Excerpt from The North British Review, Vol. 1: May 1844 August 1844 It is otherwise, however, with those of a less fortunate genius - to whom has been allotted a briefer span, or a more troubled career - who have fallen in the blaze of their fame, or who have been doomed to earn it in the midst of professional rivalry. 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.