The Works of John Day

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Excerpt from The Works of John Day: Now First Collected, With an Introduction and NotesIN this age of reprinting, when (0 much pious care is being fpent in preferving frefh and fweet the memories of our good old Englifh writers, it is fomewhat curious that the au thor of the Parliamentof Beer fhould have been left unnoticed. But, perhaps, the caufes of this negleét are not far to feck. Day's merits are unobtrufive: his brightefi work is of the thinnei't texture. It is only in moments of mo¿ abandoned idlenefs that we can fit down to enjoy to the full the dainty repartees of his Court-ladies or the pretty pertnefs of the pages. At fuch times we think of Day, as of one of his own Bees, ¿itting in carelefs gaiety from ¿ower to ¿ower, now fipping the honeyed fweetnefs of Shakefpeare's early comedies, then lighting on the fragrant exotics of Lyly, and, again, revelling in the blo¿'omed bravery of the Arcadia. He feems as one born to live a life of idlenefs, a lounger in the Cafile of I ndo lence, releafed from all the heavy trouble, the bewildering.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.