SHAKS PEARE

AND

HIS TIMES.

AND HIS TIMES ;

INCLUDING

THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE POET;

CRITICISMS ON HIS GENIUS AND WRITINGS; A NEW CHRONOLOGY OF HIS

PLAYS; A DISQUISITION ON THE OBJECT OF HIS SONNETS ;

AND A HISTORY OF

THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AMUSEMENTS, SUPERSTITIONS, POETRY,

AND ELEGANT LITERATURE OF HIS AGE.

BY NATHAN DRAKE, M.D.

AUTHOR OF

"LITERARY HOURS," "ESSAYS ON PERIODICAL LITERATURE, &c.

SOLD ALSO DY AMYOT, RUE DE LA PAIX; TRUCHY, BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS: THEOPHILE BARROIE,
JUN., RUB RICHELIEU; LIBRAIRIE DES ETRANGERS, 55, RUE NEUVE-SAINT-AUGUSTIN; AND DY

ALL THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS ON THE CONTINENT.

1838.