THE PLAYHOUSE OF PEPYS By Montague Summers Mr. Summers has
followed up his valuable The Restoration Theatre with this equally valuable volume (Regan Paul, 21s.), .
which will be of inestimable use to all students of the theatre of the time, but is likely to be read only by those who already have an intense interest in the subject. In spite of his abuse- of all his contemporaries (from whom, however, he does not disdain to borrow), so frequent as to become monotonous,
his book is not altogether free of errors. It would be remark-, able if so large a book contained no mistake, but one would, venture to point out to Mr. Summers that those who live in the very brittle glass house of erudition should be careful about throwing such very uncompromising stones as he does. Mr. Summers' new.volume is chiefly about the plays and the'. actors, though there is something about the theatre too, and is especially welcome as giving much recondite information,
about minor dramatists. It is, among other things, pleasing to find scotched the famous legend about "My wound is great, because it is so small," "Then were it greater were it
i none- ' -Altogether a notable addition to the history of ' the drama, but not to critical literature.
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