Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin, Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield: With Anecdotes of His Friends, and Criticisms on His Writings IN publishing these Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Dr. Darwin, I am conscious of their defects; that they do not form a regular detail of biographical circumstances, even in that moiety of his professional existence formed by his resi dence at Lichfield; while of that which passed at Derby I am qualified to present no more than a merely general View. 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.