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Pa.); also autograph MS. of notes and fragments. (Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 10 Oct., 1832.)

The Broker of Bogota. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. Autograph MS. lacking Act IV, Scenes ii, iii, and iv; autograph MS. of first four acts; MS. copy in hand of Mrs. Bird; MS. copy representing acting version used by Forrest, containing signature of Forrest on title-page (now in Forrest Home, Holmesburg, Pa.); also autograph MS. consisting of fragments with introductory and expository matter. See Collections. (Bowery Theatre, New York, 12 Feb., 1834.)

Caridorf, or The Avenger. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. Autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, August, 1827.

The City Looking-Glass. A Philadelphia Comedy. In Five Acts. Autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, July, 1828, with additions and corrections; another MS. copy.

The Cowled Lover. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. Autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, June, 1827; another autograph MS. with same title-page and date.

The Fanatick. Autograph MS. of fragments.

Giannone. (Tragedy.) Autograph MS. incomplete.

News of the Night, or A Trip to Niagara. A Comedy in Five Acts. Autograph MS.

Pelopidas, or The Fall of the Polemarchs. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. Autograph MS. dated Philadelphia, 1830; another autograph MS. dated 1830, containing note: "This copy now corresponds with the last written and corrected one"; another autograph MS. dated "1830-1840"; also autograph MS. of notes and fragments.

The Three Dukes, or The Lady of Catalonia. Autograph MS. incomplete containing astronomical note on inside of cover dated 7 Jan., 1833. Back of first leaf contains note: "In the Drury Lane Company are this season (1832) . . ."

Twas All for the Best [or] 'Tis All a Notion. (Comedy.) Autograph MS. dated "Philada., May, 1827."

See also the Bibliography to Book II, Chap. vu.

George Henry Boker

(The MSS. here listed are in the possession of Mrs. George Boker of Philadelphia.)

Plays and Poems. 2 vols. Boston, 1856; Boston, 1857; Philadelphia, 1883; Philadelphia, 1891 ("Third Edition").

Calaynos. A Tragedy. Philadelphia, 1848 (2 editions); London, n. d. [1849] ; rptd. in coll. eds. Autograph MS. dated 1848; another autograph MS. ("This Rehash Begun October 19, 1886—Finished Nov. 25, 1886"); typewritten MS. dated 1886. (Played at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 10 May, 1849; Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 20 Jan., 1851.)

The Betrothal: A Play. See coll. eds. Autograph MS. undated. (Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 25 Sep., 1850.)

The World a Mask; A Comedy. Philadelphia, 1851. This is a MS. with a large printed title-page to fit. On back of title-page: "Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by George H. Boker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." The MS. is not in Boker's hand but contains autograph notes. Another MS. autograph, with title "All the World a Mask: A Comedy, " undated. Type-