we can endure.... All Ibsen's characters
speak and act as if they were hypnotised, and under their
creator's imperious demand to reveal themselves. There never
was such a mirror held up to nature before; it is too
terrible.... Yet we must return to Ibsen, with his remorseless
surgery, his remorseless electric-light, until we, too, have
grown strong and learned to face the naked--if necessary, the
flayed and bleeding--reality._'--Speaker (London).

Vol. I. 'A DOLL'S HOUSE,' 'THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH,' and 'THE PILLARS OF
SOCIETY.' With Portrait of the Author, and Biographical Introduction by
WILLIAM ARCHER.

Vol. II. 'GHOSTS,' 'AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE,' and 'THE WILD DUCK.' With
an Introductory Note.

Vol. III. 'LADY INGER OF OeSTRAT,' 'THE VIKINGS AT HELGELAND,' 'THE
PRETENDERS.' With an Introductory Note and Portrait of Ibsen.

Vol. IV. 'EMPEROR AND GALILEAN.' With an Introductory Note by WILLIAM
ARCHER.

Vol. V. 'ROSMERSHOLM,' 'THE LADY FROM THE SEA,' 'HEDDA GABLER.'
Translated by WILLIAM ARCHER. With an Introductory Note.

The sequence of the plays _in each volume_ is chronological;
the complete set of volumes comprising the dramas presents them
in chronological order.

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THE HUMOUR OF FRANCE. Translated, with an Introduction and
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