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on application to the publishers.) "Highly dramatic episodes, treated with skill and art ... a high pitch of emotion."--_New York Sun._ "Complete and intense tragedies well plotted and well sustained, in dignified dialogue of persons of the drama distinctly differentiated."--_Hartford Courant._ "It is a pleasure to say, without reservation, that the half dozen plays before us are finely true, strong, telling examples of dramatic art.... Sure to find their way speedily to the stage, justifying themselves there, even as they justify themselves at a reading as pieces of literature."--_The Bellman._ * * * * * HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK BY BARRETT H. CLARK THE CONTINENTAL DRAMA OF TO-DAY _Outlines for Its Study_ Suggestions, questions, biographies, and bibliographies with outlines, of half a dozen pages or less each, of the more important plays of twenty-four Continental dramatists. While intended to be used in connection with a reading of the plays themselves, the book has an independent interest, _12mo. $1.50 net_. _Prof. William Lyon Phelps, of Yale_: "... One of the most useful works on the contemporary drama.... Extremely practical, full of valuable hints and suggestions...." BRITISH & AMERICAN DRAMA OF TO-DAY _Outlines for Its Study_ Suggestions, biographies and bibliographies, together with historical sketches, for use in connection with the important plays of Pinero, Jones, Wilde, Shaw, Barker, Hankin, Chambers, Davies, Galsworthy, Masefield, Houghton, Bennett, Phillips, Barrie, Yeats, Boyle, Baker, Sowerby, Francis, Lady Gregory, Synge, Murray, Ervine, Howard, Herne, Thomas, Gillette, Fitch, Moody, Mackaye, Sheldon, Kenyon, Walters, Cohan, etc. _12mo. $1.60 net_. THREE MODERN PLAYS FROM THE FRENCH Lemaitre's _The Pardon_ and Lavedan's _Prince D'Aurec_, translated by Barrett H. Clark, with Donnay's _The Other Danger_, translated by Charlotte Tenney David, with an Introduction to each author by Barrett H. Clark and a Preface by Clayton Hamilton. One volume. _12mo. $1.50 net_. _Springfield Republican_: "'The Prince d'Aurec' is one of his best and most representative plays. It is a fine character creation.... 'The Pardon' must draw admiration for its remarkable technical efficiency.... 'The Other Danger' is a work
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