We learn with pleasure of the attempt the Department of English is making to have one of the old English comedies reproduced here. The play, though not performed by Harvard men, would in its effect be similar to the Latin play of last year and the Greek play which the Classical department had previously put upon the stage. It would doubtless lead to a quickening of interest in the entire English play literature of the period to which Ben Jonson belonged; and to this literature it would lend a character of reality which would be the best possible stimulus to students in the Department of English. It would be the intention of the department to have the play in every detail of its presentation an exact reproduction of the original. Their attempt, in its full extent, would be the first of its sort, and so peculiarly deserving of success. We hope that the entire project may be fortunately carried through.