Cover -- John Webster: The Critical Heritage -- Copyright -- General Editor's Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Webster on 'the White Devil, 1612 -- 2. Webster's View Of' the Duchess of Malfi', 1623 -- 3. The Dedication of the Devil's Law Case 1623 -- 4. Three Poems for 'the Duchess 1623 -- 5. Fitzjeffrey's Portrait of Webster, 1617 -- 6. An Italian Envoy Comments on 'the Duchess , 1618 -- 7. Abraham Wright's Commonplace Book, C. 1650 -- 8. Singular Praise from Samuel Sheppard, 1651 -- 9. Samuel Pepys on Webster, 1661,1662,1666,1668,1669 -- 10. Langbaine's Webster, 1691 -- 11. On the Failure of Birth Control in 'the Duchess of Malfi' and 'henry VlII, 1698 -- 12. Nahum Tate Rewrites 'the White Devil, 1707 -- 13. Lewis Theobald Rewrites 'the Duchess of Malfi', 1733 -- 14. Charles Lamb: Webster Reclaimed, 1808 -- 15. Reactions to Lamb, 1809 -- 16. Nathan Drake Ranks the Elizabethans, 1817 -- 17. 'Blackwood's' Reviews Webster, 1818 -- 18. Campbell Refutes Lamb, 1819 -- 19. Hazlitt on Webster, 1819,1826 -- 20. Lord Byron Resists but Reads, 1820,1821 -- 21. Shelley's Tastes, C. 1820 -- 22. 'Barry Cornwall' on Webster, 1823 -- 23. Dyce's Introduction to Webster, 1830 -- 24. George Darley Writes of Webster, 1831 -- 25. The 'gentleman's Magazine' Considers Webster, 1833 -- 26. A Historian's Webster, 1839 -- 27. The Student's Webster, 1848 -- 28. 'The Duchess of Malfi' on Stage, 1850 -- 29. Isabella Glyn Tours as the Duchess, 1852-68 -- 30. 'The Duchess' in the Usa, 1857-9 -- 31. The Canon Fires, 1856 -- 32. Webster on the American Lecture Circuit, 1859 -- 33. J. A. Symonds in the 'cornhill Magazine*, 1865 -- 34. William Minto on Webster as Dramatist, 1874 -- 35. Ward's 'history', 1875 -- 36. Swinburne on Webster, 1882,1886 -- 37. James Russell Lowell Lectures, 1887 -- 38. Saintsbury's Survey, 1887 -- 39. J. A. Symonds on Webster, 1888.

40. The Typical Webster, 1892 -- 41. 'The Duchess of Malfi' in London, 1892 -- 42. Archer Attacks, 1893 -- 43. William Poel Defends Webster, 1893 -- 44. A Traditionalist Protests, 1893 -- 45. Gosse on Webster's 'tragic Poem', 1894 -- 46. Webster in the 'dnb', 1899 -- Select Bibliography -- Index.