Shakespeare's England

by William Winter

SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND

BY
WILLIAM WINTER

SHAKESPEARE'S
ENGLAND
BY
WILLIAM WINTER

New Edition, Revised, with Illustrations
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1898
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1892,
BY MACMILLAN AND CO.
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Illustrated Edition,
COPYRIGHT, 1893,
BY MACMILLAN AND CO.
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First published elsewhere.
Set up and electrotyped by Macmillan & Co., April, 1892. Reprinted
November, 1892; January, 1893.
Illustrated edition, revised throughout, in crown 8v0, set up and
Electrotyped June, 1893. Reprinted October, 1893; August, 1895; September,
1898.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

To
Whitelaw Reid
IN HONOUR OF EXALTED VIRTUES
ADORNING A LIFE OF
NOBLE ACHIEVEMENT AND PATIENT KINDNESS
AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF
FAITHFUL AND GENTLE FRIENDSHIP
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
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"Tum meae, si quid loquar audiendum,
Vocis accedet bona pars"