+ + – Dial. 41: 73. Ag. 1, ’06. 170w.
“Miss Greene is neither partial nor hostile, and her work, if it errs somewhat in feeling, is well stored with facts.”
+ – Nation. 82: 201. Mr. 8, ’06. 310w. + R. of Rs. 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 120w.
“The volume as a whole is one to be welcomed by students of Connecticut history.” Williston Walker.
+ Yale R. 15: 96. My. ’06. 480w.
Greene, Robert. Plays and poems; ed. by J. Churton Collins. 2v. *$6. Oxford.
Prof. Collins says, “I determined to spare no pains to make this edition, so far at least as the text was concerned, a final one.” “It preserves the original spelling not even removing the confusion of i and j, of u and v. Such indications of scene and stage business as the editor contributes himself, or as he takes over from Dyce, he sets apart in brackets. He transcribes in full from the Alleyn treasures at Dulwich, the manuscript part from which the actor studied Orlando in Greene’s ‘Orlando Furioso,’ a most interesting fragment, which sheds light on the customs of the Elizabethan playhouses. He collects all the songs out of Greene’s novels. He discusses in detail, with full knowledge and with robust common sense, all the many uncertainties connected with the biography and with the bibliography of his author.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Although, the value and interest of this research is unquestionable, we must yet take exception to Dr. Churton Collin’s arrangement of the actual text of the plays. The general introduction is long and learned; but it is in many respects disappointing. The special introductions are, however, of marked importance.”
+ – Acad. 69: 1252. D. 2, ’05. 1430w.