Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Essays which were originally introductions to critical editions of plays accepted in partial fulfilment of the degree of doctor of philosophy in the University of Pennsylvania. cf. p. vi Tuke's Adventures of five hours, in relation to the "Spanish plot" and to John Dryden, by A. Gaw.--Heywood's Fair maid of the west, by R. Jewell.--The valiant Scot, "by J.W.," by J.L. Carver.--Sir Ralph Freeman's Imperiale, by C.C. Gumm.--The Cenci story in literature and in fact, by C. Stratton.--Function and content of the prologue, chorus, and other non-organic elements in English drama, from the beginnings to 1642, by Martha G. McCaulley.--Bibliography (p. 259-267)