Resigns seat in Parliament

Social habits

Literary tastes

Final illness and death; his fame

[SHAKSPEARE; OR, THE POET].

BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

The debt of genius to its age and preceding time.

The era of Shakspeare favorable to dramatic entertainments.

The stage a substitute for the newspaper of his era.

The poet draws upon extant materials--the lime and mortar to his hand.