CONTENTS: Henrik Ibsen--August Strindberg--Henry Becque--Gerhart
Hauptmann--Paul Hervieu--The Quintessence of Shaw--Maxim Gorky's
Nachtasyl--Hermann Sudermann--Princess Mathilde's Play--Duse and
D'Annunzio--Villiers de l'Isle Adam--Maurice Maeterlinck.
"His style is a little jerky, but it is one of those rare styles in
which we are led to expect some significance, if not wit, in every
sentence."--G. K. CHESTERTON, in _London Daily News_.
"No other book in English has surveyed the whole field so
comprehensively."--_The Outlook._
"A capital book, lively, informing, suggestive."--_London Times Saturday
Review._
"Eye-opening and mind-clarifying is Mr. Huneker's criticism; ... no one
having read that opening essay in this volume will lay it down until the
final judgment upon Maurice Maeterlinck is reached."--_Boston
Transcript._