Chapter 21

Representative English Comedies, Vol. IITHE LATER CONTEMPORARIES OF SHAKESPEAREBEN JONSON AND OTHERSWith introductory essays and notes and a comparative view of the fellows and followers of Shakespeare under the general editorship ofCHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, Litt.D., LL.D.,Professor of the English Language and Literature in the University of CaliforniaCloth, 8vo, 586 pages, $2.00In 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.”CONTENTSI.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 ofEvery Man in His Humour. The same.III.Ben Jonson: Critical Essay.By Charles Mills Gayley.Edition ofEpicœne, or the Silent Woman. The same.IV.Ben Jonson. The Alchemist: Critical Essay.By George A. Smithson.Edition ofThe Alchemist. The same.V.Chapman, Jonson, and Marston. Eastward Hoe: Critical Essay.By John W. Cuncliffe.Edition ofEastward Hoe. The same.VI.The Merry Devill of Edmonton: Critical Essay.By John Matthews Manly.Edition ofThe Merry Devill of Edmonton. The same.Index.THE MACMILLAN COMPANYPublishers   64-66 Fifth Avenue    New York

Representative English Comedies, Vol. II

THE LATER CONTEMPORARIES OF SHAKESPEARE

BEN JONSON AND OTHERS

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

Edition ofEvery Man in His Humour. The same.

Edition ofEpicœne, or the Silent Woman. The same.

Edition ofThe Alchemist. The same.

Edition ofEastward Hoe. The same.

Edition ofThe Merry Devill of Edmonton. The same.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Publishers   64-66 Fifth Avenue    New York


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