Excerpt from The Life and Writings of Richard Penn Smith: With a Reprint of His Play, the DeformedThe following study was undertaken in the hope that it would con tribute somewhat to the knowledge of our early drama, the significance of which, due in part to its inaccessibility, has not hitherto been fully appreciated by students of our native literature. The material herein dealt with is inaccessible to' the general student, being confined largely to original manuscripts and to a few early editions now very scarce.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.