CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| [AN OUTLINE OF SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE] | PAGE 1 |
CHAPTER II | |
| [ENGLISH DRAMA BEFORE SHAKESPEARE ] | 20 |
CHAPTER III | |
| [THE ELIZABETHAN THEATER] | 35 |
CHAPTER IV | |
| [ELIZABETHAN LONDON] | 51 |
CHAPTER V | |
| [SHAKESPEARE'S NONDRAMATIC WORKS ] | 60 |
CHAPTER VI | |
| [THE SEQUENCE OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS] | 73 |
CHAPTER VII | |
| [SHAKESPEARE'S DEVELOPMENT AS A DRAMATIST] | 85 |
CHAPTER VIII | |
| [THE CHIEF SOURCES OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS] | 105 |
CHAPTER IX | |
| [HOW SHAKESPEARE GOT INTO PRINT] | 113 |
CHAPTER X | |
| [THE PLAYS OF THE FIRST PERIOD--IMITATION AND EXPERIMENT] | 131 |
CHAPTER XI | |
| [THE PLAYS OF THE SECOND PERIOD--COMEDY AND HISTORY] | 153 |
CHAPTER XII | |
| [THE PLAYS OF THE THIRD PERIOD--TRAGEDY] | 172 |
CHAPTER XIII | |
| [THE PLAYS OF THE FOURTH PERIOD--ROMANCE] | 196 |
CHAPTER XIV | |
| [SOME FAMOUS MISTAKES AND DELUSIONS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE] | 210 |