"In its original form the material for this book was presented as a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in Yale university."--Pref.
"Published on the Kingsley trust association publication fund established by the Scroll and key society of Yale college."
"List of supplementary plays ... by Shakespeare's immediate predecessors and contemporaries": p. [111]-112. "List of works cited": p. [157]-164.