The publication of eleven full-length plays by Henrik Ibsen in a single, unabridged and inexpensive volume represents an achievement in bookmaking. The choice of plays is made with a view to provide the student of the drama and the general reader with those works by which Ibsen won his greatest fame.  The translations are the best available and are notable for their fidelity to the rugged and unflinching spirit of the originals. The foreword by H. L. Mencken is a stimulating essay on the significance of Ibsen as a playwright and thinker.