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through a set of records when once the way is pointed out either 
publicly or privately. 
It is but fair, therefore, to other scholars as well as to myself 
to say that the field I have opened is now fairly worked out. 
There remain, of course, innumerable details to complete, and 
the slow process of correlating and presenting the materials in 
permanent and useful form. On a conservative estimate, ap- 
proximately three million records have been searched under my 
direction, in public, private, and municipal archives. Most of 
these had not previously been examined. I have reasons to be- 
lieve that I have now reached all documents of first importance 
in the public archives and among the London City records for the 
Tudor-Stuart period of stage-history. The more varied and in- 
teresting field of private, provincial, and continental archives, 
which should yield valuable results, invites earnest students, to 
whom I shall be glad to give help and encouragement. This 
announcement of the state of research will prevent any duplica- 
tion of results by others, and should enable any investigator to 
choose a line of direction that will not lead him into conflict with 
work thus done and now preparing for publication. I shall be 
pleased to give information to any scholar who is engaged in a 
serious piece of work contributive to knowledge in this department 
of research. 
The present collection of records on the Theatre is a fair 
example of some of the materials gathered for publication on 
other Shakespearean theatres, as the Globe, Blackfriars, White- 
friars, Swan, Fortune, Hope, Red Bull, Cockpit, Salisbury Court, 
etc. Others already published by the present writer, relating to 
theatres, dramatists, etc., may be seen in University Studies for 
1905, on Shakespeare; 1908, on The Children of the Chapel at 
Blackfriars 1597-1603; 1909, Three London Theatres of Shake- 
Speare’s Time (twenty-eight documents on Red Bull, Fortune, 
and Bear Garden) ; 1910-11, Shakespeare and his London Asso- 
ciates (fifty-six documents). Others may be seen in Globe 
Theatre Apparel, Taylor v. Heminges (privately printed, August, 
1909); The Times, London, October 2 and 4, 1909, on Shake- 
Speare and the Globe (the Ostler-Heminges documents) ; The 
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