BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1876.
Copyright, 1876,
By John Weiss.
Cambridge:
Press of John Wilson & Son.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE |
| I. | [The Cause of Laughter] | [3] |
| II. | [Wit, Irony, Humor] | [33] |
| III. | [Dogberry, Malvolio, Troilus and Cressida(Ajax), Bottom, Touchstone] | [73] |
| IV. | [Falstaff: his Companions; Americanisms] | [119] |
| V. | [Hamlet] | [151] |
| VI. | [The Porter in "Macbeth," the Clown in"Twelfth Night," the Fool in "Lear"] | [185] |
| VII. | [Women and Men: Maria, Helena, Imogen,Constance] | [211] |
| VIII. | [Lord Bacon and the Plays, Shakspeare'sWomen, Love in Shakspeare] | [245] |
| IX. | [Portia] | [301] |
| X. | [Helena; Ophelia] | [327] |
| XI. | [Macbeth] | [361] |
| XII. | [Blonde Women: Lady Macbeth] | [397] |
THE CAUSE OF LAUGHTER.