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There is no Table of Contents in the original book. For theconvenience of readers, links to the plays are provided here:
Damon and Pithias
Appius and Virginia
Cambyses
The Misfortunes of Arthur
The First Part of Jeronimo
Additional notes are at the end of the book.
A SELECT COLLECTION
OF
OLD ENGLISH PLAYS.
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ROBERT DODSLEY
IN THE YEAR 1744.
FOURTH EDITION,
NOW FIRST CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, REVISED AND ENLARGED,
WITH THE NOTES OF ALL THE COMMENTATORS
AND NEW NOTES
BY
W. CAREW HAZLITT.
BENJAMIN BLOM, INC.
New York
NOTICE.
Since the Preface to this Work appeared, a very important augmentationof the new matter has been decided on, and the following early Dramas,never hitherto reprinted, have already been transcribed for insertionin our series under their respective dates. All are of the greatestrarity; and each, in its own way, seemed to possess literary andillustrative value:—
On the other hand, new collected editions of Randolph and Sucklinghave quite recently beenannounced; and, in consequence, the “Muses’Looking-Glass,” by the former, and Suckling’s “Goblins,” will beexcluded from the present Collection, agreeably to the principleexplained in our Preface.
W. C. H.
Kensington, May 1, 1874.
DAMON AND PITHIAS.
EDITIONS.
For the titles of the two old copies, see Hazlitt’s“Handbook,” p. 177.
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