Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Excerpt from Garrick and His Circle My grateful thanks are due to the many friends and counsellors who have forwarded the writing Of this book, especially to Mrs. Frank Gielgud for her invaluable help and criticisms in connection with the art and methods Of actors. My thoughts have, during the past year, been so continuously occupied with Garrick that I have some times almost wondered that the Shade Of the kindly actor, wearing - astrally - his blue coat Of private life, with the gilt buttons, and that odious scratch' Wig his friends all deprecated, has never appeared at my writing table to acquaint me with the vraie ve'rite'. 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.