Excerpt from English Writers, Vol. 11: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature; Shakespeare and His Time, Under James I Philaster; and although it was found needful to recast this, yet all that had been written has been incorporated in the text as it now stands, while the heading of the chapter gave the key as to what other matter it was intended to contain. It was deemed well that distinct reference should be made to one phase of literary criticism which has absorbed the attention Of some students Of Beaumont and Fletcher, and this has been done in the footnote on page 265, and more elaborately in the Biblio graphy under Fletcher. Possibly those disciples Of the modern critical school who may consider that Professor Morley was not quite at one with them in his methods and views, may feel, as they reflect upon the results thus set forth, that the author Of English Writers had at least some reason for occasional scepticism. 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.