English Short Title Catalog Entry for Congreve, The Way of the World (1700)

ESTC System No.	006105150
ESTC Citation No.	R8381
Author - personal	Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Title	The way of the world, a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty’s Servants. Written by Mr. Congreve.
Publisher/year	London : printed for Jacob Tonson, within Gray’s-Inn-Gate next Gray’s-Inn-Lane, 1700.
Physical descr.	[12], 89, [3] p. ;  4o.
General note	With a half-title.
	This edition exists in at least two states: catchword on p. 80 is 1) "Enter" or 2) "Lady".

        Successive editions of The Way of the World appeared in 1706 (2, both quarto), 1710 (3, all duodecimo), and 1711 (2, duodecimo and octavo).  Thereafter, the play appeared in multiple editions of Five Plays written by Mr. Congreve.