Folk dancing, English; Folk music -- England -- History and criticism; Folk songs, English -- England -- History and criticism
=An Anthology of the Poetry of the Age of
Shakespeare.= Chosen and Arranged by W. T.
YOUNG, M.A., Lecturer in English Language and
Literature at the University of London, Goldsmiths’
College. Crown 8vo. 2s 6d net.
“In this attractive volume the thought, temper,
manners, and activities of the period of Shakespeare
are exemplified in selections from contemporary poetry;
and no better guide can be desired on this journey than
Mr W. T. Young.”—_The Schoolmaster_
“Probably no age lends itself so well to the art of
the maker of anthologies as the Elizabethan.... Mr
Young has made the most of his chances; he has given
us besides beautiful bits from Spenser, Shakespeare,
Ben Jonson, and Raleigh, a host of lyrics from Tottel,
from the lesser playwrights, and from writers so little
known as Daniel and Warner. The result is a book that
will be a treasure to every lover of English song.
The method adopted is chronological, and the book is
supplied with a good index and a sensible glossary.”
—_The Literary World_
=Music on the Shakespearian Stage.=
By G. H. COWLING. Crown 8vo.
With Frontispiece and 10 Plates. 4s net.
CONTENTS:—Introduction—Music in
pre-Shakespearian Drama—An Elizabethan Stage
and its Music—Musical Instruments and their
Uses—Incidental Music—Musicians, Singers,
and Songs—Elizabethan Music and its Share in
the Drama—Some Literary Allusions to Music in
Elizabethan Plays—Bibliography—Appendix—Index.
“This is an excellently clear and well-informed essay
on the status and function of the theatre musicians in
Elizabethan times. The author has compressed the fruits
of scholarship and wide observation into commendably
few pages, and at the same time has managed to
construct an unquestionably interesting and informing
narrative.”—_The Musical Standard_
“This ... record of how and when and why musical
compositions were added to dramatic productions
is worthy of a good place in Shakespeare
Bibliography.”—_The Daily Chronicle_
=Byways in British Archæology.= By WALTER
JOHNSON, F.G.S., Author of “Folk-Memory,” etc.
Demy 8vo. With 99 Illustrations, 10s 6d net.
“In these 500 pages Mr Johnson has brought together
a series of essays on archæological subjects, each
of which shows considerable reading and accurate
research.... The amount of information compactly
presented is remarkable, and it may fairly be said
that every reasoning British archæologist ought to
read these pages.... Throughout the volume is well
illustrated.”—_The Athenæum_
=National Life and Character in the Mirror of Early
English Literature.= By EDMUND DALE,
M.A., D.Lit. Royal 8vo. 8s net.
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