Excerpt from The University of Literature, Vol. 1 of 20 Ariosto, of Goethe or Schiller, must fail more or less in making his author speak in another language just as he spake in his own. Some translator Will catch and reproduce one fea ture, another Will reproduce another feature. Whenever, therefore, there have been many good English translations of any notable au thor, selections Will be made from several of these translations. 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.