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BENJAMIN BLOM, INC.

New York

NOTICE.

Since the Preface to this Work appeared, a very important augmentation of the new matter has been decided on, and the following early Dramas, never hitherto reprinted, have already been transcribed for insertion in our series under their respective dates. All are of the greatest rarity; and each, in its own way, seemed to possess literary and illustrative value:—

Life and Death of Jack Straw, 1593.

⁂ The first dramatisation of the story of Wat Tyler.

Mucedorus, 1598.Look About You, 1600.

The Contention between Liberality and Prodigality, 1602.

The London Chanticleers, 1659.

Lady Alimony; or, The Alimony Lady, 1659.

⁂ Both of the two last named are earlier than the period of publication.

On the other hand, new collected editions of Randolph and Suckling have quite recently been announced; and, in consequence, the “Muses’ Looking-Glass,” by the former, and Suckling’s “Goblins,” will be excluded from the present Collection, agreeably to the principle explained in our Preface.

W. C. H.

Kensington, May 1, 1874.