An art edition of Shakespeare
Subtitle: classified as comedies, tragedies, histories and sonnets, each part arranged in chronological order, including also a list of familiar quotations
By: by Charles and Mary Lamb and Mary Seymour and others. Arranged and comp. by C.A. Gaskell
Contributors: Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834; Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847; Seymour, Mary; Gaskell, Charles Arthur, 1849- ed; Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897, illus
Publisher: U. S. publishing house
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 610
Notes: Abridged text of the leading comedies and a few of the tragedies, most of them preceded by the story, and followed by familiar quotations. Includes the story of three plays without the text. Illustrations in text by Sir John Gilbert.
Table of contents: title: Life of Shakespeare.; title: The tempest.; title: Winter's tale.; title: Merchant of Venice.; title: As you like it.; title: Midsummer-night's dream.; title: Comedy of errors.; title: Much ado about nothing.; title: Twelfth night; or, What you will.; title: All's well that ends well; title: story.; title: Julius Cæsar.; title: Taming of the shrew; title: story, familiar quotations.; title: Hamlet.; title: Merry wives of Windsor; title: story.; title: King Lear.