The Wits
Subtitle: or, Sport upon sport
By: edited by John James Elson
Contributors: Kirkman, Francis, 1632-approximately 1680
Series: Cornell studies in English -- v. 18
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1932
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Drolls
Notes: A collection of drolls and playlets originally published in two parts, pt. 1 by Henry Marsh in 1662 (ed ed. published by Francis Kirkman in 1672) and pt. 2 by Francis Kirkman in 1673.  Many of the pieces are taken from well known plays by Shakespeare and others.  Five of the entitled Actaeon and Diana, by Robert Cox.  Kirkman, the probable compiled, in his preface to pt. 2, called Robert Cox "not only the principal actor, but also the contriver and author" of most of the drolls. This reprint is based on the original editions, with reproductions of original title-pages.