Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 1

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. 1: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons, and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes It is not a little remarkable, that neither Mr. Hardinge nor Mr. Wollaston lived to see the publication of that Memoir. 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.