The Great League a Play in Three Acts, Vol. 3
With a Prologue (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Great League a Play in Three Acts, Vol. 3: With a Prologue<br><br>The venerable author of El Gran Galeoto may be said to have won a Double First in the university of life. For many years he has been reognized as preeminent among Spanish mathematicians, and equally distinguished among Spanish dramatists. To say that he is one of the first mathematicians in the world and the most famous dramatist Spain has produced for two centuries, would be nearer the truth.<br><br>Doubtless the story of Echegaray's life will one day be told as it deserves to be, fully, vividly, with a just sense of its extraordinary values and implications. For the moment, however, we are concerned with biographical detail merely as it helps to interpret "The Great Galeoto," that sternest and mightiest tragedy in the long list of his plays.<br><br>The outstanding facts in the life of this great mathematician, statesman, and dramatist are these:<br><br>Jos Echearay was born at Madrid in 1833. While he was still a child, his father was appointed Professor of Greek in the Institute of Murcia.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.