Excerpt from An Essay on the Character of Macbeth The following Essay is a reply to an article which appeared, some time ago, in the Westminster Review on the character of Macbeth. The Author of the present pamphlet does not con sider the time that has elapsed since the appear ance of that article as of any importance in affecting the value - such as it may be - of the observations which he now offers in reply to the arguments of the Westminster Reviewer; seeing that it is no topic of a merely ephemeral nature, which forms the subject of the following pages. 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.