COPIOUS NOTES, BIOGRAPHIES, AND A HISTORICAL
INTRODUCTION.

BY JOHN S. KELTIE, F.S.A. SCOT.,

EDITOR OF DEFOE'S WORKS,' ETC.

NOCATIESE
EDINBURG

LIBRARY

EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM P. NIM MO.
1870.

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MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH,
PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

ORAL

CONTENTS.

ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE BRITISH DRAMA,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

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THE LOVE OF KING DAVID AND FAIR BETHSABE, WITH THE TRAGEDY OF

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

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THE HONOURABLE HISTORY OF FRIAR BACON AND FRIAR BUNGAY,

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE-

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE, .

THE TROUBLESOME REIGN AND LAMENTABLE DEATH OF EDWARD THE SECOND,

KING OF ENGLAND,

THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS,

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,.

THE ALCHEMIST,

EPICENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN,

EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR,

BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER—

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

PHILASTER; OR, LOVE LIES A-BLEEDING,

A KING AND NO KING,

THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE,

JOHN WEBSTER-

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI,

JOHN MARSTON—

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE,

ANTONIO AND MELLIDA,

ANTONIO'S REVENGE. THE SECOND PART OF THE HISTORY OF ANTONIO AND

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