VI INTRODUCTION

The text of this edition follows that of the so-called new French edition, which gives the play as it was revived at the Comédie-Française in 1 884. (The earlier editions do not differ essentially; the main differences are in the stage directions.) Professor R. L. Sanderson, of Yale, has given much valuable assistance in the preparation of the Vocabulary, and Professor Kenneth McKenzie, of Yale, has by his continued intérêt and encouragement created a debt which can hardly be adequately acknowledged.

W. O. FARNSWORTH.

Columbia University.