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| PART ONE |
| BEAUMONT'S LIFE, HIS ACQUAINTANCES, AND HIS CAREER AS POET AND DRAMATIST |
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I | THE CASTOR AND POLLUX OF ELIZABETHAN DRAMA | 3 |
| II | BEAUMONT'S FAMILY; HIS EARLY YEARS: GRACE-DIEU, OXFORD | 10 |
| III | AT THE INNS OF COURT AND CHANCERY; THE POEMS ASSIGNED TO THESE EARLIER YEARS | 29 |
| IV | THE VAUX COUSINS AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT | 46 |
| V | FLETCHER'S FAMILY, AND HIS YOUTH | 62 |
| VI | SOME EARLY PLAYS OF BEAUMONT AND OF FLETCHER | 72 |
| VII | THE "BANKE-SIDE" AND THE PERIOD OF THE PARTNERSHIP | 95 |
| VIII | RELATIONS WITH SHAKESPEARE, JONSON, AND OTHERS IN THE THEATRICAL WORLD | 114 |
| IX | THE "MASQUE OF THE INNER TEMPLE": THE PASTORALISTS, AND OTHER CONTEMPORARIES AT THE INNS OF COURT | 124 |
| X | AN INTERSECTING CIRCLE OF JOVIAL SORT | 145 |
| XI | BEAUMONT AND SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S DAUGHTER; RELATIONS WITH OTHER PERSONS OF NOTE | 150 |
| XII | BEAUMONT'S MARRIAGE AND DEATH; THE SURVIVING FAMILY | 172 |
| XIII | THE PERSONALITY, AND THE CONTEMPORARY REPUTATION OF BEAUMONT | 190 |
| XIV | TRADITION, AND TRADITIONAL CRITICISM | 206 |
| XV | A FEW WORDS OF FLETCHER'S LATER YEARS | 211 |
| PART TWO |
| THE COLLABORATION OF BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER |
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| XVI | STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM; CRITICAL APPARATUS | 225 |
| XVII | THE DELIMITATION OF THE FIELD | 236 |
| XVIII | THE VERSIFICATION OF FLETCHER AND OF BEAUMONT | 243 |
| XIX | FLETCHER'S DICTION | 260 |
| XX | FLETCHER'S MENTAL HABIT | 277 |
| XXI | BEAUMONT'S DICTION | 281 |
| XXII | BEAUMONT'S MENTAL HABIT | 291 |
| XXIII | THE AUTHORSHIP OF THREE DISPUTED PLAYS | 300 |
| XXIV | "THE WOMAN-HATER," AND "THE KNIGHT" | 307 |
| XXV | THE FIVE CENTRAL PLAYS | 332 |
| XXVI | THE LAST PLAY | 368 |
| XXVII | THE DRAMATIC ART, PRINCIPALLY OF BEAUMONT | 378 |
| XXVIII | DID THE BEAUMONT "ROMANCE" INFLUENCE SHAKESPEARE? | 386 |
| XXIX | CONCLUSION | 396 |
| APPENDIX |
| Table | A | 419 |
| " | B | 420 |
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