ว ALBERT S. COOK, EDITOR XLVII THE MAGNETIC LADY OR HUMORS RECONCILED BY BEN JONSON Edited with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary BY HARVEY WHITEFIELD PECK, PH.D. A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale STA MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PREFACE For assistance of various kinds in the editing of this play my hearty thanks are due to the following men: to Professor J. M. Berdan of Yale for the generous loan of his volume, which contains a copy of the first edition of The Magnetic Lady; to Professor Charles P. Sherman of the Yale Law School for the explanation of a difficult point; to Mr. Andrew Keogh, Mr. Henry R. Gruener, and Mr. George A. Johnson for bibliographical aid; to Professor Brooke for valuable criticism; and especially to my teacher, Professor Cook, for constant inspiration and criticism. A portion of the expence of printing this thesis has been borne by the English Club of Yale University, from funds placed at its disposal by the generosity of Mr. George E. Dimock, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, a graduate of Yale in the class of 1874. YALE UNIVERSITY, May 1, 1913. H. W. P. 2 |