Of the Beaumont-Fletcher plays the distinctive dramaturgy as well as the essential poetry are Beaumont's, and these are worthy of the praise bestowed by his youthful contemporary, John Earle:
So new, so fresh, so nothing trod upon,
And all so born within thyself, thine own.
The Maske, The Woman-Hater, and The Knight of the Burning Pestle should appear in a volume bearing Beaumont's name. And for the partnership of Beaumont and Fletcher, perhaps, some day,
Some publisher will further justice do
And print their six plays in one volume too.
FOOTNOTES:
[254] Thorndike, Influence of B. and F., p. 123.
[255] The Fellows and Followers of Shakespeare, Part Two, in Representative English Comedies, Vol. III, now in press.