Beaumont and Fletcher; . 0 014 093 941 9. LONDON: HENEY G. BOHN, TOEK STEEET, COVENT GAEDEN. 1862. -^ lyTrauftt 2^ ** % LONDOU PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-SXKEET SQUABE REMARKS ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER DTCIDEXTAL TO THIS SELECTION. It is not customary, I believe, to write prefaces to books ofselection. Beauties* are understood to speak for them-selves ; and the more they deserve the name, the less politicit may be considered to dilate on the merits of the writingsfrom which they have been culled. A wit who was shownthe collection of detached passages called the Beauties ofShakspeare, i
Beaumont and Fletcher; . 0 014 093 941 9. LONDON: HENEY G. BOHN, TOEK STEEET, COVENT GAEDEN. 1862. -^ lyTrauftt 2^ ** % LONDOU PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-SXKEET SQUABE REMARKS ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER DTCIDEXTAL TO THIS SELECTION. It is not customary, I believe, to write prefaces to books ofselection. Beauties* are understood to speak for them-selves ; and the more they deserve the name, the less politicit may be considered to dilate on the merits of the writingsfrom which they have been culled. A wit who was shownthe collection of detached passages called the Beauties ofShakspeare, is reported to have said : Where are the othernine volumes? There are such especial reasons, however, why a selectionfrom the works of Beaumont and Eletcher is a thing not onlywarrantable but desirable (to Bay nothing of the difference ofthis volume from collections of merely isolated thoughts andfancies), that it is proper I should enter into some explana-tions of them; and for this purpose I must begin with aglance at the lives of the t
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