Volume VIII contains three of Dryden's Plays, along with accompanying scholarly appartus: Wild Gallant, Rival Ladies, and Indian Queen.

This volume consists of research and critical studies in language and literature in memory of James Finch Royster (1880-1930). It has been edited by a committee of Professor Royster's former students and associates. The thirty-seven articles deal with philology, English literature, and literatures other than English. Originally published in 1931.