Tna THIRD FOLIO OF SHAXESPEA.RE.—Messrs. Methuen and Co. have published
a facsimile of the "Third Folio." (of 1664) (X4 4s. net). "Printed for P. C. 1664" is the subscription of the title-page, which further announces that "to this Impression is added Seven Playes [observe the use of the singular verla], never before Printed in Folio, viz., Pericles Prince of Tyre, The London Prodigall, The History of Thomas Ld. Cromwell, Sir John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, The Puritan Widow, A Yorkshire Tragedy, The Tragedy of Locrine." This is a massive, handsome volume. No praise can be too high for the enterprise of the publishers in bringing out these costly reprints. They not only delight the book-lover, but are of practical use to the student who desires to study the text at first hand, and to note exactly how the poet's words were presented to the reader in a particular contemporary edition.
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