"Accepted as a dissertation by the Graduate School of New York University in April, 1937. It was subsequently revised with the aid of funds furnished by the American Philosophical Society."--Pref. "The word 'priest' is used here to refer to an ecclesiastic of any rank from the pope down to the petit abbé and the monk."--Pref.
Bibliography Note
"Bibliography of works consulted": p. 115-116; "List of plays cited": p. 117-119.