3 SEPTEMBER 1910, Page 28

We have received six volumes of "The Era Shakespeare," , Edited

by Henry N. Hudson, LLD. (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 8d. net per volume). These are King John and King Richard II.; Much Ado about Nothing and All's Well that Ends Well; Pericles, Prince of Tyre, and Troilus and Cressida. As to the last of these, Dr. Hudson holds that it is substantially Shakespeare's, though he criticises it freely ; there are certainly bona guaedam in it. As to Pericles, he adopts the conclusion of Mr. Fleay, which is, briefly put, that Shakespeare wrote the story of Marina in Acts iii.-v. The volumes are very well printed; the footnotes are much to the purpose; and the critical notes are conveniently relegated to the end, as not interesting many readers. Altogether, this is a very useful edition.