LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STRERT THE M Dramati impeac the ered f YD -S55 P R E F A СЕ. THE Memoir prefixed to the present edition of Sheridan's Dramatic Works contains the most striking circumstances that marked the eventful life of the author. These are necessarily condensed, and such ouly recorded as are based upon unimpeachable testimony; the numerous apocryphal auecdotes which have found their way into circulation having been intentionally rejected. The object of the editor has been to place before the public, in a single volume, both the Memoirs and the Plays in as authentic a form as existing materials permit. The difficulties attendant upon such a task may be gathered from the facts hereinafter narrated. G. G. S. 39-Its popular Linley and Garri Lane, 49-Purch the play, 65.-R 79.-Mismanagen -Its impression irst speeches in nage Act, b.-A against the Amer ham Administ State, b-Coali of the Treasury, timself on the W Account of the m the House, 136 |