Excerpt from French Dramatists of the 19th Century I take pleasure in expressing my thanks here to a friend; who, in spite of 'our constant disagreement as to the relative value of M. Augier and M. Dumas, has lent me the aid of his literary skill and of his knowledge of the modern French drama, as he did before, when the Theatres of Paris was passing through the press. 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.