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 MIRACLE CYCLES. , 177 all five colle&ive manuscripts, and chose W as the basis of his text no doubt because it was the oldest readily accessible. This he supplemented from K, the next oldest, and in his notes he also quoted a few passages from H, the third manuscript at the British Museum. I do not think that he consulted either the Devonshire or the Bodleian text. He did not attempt any critical comparison, and chance led him to sele<5l for his edition what is perhaps the worst of the extant manuscripts. The task of criticism was reserved for the in- dustry of Hermann Deimling, the first portion of whose edition appeared in 1893.' He took H as his basis, adding a collation of all other available manuscripts. Unfortunately D had been tempor- arily mislaid. A collation thereof has since been procured and will be included in the second part of the work, the appearance of which has been by A. W. Pollard. Includes 'Noah' and part of 'Abraham and Isaac,' from Wright's edition, compared with D and H. 1893 (for 1892). The Chester Plays, edited by Hermann Deimling for the Early English Text Society (Extra Series). Part I., containing the Banns and Text as far as play XIII, 1. 282. From MS. H with collation of W K B ; Banns from K with collation of B. 1897. Specimens of the Pre-Shaksperean Drama, edited by J. M. Manly, vol. i. Including 'Prophets' from Deimling's edition, and ' Antichrist ' from MS. P. 1909. English Nativity Plays, edited by S. B. Hemingway. In- cluding ' Nativity ' and ' Shepherds' from D, with collation of W KB H. The fragment of the ' Resurrection ' at Manchester (MS. M) was printed in the 'Manchester Guardian' for 19 May 1883. 1 Through the great kindness of the late Dr. Furnivall, director of the Early English Text Society, I have been able to use the unissued sheets or proofs of the portion of this edition which still awaits publication. V N