Edmond Malone contributed to Steevens his _Attempt to ascertain the order in which the plays attributed to Shakespeare were written_; in 1780, published a _Supplement_ to the edition of 1778, containing the Poems, the seven plays from F3, notes, &c., and moreover distinguished himself by various researches into the history and literature of the early English stage. He published in 1790 a new edition of Shakespeare in 10 volumes, 8vo, containing the Plays and Poems, 'collated verbatim with the most authentic copies, and revised,' together with several essay and dissertations, among the rest that on the order of the plays, corrected and enlarged. The animosities which both Steevens and Malone had the misfortune to excite, have had the effect of throwing some slur on their names as editors, and even as men, and have prevented the fair appreciation and a due acknowledgment of the services they rendered jointly and severally to English literature. The learning and ability displayed by Malone in denouncing Ireland's most clumsy and palpable of frauds, would have sufficed for the detection of the most cunningly conceived and skilfully executed. Among the critics of this time may be mentioned (1) Joseph Ritson, who published in 1783 his _Remarks, &c._ on the second edition of Johnson and Steevens, and in 1788, _The Quip Modest_, on the third edition, and (2) John Monck Mason, whose _Comments_ appeared in 1785, and _Further Observations_ in 1798. In 1803 appeared an edition in 21 volumes 8vo, edited by Isaac Reed. This is called on the title-page 'the Fifth Edition,' _i.e._ of Johnson and Steevens. It is generally known as the first _variorum_ edition. Chalmers's edition, 9 vols. 8vo, 1805, professes to be printed from the corrected text left by Steevens. The 'sixth edition' of Johnson and Steevens, or the second _variorum_, appeared in 1813, also edited by Reed; the 'seventh,' or third _variorum_, in 1821, edited by James Boswell, from a corrected copy left by Malone. Among those whose notes were communicated to or collected by various editors from Johnson to Boswell, the best known names are the following: Sir William Blackstone, Dr Burney, Bennet Langton, Collins the poet, Sir J. Hawkins, Musgrave, the editor of _Euripides_, Dr Percy, editor of the _Reliques_, and Thomas Warton. Less known names are: Blakeway, J. Collins, Henley, Holt White, Letherland, Roberts, Seward, Smith, Thirlby, Tollet, and Whalley[14]. Harness's edition, 8 volumes, 8vo, appeared in 1825. Of the comments published separately during the present century the principal are: 1. _Remarks, &c._, by E. H. Seymour, 2 vols, 8vo, 1805, in which are incorporated some notes left by Lord Chedworth.