Excerpt from De Vere, or the Man of Independence, Vol. 1 of 2 A greater authority, indeed, than ours carries its sentiments in favour of the Novel, as compared with the Drama, much further than we do; for in point of limit, and, as it were, in the abstract, it gives the prea ference to the Novel; There is no element of dramatic composition, says the Quarterly Review, which may not be successfully employed in the romantic; but the Drama bein essentially a much more limited representation of lie than the Romance, my sources of interest are open to the which the former is completely debarred. Adds, that it is altogether out of the ques in any manner whatever, the dominion of the sister art, meaning novel-writing. Finally, he says, that as to materials, the empire of Romance includes that of the Drama, and includes therein perhaps its finest province. 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.