THE

WORKS

WILLIAM SHAKSPERE;

COHTAKUNG

HIS PLAYS AND POEMS,

THE TEXT OF THE EDITIONS BY CHARLES KNIGHT:

3KSitf) dJIossarial Jlotcs;

FACTS CONNECTED WITH HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, ABRIDGED FROM
'WILLIAM SHAKSPERE, A BIOGRAPHY.'

ILLUSTRATED BY W. HARVEY.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

8EVENTH EDITION.

LONDON:
H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA 3

COMEDY OF ERRORS 23

LOVE S LABOUR'S LOST 41

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL .67

A. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 93

TAMING OF THE SHREW 113

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 137

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 161

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR 185

TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL ill

AS YOU LIKE IT ......: 235

MEASURE FOR MEASURE 259

A WINTER'S TALE 265

THE TEMPEST 313

KING JOHN 335

KING RICHARD II. 359

KING HENRT IV.—PART 1 385

KING HENRY IV.—PART II 413

KING HENRY V 441

KING HENRY VI.—PART 1 469

KING HENRY VI.—PART II , 405

KING HENRY VI.—PART III 523

KING RICHARD III 651

KING HENRY VIII 5S3

ROMEO AND JULIET 611

HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK 639

CYMBELINE , 673

OTHELLO 705

KING LEAR 737

MACBETH . 7iI9

TIMON OF ATHENS 7S»!

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 815

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