Professor Robert Greene

The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene Volume 2 Professor Robert Greene

Publisher Marketing: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ... ro THE REV. STOPFORD A. BROOKE, M. A., LONDON. 'TIS NOT THAT I HAVE HOPE, OR E'EN DESIRE TO WIN BACK FOR THE LONG-DIMM'D NAME OF GREENE THE FAME ONCE HIS--IN MANY TRIBUTES SEEN--THAT I THUS BRING TOGETHER--SAV'D AS BY FIRE--HIS MANNERS-PAINTING BOOKS; OR IN THE CHOIR OF ENGLAND'S MIGHTIES PLACE HIM; BUT I WEEN THERE AXE IN THESE OUR DAYS, TO WHOM THE SHEEN O' THE PAST NE'ER PALES, BUT LIKE THE MARTYR'S PYRE GROWS LUMINOUS IN THE ENCOMPASSING DARK. BROOKE! TRUE, BRAVE MAN, TO THEE AND KIN, I BRING THESE ANTIQUE LOVE-TALES: UNTO ALL WHO HARK, AS FROM THE GREENWOOD COMES SOFT CAROLLING; AND ENGLAND OF ELIZABETH LIVES AGAIN IN MANY A QUAINT-SPEECH'D PAGE AND VIVID STRAIN. Alexander B. Grosart. AM old-fashioned enough to like a Dedication and a Preface to; a Book. I indulge myself in the twofold luxury. Elsewhere--namely, in annotations and additions to the Life by ProFessor Storojenko (in Vol. I.), --made to 'speak English' for the first time, and very considerably revised, supplemented and corrected by its distinguished Author expressly for me--full and critical notices of the several productions of Greene are given. Here I wish mainly to state, by way of General Preface, that with Greene, as in all my editing, my law and en b deavour combined, is to reproduce the Author's own text in integrity, id est, without an attempt at (so-called) ' improvements, ' or even modernisation of the spelling, punctuation, etc. The most of the original and early editions, having been printed in what is known as Black Letter or Old English--most trying of all type to read continuously--I do not profess to furnish facsimiles; but I shall be disappointed if it be not found that within the inevitable limitations of human fallibility, the ipsissima verba of the text are faithfully ren... Contributor Bio:  Greene, Robert ROBERT GREENE is a self-described history nut with a degree in classical studies. He has worked in New York as an editor and writer at several magazines including "Esquire" and in Hollywood as a story developer and writer. He is also the author of "The Art of Seduction" and lives in Los Angeles.