THE

PLAYS AND POEMS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE,

ACCURATELY PRINTED FROM THE TEXT OF THE CORRECTED COPIES,

LEFT BY THE LATE

SAMUEL JOHNSON, GEORGE STEEVENS, ISAAC REED,

AND EDMOND MALONE.

THE

PLAYS AND POEMS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE,

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ACCURATELY PRINTED FROM THE TEXT OF THE CORRECTED COPIES,

LEFT BY THE LATE

SAMUEL JOHNSON, GEORGE STEEVENS, ISAAC REED,

AND EDMOND MALONE,

W I T H 11 OTES,
CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND EXPLANATORY,
SELECTED FROM THE MOST EMINENT COMMENTATORS;

MR. MALONE'S VARIOUS READINGS;

DR. JOHNSON'S PREFACE;

A LIFE OF THE POET, BY ALEX. CHALMERS;
SHAKSPEARE'S WILL, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, FROM THE ORIGINAL;

A CHRONOLOGY OF HIS PLAYS;
A LIST OF THE REMARKABLE EDITIONS OF HIS WORKS;
AN INQUIRY INTO THE PLAYS ASCRIBED TO HIM;

SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS VARIOUS PORTRAITS,

AND

A COPIOUS GLOSSARY

F.

A NEW EDITION, IN ONE VOLUME.

WITH THE ALTO-RELIEVO IN THE FRONT OF THE SHAKSPEARE GALLERY
(PALL-MALL, LONDON), REPRESENTING SHAKSPEARE SEATED BETWEEN THE DRAMATIC

MUSE AND THE GENIUS OF PAINTING: ENGRAVED BY A CELEBRATED ARTIST.

L E I PSIC:
PUBLISHED BY ERNEST FLEISCH E R.

(No. 626, N B w - MA R K B T.)