THE

SHAKSPEARIAN READER:

A COLLECTION OF

THE MOST APPROVED PLAYS

OF

SHAKSPEARE;

CAREFULLY REVISED, WITH

INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY NOTES,

AND

A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.

PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THE USE OF CLASSES, AND THE FAMILY READING CIRCLE.

BY

JOHN W. S. HOWS,

PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE.

THE MAN, whom NATURE's self had made

To mock herself, and TRUTH to imitate.

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