Excerpt from Prose and Verse, Humorous, Satirical, and Sentimental Nevertheless it was so, and it seemed as if there were no subject too abstruse or too recondite for Moore to illuminate it with the play of his wit and fancy. Another proof of Moore's versatility is the very amusing Comic Opera produced by him in 1811, em titled M. P., or The blue-stocking. With the exception of a few of the songs he never reprinted it, however; and as the piece is now among the rarissima of col lectors, we decided to include it in the present volume. The unfinished prose story entitled The Chapter of the Blanket now appears in print for the first time. Its sunny brilliancy and gay play of humour, and the luxuriance of imagination displayed in it, make us regret its. Abrupt termination. The minute character of the calligraphy and the complicated interlineations and corrections in the two manuscript books containing the rough draft and second copy of this tale have made it extremely difficult to decipher; but we have succeeded in mastering these difficulties, and have now the pleasure to present this delightful fragment to the reader in a legible shape. 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.