We glean the following from the pages of “The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare,” by J. J. Jusserand, “Greene’s prose tale, ‘Pandosto, the Triumph of Time,’ had an extraordinary success, while Shakspere’s drama ‘Winter’s Tale’ founded on Greene’s Pandosto was not printed, either in authentic or pirated shape, before the appearance of the 1623 folio, while Greene’s prose story was published in 1588 and was renamed half a century later, ‘The History of Dorostus and Fawnia.’ So popular was it that it was printed again and again. We know of at least seventeen editions, and in all likelihood there were more throughout the seventeenth century, and even under one shape or another throughout the eighteenth. It was printed as a chap-book during this last period and in this costume began a new life. It was turned into verse in 1672, but the highest and most extraordinary compliment of Greene’s performance was its translation into French, not only once but twice. The first time was at a moment when the English language and literature were practically unknown and as good as non-existent to French readers. In fact every thing from Greene’s pen sold. All of his writings enjoyed great popularity in their day, and, after the lapse of three centuries, have been deemed worthy of publication, insuring the rehabilitation of Greene’s splendid genius.” We are content to believe that almost all of the so-called posthumous writings of Robert Greene are spurious, and that but few genuine chips were found in the literary work-shop of the poet after his death. We accept the very striking and impressive address to his brother play-wrights, the after-words to a “Groats Worth of Wit.” We also may shyly accept the sweet wife letter as the authentic product of the poet’s mind, heart and hand. Of this letter, there are two versions, neither of which are very trustworthy, as both are from posthumed pamphlets. One, which we believe to be a forgery, is found in “The Repentance.” The other is found in a pamphlet written by his malignant enemy, Harvey, which contains an account of the poet’s last illness and death. Nash writes about Harvey, “From the lousy circumstance of his poverty before his death and sending that miserable writt to his wife, it cannot be but thou lyest, learned Gabriel.” We would not set down as auto-biographical the posthumous pamphlets, even though of unquestioned authenticity, for in the repentance Greene is made to say, “I need not make long discourse of my parents who for their gravitie and honest life are well known and esteemed among their neighbors, namely in the citie of Norwich where I was bred and borne;” and then he is made to contradict all this in “Groats Worth of Wit,” where the father is called Gorinius, a despicable miser. “Greene is not known to have had a brother to be the victim of his cozenage.” As “there is a soul of truth in things erroneous,” there may be a soul of truth in the following letter contained in “The Repentance”: