IV. WILLIAM STEVENSON: Critical Essay. Henry Bradley _Of the University of Oxford_ 195 Edition of _Gammer Gurtons Nedle_. The Same 205 Appendix. The Same 259 V. JOHN LYLY: Critical Essay. George P. Baker _Of Harvard University_ 263 Edition of _Alexander and Campaspe_. The Same 277 VI. GEORGE PEELE: Critical Essay. F. B. Gummere _Of Haverford College_ 333 Edition of _The Old Wives' Tale_. The Same 349 Appendix. The Same 383 VII. GREENE'S PLACE IN COMEDY: A Monograph. G. E. Woodberry _Of Columbia University_ 385 VIII. ROBERT GREENE: His Life, and the Order of his Plays. Charles Mills Gayley 395 Edition of the _Honourable Historie of Frier Bacon_. The Same 433 Appendix on Greene's Versification. The Same 503 IX. HENRY PORTER: Critical Essay. Charles Mills Gayley 513 Edition of _The Two Angry Women of Abington_. The Same 537 X. SHAKESPEARE AS A COMIC DRAMATIST. Edward Dowden _Of Trinity College, Dublin_ 635 INDEX. 663 _An Historical View_ OF THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH COMEDY _By Charles Mills Gayley_ AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH COMEDY =I. Liturgical Fragments, Early Saints' Plays and Parodies=