Reproduction of the earliest known literary account of the trial of John Scanlan Esq, of Ballycahane House, Co Limerick who was hanged for murder in 1820. The account, written by Michael James Whitty in 1824, includes an introduction with a survey of the case to date and a chronology of creative works drawn on the murder between 1824 and 1953. Research correspondence between the authors of this work has been added as an appendix.

This pioneering edition provides access to some of the most popular plays of the nineteenth century.

New Series. Contents. --no. 1. Daly, Charles Patrick. First theater in America. 1896. --no. 2. Pence, J. H. The magazine and the drama. --no. 4. Gladding, W. J. A group of theatrical caricatures. 1897. --no. 5. Greenwood, I. J. The circus. 1898. --no. 6. Mapes, Victor. Duse and the French. --no. 7. Winter, William. A wreath of laurel. --no. 8. Ford, Paul Leicester. Washington. 1899. --no. 9. Clapp, J. B. Players of the present. 1899-1901. --no. 11. Clapp, J. B. Players of the present. 1899-1901. --no. 12. Roden, Robert F. Later American plays. 1900. --no. 14. Edgett, E. F. Edward Loomis Davenport. 1901. --no. 15. Keese, W. L. A group of comedians.

Includes its Report, 1896-19 .