Excerpt from Stratford-on-Avon With Leamington and Warwick Birthplace, and rather wants to guy the whole affair. Her adaptability too. Break into the speech of the melancholy butler and the poor man has to begin all afresh; his hortation is a set-piece with only one point of ignition. But Mrs. Rose, though she has her pet phrases (we do not claim that our collection is of great extent, hut we do dare to pride ourselves on its quality, is a characteristic one, and another goes something like What we say here - oh, she is a very leading article for we's - what we say here is that, given Shakespeare's genius, his opportunities for educa tion were ample; whilst, lacking the genius, no amount of educational privilege would have enahled him to produce the plays. At least - and she adds this with a kind of arch acrimony if any of the smart young persons are present at least, with all our Universities and culture, we never seem ahle to produce a second Shakespeare - do we is wondrously ductile; and I assure you there are few pleasanter sights, even in Stratford, than that of this blue eyed Old gentlewoman, standing serenely in the midst Of her treasures, surrounded by visitors, and, taking her cue from their casual questions, weaving all her knowledge and pride and old - fashioned phrases together into one sweet-smelling wreath Of devotion to lay on her hero's grave. 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.