Excerpt from Anecdotes of William Hogarth, Written by Himself: With Essays on His Life and Genius, and Criticisms on His Works, Selected From Walpole, Gilpin, J. Ireland, Lamb, Phillips, and Others; To Which Are Added a Catalogue of His Prints; Account of Their Variations, and Principal Copies The refined taste and elegant diction of Mr. Walpole, ex ercised on the works of Hogarth, deserve every commenda tion. Selections, therefore, from his judicious remarks are included in this volume which are followed by some perti nent and ingenious observations from Mr. Gilpin's Essay on Prints. 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.