I.  The  Tough  Fibres  of  a  London  Audience — Craving  for  Strong
Sensation— Specific  Note  of  English  Melodrama— Its  Lyrical  and
Pathetic  Relief. — II.  Thomas  Kyd— '  Hieronymo '  and  'The
Spanish  Tragedy' — Analysis  of  the  Story — Stock-Ingredients  of
a  Tragedy  of  Blood— The  Ghost — The  Villain— The  Romantic
Lovers — Suicide,  Murder,  Insanity. — III. 'SolimanandPerseda' —
The  Induction  to  this  Play—'  The  Tragedy  of  Hoffmann.'— IV.
Marlowe's  Use  of  this  Form— 'The  Jew  of  Maha'— 'Titus  An-
dronicus' — 'Lust's  Dominion' — Points  of  Resemblance  between
'  Hamlet '  and  '  The  Spanish  Tragedy  '—Use  made  by  Marston,
Webster,  and  Toumeur  of  the  Species.— V.  The  Additions  to '  The
Spanish  Tragedy' — Did  Jonson  make  them?— Quotation  from
the  Scene  of  Hieronymo  in  the  Garden  .  .  -485

CHAPTER   XIII.
JOHN    LYLY.
I.  The  Publication  of  '  Euphues '— Its  Two  Parts— Outline  of  the
Story.— II.  It  forms  a  Series  of  Short  Treatises— Love— Conduct
—Education— A  Book  for  Women.  III.  Its  Popularity— The
Spread  of  Euphuism— What  we  Mean  by  that  Word.— IV.  Qua-
lities of  Medieval  Taste— Allegory— Symbolism— The  Bestiaries
—Qualities  of  Early  Humanism— Scholastic  Subtleties  -  Petrar-
chistic  Diction— Bad  Taste  in  Italy— Influence  of  Italian  Litera-
ture—The Affectation  of  the  Sixteenth  Century— Definition  of
Euphuism— Illustrations.— V.  Lyly  becomes  a  Courtier— His
Want  of  Success— The  Simplicity  of  his  Dramatic  Prose— The


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Beauty  of  the  Lyrics— The  Novelty  of  his  Court-Comedies.—
VI.  Eight  Pieces  ascribed  to  Lyly— Six  Played  before  Elizabeth—
The  Allegories  of  their  Classic  Fables—'  Endimion  '—Its  Critique.
