Excerpt from A Brief Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh: Prepared for and Published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for April, 1862 Notwithstanding the great amount of materials for a Life of Ra. Legh, and the extensive memoirs which have'been published of him. 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.