Excerpt from The Magazine of History With Notes and Queries, Vol. 10: Extra Number 37 40 The author was the late Leslie Stephen (1882-1902) the dis tinguished author of so many valuable works, notably the 'play ground of Europe, the Science of Ethics, and of that Life of Johnson' which has been called 'the peerless model of short bi ographies. He was also editor of the Cornhill Magazine, and from 1882 to 1891, of the Dictionary of National Biography. 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.