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The Shakespeare songs to which this volume is devoted are grouped as follows: Songs mentioned by Shakespeare in his plays, Songs possibly sung in the original performances, Settings composed since Shakespeare’s time to the middle of the nineteenth century, and Recent settings.
“Many of the selections are practically unobtainable for the average seeker in any other form.”
| + + | A. L. A. Bkl. 2: 214. N. ’06. |
“The editor has furnished excellent historical and critical notes on the songs.”
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Vincent, James Edmund. Highways and byways in Berkshire; with il. by Frederick L. Griggs. $2. Macmillan.
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Nothing of guide book order and inclusiveness is found in Mr. Vincent’s description. He goes out of the beaten path, in fact, and “the reader is introduced to many an old country house not magnificent enough to be mentioned in the ordinary guide-books, but adorned each with its own legends and private tragedies.” (Nation.)