27 JUNE 1903, Page 13

Dramatic Criticisms. By J. T. Grein. (Greening and Co. 3s.

6d.) —Mr. Grein publishes a third volume of his Dramatic Criticisms. We have no intention of reviewing them. But let any one go through the volume, not to see whether Mr. Grein's praise or blame is well bestowed, but to learn, if he does not already know, the character of the drama that occupies the present-day stage. Here are some sixty plays, more or less, and what is the pre- dominant subject ? It is that of which one who is still, nominally at least, an authority said : "Let it not be once named among you." "Named " ! indeed. The dramatist who can write about anything else, the audience that cares to see anything else represented, are exceptional.