Excerpt from A Study of the English Metamorphosis: Written by the GentThe World War must be held accountable for this study of a long, rambling Elizabethan manuscript. I had planned for some time to investigate the life and work, so full of problems, of J ohn Marston, and in this way I had come to The N ewe Metamorphosis which had been associated with the dramatist's name for over a century. The globe embracing designs of Germany necessarily put a stop to further research concerning Marston, for communication with England was uncertain, and the British libraries did not welcome visitors during those anxious days of grim de termination. Indeed, one felt it an impertinence to intrude on a stage set for so sombre a tragedy. But since the various books of The N ewe Metamorphosis could be obtained at long intervals, it seemed that a study of this manuscript might prove of some value. Its many closely-written pages, indeed might hold something of fresh interest concerning those spacious days of Shakspere. In this, I have been mistaken. My work, consequently, has resolved itself mam into a consideration of authorship.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.