Excerpt from Shakspeariana From 1564 to 1864: An Account of the Shakspearian Literature of England, Germany, France and Other European Countries During Three Centuries, With Bibliographical Introductions The members of the Shakespeare Memorial Library which has been established at Birmingham, have in a singular manner fulfilled the wishes which I expressed in my first Edition. It is their intention to collect every book, tract on, and Edition of Shaks peare, in all languages and they have already progressed so far that their determination will soon become an established fact. 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.