Henslowe Papers. By Walter W. Greg. (A. Ii. Bullen. 10s.
6d. net.)—This volume contains a number of documents which supplement and illustrate Mr. Greg's edition of " Henslowe's Diary." (Henslowe was in occupation of the Fortune Theatre from 1592 to 1603.) Letters patent, leases (of shares in the Fortune Theatre), petitions, and communications of various kinds, are given with annotations, which must often have demanded an amount of labour quite out of proportion to the space which they occupy. Among a number of interesting papers are some which touch on the "eternal want of pence which vexes" writers of plays as it does other spoilers of paper. So Robert Daborne, under date May 3rd, 1613, writes to Henslowe (whom he calls " Hinchlaw "). He was to have £14 for a play in five acts,—
to be paid when the first three were handed in, and £10 when the whole was completed. He receives £1, and now asks for as much more, promising to hand in the three acts on the morrow.
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