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Calderon de la Barca, Pedro. Eight dramas of Calderon; freely tr. by E. Fitzgerald. $1.50. Macmillan.
The eight dramas included here are as follows: The painter of his own dishonor, Keep your own secret, Gil Perez the Galician, Three judgments at a blow. The mayor of Zalamea, Beware of smooth water, The mighty magician and Such stuff as dreams are made of.
“His versions appeal neither to the scholar nor to the general reader: the one is irritated by constant omissions, amplifications, and liberties of every kind, while the other is disappointed at finding that the Spanish atmosphere has vanished.”