v. 2. Growth of the drama. Under Tragedy, Comedy, and History, are given selections which range from the miracle plays to Ford’s Perkin Warbeck. General introductions and brief bibliographies are provided.
“The introductions, despite the care and knowledge with which they are written, are inevitably insufficient and a little dictatorial: the selections, though chosen with fine judgment, are brief and not wholly representative.”
| − | Acad. 71: 174. Ag. 25, ’06. 2040w. (Reviews of v. 1.) |
“The introductions to the various parts of the book are most valuable and scholarly, and contain a really noble and stimulating appreciation of Marlowe and of Webster.”
| + | Acad. 72: 339. Ap. 6, ’07. 490w. (Review of v. 2.) | |
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 97. Ap. ’07. S. (Review of v. 1.) |
“Perhaps this section of drama was a difficult one to fill; but we the more regret the arrangement which made it necessary for the editors to fill it. Yet such criticisms do not prevent this being a good and, on the whole, representative manual.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 35. Jl. 13. 1410w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“The work is admirably done, and wholly worthy of the distinction of its Oxford imprint.”
| + | Dial. 41: 286. N. 1, ’06. 120w. (Review of v. 1.) |