Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular, Vol. 1: A Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Publishing, Printing, Book, Stationery, News, Music, Art, and Fancy Trades, and Associated Branches; With Which Is Incorporated the American Literary Gazette and Publisher's Circular; January-June, 1872 Goethe's Faust, another volume worthy to rank with those others of superb shape in which America has given to English literature within five years its best versions of the world's greatest epics. Our catholic, all-absorbing position among the nations has probably much to do with our notable success in naturalizing the great works of other tongues. 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.