Excerpt from The Coraddi, 1923, Vol. 28<br><br>Plautus is clever in his adaptation of the commonest persons, places, and phrases to serve some humorous end. His copiousness often verges on the com ical: his people witty in themselves, are characterized by their appropriately clever names; his situations are so ar ranged that they bring out the most humorous traits of the personalities and the most ridiculous side of the subject; besides, his play on words, his original puns, and his wisdom in the mouth of fools lend a delightful. Touch. On the whole, Plautus wrote comedy with an appeal to laughter.<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.