Peccet ad extremum ridendus, et ilia ducat."

T. K.

Belvedere, Kent,

December 20, 1866.

*** I have also contributed to English literature:—

The Poems of John Milton with Notes. Two vols. 8vo, 21s.

An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton, with an Introduction to Paradise Lost. 8vo, 10s. 6d.


CONTENTS.

Page
Life of Shakespeare[1]
Editions, dates, and origins of Shakespeare's Plays[20]
THE TEXT CORRECTED AND ELUCIDATED.
Introduction.
I. The Text, [45]. II. The Verse, [76].
Comedies.
The Comedy of Errors, [89]—The Two Gentlemen of Verona,[96]—Love's Labour's Lost, [101]—All's Well that endsWell, [113]—Midsummer Night's Dream, [130]—Taming ofthe Shrew, [138]—Merchant of Venice, [148]—As You Likeit, [155]—Much Ado about Nothing, [163]—Merry Wivesof Windsor, [168]—Twelfth Night, [174]—Measure for Measure,[181]—Winter's Tale, [197]—The Tempest, [208].
Histories.
King John, [220]—King Richard II., [226]—King Henry IV.,Part I., [233]—King Henry IV., Part II., [240]—KingHenry V., [244]—King Henry VI., Part I., [251]—KingHenry VI., Part II., [255]—King Henry VI., Part III.,[259]—King Richard III., [261]—King Henry VIII., [266].
Tragedies.
Romeo and Juliet, [274]—Hamlet, [286]—Othello, [298]—JuliusCæsar, [307]—Antony and Cleopatra, [310]—King Lear, [322]—Macbeth,[328]—Troilus and Cressida, [338]—Timon ofAthens, [348]—Coriolanus, [359]—Cymbeline, [373].
Additional Notes,[384].
EXPLANATORY INDEX,[385].