Excerpt from Days of the Dandies, Vol. 1: Peg Woffington Dear madam - The brilliant actress who forms the subject of these pages rendered such service to the drama in the past century as entitles her to a prominent position in its annals. You as a distinguished artist have achieved such histrionic triumphs in the present century as shall render your name illustrious in the same history. Seldom, if indeed ever, has such a happy trinity of genius, grace, and beauty been united in one person. The perfection and tenderness of your tragedy, the justness and brilliancy of your com edy are alike subjects on which innumerable pens have discoursed with vast pleasure, themes on which all who have witnessed your performances have dwelt with uncommon satisfaction. You have idealised your personations. You have realised the highest poetical conceptions. You have de lighted the most cultured intelligences of two worlds. As a testimony though most poor, as a tribute though most slight to the incalculable services you have rendered unto art, I gladly avail myself of your permission to dedicate to you the labour of many months, to inscribe your illustrious name on the title-page of this volume. 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.