Beauties of the French Drama, or the Most Remarkable Dramatic Productions of the Best French Poets: Comprising Athalie, a Tragedy of J. Racine; Le ... Voltaire; Le Misanthrope, a Comedy of Molière - Hardcover

Excerpt from Beauties of the French Drama, or the Most Remarkable Dramatic Productions of the Best French Poets: Comprising Athalie, a Tragedy of J. Racine; Le Cid, a Tragedy of P. Corneille; Mérope, a Tragedy of Voltaire; Le Misanthrope, a Comedy of Molière

I regret that the narrow limits which I was obliged to adopt for the present publication, did not allow me to introduce the whole of some other dramatic master-pieces of Corneille, Ra cine, Voltaire, and Moliere, who are unquestionably the great est of the French poets. I also regret that, for the same reason, I could not print all the notes and explanations which I had prepared; but I indulge the hope that a proper perusal and study of the valuable contents of this volume, will prove suf ficient to form or improve the taste of many young Americans, and inspire them with a wish to read the entire master-pieces of which, in the following pages, I could offer but fragments.

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