[CONTENTS]

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PART I.—HIS NATIVE TOWN AND NEIGHBORHOOD[1]
Warwickshire[3]
Warwick Castle and Saint Mary's Church[4]
Warwick in History[8]
Guy of Warwick[9]
Kenilworth Castle[12]
Coventry[14]
Charlecote Hall[19]
Stratford-on-Avon[24]
The Early History of Stratford[27]
The Stratford Guild[34]
The Stratford Corporation[39]
The Topography of Stratford[43]
PART II.—HIS HOME LIFE[47]
The Dwelling-houses of the Time[49]
The Household Furniture[52]
Food and Drink[57]
The Training of Children[60]
Indoor Amusements[67]
Popular Books[71]
Story-telling[73]
Christenings[80]
Superstitions connected with Birth and Baptism[84]
Charms and Amulets[87]
PART III.—AT SCHOOL[93]
The Stratford Grammar School[95]
What Shakespeare Learnt at School[99]
The Neglect of English[106]
School Life in Shakespeare's Day[110]
School Morals[112]
School Discipline[113]
When William Left School[118]
PART IV.—GAMES AND SPORTS[119]
Boyish Games[121]
Swimming and Fishing[130]
Bear-baiting[132]
Cock-fighting and Cock-throwing[136]
Other Cruel Sports[139]
Archery[142]
Hunting[145]
Fowling[151]
Hawking[153]
Theatrical Entertainments[160]
PART V.—HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, FAIRS, ETC.[165]
Saint George's Day[167]
Easter[172]
The Perambulation of the Parish[174]
May-day and the Morris-dance[176]
Whitsuntide[184]
Midsummer Eve[186]
Christmas[190]
Sheep-shearing[193]
Harvest-home[195]
Markets and Fairs[198]
Rural Outings[207]
NOTES[213]
INDEX[247]

ILLUSTRATIONS

SHAKESPEARE THE BOYFrontispiece
THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE, ABOUT 1820[3]
WARWICK CASTLE[5]
GATE-HOUSE OF KENILWORTH CASTLE[13]
COVENTRY CHURCHES AND PAGEANTFacing p.[14]
CHARLECOTE HALL[20]
ENTRANCE TO CHARLECOTE HALL[22]
SIR THOMAS LUCY[23]
STRATFORD CHURCHFacing p.[30]
STRATFORD CHURCH, WEST END[32]
THE GUILD CHAPEL AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL, STRATFORD[35]
MAP—PLAN OF STRATFORD[42]
SHAKESPEARE HOUSE, RESTORED[49]
ROOM IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORNFacing p.[50]
INTERIOR OF ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE"[56]
OLD HOUSE IN HIGH STREET[59]
ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGEFacing p.[64]
SHILLING OF EDWARD VI.[68]
ANCIENT FONT AT STRATFORD[81]
PORCH, STRATFORD CHURCHFacing p.[88]
INNER COURT, GRAMMAR SCHOOL[95]
THE SCHOOL-ROOM AS IT WAS[97]
DESK SAID TO BE SHAKESPEARE'S[102]
WALK ON THE BANKS OF THE AVONFacing p.[112]
HIDE-AND-SEEK"[122]
"MORRIS" BOARD[130]
FISHING IN THE AVONFacing p.[132]
THE BEAR GARDEN, LONDON[133]
GARDEN AT NEW PLACEFacing p.[146]
ELIZABETH HAWKING[155]
BOY WITH HAWK AND HOUNDS[159]
ITINERANT PLAYERS IN A COUNTRY HALLFacing p.[160]
WILLIAM KEMP DANCING THE MORRIS[163]
THE BOUNDARY ELM[167]
MORRIS-DANCEFacing p.[178]
CLOPTON HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE"[190]
THE FAIR"[200]
INTERIOR OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BEFORE THE RESTORATION[225]
CLOPTON MONUMENTSFacing p.[238]
THE BAR-GATE, SOUTHAMPTON[242]
ARMS OF JOHN SHAKESPEARE[251]

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