Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. The middle ages: 1. The miracle play; Noah's flood. Abraham and Isaac. The second shepherds' play. 2. The morality: Everyman.--The Elizabethan period: Mother Bombie, by Lyly. The troublesome reign and lamentable death of Edward the Second, by C. Marlowe. The shoemakers' holiday; or, The gentle craft, by T. Dekker. A woman killed with kindness, by T. Heywood. Philaster; or, Love lies a-bleeding, by F. Beaumont and J. Fletcher. The alchemist, by B. Jonson. The Duchess of Malfi, by J. Webster. The wild-goose chase, by J. Fletcher. The changeling, by T. Middleton and W. Rowley.--The restoration: Almanzor and Almahide; or, The Conquest of Granada, by J. Dryden. Venice preserved; or, A plot discovered, by T. Otway. The way of the world, by W. Congreve --The eighteenth century: Cato, by J. Addison. The conscious lovers, by Sir R. Steele. The tragedy of tragedies: or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great, by H. Fielding. She stoops to conquer; or, The mistakes of a night, by O. Goldsmith. The school for scandal, by R.B. Sheridan.--The nineteenth century: The Cenci, by P.B. Shelley. The lady of Lyons; or, Love and pride, by E. Bulwer-Lytton. A blot in the 'scutcheon, by R. Browning. Lady Windermere's fan, by O. Wilde.--Bibliography (p. 835-838)