Excerpt from Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles of Scientific Criticism The critic of merit can always fall back Upon taste: who would not prefer Shakespeare to Ben Jonson? But even from this point Of view scientific treatment can plead its own advantages. The inductive critic reaps to the full the interest of Ben Jonson, to which the other has been forcibly closing his eyes; while, so far from liking Shake speare the less, he appreciates all the more keenly Shake speare's method of treatment from his familiarity with that which is its antithesis. 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.