The Pitt Press Shakespeare for Schools Edited by A. W. VERITY, M.A. A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, GLOSSARY AND INDEX. FOURTH EDITION. Price is. 6d. "For schoolboys of fourteen and upwards this edition is not to be beaten, and we can congratulate Mr Verity and the University Press upon the publication of what will probably become the standard school edition of this play. In both notes and introduction Mr Verity displays all the scholarship which is so conspicuous in his recent editions of Milton, but he never forgets that he is writing for boys."-Guardian. "An excellent piece of work.”—Athenæum. "It has the usual introduction, notes, glossary, etc.; but these are done in so thorough and scholarly, and at the same time in so plain and practical a fashion as makes the little book the perfection of its kind." -National Observer. "His introduction and notes are careful and good; his glossary is singularly satisfactory."-Saturday Review. "Edited by Mr Verity, who has already won golden opinions from teachers and scholars for his excellent school editions of Milton's poems. His edition is undoubtedly a good one.""—Journal of Education. "We think this edition one likely to be eminently useful in classes in which Shakespeare is skilfully studied."-Educational News. "Mr Verity has shown us that he can be as useful to the student of Shakespeare as he has been to the student of Milton, and we ask for more. "Teachers' Monthly. "The twenty sections of the introduction are delightful reading, neither too learned nor too full, yet clear, simple, and stimulating, just what young students require. The notes are first-rate."-Scholar's Magazine. "The text is clearly printed in bold type, the notes are succinct and sufficient."-Educational. Times. "All the essentials to an intelligent, interesting and thorough study of the play will be found in this cheap and very presentable edition." -Schoolmaster. "Of the highest value to students."-School Guardian. "It has an excellent introduction and notes, and is in every way a good school edition."-Scotsman. "The notes are remarkably good, and the little volume will be much used in schools and for examinations."—Scots Magazine. London: C. J. CLAY AND SONS, Glasgow: 263, ARGYLE STREET. The Pitt Press Shakespeare for Schools TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL. WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, GLOSSARY AND Index. THIRD EDITION. Price is. 6d. "It is carefully expurgated, and only differs from its predecessor, the 'Midsummer Night's Dream'-which we are pleased to see has now reached its fourth edition-in that the Introduction contains more literary criticism and the Glossary less etymology. The scholarship, patience, and accuracy of the editor, Mr A. W. Verity, are so well known and widely appreciated as to render criticism an impertinence." -Guardian. "Mr Verity has certainly maintained, if he has not enhanced, his reputation for presenting the results of sound scholarship in a form intelligible to schoolboys. The introduction is written in a charming style, the text is legibility itself, the notes models of conciseness, and questions of derivation have been wisely relegated to a glossary. This is the best school edition of the play that has come under our notice." -Journal of Education. "Among the best school editions of Shakespeare's plays this one is characterised by the carefulness and completeness of its editing; the very full and scholarly notes and glossary are such as should recommend the work to other students of Shakespeare than those alone who have to 'do' him as a school task."-Publishers' Circular. "The good opinion of Mr Verity's Shakespearean scholarship and editorial ability, expressed in our review of his 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' is enhanced by the evident pains taken in this play to maintain the high level of its scholarship, and to improve its plan in harmony with suggestions offered. He has provided a most admirable and satisfactory edition of this pleasant play for school study."—Educational News. "The editor has catered for the ordinary student with judgment and success. He has included in his introduction an outline of the story of the play so essential to young students, and his notes are, as a rule, short and business-like. The etymological information which he offers is thrown separately into an annotated glossary, parts of which would be serviceable in studying other plays."-Schoolmaster. "The notes seem to us most appropriate for young students; they are abundant, and free from those niceties of philology and variorum readings which, much as they may be appreciated by older students, only confuse younger ones. Some valuable hints are given in the appendix with regard (1) to the danger of assuming that the dramatist's own opinions may be gathered from what he puts into the mouth of his characters; and (2) to the tendency to use the word 'mistake' in connection with Shakespearean English, as young people are apt to do when they find he deviates from the rules of modern speech. The text is clearly printed, and the book suitably bound for school use. Educational Review. The Pitt Press Shakespeare for Schools JULIUS CESAR 53799 WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, GLOSSARY BY A. WILSON VERITY, M.A. SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE; EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1895 [All Rights reserved.] |