The sources and analogues of "A Midsummer-night's dream"
By: compiled by Frank Sidgwick.
Series: Half-title:  The Shakespeare library.  General editor, I. Gollancz.  [II. The Shakespeare classics, v.9]
Publisher: Chatto and Windus; Duffield and company
Published: 1908
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. -- Sources.; Pyramus (Legendary character) -- Literary collections.; Thisbe (Legendary character) -- Literary collections.; Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800.; Fairies -- Literary collections.
Genres: Literary collections.; Early works to 1800.
Notes: Second half-title:  Portrait of Shakespeare with legend "The Shakespeare classics" within ornamental border.
With reproduction in photogravure of the t.-p. of Scot's Discouerie of witchcraft, 1st edition. London 1584 (front.).
Issued also with imprint:  New York, Duffield & company; London, Chatto & Windus.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Illustrative texts:  The legend of Pyramus and Thisbe, from Authur Golding's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses (1575)  Robin Goodfellow; his mad pranks and merry jests.  The romance of Thomas of Erceldoune.  Reginald Scot's Discovery of witchcraft (1584)  Strange farlies, by Thomas Churchyard.  The mad merry pranks of Robin Good-fellow.  Queen Mab, by Ben Johnson.  A proper new ballad, intituled the faries' farewell: or, God-a mercy Will, by Richard Corbet.  The fary queen, from The mysteries of love and eloquence (1658)  Nymphidia.; title: Notes.; title: Index.