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of the families of manuscripts, of the work of editors

upon it. This welcome volume completes his labours on the dramatist, except, indeed, so far as the Fragments are concerned. We have still to wait for the volume that is to deal with these. The text of them is not included in the volume now before us.

In the series of " Pitt Press Shakespeare" (Cambridge Univer- sity Press) we have King Lear, edited, with introduction, notes, dec., by A. W. Verity. Mr. Verity's work as an editor of Shake- speare for the use of students is so generally accepted as typically good in what it gives and does not give, that it is sufficient to record the appearance of this addition to the series.