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Excerpt from Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day I have not given the title of "Bibliography" to this work, because it is at once something less, and something more, than a Bibliography. Scientific bibliographers will find it irregular in form: in essentials, it contains, I believe, much that, in a Bibliography, would be looked for in vain. My primary object has been to produce a handbook for the literary worker; and, with that end in view, I have subordinated strict form to practical convenience. But this can in no way lessen its usefulness as a guide for the collector or bibliographer, and may even to some extent increase it. My principle of arrangement has been to give the full description of each book under the subject-heading; but copious cross references will be found under names of authors, &c. In a few cases, in which the author is much more important than the subject, I have exercised my discretion in the arrangement. But in every instance the cross references are given, and I hope that these are so full as to enable any one, having even the slightest acquaintance with the subject of a book, to discover it at once. As its title states, this work deals with Theatrical Literature: the wider field of Dramatic Literature being touched upon only when in direct connection with theatres or actors. Thus the mass of critical and speculative Shakespearean Literature is excluded; and plays find no place in my scheme except where there is published with them historical or critical matter. I have placed this limitation on the scope of my work because Shakespearean Literature has already been fully catalogued, and because a new list of plays would be largely a reproduction of the "Biographia Dramatica." 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
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