Excerpt from A Hand List to the Tudor Facsimile Texts: Old English Plays Printed and Ms. Rarities, Exact Collotype Reproductions in Folio and Quarto In 1902 Mr. A. F. Hopkinson, in the introduction to his edition of Sir Thomas More, whilst discussing the question of Shakespeare's connection with the manuscript, pleaded that the whole, not a scene and a few lines, should be facsimiled to bring the play within reach of people qualified to judge. By a mere inspection of the ms. At the British Museum little can be accomplished towards a solution of the question the student needs to have a facsimile of the ms. At his elbow, and to live with it. On the zlst January, 1910, that gentleman writes as follows Your facsimile has realised my hopes, and all dramatic students will be gratified at the good work being done. From the state of the Museum ms. I think you may claim the honour of being the first and last to facsimile it. 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.