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H. H. Furness: The New Variorum Shakespeare. Vol. II: Macbeth. (Revised edition by H. H. Furness, Jr., 1903.) (The one indispensable aid to scholarly study of Macbeth.) In Furness's Appendix will be found most of the valuable individual comments on the play. It is especially interesting to compare the views of Kreyssig and Fletcher as to Macbeth's character, and the views of Fletcher and Campbell as to Lady Macbeth.

A. C. Bradley: Shakespearean Tragedy. 1904. (Contains the most valuable discussion of Macbeth that has appeared since Furness's edition.)

George Brandes: William Shakespeare. 1902.

F. S. Boas: Shakespeare and his Predecessors. 1895. (These are valuable discussions of all Shakespeare's plays, with special chapters on Macbeth.)

Porter and Clarke: Shakespeare Studies: Macbeth. 1901. (A helpful aid to the teacher.)

Thomas De Quincey: On the Knocking at the Gate in 'Macbeth' (1823) (see Furness, p. 138). (An interesting and eloquent piece of writing, but in some respects very misleading as criticism.)

For advanced students, a careful study of the criticisms implied in Davenant's alterations is especially recommended. Copious extracts from Davenant's version are given in Furness's Appendix.