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Excerpt from A Continuation of the Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, Vol. 1 of 2: Including His Correspondence and an Account of His Residence in the United States Mr. Mathews's Zeal with Regard to the Erection of the Shakspeare Monument. - Letters on this Subject from royal, noble, and other Personages. - Mr. Mathews and the celebrated Dwarf, Count Bo ruwlaski. - Description of the Count when a young Mam - His Visit to Ivy cottage.-mr. Mathews's Attempt to procure an Interview for the Count with George IV. - The isit to Carleton House. Reception of Boruwlaski and Mr. Mathews by the King. - Conver sation of his Majest with the Counts - The King's Inquiries of Mr. Mathews as to the ircumstanccs of boruwlaskl.-tho Count and the King's dying Servant - The King's Present to Boruwlaski. Mr. Patmore's Description of the Count. 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.