The most noteworthy edition issued in this country is Dr. H. H. Furness' variorum edition, begun in Philadelphia in 1873 and still continued by Dr. Furness' son. A volume is devoted to each play and the various texts as well as the notes and critical summaries make this the ideal edition for the scholar. The Cambridge Edition, edited by W. Aldis Wright in nine octavo volumes, is the standard modern text. This text is also given in the Temple Edition, so popular with present-day readers, issued in forty handy sized volumes with prefaces and glossaries by Israel Gollancz. The expurgated text edited by W. J. Rolfe has been used generally in schools, as also the Hudson Shakespeare, edited by Rev. H. N. Hudson. The best concordance for many years was that of Mary Cowden Clarke, first issued in 1844. The concordance by John Bartlett was published more recently. The best biography of Shakespeare is by Sydney Lee, in a single volume, _A Life of Shakespeare_. (New York: The Macmillan Company.) Other interesting books that deal with the playwright and his plays are _Shakespeare's London_, by H. T. Stephenson; _The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist_, by George Pierce Baker; _Shakespeare_, by E. Dowden; _Shakespeare Manual_, by F. L. Fleay; _The Text of Shakespeare_, by Thomas R. Lounsbury; _Shakespearean Tragedy_, by A. C. Bradley, and _An Introduction to Shakespeare_, by H. N. McCracken, F. E. Pierce and W. H. Durham, of the Department of English Literature in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. This is the most valuable book for a beginner in the study of Shakespeare. A valuable book for the reader who cannot grasp readily the story of a Shakespeare play is _Stories of Shakespeare's Comedies_, by H. A. Guerber. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1910.) The best book for the plots is Charles and Mary Lamb's _Tales from Shakespeare_. If you are interested in the subject look up these books in any good library and then decide on the volumes you wish to buy. Never buy a book without looking it over, unless you wish to court disappointment.