Excerpt from Julian the Apostate and the Duke of Mercia: Historical Dramas The Liberty of the Press, and the Basis of Power, rose out of contemporary events; and his especial attachment to the country of his birth, for the religious freedom of which he had early contended, and with the honour and interests of which he deemed those of the British Empire to be inseparably entwined, found an expression in his Lamentation of Ireland Julian the Apostate was published in 1822, and dedicated to the Earl of Limerick, brother of his mother, to whom he was profoundly attached, and who had resided with him during the years of her widow hood. In 1823 the Duke of Mercia appeared, a drama, the form of which was suggested by the old Chronicle Plays. 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.