Excerpt from A New Theory Concerning the Origin of the Miracle Play: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Lovett, and to my colleague, Professor G. F. Reynolds, for their kindness in reading my dissertation in manuscript. I appreciate too the co-operation of Miss Gettys of the University library, who secured for me books from other libraries. And finally I wish especially to thank Professor J. M. Manly for suggesting the study and thereby opening a rich field for further investigation, for the use of his books and unpublished notes, and for his invaluable criticism and unwearied encouragement; to Professors Manly and G. L'. Kittredge I owe much for inspiring in me a love for the life and literature of the middle ages. For the convenience of the reader I have added at the close a special index to bibliographical matter cited in the footnotes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.