bringing Unity into the Action, ought not to be profitless. 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.

The Plays of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266721451
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Plays of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of William Shakespeare And gape at wid'st to glut him. A confined mix tritium] Mercy on us l - We split, e split. - Farewell, my wife and children l - Fuv well, brother l - We split, we oplh, we split 1 Ant. Let'sallsinkwiththeking. Scb. Let's take leave of him. (exit. Can. Now would I give a thousand fut-long: of no formureofharmgmnnd; long heath, brown funny thing: The wilb above be done! But! Would fain die a dry death. 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.

The Works of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396834103
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Works of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of William Shakespeare We trust that the title which has been chosen for the present edition will neither be thought presumptuous nor be found inappropriate. It seems indeed safe to predict that any volume which presents, in a convenient form, with clear type and at a moderate cost, the complete works of the foremost man in all literature, the greatest master of the language most widely spoken among men, will make its way to the remotest corners of the habitable globe. 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.

Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259530442
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare The reason was, They say, the realm of France, Replete with princes of great. Parentage, Except he be descended of the male; And that's the special ground of their contempt, To be but dusty heaps of brittle sand. Perhaps, it will be thought a heinous thing, That I, a Frenchman, should discover this: But heaven I call to record of my vows. 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.

Three Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Algernon Charles Swinburne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267417919
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Three Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Algernon Charles Swinburne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Three Plays of Shakespeare Thought is intended as a re sponse to what appears to be the special demand of the century now opening. Just as in the organic world every organism is, we are told, a growth of cells springing from the parent cell, so every good book is nothing more than a synthetic ex pansion of a single, central, living thought. Bacon's entire system of philosophy is nothing more than a development of one great thought: We conquer nature by obeying her. Again, before Darwin and Wal. 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.

Songs From the Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781333070861
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Songs From the Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Songs From the Plays of Shakespeare Still, if it is good in its kind, the setting serves to make us turn to the original songs with a new sense of their delightfulness and that is enough. 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.

On Ten Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Stopford A. Brooke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483585287
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book On Ten Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Stopford A. Brooke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On Ten Plays of Shakespeare When grimness or sulks at life get down to the centre of a man, they disease his judgment, weaken his intelligence, dim his sight, disenable his feeling; and, if he be an artist, enfeeble his grip of his subject, disperse his concentration, deprive him of that creative apartness from his materials which enables him to use them as he pleases for the making of a new thing. He loses, that is, the divine command of his genius, not only over the comedy of life, but also over its tragedy. Deeply as Shakespeare felt the woe, wickedness, and weakness of humanity, he was still their master. If he was in them, he was also beyond them, and in this twofold relation to them lay his artistic mastery of tragedy. It was the same with Sophocles, and it is this which makes him greater than Euripides. This power to stand outside as well as inside of human sorrow belonged to Shakespeare, because at the deepest root of him was, I repeat, delight in life; even rapture - the word is not too strong - with the playfulness of its spring and the fulness of its summer. 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.

The Plays of Shakespeare, Vol. 3

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781397279071
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Plays of Shakespeare, Vol. 3 written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Plays of Shakespeare, Vol. 3: Tragedies Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story, That we' may prompt them and of such as have, We' humbly pray them to admit the excuse. Therefore we have not omitted to explain particulars that to maturer readers might seem too obvious to need a Note, as, for instance, certain mythological allusions (see Notes 16 and 28, Act iii., Merchant of Venice, Note 42, Act ii., Macbeth, and Note 72. 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.

Wit, Wisdom, and Beauties of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Clarence Stuart Ward
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267255825
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Wit, Wisdom, and Beauties of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Clarence Stuart Ward and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wit, Wisdom, and Beauties of Shakespeare N o selections have been taken from several plays often found in editions of Shakespeare, as in the light of the best authorities his connec tion with them is deemed highly improbable, nor have any passages been found in either of his two long poems which seem to have a separate value apart from their context. The text has been made to conform to the Riverside edition of Shakespeare, where there is any difference in the readings of various edi tions. 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.

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260897725
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (977 download)

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Download or read book The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare Because she will admit no kind of suit, No, not the duke's. Vic. There is a fair behaviour in thee, captain And though that nature with a beauteous wall Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee I will believe thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character. 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.

The Study of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry Thew Stephenson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364302743
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Study of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Thew Stephenson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Study of Shakespeare For some fifteen years I have conducted classes in the study of Shakespeare at the University of Indiana. I early found that great advantage was derived from an intimate knowledge of the social conditions that obtained at the time the plays were written. My attempt to furnish some assistance in this direction by the publication of an account of Shakespeare's London and of the people of Eliza beth's generation has given me confidence in the preparation of a handbook designed differently from many now in use. Though criticism of the plays forms the larger part of the following pages, I have had no intention of writing a volume of criticism. The book is not intended to be read on its independent merits, but in conjunction with a study of the texts. Though I hope it will be of interest to those already familiar with the plays of Shakespeare, it is primarily ad dressed to students. 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.

William Shakespeare

Author : William T. Saward
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483043275
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book William Shakespeare written by William T. Saward and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from William Shakespeare: A Play in Four Acts Tickle. No, but he came a nigh to dying, though. Know'st our Will Shakespeare bath a ready tongue, Why, 'twas his song I mouthed to you just now. 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.

Historical Tales from Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331908251
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Historical Tales from Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Tales From Shakespeare Although in the following pages I have chosen those plays, or most of them, which Charles and Mary Lamb omitted from their Tales from Shake speare, and although I have. Taken a title very like theirs, my attempt has not been to round off or tag a conclusion to their inimitable work. They, as wise judges of what their book should be, found that a certain class of play lay outside their purpose. It is just these plays - the historical ones - which, with a different purpose, are here cast into narrative form. 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.

English History in Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint)

Author : Beverley E. Warner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331855494
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book English History in Shakespeare's Plays (Classic Reprint) written by Beverley E. Warner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English History in Shakespeare's Plays This volume had its origin in a course of lectures on the study of history as illustrated in the plays of Shakespeare. It is never safe to assume that what has been listened to with attention will be read with interest. The lectures, however, have been recast, pruned, and amplified, and much machinery has been added in the way of tables of contents, bibliography, chronological tables, and index. With such helps it is hoped that these pages may effect a working part nership between the Chronicle of the formal historian and the Epic of the dramatic poet. They are ad dressed especially to those readers and students of English History who may not have discovered what an aid to the understanding of certain important phases of England's national development lies in these histor ical plays, which cover a period of three hundred years. 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.

Shakespeare Studied in Six Plays (Classic Reprint)

Author : Albert S. G. Canning
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364272534
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare Studied in Six Plays (Classic Reprint) written by Albert S. G. Canning and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare Studied in Six Plays Are now offered to the public in a revised form. The other two, those on Othello and The Merry Wives of Windsor, are entirely new. The work, like its predecessor, Shakespeare Studied in Eight Plays, is intended for the general reader rather than the Shakespearian scholar. 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.

Ten More Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : Stopford A. Brooke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332698175
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Ten More Plays of Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by Stopford A. Brooke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ten More Plays of Shakespeare The scenery is less marked than it is in Twelfth Night or in As You Like It. It is of a palazzo and a garden, with pleached alleys, arbours, and an orchard; and the rest is placed in a church and the streets of Messina. Of late, it has been (like many other Shakespeare plays) made into a most spectacular affair, and this is a great mistake. When dances and elaborate pageantry and fanciful additions are crowded into it, the spectacle devours the drama; the soul of Shakespeare seems to ﬂy out of the words, the inter-play of the characters tends to be swamped, their thought and passion to be overlaid; and we say to ourselves How much better it were could I but read this play at home in a pleasant twilight.' 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.

Shakespeare (Classic Reprint)

Author : C. H. Herford
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330770795
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare (Classic Reprint) written by C. H. Herford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Shakespeare The present little volume is neither a compendium of the facts nor a guide to the theories about Shakespeare. It makes no pretence to even proximate completeness. It seeks simply to single out, in the record of his life and work, what appears most vital to our understanding of both. In dealing with the separate plays, attention has been concentrated upon the cardinal situations and characters, without any systematic attempt to tell "the story" - a kind of dramatic extract in which a maximum of what Shakespeare borrowed is commonly combined with a minimum of what he gave. Fuller handling of the whole of Shakespeare's work, with discussion of the more salient critical problems here perforce ignored, will be found in the Introductions and Notes to the Eversley Shakespeare (Macmillan), edited by the present writer, an occasional phrase from which has been borrowed in the following pages. 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.