No More Learning

: by Grosart, A. B. , for N. Shaksp. Soc. ,
1878.
Sonnets. Shake-speares Sonnets. Never before imprinted. At London by
G. Eld for T. T. and are to be solde by William Aspley. 1609. [Some
copies bear the name of John Wright in place of Aspley. ]
Reprints. Facsimile, 1862. Facsimile by Praetorius, C. , 1886. Fac-
simile with introduction and bibliography by Lee, S. , Oxford, 1905.
Doves Press, 1909. Rptd in G. Steevens's Twenty Plays, 1766.
Other editions. Dowden, E. , 1881 (includes a survey of the literature
of the Sonnets) and 1904. Tyler, T. , 1890. Beeching, H. C. , Boston,
U. S. A. , 1904. Stopes, C. C. , 1904. Hadow, W. H. , Oxford, 1907. Walsh,
C. M. , A new arrangement, 1908.
Acheson, A. Shakespeare and the Rival Poet. 1903.
Barnstorff, D. A key to Shakespeare's Sonnets (trans. from the German).
1862.
Boaden, J. Remarks on the Sonnets of Shakespeare. 1837.
Brown, C. A. Shakespeare's autobiographical poems. 1838.
Brown, H. The Sonnets of Shakespeare solved. 1870.
Butler, S. Shakespeare's Sonnets reconsidered. 1899.
Corney, B. The Sonnets of Shakspere: a critical disquisition suggested
by a recent discovery. 1862.
Danckelmann, E. v. Shakespeare in seinen Sonetten. Leipzig. 1897.
Delius, N. Über Shakespeare's Sonette. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. 1, 1865.
Godwin, P. A new study of the Sonnets of Shakespeare. New York,
1900.
Lee, S. Ovid and Shakespeare's Sonnets. Qtly Review, April 1909.
Massey, G. Shakspeare's Sonnets never before interpreted. 1866.
The secret drama of Shakspeare's Sonnets unfolded. 1872 and 1888.
Simpson, R. An introduction to the philosophy of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
1868.
Tyler, T. The Herbert-Fitton theory, a reply. 1899.
See, also, Brandes, G. , William Shakespeare, vol. 1, pp. 313-356, 1898,
and the articles on Shakespeare and Southampton by Lee, S. , in the Dict.
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Venus and Adonis. Richard Field, 1593. Other eds. : 1594; 1596; 1599;
(1600); 1602; 1617; 1620; Edinburgh, 1627; 1630; (1630? ); 1636 ;
1675.
Facsimiles of the first ed. , 1593: by Griggs, W. , ed. Symons, A. ,
1886; with introduction and bibliography by Lee, S. , Oxford, 1905.
Facsimile of the 1594 ed. , by Ashbee, E. W. , 1867. The 1599 ed. was
rptd, with The Passionate Pilgrim, by Edmonds, C. (Isham Reprints),
in 1870.
Därnhofer, M. Shakespeares Venus and Adonis im Verhältnis zu Ovids
Metamorphosen und Constables Schäfergesang. Halle, 1890. (Diss. )
Morgan, J. A. Venus and Adonis, a study in Warwickshire dialect.
New York S. Society, 1885.
5. PLAYS OF UNCERTAIN AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTED TO SHAKESPEARE.
I. Texts.
(a) Collected Editions.
Brooke, C. F. T. The Shakespeare Apocrypha. Oxford, 1908.
the plays dealt with in this chapter, with the addition of Sir John Old-
castle; a critical edition, with introduction, notes and bibliography.
Delius, N. Pseudo-Shakespeare'sche Dramen. 5 parts. Elberfeld, 1854-74.
Contains: Edward III; Arden of Feversham; The Birth of Merlin;
Mucedorus; Fair Em.
Hopkinson, A. F. Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 3 vols. 1891-5. Contains
all the plays dealt with in this chapter, with the exception of Arden
of Feversham and Sir Thomas More.
Malone, E. Supplement to Johnson and Steevens's edition of Shake-
speare's Playg. 1780. Contains: Locrine; Thomas, Lord Cromwell;
The London Prodigal; The Puritan; A Yorkshire Tragedy.
Warnke, K. and Proescholt, L. Pseudo-Shakespearian Plays. 5 vols. Halle,
1883-8. Fair Em (1883); The Merry Devil (1884); Edward III (1886);
The Birth of Merlin (1887); Arden of Feversham (1888). This is a
critical edition of the doubtful plays, with introduction and notes.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. The lamentable and true tragedie of M. Arden of
Feversham in Kent. Who was most wickedlye murdered, by the meanes
of his disloyall and wanton wyfe, who for the love she bare to one Mosbie,
hyred two desperat ruffins Blackwill and Shakbag, to kill him. Wherin
is shewed the great mallice and discimulation of a wicked woman, the
unsatiable desire of fithie lust and the shamefull end of all murderers.
1592.
Ed. Jacob, E. , 1770; Bullen, A. H. , 1887; Bayne, R. , 1897.
Birth of Merlin, The; or, the Child hath found his Father. As it hath been
several times acted with great applause. Written by William Shake-
spear, and William Rowley. 1662.
Ed. Jacob, T. E. , in Old English Dramas, 1889.
Edward III. The Raigne of King Edward the Third: As it hath bin sundrie
times plaied about the Citie of London. 1596.
Ed. Capell, E. , in Prolusions or Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry,
1760; Collier, J. P. , 1874; Furnivall, F. J. , in the Leopold Shakespeare,
1877; Smith, G. C. Moore, 1897.
Fair Em. A pleasant comedie of Faire Em, the Millers Daughter of Man-
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Locrine. The lamentable tragedie of Locrine, the eldest sonne of King
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