In 1852 he published these, and at once great enthusiasm was excited, for and against the emendations: many thought them of great value, while others even went so far as to accuse Mr.Collier of having made some of them himself.

The chief value of the work was that it led to new investigations, and has thus thrown additional light upon the works of Shakspeare.
CONCORDANCE .-- The student is referred to a very complete concordance of Shakspeare, by Mrs.Mary Cowden Clarke, the labor of many years, by which every line of Shakspeare may be found, and which is thus of incalculable utility to the Shakspearean scholar.
OTHER DRAMATIC WRITERS OF THE AGE OF SHAKSPEARE.
Ben Jonson, 1573-1637: this great dramatist, who deserves a larger space, was born in London; his father became a Puritan preacher, but after his death, his mother's second husband put the boy at brick-making.

His spirit revolted at this, and he ran away, and served as a soldier in the Low Countries.

On his return he killed Gabriel Spencer, a fellow-actor, in a duel, and was for some time imprisoned.

His first play was a comedy entitled _Every Man in his Humour_, acted in 1598.