原文 (英语)

PREFACE It is sometimes treated as an impertinence to revive the personages of one story in another, even though it is after the example of Shakespeare, who revived Falstaff, after his death, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth. This precedent is, however, a true impertinence in calling on the very great to justify the very small! Yet many a letter in youthful handwriting has begged for further information on the fate of the beings th