Excerpt from The Byron Gallery: A Series of Historical Embellishments, Illustrating the Poetical Works of Lord Byron However popular and well known an author may be, it is seldom that his admirers are so conversant with the whole of his works, as to enable their memory to seize at once on the intention of the painter, who attempts to illustrate them, or to recal immediately the particular incident which he designs to embody, especially when such illustrations embrace a very large range of subjects. 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.