Excerpt from Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson, Barrister-at-Law, F. S. A: Two Volumes in One Fiom the year 1811 the Diary is1 entitled to' the most prominent place. The Reminis'cences we'1e not begun till Mr. Robinson had nearly reached th1ee'score years and ten; and even if they had been written in the hesh ness of his memory, and in the fulness of his mentalrinterested in German literature; but the chief reason was that, from various circumstances, he was likely to give due prominence to Mr. Robinson's own modes of thinking and mental characteristics, his independent unconforming ways, without which those who knew him best would feel that they had not a faithful portrait of their friend. If: this were not secured, the executors would consider that they Were not carrying out his own aim, in leaving the selection of editor to them, without guidance or re straint. The Editor has, therefore, felt it to be his duty to take all the care he could that the unpopular, or com mouly uninteresting, subjects of Mr. Robinson's thought and-interest should not be suppressed, in order to make the book'more in accordance with the public taste. 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.