Marim N. Hawrs -
April, 1901

SHAKSPERE'S PREDECESSORS

SHAKSPERE'S PREDECESSORS

IN THE

ENGLISH DRAMA

BY

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

6

AUTHOR OF

"
STUDIES OF GREEK POETS RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

" SKETCHES IN ITALY AND GREECE' ETC.

NEW EDITION

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER, & CO.

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1900

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE

EDWARD S. HAWES ESTATE 1943

ΤΟ

MY NEPHEW

JOHN ST LOE STRACHEY

I DEDICATE THESE STUDIES

RESUMED AND CONTINUED AT HIS REQUEST