The Belles-Lettres Series

SECTION III

THE ENGLISH DRAMA

FROM ITS BEGINNING TO THE PRESENT DAY

GENERAL EDITOR

GEORGE PIERCE BAKER

PROFESSOR OF DRAMATIC LITERATURE

IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

BY BEN JONSON

EDITED BY

W. D. BRIGGS, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY

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