Word: quartos
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...play was originally written in 1599 for Henslowe and his company of professional actors of London, and the text was first printed in quarto form in 1605 for Thomas Thorpe. "All Fooles" is a romantic comedy with the characters, which are borrowed from Latin comedy, appearing as types rather than well-rounded individuals. Mr. Swineburne, the English critic, has pronounced "All Fooles" one of the most faultless examples of high comedy in the whole rich field of Elizabethan Drama...
...addition to these expeditions the fund has furnished the means for publishing a series of quarto memoirs, thus making known some of the important results of the several expeditions. The latest of these memoirs has just been issued under the title "Researches in the Central Portion of the Usumatsintla Valley," by Mr. Teobert Maler. This work gives a full and interesting description of Mr. Maler's work for the past year, including his visit to the little-known Lacandon Indians of Lake Petha...