Excerpt from A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare, Vol. 7: The Merchant of Venice But to study shakespeare as we would a Greek Poet, dwell ing on every line and syllable, weighing every phrase and every word, then we need a text as near as may be, in point of time at least, to the author's hand. With certain qualifications, this text is that of the First Folio. Topics, hitherto discussed in these Prefaces, are now to be found set forth in the Appendix. It is again my high privilege to express my thanks to my Father, the rev. DR F urness, for the translation of many of the selections from the German. 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.