so much of materials gathered
by others. But the list of authorities given on page li will indicate
the chief source of much that has gone to enrich the value of this
edition. Professor W. P. Trent, of Columbia University, has offered
valuable suggestions and given important advice; and to Mr. M. Grant
Daniell's patience, accuracy, and judgment this volume owes both its
freedom from many a blunder and its possession of a carefully arranged
index.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PAGE

I. SOURCES vii

THE MAIN STORY vii

NORTH'S _PLUTARCH_ vii

APPIAN'S _ROMAN WARS_ xii

EARLIER PLAYS xiii

THE SCENE OF THE ASSASSINATION xiv

"_ET TU, BRUTE_" xvi

BRUTUS'S SPEECH, III, ii. xvi

II. DATE OF COMPOSITION xvii

EXTERNAL EVIDENCE xviii

INTERNAL EVIDENCE xx

III. EARLY EDITIONS xxiii

FOLIOS xxiii

THE QUARTO OF 1691 xxiv

ROWE'S EDITIONS xxiv

IV. THE TITLE xxv

V. DRAMATIC CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT xxv

ANALYSIS BY ACT AND SCENE xxvi

VI. MANAGEMENT OF TIME AND PLACE xxx

HISTORIC TIME xxx

DRAMATIC TIME xxxi

PLACE xxxi

VII. VERSIFICATION AND DICTION xxxii

BLANK VERSE xxxii

RHYME xxxiii

PROSE xxxiii

VIII. THE CHARACTERS xxxiv

JULIUS CAESAR xxxiv

BRUTUS xli

BRUTUS AND CASSIUS xlvii

PORTIA xlix

ANTONY li

THE PEOPLE liii

IX. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS liii

AUTHORITIES (WITH ABBREVIATIONS) lv

CHRONOLOGICAL CHART lvi

DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS lx

THE TEXT

ACT I