WhenhewasinhisthirdyearamagazinewasfoundedatCambridge，thecontributionstowhichwereexclusivelybyundergraduates。
ErnestsentinanessayupontheGreekDrama，whichhehasdeclinedtoletmereproduceherewithouthisbeingallowedtore-editit。I
havethereforebeenunabletogiveitinitsoriginalform，butwhenprunedofitsredundanciesandthisisallthathasbeendonetoititrunsasfollows-
“IshallnotattemptwithinthelimitsatmydisposaltomakearesumeoftheriseandprogressoftheGreekdrama，butwillconfinemyselftoconsideringwhetherthereputationenjoyedbythethreechiefGreektragedians，AEschylus，SophoclesandEuripides，isonethatwillbepermanent，orwhethertheywillonedaybeheldtohavebeenoverrated。
“Why，Iaskmyself，doIseemuchthatIcaneasilyadmireinHomer，Thucydides，Herodotus，Demosthenes，Aristophanes，Theocritus，partsofLucretius，Horace’ssatiresandepistles，tosaynothingofotherancientwriters，andyetfindmyselfatoncerepelledbyeventhoseworksofAEschylus，SophoclesandEuripideswhicharemostgenerallyadmired。