I. AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH COMEDY
By Charles Mills Gayley
_Of the University of California_ xi
II. JOHN HEYWOOD: Critical Essay. Alfred W. Pollard
_Of St. John's College, Oxford, and the British Museum_ 1
Edition of the _Play of the Wether_. The Same 19
Edition of a _Mery Play betweene Johan Johan, Tyb_, etc.
The Same 61
III. NICHOLAS UDALL: Critical Essay. Ewald Flügel
_Of Stanford University_ 87
Edition of _Roister Doister_. The Same 105
Appendix on Various Matters. The Same 189
IV. WILLIAM STEVENSON: Critical Essay. Henry Bradley
_Of the University of Oxford_ 195
Edition of _Gammer Gurtons Nedle_. The Same 205
Appendix. The Same 259
V. JOHN LYLY: Critical Essay. George P. Baker
_Of Harvard University_ 263
Edition of _Alexander and Campaspe_. The Same 277
VI. GEORGE PEELE: Critical Essay. F. B. Gummere
_Of Haverford College_ 333
Edition of _The Old Wives' Tale_. The Same 349
Appendix. The Same 383
VII. GREENE'S PLACE IN COMEDY: A Monograph. G. E. Woodberry
_Of Columbia University_ 385
VIII. ROBERT GREENE: His Life, and the Order of his Plays.
Charles Mills Gayley 395
Edition of the _Honourable Historie of Frier Bacon_.
The Same 433
Appendix on Greene's Versification. The Same 503
IX. HENRY PORTER: Critical Essay. Charles Mills Gayley 513
Edition of _The Two Angry Women of Abington_. The Same 537
X. SHAKESPEARE AS A COMIC DRAMATIST. Edward Dowden
_Of Trinity College, Dublin_ 635