Contents of Vol. I.

PORTRAITS OF THE EMINENT COMMENTATORS AND EDITORS OF SHAKSPEARE'S WORKS, JOHNSON,
WARBURTON, STEEVENS, REED, MALONE AND CHALMERS.

THE GLOBE THEATRE, A VIGNETTE ON THE TITLE page.

PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE.

LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE, BY A. CHALMERS...

SHAKSPEARE'S WILL......

SHAKSPEARE'S MONUMENTS AND HANDWRITING..

COMMENDATORY VERSES ON SHAKSPEARE...

ORIGINAL DEDICATION AND PREFACE TO THE PLAYERS' EDITION.....

PREFACE, BY MR. POPE, WITH HIS PORTRAIT.......

PREFACE, BY DR. JOHNSON, WITH HIS PORTRAIT......

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, BY MR. MALONE.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMAS.....

SHAKSPEARE'S CLOWNS AND FOOLS.........

SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC CONTEMPORARIES.....

SPENSER BEN JONSON MASSINGER-BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER MARLOWE-CHAPMAN-

WEBSTER-MARSTON - MIDDLETON-ROWLEY-J. HEYWOOD-T. HEYWOOD-FORDE-

DECKER-SHIRLEY-DRAYTON-PHINEAS FLETCHER-DANIEL-CHETTLE-BROWNE-DAY-

DAVENPORT-FIELD- PEELE-QUARLES-NASH-THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST ——

LODGE-LYLY-GREEN-GASCOIGNE-GAGER-PRESTON-WHETSTONE-WARNER-TAYLOR

-SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT-SIR PHILIP SYDNEY-MARY HERBERT, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE,

ORIGINAL ACTORS IN SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMAS....

LAURENT FLETCHER-EDMOND SHAKSPEARE-RICHARD BURBAGE JOHN HEMINGES-AUGUS-

TINE PHILLIPS-WILLIAM KEMPE-THOMAS POPE-GEORGE BRYAN-HENRY CONDELL-

WILLIAM SLY-RICHARD COWLEY-JOHN LOWIN-SAMUEL CROSS-ALEXANDER COOKE-

ROBERT ARMIN-WILLIAM OSTLER-NATHANIEL FIELD-JOHN UNDERWOOD NICHOLAS

TOOLEY-WILLIAM ECCLEStone-JosepH TAYLOR-ROBERT BENFIELD-ROBERT GOUGHE

RICHARD ROBINSON-JOHN RICE.

THE RED-BULL THEATRE, A FAC-SIMILE OF AN ANCIENT ENGRAVING....

NAME, SITUATION, ETC. OF THE THEATRES IN LONDON, BETWEEN 1570 AND 1666.....

EMINENT BY-GONE PERFORMERS........

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BETTERTON-BOOTH-GARRICK-BARRY-HENDERSON-MACKLIN—J. P. Kemble-Cooke-

MRS. PRITCHARD-MRS. BARRY-MRS. SIDDONS-MISS O'NEILL-EDMUND Kean.

FORTRAITS OF THE ABOVE, WITH KEAN IN THE CHARACTER OF RHARD HT

THE STRATFORD JUBILEE......

NOTICES OF NINE ETCHINGS......

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THE INFANT SHAKSPEAKE, NURSERY OF SHAKSPEARE, AND THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN.

PORTRAITS OF THE EMINENT COMMENTATORS AND EDITORS OF SHAKSPEARE'S WORKS, JOHNSON,

WARBURTON, STEEVENS, REED, MALONE AND CHALMERS.

THE GLOBE THEATRE, A VIGNETTE ON THE TITLE page.

PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE.

LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE, BY A. CHALMERS..

SHAKSPEARE'S WILL......

SHAKSPEARE'S MONUMENTS AND HANDWRITING..

COMMENDATORY VERSES ON SHAKSPEARE........

ORIGINAL DEDICATION AND PREFACE TO THE PLAYERS' EDITION.....

PREFACE, BY MR. POPE, WITH HIS PORTRAIT.............

PREFACE, BY DR. JOHNSON, WITH HIS PORTRAIT..

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, BY MR. MALONE...

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMAS.

SHAKSPEARE'S CLOWNS AND FOOLS........

SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC CONTEMPORARIES.......

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SPENSER BEN JONSON-MASSINGER-BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER-MARLOWE-CHAPMAN——

WEBSTER-MARSTON - MIDDLETON-ROWLEY-J. HEYWOOD-T. HEYWOOD-FORDE-

DECKER-SHIRLEY-DRAYTON-PHINEAS FLETCHER-DANIEL-CHETTLE-BROWNE-DAY-

DAVENPORT-FIELD-PEELE-QUARLES-NASH-THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST-

LODGE-LYLY-GREEN-GASCOIGNE-GAGER-PRESTON-WHETSTONE-WARNER-TAYLOR

-SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT-SIR PHILIP SYDNEY-MARY HERBERT, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE,

ORIGINAL ACTORS IN SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMAS........

LAURENT FLETCHER-EDMOND SHAKSPEARE-RICHARD BURBAGE-JOHN HEMINGES-AUGUS-

TINE PHILLIPS-WILLIAM KEMPE-THOMAS POPE-GEORGE BRYAN-HENRY CONDELL-

WILLIAM SLY-RICHARD COWLEY-JOHN LOWIN-SAMUEL CROSS-ALEXANDER COOKE-

ROBERT ARMIN-WILLIAM OSTLER-NATHANIEL FIELD-JOHN UNDERWOOD-NICHOLAS

TOOLEY-WILLIAM ECCLEStone-Joseph TAYLOR-RObert Benfield-Robert Goughr-

RICHARD ROBINSON-JOHN RICE.

THE RED-BULL THEATRE, A FAC-SIMILE OF AN ANCIENT ENGRAVING..........

NAME, SITUATION, ETC. OF THE THEATRES IN LONDON, BETWEEN 1570 AND 1666....

EMINENT BY-GONE PERFORMERS....................

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BETTERTON-BOOTH-GARRICK-BARRY-HENDERSON-MACKLIN-J. P. KEMBLE-COOKE-

MRS. PRITCHARD-MRS. BARRY-MRS. SIDDONS-MISS O'NEILL-EDMUND KEAN.

PORTRAITS OF THE ABOVE, WITH KEAN IN THE CHARACTER OF RHARD II”

THE INFANT SHAKSPEAKE, NURSERY OF SHAKSPEARE, AND THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN.