Excerpt from Bertram: A Tragedy in Five Acts He became embarrassed and was obliged to write laboriously for bread. Notwithstanding his dramatic labors, Maturin is said to have been universally beloved by his parishioners, who were proud Of having a man Of such talents in their pulpit; although the more religious lamented what they considered the false direction of those talents, and others reprehended or ridiculed his attach ment to public amusements, his eccentric dress, and his passion for dancing; yet his gaiety Of manner, fascinating conversation. 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.