Excerpt from The Authorship of Timon of Athens Meagre as the bibliography of Timon is, I have not worked upon the play without incurring heavy debts to predecessors. All these I have sought to mention in the text; and especially I would here acknowledge my peculiar debt to one preceding writer. The name of the late Mr. F. G. Fleay occurs at many points in succeeding pages where I have presumed to disagree with him; but I should not like to omit a statement that at many others I was fortunate in the opportunity to follow in his lead, whether by adopting his conclusions or developing my own from his suggestions. Of those with whom I have had the privilege of personal conference about my work, I would mention Professor William W. Lawrence, Professor Jefferson B. Fletcher, and Professor William P. Trent, to all of whom I owe thanks for reviewing my manuscript and for offering helpful criticism. My special thanks are also due to Professor Ashley H. Thorndike, who, among his many kind nesses to me, first suggested my work on the present problem, and reviewed and criticized it at several stages of its develop ment, as well as in its final form. 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.