Excerpt from Twelve Masters of Prose Verse: With SelectionsMr. Joseph Simpson has drawn twelve beautiful portraits of Nineteenth Century writers, and I have selected passages from their works. In other words, he has provided the dish, and my smaller task has been to lay some parsley around it. In each case it has been my endeavour to select a passage which reveals the inner spirit of the writer as clearly as the portrait presents his features.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.