Excerpt from Robert Southey: The Story of His Life Written in His Letters It will be seen that apart from his works there are abundant materials for forming a correct judgment of Southey; indeed, few men of letters can be known so well. In this age, however, lit erature is too often swamped by books, and readers are apt to treat authors as obsolete whose works are not in circulation at the library. I hope notwithstanding that this attempt to present a cabinet portrait of Southey may lead the present generation of readers to give the honor he deserves to an illustrious English worthy. 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.