Excerpt from The Tragedy of Tiberius P The two presumably blank leaves, sigs. A 1 and N4, are not found in any of the six copies consulted, with the possible exception of that in the Dyce Collection. (according to the editor's recollection the latter preserves the final blank, but any notes he may have made on the subject have unfortunate been lost, and the copy has now been remove to a place' of safety where it is temporarily inaccessible.) As to the history and authorship of the play nothing whatever appears to be known. The publisher, in his dedicatory epistle to Sir Arthur Mannering, describes it as an academic play founded on Tacitus by an author who prefers anonymity, and no subsequent critic seems to have troubled himself about the matter. The Editor's thanks are due to Mr. F. W. Cornish for facilities for consulting the copy of the play in the Library of Eton College, and to Mr. T. J. Wise for the kind loan of that in his possession. 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.