By permission of the Right Hon. Lord Sackville, G. C. M. G.
PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS BEAUMONT
From the original painting at Knole Park
Francis Beaumont: Dramatist
A Portrait
WITH SOME ACCOUNT
OF HIS CIRCLE, ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN,
AND OF HIS ASSOCIATION WITH
JOHN FLETCHER
BY
CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, LITT.D., LL.D.
Professor of the English Language and Literature
in the University of California
LONDON
DUCKWORTH & CO.
3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1914
Copyright, 1914, by
The Century Co.
Published, February, 1914