David Garrick (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Knight, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330877179 ISBN 13: 9781330877173

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from David Garrick Materials for a biography of Garrick overflow. Apart from the mass of letters edited in 1832 by Boaden, in two volumes, under the title of "The Private Correspondence of David Garrick," an immense amount of matter, much of it unedited and unused, is in the Forster Collection at South Kensington. These sources have been laid under contribution. Lives of Garrick have been written by Thomas Davies, the bookseller and actor (London, 2 vols., 1780, reprinted 1780, 1781, 1784, and with notes by Stephen Jones, 1808); by Arthur Murphy, the dramatist (London, 2 vols., 8vo, 1801); by Boaden, prefixed to the correspondence mentioned above; and by Mr. Percy Fitzgerald (London, 2 vols. 8vo, 1868). The last-named life, long out of print, is inaccurate in some details, but is a work of much research and value, to which justice has not been done. What is almost a life is included in Forster's "Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith" (London, 2 vols., 8vo, 1877, sixth edition). Shorter lives are in existence in the "Dictionary of National Biography" and elsewhere. The literature and the memoirs of the second half of the last century are full of anecdote concerning Garrick or references to him. 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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Excerpt from David Garrick

The chief difficulty of the biographer has been accordingly that of selection. Indebtedness in the compilation of the following monograph to the sources named, and especially to Mr. Percy Fitz gerald, is fully acknowledged. Among those to whom a special debt is due, are Mr. Walter Herries Pollock, who has placed at the compiler's service material accumulated with a view to a work on Garrick which, unfortunately for the lovers of litera ture and the stage, has not been written; and Mr. Sketchley, the erudite and obliging Librarian of the Dyce and Forster Collection at South Kensington. Originally intended to form one of a series of lives of actors, the biography aims only at supplying the leading facts of Garrick's career, and makes no pre tension to furnish full information concerning the scenes and characters amidst which he dwelt or to chronicle the stories that have been invented con cerning him.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330877179
• ISBN 13: 9781330877173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362