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A BOOK OF THE PLAY
_Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character._
BY
DUTTON COOK,

AUTHOR OF
"ART IN ENGLAND," "HOBSON'S CHOICE," "PAUL FOSTER'S DAUGHTER,"
"BANNS OF MARRIAGE" ETC. ETC.

_THIRD AND REVISED EDITION._

In One Volume

London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, FLEET STREET.
1881.

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.


PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

This book, as I explained in the preface to its first edition,
published in 1876, is designed to serve and entertain those interested
in the transactions of the Theatre. I have not pretended to set forth
anew a formal and complete History of the Stage; it has rather been my
object to traverse by-paths connected with the subject--to collect and
record certain details and curiosities of histrionic life and
character, past and present, which have escaped or seemed unworthy the
notice of more ambitious and absolute chroniclers.


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