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The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
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the English version, the conclusions being not altogether convincing.)

G. P. Baker: '"Tittus and Vespacia" and "Titus and Ondronicus" in Henslowe's Diary.' In Pub. Mod. Lang. Assn. of America, 1901, pp. 66–76. (A sequel to the foregoing article.)

Arnold Schröer: Über Titus Andronicus, 1891. (The most comprehensive of the German treatises in favor of the Shakespearean authorship of Titus.)

A. B. Grosart: 'Was Robert Greene Substantially the Author of "Titus Andronicus"?' In Englische Studien, xxii. 389–436, 1896. (A very interesting and important document in the study of the authorship of the play.)

Charles Crawford: 'The Date and Authenticity of "Titus Andronicus."' In Jahrbuch der deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, xxxvi. 109–121, 1900. (A thesis on Shakespeare's imitation of Peele in Titus.)

W. J. Courthope: A History of English Poetry, Vol. 4, 1903. (The Appendix, 'On the Authenticity of Some of the Early Plays Assigned to Shakespeare,' pp. 455–476, concludes that the internal evidence supports the external evidence in testifying that the play is Shakespeare's.)

J. Churton Collins: Studies in Shakespeare, 1904, pp. 96–120. (Asserts the authenticity of Titus on the ground of its similarity to others of Shakespeare's tragedies. The parallels seem forced in many instances.)

William Sharp: 'Titus Andronicus.' In Harper's Magazine, October, 1909, pp. 747–754. (Fiona MacLeod contends a priori that Shakespeare barely retouched the play, if at all. Drawing of Aaron by E. A. Abbey.)

T. M. Parrott: 'Shakespeare's Revision of "Titus Andronicus."' In Modern Language Review, 1919, pp. 16–37. (An interesting discussion of the authorship