OF ENGLISH

DRAMATIC POETS

SELECTED BY

CHARLES LAMB

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION

BY

WILLIAM MACDONALD

WITH PORTRAITS

AND OTHER

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME ONE

LONDON

J. M. DENT & CO.

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

0467270

CONTENTS

Plays marked *

are from "Extracts from the Garrick Plays."

GEORGE PEELE

*THE ARRAIGNMENT OF PARIS

*THE BATTLE OF ALCAZAR

KING DAVID AND FAIR BETHSABE

*FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE SAME

THOMAS LODGE AND ROBERT GREENE

*A LOOKING GLASS FOR ENGLAND AND LONDON

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HENRY CHETTLE AND ANTHONY MUNDAY

* THE DOWNFALL OF ROBERT, EARL OF HUNTINGDON

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