Excerpt from The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, Vol. 2 of 2 Lee Priory Press established in 1813 - vvorks printed there - The author then so occupied that he had little leisure for original com position Sylvan Wanderer, and l Bertram Restituta Raleigh's poems-collections of Elizabethan poetry - Disper sion of curious libraries - The author's devotion to bibliography Its uses - Character of Tom Warton - Innocent enjoyment in the love of books - Roxburghe Club - Commencement of the author's love of bibliography - When it ceased, and the cause - His satisfac tion that the passion is gone by - Neglect of original composition censured Extract from Edinburgh Review regarding Burns Non-concurrence with part of the Reviewer's criticism on Burns -why his songs are his most excellent poems - The author's regret at not having exclusively cultivated original composition - Genius often wants self - confidence Technical critics on poetry and fiction generally wrong - Representations of artificial life - Nice criticism neglected by the vulgar - Fielding, Richardson, Smollett. 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.