Excerpt from Tales From the Dramatists, 1580 to 1780 That charming literary production of Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from' Shakespeare, has had the good fortune to survive for nearly a cen tury the modern deluge of books, and still remains so popular with younger readers that it may be looked upon as a genuine juvenile classic. The stories of the Shakespearian comedies and trage dies could not be more attractively rendered, and our youthful acquaintance with these delightful Tales forms a most agreeable introduction to our mature studies of the plays themselves. 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.