COMEDY OF LOVE'S LABOUR 'S LOST. Edited, with Notes, BY WILLIAM J. ROLFE, A.M., FORMERLY HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. WITH ENGRAVINGS. ΕΧΟΝΤΕΣ ΔΙ GRIOV NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1884. ENGLISH CLASSICS. EDITED BY WM. J. ROLFE, A.M. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 56 cents per volume; Paper, 40 cents per volume. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Any of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price. Copyright, 1882, by HARPER & BROTHERS. I. THE HISTORY OF THE PLAY. THE earliest edition of Love's Labour's Lost (or Love's Labours Lost, as Mr. Furnivall believes we should write it) that has come down to us is a quarto published in 1598, with the following title-page (as given in the Camb. ed.): A Pleasant Conceited Comedie | called, | Loues labors lost. As it was presented before her Highnes | this last Christmas. | Newly corrected and augmented | By W. Shake |