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 I. 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 of _Every Man in His Humour_. The same. III. BEN JONSON: CRITICAL ESSAY. By Charles Mills Gayley. Edition of _Epicœne, or the Silent Woman_. The same. IV. BEN JONSON. THE ALCHEMIST: CRITICAL ESSAY. By George A. Smithson. Edition of _The Alchemist_. The same. V. CHAPMAN, JONSON, AND MARSTON. EASTWARD HOE: CRITICAL ESSAY. By John W. Cuncliffe. Edition of _Eastward Hoe_. The same. VI. THE MERRY DEVILL OF EDMONTON: CRITICAL ESSAY. By John Matthews Manly. Edition of _The Merry Devill of Edmonton_. The same. INDEX. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York Representative English Comedies, Vol. III _THE LATER CONTEMPORARIES OF SHAKESPEARE_ FLETCHER 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, 663 pages, $2.00_ This volume, like the second one of this series, contains plays of the later contemporaries of Shakespeare. The editors of the different plays are scholars of wide reputation who have made a special study of the period and the various dramatists here represented. In this volume Professor Gayley’s masterly essay on “The Fellows and Followers of Shakespeare” is brought to a close. CONTENTS I. A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE FELLOWS AND FOLLOWERS OF SHAKESPEARE IN COMEDY. (Part Two.) By Charles Mills Gayley. II. THOMAS DEKKER: CRITICAL ESSAY. By Alexis F. Lange. Edition of _The Shomakers Holiday_. The same. III. MIDDLETON AND ROWLEY. THE SPANISH GIPSIE: CRITICAL ESSAY. The late H. Butler Clarke.