Shakespeare's Henry IV, Vol. 2: With Introduction, and Notes Explanatory and Critical, for Use in Schools and Families (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Vol. 2: With Introduction, and Notes Explanatory and Critical, for Use in Schools and Families<br/><br/>Parts of king henry the fourth are substantially one drama, the whole being arranged as two only because too long to be one. For this cause it seems best to regard them as one in what follows, and so dispose of them both together. The writing of them must be placed at least as early as 1597, when the author was thirty-three years old. The First Part was registered at the Stationers' for publi cation in February, 1598, and was published in the course of that year. There were also four other quarto issues of the play before the folio edition of 162 3. The Second Part was first published in 1600, and there is not known to have been any other edition of it till it reappeared along with the First Part in the folio. It is pretty certain, however, for reasons to be stated presently, that the Second Part was written before the entry of the First Part at the Stationers' in 1598.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>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.