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Excerpt from Collections, 1923, Vol. 2: Part II Messrs. Ouaritch, and the present part of Collections (ii. 2) consisting mainly of Professor Moore Smith's extracts from the accounts of Cambridge colleges; while for 1924 it is arranged that the Society shall share with the Walpole Society in the publication of an illustrated catalogue of the Chatsworth collee tion of Inigo Jones' drawings for masques. There does not appear to be very much new information available respecting any of the plays in this list. When the Society's reprint of Mariam was prepared'the Huth copy, which was the only one known to contain the dedicatory sonnet, was not available, but the leaf in question was subsequently reproduced and circulated to members from a copy in the pos session of Mr. W. A. White. Concerning this leaf the intro duction contained the remark: 'it will be observed that the leaf in question is an insertion, for the title forms the real AI of the volume.' This is an error. Through the kindness of Messrs. Quaritch it has now been possible to inspect the very fine copy formerly in the possession of Lord Mostyn. This lacks indeed the sonnet-leaf, but it has the original blank at the beginning and forming a half-sheet with the title-leaf. It follows that the sonnet-leaf, signed 'a', is in fact the original ai, and forms an integral part of the volume. The fact that, so far as is known, it survives in two copies only, shows that it must have been cancelled. The reason for this is not known, but there seems no reason to suppose that it throws any doubt on the arguments by which the authorship has been established. As regards earlier publications a few facts should be men tioned that have come to light respecting Sir T/comas More since the issue of the Society's reprint. In the first place the hand in which the original text of the play is written, said to be that ofa scribe in the reprint, has been identified as belonging to Anthony Munday. The hand referred to as 'c' in the reprint, and described as that of a playhouse review, is now known to appear likewise in the theatrical 'plot' of T/ce Seven Deadly Sins, preserved at Dulwich College (ms. X1x), and in another similar document in the British Museum (ms. Addit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.