With introductory essays and notes and a comparative view of the fellows and followers of Shakespeare under the general editorship of
CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, Litt.D., LL.D.,
Professor of the English Language and Literature in the University of California
Cloth, 8vo, 586 pages, $2.00
In this volume are included a number of the plays of Ben Jonson and the best play of several of his contemporaries. Each of these has been edited by a scholar of unquestioned standing, and is accompanied by an introductory critical and historical essay. Furthermore, Professor Gayley, the general editor, has included a most scholarly introduction in the form of an essay entitled “A Comparative View of the Fellows and Followers of Shakespeare in Comedy.”
CONTENTS
| I. | A Comparative View of the Fellows and Followers of Shakespeare. (Part One.) By Charles Mills Gayley. |
| II. | Ben Jonson: Critical Essay. By Charles H. Herford. |
| Edition of Every Man in His Humour. The same. | |
| III. | Ben Jonson: Critical Essay. By Charles Mills Gayley. |
| Edition of Epicœne, or the Silent Woman. The same. | |
| IV. | Ben Jonson. The Alchemist: Critical Essay. By George A. Smithson. |
| Edition of The Alchemist. The same. | |
| V. | Chapman, Jonson, and Marston. Eastward Hoe: Critical Essay. By John W. Cuncliffe. |
| Edition of Eastward Hoe. The same. | |
| VI. | The Merry Devill of Edmonton: Critical Essay. By John Matthews Manly. |
| Edition of The Merry Devill of Edmonton. The same. | |
| Index. |
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Representative English Comedies, Vol. III