ROBERT B. BROUGH.


CONTENTS

[ PREFACE. ]

[ SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: A BIOGRAPHY ]

[ BOOK THE FIRST, 1352—1365. ]

[ I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. ]

[ II. BIRTH AND GENEALOGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. ]

[ III. OF THE TRICK PLAYED BY LITTLE JACK FALSTAFF ON SIR THOMAS MOWBRAY ]

[ IV. OF JACK FALSTAFF’S COSTING TO LONDON. ]

[ BOOK THE SECOND, 1381. ]

[ I. HOW MR. JOHN FALSTAFF CAME INTO HIS PROPERTY, AND WAS KNIGHTED ]

[ BOOK THE THIRD, 1410. ]

[ I. FOR THE MOST PART A TREATISE ON HEROES AND KNIGHTS-ERRANT. ]

[ II. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, WITH HIS SATELLITES THE PRINCE HENRY... ]

[ III. THE BATTLE OF GADSHILL. ]

[ IV. THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE. ]

[ V. HISTORIC DISSERTATION UPON THE GREAT CIVIL WAR ]

[ VI. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF WON THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY. ]

[ BOOK THE FOURTH, 1410—1413. ]

[ I. OF THE SIGNAL VICTORY GAINED BY SIR JOHN FALSTAFF ]

[ II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED: ]

[ III. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF AN AUTHOR. ]

[ IV WARLIKE STRATEGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: ]

[ V. VISIT TO JUSTICE SHALLOW’S. ]

[ VI. ON THE MAGNANIMITY OP SIR JOHN FALSTAFF ]

[ VII. DOUBTS ON THE GENIUS AND TESTIMONY OF SHAKSPEARE. ]

[ VIII. MILDNESS OF THE SPRING SEASON IN 1413 ]

[ IX. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW RÉGIME.—MALIGNITY OF THE LORD CHIEF ]

[ X. CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH. ]

[ BOOK THE FIFTH. 1413—1415. ]

[ I. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE. ]

[ II. THE END OP THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. ]