Excerpt from The Wessex of Romance Although the geographical extent of Wessex was, of course, much larger than that of Dorset, it is of that county the present writer chiefly thinks when using the term. Some critics took exception to this narrowed use of the word, but as the main interest of The Wessex Novels is bounded by that county the smaller significance of the word is adhered to. 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.