LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

UNDERGRAD.

LIBRARY

SHAKSPERE'S PREDECESSORS

IN THE

ENGLISH DRAMA

BY

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

AUTHOR OF
"STUDIES OF GREEK POETS' 'RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

SKETCHES IN ITALY AND GREECE' ETO.

NEW EDITION

LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO.
NEW YORK : CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1900