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has ' ; 3 " ; and Edition IV. has " 1." Copies in the Bodleian Library and the Dyce Collec- tion, South Kensington Museum, also agree in these details. In fact, the distinction seems to be general, appearing in every copy I have seen. A copy of the first edition in the Yale University Library bears the auto- graph of John Genest on the title-page, and the date 23 March, 1806. There is a subsequent edition as follows :

" The Deserted Daughter : a comedy, in five acts, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, Coyent Garden. Fifth Edition. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Bees and Orme. 1806." Octavo, 4 + 1-80 pp.

On the back of the title-page is the note : " Printed by C. Mercier & Co. Northumber- land Court, London."

It was included in the following collec- tions : Mrs. E. Inchbald, 'The British Theatre,' 1808 ; ' The London Stage,' 1824 ; Mrs. E. Inchbald, 'The British Theatre,' 1824; 'The Acting Drama,' 1834; Dicks's ' Standard Plays,' No. 89, 1883.

There was an edition " Dublin, Printed

by M. Kelly for P. Wogan 1795 "in

octavo, paged 4 + 6-72 in the copy .which I examined. Pp. 73, on, were missing.

I have seen in a bookshop a copy of

" The Deserted Daughter, a comedy by Thomas Holcroft. A3 performed at the Boston Theatre with Universal Applause. Boston : Printed for William C. Blake, at the Boston Bookstore, No. 5'J, Cornhill. 1795 " ;

and there was a duodecimo edition at New York in 1806 ('D.N.B.'; B.M.C.):

" The Deserted Daughter, a Comedy, in five acts. By T. Holcroft. Marked as performed in the English and American Theatres. New- York : Published by D. IxDngworth, At the Dramatic Repository, Shakespeare-Gallery. 1806." Duo- decimo, 1 + 5-70 pp. ;

but these are the only. American impressions I have located.

John Cumberland (1787-1866) founded a play of his own on Holcroft's ' Deserted Daughter,' namely :

" The Steward ; or, fashion and feeling : A Comedy, in five acts, (Founded upon the De-sorted Daughter,) as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden, September 15th, 1819. London : Printed by W. Hughes, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, for John Lowndes, 25, Bow Street. 1819. Price Three Shillings." Octavo, xi + 1 + 1-83 pp.

'.this appeared in J. Cumberland's 'British Theatre,' 1829 ; 'The British Drama, Illus- trated,' 1864 ; and Dicks's ' Standard Plays,' No. 539, 1883.

The Bodleian attributes this version to Thomas Beazley.

1796. " The Man of Ten Thousand : a comedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By Thomas Holcroft. London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row. 1796.' * Octavo, 4 + 1-88 pp.

This play was produced 23 Jan., 1796.

There is a second edition (South Kensing- ton Museum) : " The Man of Ten Thousand. A Comedy. As

it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane.

The Second Edition. By Thomas Holcroft.

London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson,

Paternoster Row. 1796." Octavo, 4+1-88-

pp.

I have record of a " third edition " : " The Man of Ten Thousand : a comedy as it is= acted at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The Third Edition. By Thomas Holcroft. London; Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row. 1796." Octavo, 4 + 1-88 pp.

I compared two copies of the first edition, with one of the third, and found on every page broken letters and typographical peculiarities which appeared in every copy under my view. The words " The Third Edition " were added ; and an initial capital " T " at the beginning of a paragraph, tli3 word " Advertisement," and the rule under that word, were reset between editions. Beyond this, I believe the type to have been the .same. A copy in the Yale Library hn,s the autograph of John Genest, and the date " Oct. 8, 1801," on the title-page. The book was noticed in The English Review (27: 180) as early as Februarv of the same year ; in The Monthly Review for March, 1796(19: 353) a fine review ; and in The British Critic for July, 1796 (7: 674).

1796. ' The Force of Ridicule." This comedy was acted but once at Drury Lane, 6 Dec., 1796, and has never been printed. ' Biographia Dramatica ' says (2: 244-5) : "It was, we believe, derived from the French." The ' Memoirs ' (p. 159) give the date as 1798, but a note corrects this statement ; and Genest and ' Biographia Dramatica ' agree on 1796. This date is further confirmed by Miss Pope's List of Plays (British Museum, Add. MS. 29,945) and by the theatre's book recording receipts of performances (British Museum, Add. MS. 29,710, f. 79b).

1796. " Travels through Germany, Switzerland,. Italy, and Sicily. Translated from the Ger- man of Frederic Leopold Count Stolberg. By Thomas Holcroft. In two volumes .... [A quotation from Plato.] London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row. MDCCXCVI." [Vol. II. dated 1797.] Quarto. I., xx+1-506 ; II., xi+1-656 + 1.