The stage version of _The Fatal Dowry_ by Sheil is printed in _French’s
Acting Edition_, vol. 9. Of the related plays, _The Lady’s Trial_ and
_The Fair Penitent_ may be found in all editions of the collected works
respectively of John Ford and Nicholas Rowe; _The Fair Penitent_ is
also published along with Rowe’s _Jane Shore_ in the Belles Lettres
Series, 1907. For _The Insolvent_, see _The Dramatic Works of Aaron
Hill, Esq._, 2 vols., 1760. DER GRAF VON CHAROLAIS _ein Trauerspiel von
Richard Beer-Hofmann_ is printed by S. Fischer, Berlin, 1906.
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Beck, C.: _Phil. Massinger_, THE FATALL DOWRY. _Einleitung zu einer
neuen Ausgabe_. Beyreuth, 1906.
Boyle, R.: _Beaumont, Fletcher and Massinger_. Englische Studien,
vol. V.
CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, THE,--vol. VI. Cambridge,
1910.
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1903.
Cumberland: His famous comparison of _The Fatal Dowry_ with _The
Fair Penitent_, which originally appeared in _The Observer_, Nos.
LXXVII-LXXIX, is reprinted in Gifford’s Edition of Massinger.
DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY--_Field_, by J. Knight; _Massinger_,
by R. Boyle.
Fleay, F. G.: _A Biographical Chronicle of the English Drama_
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_Annals of the Career of Nathaniel Field_. Englische Studien, vol.
XIII.
Genest, John: _Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration
in 1660 to 1830_. 10 vols. Bath, 1832.
Gosse, E. W.: _The Jacobean Poets_. (Univ. Series). Scribner’s, 1894.
Koeppel, E.: _Quelenstudien zu den Dramen George Chapman’s, Philip
Massinger’s und John Ford’s_. Strassburg. 1897.
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Studien, vols. XIV-XVI. [This is not concerned with _The Fatal
Dowry_, but contains inquiry into other collaboration work of
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distinctive characteristics of Massinger (XIV, 71-6) and the same for
Field (XV, 330-1).]
Phelan, James: _On Philip Massinger_. Halle. 1878. Reprinted in
_Anglia_, vol. II, 1879.
Schelling, F. E.: _Elizabethan Drama_. 2 vols. Houghton, Mifflin &
Co. 1908.
Schwarz, F. H.: _Nicholas Rowe’s_ FAIR PENITENT. A Contribution to
Literary Analysis. _With a Side-reference to Richard Beer-Hofmann’s_
GRAF VON CHAROLAIS. Berne. 1907.
Stephens, Sir Leslie: _Philip Massinger_. The Cornhill Magazine.
Reprinted in _Hours in a Library_, Third Series. 1879.
Swinburne, A. C.: _Philip Massinger_. The Fortnightly Review. July,
1889.
Thorndike, Ashley H.: _Tragedy_. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1908.
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