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Many of the editions of the doubtful plays noticed above contain criticall
introductions.
(a) General.
Boas, F. S. Introduction to Works of Thomas Kyd. 1901.
Collins, J. C. Introduction to Plays of Robert Greene. 2 vols. 1905.
Elze, K. Notes on Elizabethan Dramatists. Halle, 1889.
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443
Friesen, Frhr. H. von. Flüchtige Bemerkungen über einige Stücke, welche
Shakespeare zugeschrieben werden. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. I, 1866.
Hopkinson, A. F. Essays on Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 1900.
Horn, F. Shakespeare's Schauspiele erlåntert. Vol. v. 1823.
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Mézières, A. J. F. Prédécesseurs et Contemporains de Shakespeare. 3rd
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Sachs, R. Die Shakespeare zugeschriebenen zweifelhaften Stücke. Shakesp.
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Schelling, F. E. The English Chronicle Play. New York, 1902.
Simpson, R. On some plays attributed to Shakspere (Mucedorus and Fair
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Spalding, W. Recent Shakespearian Literature. Edinburgh Review, vol. LXXI,
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Vincke, Frhr. G. von. Die zweifelhaften Stücke Shakespeare's. Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. VII1, 1873.
See, also, the works of Brandes, G. , Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. , Lee, S. ,
Swinburne, A. C. , in sec. 8 (c) and those of Chasles, P. , and Guizot, F. ,
in sec. 12 IV i; of Tieck, J. L. , in sec. 12 III ii (f), and of Ulrici, H. , in
sec. 12 IV of the present bibliography; also Collier, Courthope, Fleay,
Chronicle History, Lamb's Specimens, Morley, H. , Schelling's Eliza-
bethan Drama, Schlegel, Ward, in the General Bibliography of the
present volume.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. Donne, C. E. , An Essay on the Tragedy of Arden of
Feversham, 1873; Crawford, C. , The Authorship of A. of F. (Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXXIX, pp. 74-86); White, R. Grant, Studies, no. 5, 1885;
Sarrazin, G. , Thomas Kyd und sein Kreis, Berlin, 1892; Miksch, W. ,
Die Verfasserschaft des Arden of Feversham, Breslau, 1907.
Birth of Merlin, The. Howe, F. A.
, The Authorship of the Birth of Merlin,
in Modern Philology, vol. iv, pp. 193 f.
Edward III. Friesen, H. Frhr. von, Edward III, angeblich ein Stück
von Shakespeare, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. II; Collier, J. P. , Edward III,
The Athenæum, 28 March 1874; Vincke, Frhr. von, König Edward III
-ein Bühnenstück? in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XIV; Teetgen, Shake-
speare's King Edward III, 1875; On the Historical Play of Edward III,
in Gentleman's Magazine, Aug. and Sept. 1879; Liebau, G. , Eduard III
und die Gräfin von Salisbury, in Litterarische Forschungen, herausgegeben
von J. Schick und M. Frhrv. Waldberg, Heft XIII, Berlin, 1901; Phipson,
Emma, On Edward III, N. Shaksp. Soc. Trans. , 1887-92, part III.
Fair Em. Schick, J. , Introduction to Kyd's Spanish Tragedy, 1898.
Locrine. Koeppel, E. , 'Locrine' und 'Selimus. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XLI,
pp. 193-200; Crawford, C. Spenser, 'Locrine,' and 'Selimus,' in Notes and
Queries, 1901, nos. 161, 163, 165, 168, 171, 174, 177; Erbe, T. , Die Locrine
Saga, in Studien zur engl. Philologie, part 16, Halle, 1904; Gaud, W. S. ,
The Authorship of Locrine, in Modern Philology, vol. 1, no. 3, Chicago, 1904.
Merry Devill of Edmonton, The. Hazlitt, W. , Lectures on Dramatic Litera-
ture, Lect. v, 1820.
Mucedorus. Wagner, W. , Über und zu Macedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XI, pp. 59 f. ; Neue Conjecturen zum Mucedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XIV, p. 274; Elze, K. , Noten und Conjecturen, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XIII,
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the story of Cardenio in Don Quixote, and published by Theobald, L. , in 1728,
as revised from old manuscripts of a play by Shakespeare, see Bradford, G. , jr,
The History of Cardenio by Mr Fletcher and Shakespeare, in Modern Lan-
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6. SOURCES.
(For sources of particular plays, see sec. 3. )
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Shakespeare-Gesellsch. 1. Berlin, 1904.
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Fairy tales, legends, and romances, illustrating Shakespeare and other early
English writers. Ed. Hazlitt, W. C. 1875.
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Locrine. The lamentable tragedie of Locrine, the eldest sonne of King
Brutus discoursing the warres of the Britaines, and Hunnes, with their
discomfiture: The Britaines victorie with their Accidents and the death
of Albanact. No lesse pleasant then profitable. Newly set foorth, over-
seene and corrected. By W. S. 1595.
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Mucedorus. A most pleasant comedie of Mucedorus the kings sonne of
Valentia and Amadine the kings daughter of Arragon, with the merie
conceites of Mouse. Newly set foorth, as it hath bin sundrie times plaide in
the honourable Cittie of London. Very delectable and full of mirth. 1598.
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of Paules. Written by W. S. 1607.
Sir Thomas More.
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(private circulation).
Thomas, Lord Cromwell. The true chronicle historie of the whole life and
death of Thomas Lord Cromwell. As it hath beene sundrie times
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Servants. Written by W. S. 1602.
Ed. Jacob, T. E. , 1889.
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Gent. 1634.
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1891; Hudson, H. N. , in The Windsor Shakespeare; Herford, C. H. ,
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Yorkshire Tragedy, A. Not so new as lamentable and true. Acted by his
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II. Critical Works and Essays.
Many of the editions of the doubtful plays noticed above contain criticall
introductions.
(a) General.
Boas, F. S. Introduction to Works of Thomas Kyd. 1901.
Collins, J. C. Introduction to Plays of Robert Greene. 2 vols. 1905.
Elze, K. Notes on Elizabethan Dramatists. Halle, 1889.
## p. 443 (#467) ############################################
Chapters VIII–XII
-
443
Friesen, Frhr. H. von. Flüchtige Bemerkungen über einige Stücke, welche
Shakespeare zugeschrieben werden. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. I, 1866.
Hopkinson, A. F. Essays on Shakespeare's Doubtful Plays. 1900.
Horn, F. Shakespeare's Schauspiele erlåntert. Vol. v. 1823.
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Mézières, A. J. F. Prédécesseurs et Contemporains de Shakespeare. 3rd
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Sachs, R. Die Shakespeare zugeschriebenen zweifelhaften Stücke. Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXVII, 1892.
Schelling, F. E. The English Chronicle Play. New York, 1902.
Simpson, R. On some plays attributed to Shakspere (Mucedorus and Fair
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Spalding, W. Recent Shakespearian Literature. Edinburgh Review, vol. LXXI,
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Symonds, J. A. Shakespeare's Predecessors in the English Drama. 1884.
Vincke, Frhr. G. von. Die zweifelhaften Stücke Shakespeare's. Shakesp.
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Swinburne, A. C. , in sec. 8 (c) and those of Chasles, P. , and Guizot, F. ,
in sec. 12 IV i; of Tieck, J. L. , in sec. 12 III ii (f), and of Ulrici, H. , in
sec. 12 IV of the present bibliography; also Collier, Courthope, Fleay,
Chronicle History, Lamb's Specimens, Morley, H. , Schelling's Eliza-
bethan Drama, Schlegel, Ward, in the General Bibliography of the
present volume.
(6) Particular Plays.
Arden of Feversham. Donne, C. E. , An Essay on the Tragedy of Arden of
Feversham, 1873; Crawford, C. , The Authorship of A. of F. (Shakesp.
Jahrb. vol. XXXIX, pp. 74-86); White, R. Grant, Studies, no. 5, 1885;
Sarrazin, G. , Thomas Kyd und sein Kreis, Berlin, 1892; Miksch, W. ,
Die Verfasserschaft des Arden of Feversham, Breslau, 1907.
Birth of Merlin, The. Howe, F. A.
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von Shakespeare, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. II; Collier, J. P. , Edward III,
The Athenæum, 28 March 1874; Vincke, Frhr. von, König Edward III
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speare's King Edward III, 1875; On the Historical Play of Edward III,
in Gentleman's Magazine, Aug. and Sept. 1879; Liebau, G. , Eduard III
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Fair Em. Schick, J. , Introduction to Kyd's Spanish Tragedy, 1898.
Locrine. Koeppel, E. , 'Locrine' und 'Selimus. Shakesp. Jahrb. vol. XLI,
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Mucedorus. Wagner, W. , Über und zu Macedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
XI, pp. 59 f. ; Neue Conjecturen zum Mucedorus, in Shakesp. Jahrb. vol.
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The History of Cardenio by Mr Fletcher and Shakespeare, in Modern Lan-
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6. SOURCES.
(For sources of particular plays, see sec. 3. )
Anders, H. R. D. Shakespeare's books. A dissertation on Shakespeare's
reading and the immediate sources of his works. Schriften der deutschen
Shakespeare-Gesellsch. 1. Berlin, 1904.
Capell, E. The school of Shakespeare (vol. III of Notes and Various
Readings, 1779-80).
Fairy tales, legends, and romances, illustrating Shakespeare and other early
English writers. Ed. Hazlitt, W. C. 1875.
Holinshed. Shakspere's Holinshed, the chronicle and the historical plays
compared. Ed. Boswell-Stone, W. G. 1896. New ed, 1907.
