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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
PART II. continued.
SHAKSPEARE IN LONDON.
CHAP. V.
Dedications of Shakspeare's VENUS AND ADONIS, and RAPE OF LUCRECE, to
the Earl of Southampton-Biographical Sketch of the Earl-Critique on
the Poems of Shakspeare.
Page 1
CHAP. VI.
On the Dress and Modes of Living, and the Manners and Customs of the
Inhabitants of the Metropolis, during the Age of Shakspeare.
CHAP. VII.
87
On the Diversions of the Metropolis, and the Court- The Stage; its
Usages and Economy.
168
CHAP. VIII.
A Brief View of Dramatic Poetry, from the Birth of Shakspeare to the
Period of his Commencement as a Writer for the Stage, about the Year
1590; with Critical Notices of the Dramatic Poets who flourished during
that Interval.
227
CHAP. IX.
Period of Shakspeare's Commencement as a Dramatic Poet- - Chronological
Arrangement of his genuine Plays-Observations on PERICLES; on the
COMEDY OF ERRORS; on LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST; on HENRY THE SIXTH,
PART THE FIRST; on HENRY THE SIXTH, PART THE SECOND; and on A MID-
SUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM-Dissertation on the FAIRY MYTHOLOGY, and
on the Modifications which it received from the Genius of Shakspeare.
CHAP. X.
Page 258
Observations on ROMEO AND JULIET; on the TAMING OF THE SHREW; on
THE TWO GENtlemen of VeroNA; on KING RICHARD THE THIRD; on
KING RICHARD THE SECOND; on KING HENRY THE FOURTH, PARTS FIRST
AND SECOND; on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; and on HAMLET — Disser-
tation on the AGENCY of SPIRITS and APPARITIONS, and on the GHOST in
HAMLET. 356
CHAP. XI.
Observations on KING JOHN; on ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; on KING
HENRY THE FIFTH; on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; on As You Like
IT; on MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; on TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; on
HENRY THE EIGHTH; on TIMON OF ATHENS; on MEASURE FOR MEASURE
on KING LEAR; on CYMBELINE; on MACBETH-Dissertation on the
POPULAR BELIEF in WITCHCRAFT during the Age of Shakspeare, and on
his Management of this Superstition in the Tragedy of MACBeth. 419
CHAP. XII.
Observations on JULIUS CESAR; on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; on CORIO-
LANUS; on THE WINTER'S TALE; on THE TEMPEST-Dissertation on the
General BelieF of the Times in the ART OF MAGIC, and on Shakspeare's
Management of this Superstition as exhibited in THE TEMPEST — Ob-
servations on OTHELLO; on TWELFTH NIGHT, and on the PLAYS ASCRIBED
to Shakspeare-SUMMARY OF SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC CHARActer. 490
CHAP. XIII.
A Brief View of Dramatic Poetry, and its Cultivators, during Shakspeare's
Connection with the Stage.
556
CHAP. XIV.
The Biography of Shakspeare continued to the Close of his Residence in
Anecdotes relative to Shakspeare during his Retirement at Stratford. 603
CHAP. II.
The Death of Shakspeare - Observations on his Will-On the Disposition
and Moral Character of Shakspeare-On the Monument erected to his
Memory, and on the Engraving of him prefixed to the first Folio Edition
of his Plays - Conclusion.
APPENDIX.
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