The sources and analogues of "A Midsummer-night's dream"
By: comp. by Frank Sidgwick.
Series: The Shakespeare library.  The Shakespeare classics.; v. 9
Publisher: Duffield & company; Chatto and Windus
Published: 1908
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. -- Sources; Pyramus (Legendary character) -- Literary collections; Thisbe (Legendary character) -- Literary collections; Fairies -- Literary collections
Genres: Literary collections.
Notes: Added half-title: Portrait of Shakespeare with legend "The Shakespeare classics" within ornamental border.
Printed in Great Britain.
With reproduction in photogravure of the t.-p. of Scot's Discouerie of witchcraft, 1st edition. London 1584.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Illustrative texts: The legend of Pyramus and Thisbe, from A. Golding's translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" (1575)  Robin Good-fellow. Thomas of Erceldoune.  Reginals Scot's Discovery of witchcraft (1584) Strange fairies [by] T. Churchyard. The mad merry pranks of Robin Good-fellow. Queen Mab, by Ben Johnson. A proper new ballad intitlued the fairies' farewell: or, God-a-mercy will [by R. Corbet]  The fairy queen,from the mysteries of love and eloquence (1658) Nymphidia.; title: Notes.; title: Index.