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CONTENTS.-No. 81. I take no delight in proving that Webster was a wholesale borrower of the good things in other men's work, and could wish that my NOTES:- Montaigne, Webster, and Marston, 41-The present task were confined to showing up the Oxford Ramble,' 43-Preface by Foxe the Martyrologist-plagiary of Marston or of some other author "To Ply,"44-The Light of the World '-"Robert Burns's whose work I am too dull to appreciate at last words"-M.-"The Lights of London," 45-Duplicate Will Registers - Abraham Lincoln and Whately its proper value. Webster generally puts what he borrows to noble uses; but Marston is one of those men of whom Ben Jonson said "that they are born only to suck out the poison of books." If Webster sows vice, he Sows it with the hand, but Marston scatters it broadcast and with the basket. Charles I.'s Execution, 46. QUERIES:-Sir T. Wilkinson -Adolphe Belot - Music t. Louis XIV., 46-Chaucer and the English Universities The Lovers, 1683-Izard- Edward and Ellen-Jennings of Soddylt Hall-Gastrell and Shakespeare's Home -English Ancestry of General Grant, 47-Pleshey Fortifications-"Love in phantastick triumph sat"-Cromwell House, Highgate-Ythancæster, Essex-Maneis: Mayne -"Fostell," "Foslett"-Bishop Cox of Ely, 48-"Nadgairs" Hogarth- Paul Family-William Mason's PorAs John Florio's translation was entered traits-Coryat's Crudities'-Shakespeare's Vocabulary, 49. at Stationers' Hall so early as 1599, and Streets of London-John Rolt Nixon-"Resp.," 50-attached to its evidence as regards the date The published in 1603, little or no value can be REPLIES:-"Concerts of Antient Music," 49 Mint at Leeds, Yorkshire-Benson Earle Hill-The Horse ferry, Westminster, 51-Carnegie: its Pronunciation Obituary :-Mr. F. M. Jackson. Notes. MONTAIGNE, WEBSTER, AND MARSTON: As regards Dr. Donne, I rely upon his evidence to fix a nearer date for 'The Duchess of Malfi' than has as yet been claimed for it with any show of probability. of The White Devil,' believed to have been written in the winter of 1611-12, or of 'The Duchess of Malfi,' which was certainly not in its present form before 1612. All that I can prove is that Florio's book in its entirety was known to Webster before he wrote either of his plays. Now, this fact is rather interesting, because Sidney's 'Arcadia,' which afforded so much material for The Duchess of Malfi,' was, so far as I can gather, a sealed book to Webster when he wrote 'The White Devil.' 'The Arcadia,' or its influence, can be traced in The Devil's Law-Case' and 'A Monumental Column,' as I proved; but I have vainly searched for a trace of Sidney's book in 'The White Devil.' The inference I draw is that Webster wrote the latter play before he became possessed of a copy of "The Arcadia,' and, consequently, this negative bit of testimony bears out the received opinion that The White Devil' is an earlier work than The Duchess of Malfi.' But, if the evidence of Florio is not very helpful in the dating of Webster's work, it is certainly of some value when applied to the work of Marston. Is not it of interest to know that these essays, which were published in 1603, are copied over and over again in 'The Dutch Courtezan,' 1605, The Fawn,' 1606, and 'Sophonisba,' published in the same year? I will now deal with some of the less valuable evidence that has come into my hands reserving more important matter for future papers of this series; and I shall mingle the parallels with Montaigne in Webster and Marston as a preliminary in proof of my statement that both dramatists copied from Florio's book_independently of each other. The editions I quote from are Prof. Henry Morley's reprint of Florio's Montaigne,' Dyce's ' Webster,' and Mr. Bullen's Marston.' I will give page and column as well as other |