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 to J. 0. HaUiwell, No. 6, St. Mary's Place, West Brompton, 
 near London. 
 
A LIST OF WORKS 
 
 ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF 
 
 SHAKESPEARE, 
 
 THE HISTORY OF STRATFORD-ON-AVON, AND 
 
 THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE 
 
 EARLY ENGLISH DRAMA, 
 
 FEINTED FOE, VEET LIMITED AND PEIVATE 
 CIECULATION AT THE EXPENSE 
 OF J. 0. HALLIWELL. 
 
 1850-1866. 
 
 LONDON: 
 1867. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 ' HE object sought to be accomplished by the some- 
 what peculiar mode of circulation herein adopted, 
 is the preservation of a vast quantity of Shake- 
 spearian materials, useful to the student and critical reader, 
 which are either too diffuse or too technical to be included in 
 works prepared for the general public. 
 
 Some of that numerous class, who believe they can always 
 regulate the affairs of their neighbours to advantage, have very 
 strongly advised me to increase the numbers of the impression of 
 these books, and to lower their price! The argument, on the 
 first statement, appears conclusive. It is this : — ^when once 
 the type is set, the printing of five hundred copies costs little 
 more than ten. Instead, therefore, in the case, for instance, 
 of a book, the expenses for ten copies of which amount to .£20, 
 issuing ten copies at £2 each, I were to print five hundred at 
 the moderate price of five shillings each, in the place of merely 
 clearing the expenses I should (allowing for the extra cost of 
 
6 PREFACE. 
 
 paper and binding) not only realize a profit of about ^£70 on a 
 single small book, but please a larger number of people, do far 
 greater good to literature, (fee, &c. 
 
 Now, although I can afford to work at these farourite studies 
 without the prospect of remuneration, I am not sufficiently well 
 off — who is, in these mercenary days ? — to despise by any means 
 the pleasing contemplation of substantial profits. The scheme, 
 however, is not practicable, for this simple reason. The numbers 
 of copies, smaU as they are, are the utmost that I can attend to 
 personally. The collation, transinission, and keeping the ac- 
 counts, entail, as it is, a sufficient encroachment on my time ; 
 the continual exhaustion of the impressions of some of the books 
 merely leaving places vacant for new ones. If I were to print 
 and retain large stocks of these works, I should have to take a 
 house on purpose for the business, to keep clerks, with dozens of 
 ledgers, and, even then, I am pretty well convinced that the 
 notion of profits would be visionary. It looks remarkably well on 
 paper, but five hundred copies of this class of books would not be 
 disposed of for many years, and the expenses and loss of interest 
 on the original outlay would either swallow up the margin of 
 supposed profit, or reduce it to an insignificant amount. Even 
 in the case of the works named in the following list, there is, at 
 the lowest calculation, a sum of three thousand pounds sank be- 
 yond the subscriptions actually received up to the present time. 
 It is true that, in the long run, I expect to recover all of this 
 
PREFACE. 7 
 
 from the large increase of value anticipated in those cases 
 where small stocks remain ; but business people, who under- 
 stand the uses of money, know that, under these circumstances, 
 there should be a considerable overplus of receipts merely to 
 meet interest, if " both ends" are to " meet." 
 
 I have entered into these particulars, in reply to several urgent 
 applications to me to render these works more accessible. The 
 decision turns on what is practicable, not on what we should 
 eiactly like ; and those who inveigh so bitterly against the 
 system of small limits should bear in mind that the surest method 
 of obtaining subscribers to expensive works is the knowledge 
 of the probability that, if they do not subscribe at once, they 
 either miss them altogether, or obtain them afterwards only 
 at an extravagant rate. With what I believe to be important 
 Shakespearian objects in view, I have adopted, to attain those 
 objects, the only plan which I sincerely believe to be practicable 
 in the hands of any one, at least, who is not a millionaire. 
 
 J. 0. Halltwell. 
 
 No. 6, St. Mary's Place, West Brompton, 
 near London, January, 1867. 
 
THE FOLIO SHAKESPEARE. 
 
HE WOEKS OF WILLIAM SHAKE- 
 SPEAEE, the Text formed from a new collation 
 of the early Editions ; to which are added all the 
 original Novels and Tales on which the Elays are founded 5 
 copious archaeological Annotations on- each Play ; an Essay on 
 the Formation of the Text ; and a Life ■ of the Poet. , By 
 J. O. Halliwell, Esq. F.E.S. 
 
 The wood-engravings and copper-plates by'thalate F.W. 
 Fairholt, Esq. F.S.A. The lithographic facsimiles', by E. W. 
 Ashhee, Esq. ' ' ■ '■ 
 
 Sixteen Volumes, foho, 1853-1865. 
 
 The impression limited to one hundred and fifty copies, in 
 twenty-five of which the plates are on India paper. 
 Subscription — ^Plain paper, new . . .£105. 
 „ ditto, second-'hand, J.75. ' 
 
 „ India paper, new . '-. £150. ' 
 
 „ ditto, second hand, £100. '' 
 
 The blocks and plates of the numerous woo'dcuts,r facsimiles, 
 and engravings, used in this work, have been destroyed. 
 
12 SEAKESPEABIANA. 
 
 *js* The possession of second-hand copies arises from my 
 having purchased, during the fourteen years which have now 
 elapsed since the work was commenced, several copies from origi- 
 nal subscribers, and from the executors of deceased subscribers. 
 
 Some of the copies have changed hands three or four times, 
 and alterations of proprietorship may of course have occurred 
 without my knowledge. In every copy the first nine volumes 
 arc attested with the number assigned to that copy, and the 
 foUovidng is an accurate list of owners of the work on this day 
 (January 4th, 1867) so far as I know them, arranged according 
 to the order in which the copies are numbered, the numbers left 
 blank belonging to the copies now in my possession: — 
 
 1. The Public Library, Plymouth. 
 
 2. The Newark Stock Library. 
 
 3. The Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn. 
 
 4. London Institution. 
 
 5. The University of St. Andrews. 
 
 6. W. H. Eiggs, Esq. New York. 
 
 7. Captain Charles Gibbs. 
 8.' B. G. Windus, Esq. 
 9. Charles Walton, Esq. 
 
 10. James Parker, Esq. 
 
 11. The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. 
 
 12. Dr. Bell Fletcher. 
 
SHAKESPEABIANA. 13 
 
 13. D. D. Hopkyns, Esq. 
 
 14. Miss Mather. 
 
 15. A. W. Griswold, Esq. New York. 
 
 16. Mrs. Bailey, Easton Court. 
 
 17. Messrs. Willis & Sotheran. 
 
 18. Thomas Turpin, Esq. now in U. S. 
 
 19. John Weston, Esq. 
 
 20. Lieut.-Col. Macdonald Macdonald. 
 
 21. Robert Lang, Esq. 
 
 22. J. G. Woodhouse, Esq. 
 23. 
 
 24. S. A. Philbrick, Esq. 
 
 25. J. B. Davis, Esq. M.D. 
 
 26. Thomas B. Parsons, Esq. 
 
 27. Alexander Farnum, Esq. U. S. 
 
 28. Henry William Peek, Esq. 
 
 29. The Eey. Archibald Weir. 
 
 30. E. T. Carson, Esq. Cincinnati. 
 
 31. The Earl of Warwick. 
 
 32. William P. Hunt, Esq. 
 
 33. The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, K.G. 
 
 34. E. S. Holford, Esq. M.P. 
 
 35. W. F. Fowle, Esq. Boston, U. S. 
 
 36. John Durdin, Esq. 
 
 37. Travers B. Wire, Esq. 
 
] i S.BA EESPEA EI A NA. 
 
 38. Alfred George, Esq. 
 
 39. John Staunton, Esq. 
 
 40. The Peabodj Institute, Baltimore. 
 
 41 . Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. 
 
 42. Plowden 0. J. Weston, Esq. 
 
 43. Mortimer Harris, Esq. 
 
 44. William Evdng, Esq. 
 
 45. -Frederick Outtj, Esq. Treas. S. A. 
 
 46. Lord Londesborough. 
 
 47. Lord Houghton. 
 
 48. The Hon. E. C. Curzon. 
 
 49. John Fit^ihett Mai-sh, Esq. 
 
 50. The Duke of Newcastle. 
 
 51. H. T. D.Bathurst, Esq. 
 
 52. Sebastian Bazley, Esq. 
 53. 
 
 ^ 54. Mr. Quaritch. y, 
 
 KeLL '^•y^__ 55. Eobert McConnell, Esq. 'K*!^ W.Jl^^"^^ 
 
 56. 
 
 57. William Atkinson, Esq. Ashton Hayes. 
 
 58'. William J. Clement, Esq. M.P. 
 
 59. G. G. Mounsey, Esq. 
 
 60. William Harrison, Esq. F.S.A. 
 
 61. Sterling Westhorp, Esq. 
 
 62. James Mackenzie, Esq. \Edinburgh. '■ 
 
 63. The Eev. William Borlase. 
 
SHAKE8PEARIANA. 15 
 
 64. ..^^lliam Horsfall, Esq. 
 
 65. Thomas Coombs, Esq. 
 
 66. Jfoel Paton, Esq. Edinburgh. 
 67; . The British Museum. 
 
 68. Harmau Grisewood, Esq. 
 
 69. George Livermore, Esq. Boston, U. S. 
 
 70. John Bailey Langhorne, Esq. 
 
 71. The City Library, Guildhall. 
 
 72. Hull Subscription Library. 
 
 73. The Eoyal Dublin Society. 
 
 74. The Liverpool Free Library. 
 
 75. William H. Crawford, Esq. 
 
 76. Charles Winn, Esq. Nostell Priory. 
 
 77. James Pilkington, Esq. 
 
 78. William B. Astor, Esq. New York. 
 
 79. The Astor Library. 
 
 80. Henry Allsopp, Esq. 
 
 81. William Henry Brown, Esq. 
 
 82. John B. Jell, Esq. 
 
 83. Sir William Jardine, Bart. 
 
 84. Lord Farnham, K.P. 
 
 85. The Eoyal Library, Berlin. 
 
 86. Samuel Timmins, Esq. 
 
 87. Stirling's Public Library, Glasgow. 
 83. William Leaf, Esq. Streatham. 
 89. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer. 
 
16 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 
 
 90. Edwin Forrest, Esq. Philadelphia. 
 
 91. William Tyssen Amhurst, Esq. 
 
 92. Sir Harford J. J, Brydges, Bart. 
 
 93. The University Library, Cambridge. 
 
 94. A. Smollett, Esq, Levenfield. 
 
 95. John C. NiehoU, Esq. 
 
 Qf). The Society of Antiquaries. 
 97. The Bodleian Library. 
 98. 
 
 99. Eobert P. Eayne, Esq. New Orleans. 
 
 100. Dr. Buchanan Washbourn. 
 101. 
 
 102. 
 
 103. The Athenseum Club. 
 
 104. S. A. R. le Due d'Aumale. 
 105. 
 
 106. Sir John Bethune, Bart. 
 
 107. T. S. Godfrey, Esq. 
 
 108. George Washington Biggs, Esq. U. S. 
 
 109. E. L. S. Benzon, Esq. 
 
 110. Thomas P. Barton, Esq. New York. 
 
 111. Eobert Lenox Kennedy, Esq. 'New Yorlc. 
 
 112. The University Library, Glasgow. 
 
 113. John Haes, Esq. 
 
 114. The House of Commons. 
 
SHAKESPEABIANA, 17 
 
 115. Baron Eothschild. 
 116. 
 
 117. St. John's College, Cambridge. 
 
 118. Messrs. Asher & Co. Berlin. 
 119. 
 
 120. Professor Hoegel, Vienna. 
 
 121. Charles Leaf, Esq. 
 
 122. Viscount Falmouth. 
 
 123. The Imperial Court of Austria. 
 
 124. George W. Whistler, Esq. 
 
 125. James Lenox, Esq. New York. 
 
 126 to 128. Three Copies sent to the United States, through 
 Mr. Sidney S. Eider, of Providence. 
 
 /•td . 129. Mr. Allen, for the U. S. 
 1^0 
 
 --I?-, 130 
 
 131. 
 132. 
 133. 
 134. 
 135. 
 136. 
 137. 
 138. 
 139. 
 140. 
 
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 whicli the 122 copies absolutely 
 
 141. 
 
 142. 
 
 143. 
 
 144. 
 
 145. 
 
 146. 
 
 147. Henry Huth, Esq. 
 
 148. 
 
 149. 
 
 150. The Editor's own copy. 
 
 A list of the countries through which the 122 copi( 
 disposed of are distributed may be worth adding : — 
 
 England . 
 
 Scotland . ■ 
 
 Wales 
 
 Ireland 
 
 The United States 
 
 Prussia 
 
 Austria . 
 
 France 
 
 Belgium . 
 
 In the Editor's possession 
 Total 
 
 11 
 
 uupies. 
 
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 2 
 
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 3 
 
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 22 
 
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 2 
 
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 2 
 
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 1 
 
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 1 
 
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 122 
 
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 ision . 28 
 
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 . 150 
 
 copies. 
 
MISCELLANIES. 
 
MISCELLANIES. 
 
 NEW Boke about Shakespeare and Stratford-on- 
 Avon. Quarto, 1850. Out of Print. 
 
 2. Shakespeare's Will, printed with the original Interlinea- 
 tions, with a few Preliminary Observations. Quarto, 1851. Out 
 of Print. 
 
 3. Some Account of Antiquities, Coins, Manuseripte, Eare 
 Books, Ancient Documents, and other Eeliques, illustrative of 
 the Life and Works of Shakespeare. Quarto, 1852. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 4. Observations on the Shakespearian Documents at Bridge- 
 water House, with a facsimile of the Southampton Letter. 
 Quarto, 1853. Out of Print. 
 
 5. A Garland of Shakespeariana. Quarto, 1854. Out of 
 Print. 
 
22 SSAKESPEABIANA. 
 
 6. A Lyttle Boke gevinge a True and Briefe Accounte of 
 Shakespearian Eeliques and Curiosities. Quarto, 1856. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 7. A Brief Hand-List of Books, Manuscripts, &c, illustrative 
 of the Life and "Writings of Shakespeare, collected between the 
 years 1842 and 1859. Octavo, 1859. Out of Print. 
 
 8. Shaksperian Drolls, from a rare Book printed in the 
 year 1698, containing the Mad Wooing, and the Boaster, or 
 Bully Huff catch'd in a Trap. Square 12mo. 1859. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 9. Fortune's Tennis Ball, an old Poem on the same Story 
 which Shakespeare used in the Winter's Tale. Quarto, 1859. 
 Out of Print. 
 
 10. A Brief Hand-List of the early Quarto Editions of the 
 Plays of Shakespeare, with Notices of the old Impressions of the 
 Poems. Octavo, 1860. Out of Print. 
 
 11. The Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver, a 
 DroU Compound out of the Comic Scenes of the Midsum- 
 mer Night's Dream in 1646. Square 12mo. 1860. Out of 
 Print. 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 23 
 
 12. A Skeleton Hand-List of the early Quarto Editions of the 
 Plays of Shakespeare. Octavo, 1860, Out of Print. 
 
 13. The Ancient Ballad of the Fair Widow of Watling Street 
 and her Three Daughters, from the earliest known Edition 
 printed hy Thomas Pavier about the year 1600. Square 12mo. 
 1860. Out of Print. 
 
 14. Facsimile Copies taken from the Edition of Shake- 
 speare's Tragedy of Hamlet dated in 1605, made for the 
 purpose of showing that it is the same impression as that of 
 1604, the date only being altered. Quarto, 1860. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 15. The Droll of the Bouncing Knight, taken from the Play 
 of Henry the Fourth, and acted about the year 1642. Square 
 12mo. 1860. Out of Print. 
 
 16. Facsimiles of the Plats of Old English Plays, being the 
 original Directions for the Actors suspended near the Prompters' 
 Station on the "Walls of the Fortune Theatre. Folio, 1860. Out 
 of Print. 
 
 17. The Debate and Stryfe betwene Somer and Wynter; a 
 poetical Dialogue supposed to have furnished a hint for Love's 
 Labour's Lost. Square 12mo. 1860. Out of Print. 
 
24 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 
 
 18. A Hand-List of upwards of a Thousand Volumes of 
 Shakespeariana. Small quarto, 1862. Out of Print. 
 
 19. A Brief Hand-List of the Eecords belonging to the 
 Borough of Stratford-on-Avon, with Notes of a Few of the 
 Shakesperian Documents in the same Collection. Small quarto, 
 1862. Out of Print. 
 
 20. A Brief Hand-List of the Collections respecting the Life 
 and Works of Shakespeare, and the History and Antiquities of 
 Stratford-upon-Avon, formed by the late K. B. "Wheler. Small 
 quarto, 1863. Out of Print. 
 
 21. Shakespearian Facsimiles; a Collection of Curious and 
 Interesting Documents, Plans, Signatures, <fec, illustrative of the 
 Biography of Shakespeare and the History of his Family ; from 
 the Originals chiefly Preserved at Stratford-on-Avon. The 
 Facsimiles by E. W. Ashbee, Esq. Folio, 1863. Out of Print. 
 
 22. A Descriptive Calendar of the Ancient Manuscripts and 
 Eecords in the Possession of the Corporation of Stratford-upon- 
 Avon ; including Notices of Shakespeare and his Family, and of 
 several Persons connected with the Poet. Folio, 1863. A thick 
 volume, uniform with the Folio Shakespeare. Seventy-five 
 Copies printed. Subscription, £A. 4s. 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 25 
 
 23. An Historical Account of the New Place, Stratford-upon- 
 Avon, the Last Residence of Shakespeare. With numerous 
 Engravings. Folio, 1864. For Presents only. 
 
 24. Stratford-upon-Avon in the Times of the Shakespeares, 
 illustrated by Extracts from the Council Books of the Cor- 
 poration, selected especially with Eeference to the History of 
 the Poet's Father. Illustrated with Facsimiles of the Entries 
 respecting John Shakespeare, executed by E. W. Ashbee, Esq. 
 Folio, 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 25. A Hand-Book Index to the Works of Shakespeare, in- 
 cluding Eeferences to the Phrases, Manners, Customs, Proverbs, 
 Songs, Particles, &c, which are used or alluded to by the Great 
 Dramatist. Octavo, 1866. Pp. 551. Fifty Copies printed. 
 Subscription, .£3. 3s. 
 
BOOKS 
 
 ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND WORKS 
 
 OF SHAKESPEARE, 
 
 THE HISTORY OF STRATFORD - ON - AVON, AND 
 
 THE ANNALS OF THE OLD 
 
 ENGLISH STAGE, 
 
 IN SQUARE DUODECIMO, SMALL OCTAVO, AND SMALL QUAETO. 
 THE IMPRESSION LIMITED TO TEN COPIEH. 
 
BOOKS OF TEN COPIES. 
 
 r T has long been my wish to see preserved the more 
 valuable of the transcripts and collections made in 
 illustration of the above subjects during the last 
 quarter of a century, otherwise I may, like Malone, die, leaving 
 the results of much laborious research to be scattered and lost. 
 It is scarcely necessary to obseiTe that there are numerous 
 papers, important for the student to consult in a complete state, 
 which could not be introduced in extenso into any Life or Com- 
 mentary on Shakespeare, of however comprehensive a character. 
 In addition to the collections I already have, I should wish to 
 include the very curious documents, hitherto unknown, illustra- 
 tive of the early English stage, which I have lately discovered at 
 Ipswich, Ludlow, &c, and in the Public Eecord Office, and an 
 experienced record-reader must be employed to ransack aU such 
 sources. In short, I shall spare no expense to complete this 
 important series of material. 
 
 The limitation to Ten Copies may seem very exclusive, but 
 
30 SHAKESPEARIANA. 
 
 it must be recollected that I shall have to collate, register, and 
 certify every copy, and my time is so much occupied I could 
 hardly undertake this were the number more extensive. 
 
 Each book will form a separate volume, not marked as belong- 
 ing to a series, and of various sizes to suit various documents 
 and illustrations. Many will be of the quaint sizes issued from 
 the Whittingham Press. The subscriptions will of course be of 
 varied amount, but the cost of no single volume wiU exceed two 
 guineas. 
 
 Complete sets are now impossible to be obtained, but the 
 numbers marked with an asterisk are at present to be subscribed 
 for either separately or collectively; and each volume is quite 
 distinct and complete by itself. 
 
 1. The Correspondence of Edmond Malone, the Editor of 
 Shakespeare, with the Eev. James Davenport, D.D., \'^icar of 
 Stratford-on-Avon. Quarto, 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 2. Beware the Cat, 1570, an exceedingly rare and curious 
 Rhapsody, containing matters illustrative of the History of the 
 Stage. SmaU quarto, 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 3. Extracts from ancient Subsidy EoUs, showing the Values 
 of goods and Lands upon which Assessments were made in 
 respect to the Inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon. Small 
 quarto, 1864. Out of Print. 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 31 
 
 4. Original Collections on Shakespeare and Stratford-on- 
 Avon, by John Jordan, the Stratford Poet ; selected from the 
 Original Manuscripts written about the year 1780. Quarto, 
 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 5. A Hand-Table of Eegnal Years for the Use of Inquirers 
 into the History of the Shakespeares. Octavo, 1864. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 6. Contemporary Depositions respecting an afiray at Norwich 
 in the year 1583, in which Queen Elizabeth's Company of 
 Players, then acting at the Red Lion Inn, were involved. Square 
 12mo. 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 7. Original Letters from Edmond Malone, the Editor of 
 Shakespeare, to John Jordan, the Poet, now first printed from 
 the autograph Manuscripts preserved at Stratford-on-Avon. 
 Quarto, 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 8. Extracts of Entries respecting Shakespeare, his Family 
 and Connections, carefully taken from the original Parish Eegis- 
 ters preserved in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Stratford- 
 on-Avon. Quarto, 1864, Out of Print. 
 
 9. Was Nicholas ap Roberts that Butcher's Son of Stratford- 
 
32 SHAKE8PEARIANA. 
 
 •on- Avon who is recorded by Aubrey as having been an acquain- 
 tance of Shakespeare in the early days of that great Poet? 
 Square 12mo. 1864. Out of Print. 
 
 10.* Some Account of Tofte's Alba, 1598, an extremely rare 
 Poem, containing the earliest extrinsic Notice of Shakespeare's 
 Comedy of Love's Labour's Lost. Square 12mo. 1865. 
 
 11. Newes from Virginia and the Island of Devils, otherwise 
 called Bermoothawes, 1610. Eeprinted from an unique Tract. 
 Square 12mo. 1865. Out of Print. 
 
 12. A Selection from an unpublished Glossary of Provincial 
 Words in Use in Warwickshire in the early Part of the Present 
 Century. Square 12mo. 1865. Out of Print. 
 
 13.* The Remonstrance of Nathan Field, one of Shake- 
 speare's Company of Actors, addressed to a Preacher in South- 
 wark who had been arraigning against the Players at the Globe 
 Theatre in the Year 1616. Square 12mo. 1865. 
 
 14. The Abstract of Title to the House in Henley Street, 
 Stratford-on-Avon, in which Shakespeare was born. Quarto, 
 1865. Out of Print. 
 
8HAKESPEARIANA. 33 
 
 15. The "Will of Sir Hugh Clopton, of New Place, Stratford- 
 on-Avon, and Citizen, Mercer, and Alderman of London, 1496. 
 Square 12mo. 1865. Out of Print. 
 
 16. Those Songs and Poems from the excessively rare first 
 Edition of England's Helicon, 1600, which are connected with 
 the Works of Shakespeare. Small quarto, 1865. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 17. Extracts taken from the Vestry-hook of the Church of 
 the Holy Trinity at Stratford-on-Avon, containing Entries iUus- 
 trative of the History of that Church, with several Notices 
 of the Shakespeare Family. Small quarto, 1865. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 18. A Nominal Index to J. O. Halliwell's Descriptive Calen- 
 dar of the Ancient Records of Stratford-on-Avon. Octavo, 
 1865. Out of Print. 
 
 19. A Levy made in July, 1697, for the Belief of the Poor 
 at Stratford-on-Avon ; the earliest one yet discovered. Now 
 first Printed from the original MS. Quarto, 1865. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 20. Collectanea respecting the Birth-Place of Shakespeare at 
 
34 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 
 
 Stratford-on-Avon, copied from the MS. Collections of the late 
 R. B. Wheler. With a few Additions. Quarto, 1865. Out 
 of Print. 
 
 21. Some Account of Robert Chester's Loves Martyr, or Ro- 
 salin's Complaint, a very rare volume published in the year 
 1601, including a remarkable Poem by Shakespeare. With 
 facsimiles by E. W. Ashbee. Small quarto, 1865. Out of 
 Print. 
 
 22. A Copy of a Letter of News written to Sir Dudley Carle- 
 ton at the Hague in May, 1619, containing a curious Account of 
 the Performance of the Drama of Pericles at the English Court. 
 Square 12mo. 1865. Out of Print. 
 
 23. Original Memoirs and Historical Accounts of the Families 
 of Shakespeare and Hart, deduced from an early period, and 
 continued down to this present year 1790. By John Jordan of 
 Stratford-on-Avon. Quarto, 1865. Out of Print. 
 
 24. Indentures respecting the Cage, a House in High Street, 
 Stratford-on-Avon, inhabited by Thomas Quiney, son-in-law 
 to Shakespeare, 1616-1633. Square 12mo. 1865, Out of 
 Print. 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 36 
 
 25.* Shaksperian Parallelisms chiefly illustrative of the 
 Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream, collected from 
 Sydney's Arcadia. Square 12mo. 1865. 
 
 26.* Some Account of the Popular Belief in Animated 
 Horse-hairs, aUuded to by Shakespeare in the Play of Antony 
 and Cleopatra. Square 12mo. 1866. 
 
 27.* The Tale of Tereus and Progne referred to several 
 Times by Shakespeare. Square 12mo. 1866. 
 
 28.* Papers respecting Disputes which arose from Incidents 
 at the Death-bed of Eichard Tarlton the Actor In the year 1588. 
 Square 12mo. 1866. 
 
 29.* The Last Will and Testament of John Davenant, vint- 
 ner, of the Crown Tavern, Oxford, the house at which Shake- 
 speare lodged in some of his Journeys between Stratford-on- 
 Avon and London. Square 12mo. 1866. 
 
 30.* The Booke of Merry Eiddles, together with proper 
 Questions and witty Proverbs, to make pleasant Pastime. Square 
 12mo. 1866. 
 
 31.* Acolastus his Afterwritte, a Poem by S. Nicholson, 
 
36 SHAKESPEARIANA. 
 
 1600, containing singular Plagiarisms from Shakespeare. 
 Quarto, 1866. 
 
 32.* Extracts from the Accounts of the Chamherlains of the 
 Borough of Stratford-on-Avon, from the year 1585 to 1608. 
 Selected and edited from the original Manuscripts. Small 
 Quarto, 1866. 
 
 33.* The Accounts of the Chamherlains of the Borough of 
 Stratford-on-Avon, from the year 1590 to the year 1597 ; now 
 first edited from the original Manuscript. Small quarto, 1866. 
 
 34.* A Discovery that Shakespeare wrote one or more Bal- 
 lads or Poems on the Spanish Armada. Small quarto, 1866. 
 
 35.* Abstracts and Copies of Indentures respecting Estates 
 in Henley Street, Stratford-on-Avon, which illustrate the Topo- 
 graphy and History of the Birthplace of Shakespeare. Quarto, 
 1866. 
 
ENTIKE FACSIMILES IN SMALL QUARTO 
 VOLUMES, 
 
 OP ALL THE EDITIONS OF 
 
 THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE, 
 
 WHICH WERE PRINTED BEFORE THE 
 
 FIRST FOLIO OF 1623 ; 
 
 AND OF THOSE EDITIONS OF THE POEMS WHICH 
 
 WERE PRINTED IN QUARTO. 
 
SHAKESPEARE FACSIMILES. 
 
 [ library does, and probably no library ever will, 
 contain a perfect set of the early separate editions 
 of Shakespeare's Plays. Even the British Mu- 
 seum and Bodleian libraries together fail to supply the student 
 with some of the most important and valuable ; and feeling the 
 inestimable importance to the student of all these pieces, I have 
 long desired to preserve such a series to the use of critics. 
 
 No expense will he spared im rendering every volume of un- 
 doubted accuracy and authentidty. At first sight, it might 
 appear that nothing was easier than to secure this ; but a large 
 proportion of the early editions now existing have been more or 
 less " made up " with facsimile, or with, what is far more dan- 
 gerous, other copies, thus involving a risk of part of a copy 
 being of another edition, the signatures and catch -words of 
 several editions corresponding. 
 
40 SHAKESPEARIANA. 
 
 Nothing but the greatest care, and long practice and experi- 
 ence, will prevent the risk of errors arising from such circum- 
 stances. I shaJl exercise the greatest vigilance in endeavouring 
 to make the series absolutely reliable as a permanent reference 
 and authority, and, if I am encouraged to complete it, I think I 
 may venture to say (as the names of the artists only will appear, 
 I being the director, not the worker), that it wiU form one of the 
 most important contributions to English literature ever executed. 
 The facsimiles are executed on lithographic plates, each^og^e 
 being a separate plate on fine paper : a plan far more convenient 
 to the student for collation and comparison than an attempted 
 imitation of the old quarto pamphlet, which latter may properly 
 be objected to as one likely to deceive posterity. 
 
 The impression will be most strictly limited to thirty-one 
 copies only, each copy being numbered by myself, and attested 
 further by both artist and binder. 
 
 The greatest pains will be taken to render these thirty-one 
 copies fine perfect ones, and to adhere most strictly to the limit. 
 The lithographers have the strictest injunctions to carry out this 
 intention. The plan wiU be as follows. They wiU strike off 
 fifty copies, all on fine paper, out of which the binders will 
 select thirty-one of the best and clearest impressions for bind- 
 ing, after which the remaining nineteen copies will be destroyed, 
 such destruction being attested in each copy, and every copy 
 being nvmhered in writing. 
 
SHAEESPEABIANA. 41 
 
 The whole of these facsimiles are being executed by Mr. 
 Ashbee, whose reputation as a lithographic artist is a guarantee 
 for their excellence and accuracy. 
 
 Now Ebady. 
 
 1. The History of Henrie the Fourth, with the Battell at 
 Shrewsburie betweene the King and Lord Henry Percy, sur- 
 named Henry Hotspur of the North, with the humorous conceits 
 of Sir lohn Falstaffe. Quarto, 1599. Out of print separately. 
 
 2. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Second, as it hath 
 beene publikely acted by the Eight Honourable the Lorde 
 Chamberlaine his seruants. Quarto, 1597. Out of print sepa- 
 rately. 
 
 3. The Late and much admired Play called Pericles Prince 
 of Tyre, with the true relation of the whole Historie, adventures 
 and fortunes of the said Prince, as also the accidents, &c. in the 
 Birth and Life of his daughter Mariana. By William Shake- 
 speare. Quarto, 1609. Out of print separately. 
 
 4. The Tragedy of King Eichard the Third, as it hath beene 
 lately Acted by the Eight Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine 
 his seruants. Quarto, 1597. Out of print separately. 
 
42 SHAKESPEARIANA. 
 
 5. The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. Excellently 
 expressing the beginning of their loves, with the conceited woo- 
 ing of Pandarus Prince of Lioia, "Written bj William Shake- 
 speare. Quarto, 1609. Out of print sepa/rately. 
 
 6. A Midsommer Nights Dreame. As it hath beene sundry 
 times publikely acted by the Eight Honourable the Lord Cham- 
 berlaine his Servants. Written by William Shakespeare. 
 Quaito. Imprinted at London for Thomas Fisher, 1600. Out 
 of print separately. 
 
 7. The Tragoedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. As it 
 hath beene diverse times acted at the Globe and at the Black- 
 Friers by his Maiesties Servants. Written by WUliam Shake- 
 speare. Quarto, 1622. Out oj print separately. 
 
 8. The Tragedie of Eing Eichard the Third, conteining his 
 treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence, &c, with the 
 whole course of his detested life, and most deserved Death. 
 Newly augmented. By William Shake-speare. Quarto, 1605. 
 Out OJ print separately. 
 
 9. Much Ado about Nothing, as it hath been sundrie Times 
 pubhkely acted by the Eight Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine 
 his Servants. Written by William Shakespeare. Quarto, 
 1600. Out of print separately. 
 
SHAKESPEARIAN A. 43 
 
 10. The most excellent and lamentable Tragedie of Eomeo 
 and Juliet, newly corrected, augmented and amended. As it hath 
 bene sundry Times publiquely acted by the Eight Honourable 
 the Lord Chamberlaine his Servants. Quarto, 1599. 
 
 11. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Third, conteining his 
 treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence, the pittifull mur- 
 ther of his innocent Nephewes, &c. Newly augmented by 
 William Shakespeare. Quarto, 1 602. Out of print separately. 
 
 12. The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice, with 
 the extreme Cruelty of Shylocke the Jew towards the saide Mer- 
 chant in cutting a just Pound of his Flesh, and the obtaining of 
 Portia by the choyse of three Caskets. Written by W. Shake- 
 speare. Printed by J. Eoberts. Quarto, 1600. Out of print 
 separately. 
 
 13. A Midsummer Night's Dreame, as it hath beene sundry 
 Times publikely acted by the Eight Honourable the Lord 
 Chamberlaine his Servants. Written by William Shakespeare. 
 Printed by James Eoberts. Quarto, 1600. 
 
 14. The most lamentable Eomaine Tragedie of Titus 
 Andronicus, as it hath sundry Times beene playde by the Eight 
 Honourable the Earle of Pembroke, the Earle of Darbie, the 
 
44 SHAKESPEABIANA. 
 
 Earle of Sussex, and the Lord Chamberlaine, theyr Seruants. 
 Quarto, 1600. 
 
 15. A Most Pleasant and excellent conceited Comedy of Sir 
 John Falstaffe and the Merry Wives of Windsor, with the swag- 
 gering vaine of Ancient Pistoll and Corporal Nym. Written by 
 W. Shakespeare. Quarto, 1619. 
 
 16. Lucrece. Quarto, 1594. 
 
 17. The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. 
 By WilHam Shake-speare. As it hath beene diverse Times 
 acted by his Highnesse Servants in the Cittie of London, as also 
 in the two Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and elsewhere. 
 Quarto, 1603. 
 
 18. The Second Part of Henrie the Foiurth, continuing to his 
 Death, and Coronation of Henrie the Fift. With the Humours 
 of Sir John Falstaffe and Swaggering Pistoll. As it hath been 
 sundrie times publikely acted by the Eight Honourable the 
 Lord Chamberlaine his Servants. Written by William Shake- 
 speare. Quarto, 1600. 
 
 19. The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, continuing to his 
 
SHAKESPEABIANA. 45 
 
 Death, and Coronation of Henrie the Fift. Quarto, 1600. 
 This is the second edition, with the same title as the preceding, 
 but containing four more pages. 
 
 20. A Most Pleasaunt and excellent conceited Comedie of 
 Syr John Palstaffe and the Merrie Wives of Windsor. Enter- 
 mixed with sundrie variable and pleasing Humors of Syr Hugh 
 the Welch Knight, Justice Shallow, and his wise cousin M. 
 Slender. With the swaggering vaine of Auneient PistoU and 
 Corporal Nym. By William Shakespeare. As it hath bene 
 divers times Acted by the Eight Honorable my Lord Cham- 
 berlaines Servants, both before her Majestie and else-where. 
 Quarto, 1602. 
 
 21. Venus and Adonis. Quarto, 1593. 
 
 A List of the Editions to be Facsimiled^ 
 completing the Series. 
 
 22. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Second, with new 
 Additions of the Parliament Sceane, and the Deposing of King 
 Eichard. Quarto, 1608. 
 
 23. The Most Excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice, 
 with the extreame Crueltie of Shylocke the Jewe towards the 
 
46 SHAKESPEARIANA. 
 
 sayd Merchant, (fee. London, Printed by I. E. for Thomas 
 Heyes, 1600. 
 
 24. The Historie of Henry the Fourth, With the Battell at 
 Shrewseburie. Quarto, 1622. 
 
 25. The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, with his Battell 
 fought at Agincourt in France. Quarto, 1600. 
 
 26. M. William Shake-speare, His True Chronicle History of 
 the Life and Death of King Lear. The edition with no place of 
 sale named in the imprint. Quarto, 1608. 
 
 27. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Third, containing his 
 Treacherous Plots against his Brother Clarence. Quarto, 1612. 
 
 28. The Late and much admired Play called Pericles, Prince 
 of Tyre, Quarto, 1619. 
 
 29. The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Eomeo 
 and Juliet, as it hath beene sundrie Times publikely Acted. 
 London, Printed for John Smethwicke. Quarto, n. d. 
 
 30. The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. 
 By William Shakespeare. Newly imprinted and enlarged to the 
 true and perfect Coppie. Quarto, 1604. 
 
SHAEESPEARIANA. 47 
 
 31. The History of Henry the Fourth, with the Battell at 
 Shrewseburie. Quarto, 1608. 
 
 32.* The Chronicle History of Henry the Fift, with his 
 Battell fought at Agincourt in France. Quarto, 1602. 
 
 33. The most excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Eomeo 
 and Juliet, as it hath beene sundrie Times publiquely acted by 
 the Kings Majesties Servants at the Globe. Quarto, 1609. 
 
 34. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Demnarke, newly im- 
 printed and inlarged according to the true and perfect copy lastly 
 printed. Quarto. Printed by W. S. for John Smethwicke, n. d. 
 
 35. The Tragedie of King Richard the Second, as it hath 
 been publikely acted by the Right Honourable the Lord Cham- 
 berlaine his Servants. Quarto, 1608. 
 
 36.* The Historic of Henrie the Fourth, with the Battell at 
 Shrewsburie betweene the King and Lord Henry Percy, sur- 
 named Henry Hotspur of the North. Quarto, 1604. 
 
 37. The Chronicle History of Henry the Fift, with his Battell 
 fought at Agincourt in France. Quarto, 1608. 
 
48 SHAKESPEARIANA. 
 
 38. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Third, contayning his 
 treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence. Quarto, 1622. 
 
 39. The most lamentable Tragedie of Titus Andronicus. As 
 it hath sundry times beene plaide by the Kings Majesties Ser- 
 vants. Quarto, 1611. 
 
 40. The History of Henrie the Fourth, with the Battell at 
 Shrewseburie. Quarto, 1613. 
 
 41. The Late and much admired Play called Pericles Prince 
 of Tyre. Quarto, 1611. 
 
 42. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, newly im- 
 printed and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was. 
 Quarto, 1611. 
 
 43. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Third, conteining his 
 treacherous Plots against his brother Clarence. Quarto, 1598. 
 
 44. An Excellent Conceited Tragedie of Eomeo and Juliet, as 
 it hath been often with great applause plaid publiquely. Quarto, 
 1597. 
 
 45. The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 49 
 
 By William Shakespeare. Newly imprinted and enlarged to 
 almost as much againe as it was. Quarto, 1605. 
 
 46. Venus and Adonis. Quarto, 1594. 
 
 47. Shakespeare's Sonnets, never before Imprinted. At Lon- 
 don, to be solde by John Wright dwelling at Christ Church 
 Gate. Quarto, 1609. 
 
 48. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Second, with new 
 Additions of the Parliament Sceane, and the deposing of King 
 Eichard. Quarto, 1615. 
 
 49. A Pleasant Conceited Comedie called Loves Labors 
 Lost. Quarto, 1598. 
 
 50. The Tragedie of King Eichard the Second, as it hath 
 beene publiquely acted by the Eight Honourable the Lord 
 Chamberlaine his Servants. Quarto, 1598. 
 
 51. The History of Henrie the Fourth, with the Battell at 
 Shrewsburie betwene the King and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed 
 Henrie Hotspur of the North. Quarto, 1598. 
 
 52. M. William Shak-speare, his True Chronicle Historie of 
 
50 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 
 
 the Life and Death of King Lear and his Three Daughters. 
 The London edition, with the place of sale in the imprint. 
 Quarto, 1608. 
 
 53. Shakespeare's Sonnets. At London, by G. Eld for 
 T. T. and are to be solde by William Aspley. Quarto, 1609. 
 
 54. The Historie of Troylus and Cresseida, as it was acted by 
 the Kings Majesties Servants at the Globe. Quarto, 1609. 
 The second edition of the previous one bearing the same date. 
 
 These fifty-four volumes comprise every one of Shakespeare's 
 plays issued before the publication of the first folio in 1623, as 
 well as all the early editions of the poems which appeared in a 
 quarto form. The later editions of the poems in duodecimo are 
 of no critical value and would not range uniformly with this 
 series; to say nothing of the cost of including them, which 
 would entail an additional expense of £63 upon every subscriber 
 without a corresponding advantage. 
 
 Subscribers to the Entire Series. 
 
 The subscription of those who subscribed to the entire series 
 before the 1st of August, 1866, is five guineas each volume for 
 fifty volumes, four volumes being presented. To any one now 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 51 
 
 subscribing to the series, the whole of the fifty-four volumes will 
 be charged at the same rate, viz. five guineas per volume. 
 
 Subscribers to Separate Volumes. 
 
 Those mmibers not marked as " out of print separately" can 
 at present be subscribed for at five guineas per volume. 
 
Preparing for the Press, by Subscription, and for Subscribers 
 
 only, in Folio Volumes, profusely illustrated by 
 
 Engravings on Wood, 
 
 ILLUSTEATIONS OP THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OP 
 
 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 
 
 BY J. 0. HALLIWELL, ESQ. F.R.S. 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS, Etc. 
 
 T is proposed in a series of folio volumes to accumu- 
 late a collection of materials illustrative of the 
 details of Shakespeare's Life and Works, in which, 
 amongst other matters, the Stratford-on-Avon, the London, and 
 the England of the Poet's day will be attempted to be interpreted 
 by the aid of contemporary documents and books, and by an 
 elaborate system of truthful artistic illustration. 
 
 I wish at the same time to produce a work which shall be 
 creditable as a specimen of English typography. It is curious 
 that the art of printing should have reached to perfection soon 
 after its introduction, and that no modern books equal some of 
 the old ones in their execution. If encouraged, I wiU spare 
 neither pains nor expense in an attempt to emulate the finest 
 examples of the ancient presses. 
 
 The public wUl, I hope, enable me to do this. It is of no use 
 at all commencing the work, unless these ideas can be carried 
 
56 SHAEESPEAEIANA. 
 
 out with ample means and on a liberal scale of expenditure. I 
 can fortunately afford to work at these grateful studies without 
 the prospect of remuneration, but not to incur the loss of the 
 many thousand pounds an inadequate subscription list would here 
 entail ; and works of this kind, unless one is prepared to sustain 
 an excessive pecuniary loss, can only be printed by subscription. 
 
 My materials will be purposely arranged in a disconnected 
 form. Thus, an account of Anne Hathaway's Cottage may be 
 followed by notes on Hamlet, and so on ; the object of this being 
 that the work could be relinquished at any time without being 
 rendered imperfect. A second title, not marked as for a series, 
 will be furnished with the first volume, so that whether ten 
 volumes are issued, or only one, the work will yet be a complete 
 one in itself. 
 
 The following Conditions of Subscription have been studiously 
 framed in the interests of the subscribers. The destruction of 
 the woodblocks will, I am aware, be considered by some as a 
 barbarous act, but it is the only step I know of which effectually 
 precludes their being used hereafter in a cheaper work. 
 
 Conditions of Subscription. 
 
 1. The subscription to each volume shall be four guineas, and 
 no more than one subscription volume shall be issued in a 
 year. 
 
SHAKESPEARIANA. 57 
 
 2. The subscription list on the above terms shall finally close 
 
 on the day of 
 
 *jjE* This date will be determined upon when the subscription 
 list is further advanced. 
 
 3. After the subscription list is closed on the day just before 
 
 mentioned, no one shall be received as a subscriber on the 
 original terms ; but the Editor shall be at liberty to print 
 a number of surplus copies beyond those subscribed for, 
 not exceeding eighty, but he shall not part with a single 
 one of such surplus copies without receiving a premium 
 in addition to the original subscription, of at least twenty 
 guineas. 
 
 4. Not a single perfect copy shall be made up out of the waste, 
 
 which shall be exclusively devoted to the completion of 
 copies that may be soiled or damaged, or by any cause, 
 rendered imperfect. 
 
 5. The names and addresses of all the subscribers shall be 
 
 printed in each volume in the order in which their names 
 are received. 
 
 6. Liberty is reserved to remove the name of any subscriber 
 
 H 
 
58 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 
 
 who is two years in arrear of payment of his subscrip- 
 tion. 
 
 7. Subscribers resident in the United States, in the Colonies, 
 
 or in foreign countries, shall make arrangements which 
 wiU relieve the Editor of trouble in regard to the sub- 
 scriptions, and of expense or risk in the delivery of the 
 work. 
 
 8. Liberty is reserved to make special subscription arrange- 
 
 ments with libraries of a strictly permanent character. 
 
 9. AU the woodblocks used in this work shall be destroyed as 
 
 the work proceeds. 
 
 10. These rules or conditions of subscription shall not be subject 
 to any alteration. 
 
 The Life of Shakespeare. 
 
 "Within the last few years I have enjoyed unrivalled faciUties 
 for investigating this subject, and have accumulated a large 
 quantity of new materials. The voluminous ancient records of 
 Stratford-on-Avon have been so freely accessible to me that I 
 
SHAKE8PEABIANA. 59 
 
 have read every line of the many thousand documents there 
 preserved, not even excluding jury-lists. The Corporation of 
 that town have kindly aided my researches to the fullest extent 
 of their power, even to the opening of attics that had been closed 
 for centuries, and to searches between the rafters of their ancient 
 Council-house. In addition to these opportunities, the masses 
 of papers accumulated in the old established legal offices at 
 Stratford have been carefully explored, the whole yielding an 
 assemblage of useful materials far larger than I heretofore 
 thought could have been preserved. 
 
 The Woodcut Illustrations. 
 
 All the illustrations to this work will be engraved on wood, 
 even the facsimiles of old print and writing, which, by a new 
 though expensive* process, can be so engraved with perfect 
 accuracy, and with an effect superior, I think, to that produced 
 by any other method. The illustrations will consist of views of 
 churches, old houses, scenery, portraits, articles of domestic use, 
 costume, music, plans, facsimiles, plants, birds, flowers, animals, 
 
 • I find that the facsimile thus executed of a single document has 
 cost me no less than thirty-eight pounds, a fact I mention to suggest to 
 the readers of this prospectus how large a support at the low rate of sub- 
 scription here indicated must be given, with any chance of my expenses 
 being met. 
 
60 SHAKE8PEARIANA. 
 
 &c ; in short, of everything, especially what is old English, that 
 can in any degree illustrate the tesxt of Shakespeare, or realise 
 to us any glimpses of his life in London or in the country. The 
 old rural life in Warwickshire will be attempted to be illustrated 
 both by the aid of pencil and of any the minutest facts that can 
 throw light upon it, even if they be of the humble class — 
 
 Which Wisdom may disdain to hear. 
 And Learning may not understand. 
 
 Shakespearian Commentaey. 
 
 In estimating the value of Shakespearian criticism, the distinc- 
 tion between its relative and comparative importance is too often 
 lost sight of. Relatively to the text, it is the most important 
 study in English literature ; viewed comparatively with that 
 text, it sinks into insignificance. I would not surrender the 
 little Induction to the Taming of the Shrew in exchange for all 
 the results, present and future, of all Shakespearian criticism. 
 On the other hand, the true restoration of a single line in 
 Shakespeare is well worth the best volume of any other English 
 writer. 
 
 The true secret of the dishke in some quarters to Shakespeare 
 Commentary is, I believe, to be found in the baseless fancy that 
 the critics seek an alliance in the matter of fame with his im- 
 
SHAKESPEABIANA. 61 
 
 perishable glory. As well might one accuse the commentators 
 on the Bible of a wish to be thought inspired. Shakespeare, 
 like the Bible, is the easiest book to understand in one sense — 
 the most difficult in another. A little patient study of the sub- 
 ject will convince any one that the Works of Shakespeare require 
 and deserve, for their complete -interpretation, a larger amount 
 of commentary than do those of any other English writer. 
 
 Illustrations op the Biogbapht. 
 
 The artistic illustration of Shakespearian objects of interest in 
 Warwickshire is as yet in its infancy, a remark which applies 
 not merely to obscure points of interest, but to those memorials 
 the delineations of which may have been naturally thought to be 
 exhausted. For example, the Birth-Place of the Poet has been 
 the subject of a thousand engravings, but the same ground has 
 been traversed in all. We have the general exterior, the shop, 
 the kitchen, and the birth-room over and over again ; but no 
 details of the various other portions of the building, no systematic 
 attempt to trace the history of the edifice by the reproduction of 
 old sketches; in short, no original investigation. Thus, the 
 ancient cellar of the Birth-Place, the only room in the house 
 which retains its precise original features, and which was no 
 doubt a familiar spot to the boy-Poet, has hitherto entirely 
 escaped observation. 
 
62 SHAKESPEARIAN A. 
 
 The reason of this apparent negligence* arises from the cir- 
 cumstance of no artist having yet resided sufficiently long for the 
 purpose at Stratford-on-Avon. A hasty visit of a few weeks 
 does not suffice. Mr. J. T. Blight and myself have spent 
 summer after summer in the locality, exploring every noojk and 
 corner in our power, and yet in Chapel Street, a spot of all 
 others we had carefully investigated, the accidental opening of a 
 door (generally closed) revealed at the last moment one of the 
 choicest genuine fragments of Shakespeare's Stratford. Mr.. 
 Blight has made for this work the almost incredible number of 
 six hundred and thirty-two original sketches of old houses, 
 scenery, and details of archaeological remains in the locality of 
 Stratford and its neighbourhood dl(me. 
 
 The noble parish-church of Stratford-on-Avon is so intimately 
 associated with the history of Shakespeare, it is proposed to en- 
 grave in detail every portion of the sacred edifice. 
 
 In addition to Mr. Blight's original sketches, numerous pho- 
 tographs, and I beheve a complete series of all engravings of the 
 slightest value, I have obtained every old drawing bearing on the 
 subject that could be secured, so that the collection of artistic 
 objects accumulated for use in this work is unrivalled in extent 
 
 * I do not of course exclude myself from whatever of censure may be 
 here implied. When, in 1853, I had printed the Life of Shakespeare, 
 in the first volume of my folio edition, I was goose enough to fancy that 
 I had then exhausted the subject. 
 
SHAKE SPEARI ANA. 63 
 
 and interest, one which could not now he formed hy any amount 
 of expenditure. 
 
 The value of the sketches, hoth the old and the modern ones, 
 is immensely enhanced hy the alterations so rapidly progressing 
 in Stratford and the neighhourhood. Even during the last year 
 or two, several ohjects of interest sketched hy Mr. Blight have 
 either disappeared, or lost their ancient characteristic features. 
 One cannot mention without emotions of deep regret what was 
 until lately the most charming of the environs of Stratford, the 
 mUl-hridge and the weir-hrake, a locality traditionally associated 
 with Shakespeare, and one with which he must have heen 
 familiar. All the picturesque character of this spot is now for 
 ever ruined hy the advent of one of those noxious railways which 
 are destroying the scenery of England, ohliterating its rural 
 character, suhstituting the hideous noise of a screaming whistle 
 for the harmony of hirds, and gradually even exiling quiet 
 thoughts. We are passing now into a new order of things, and 
 I have heen only just in time to preserve a glimpse of that 
 England which Shakespeare loved. 
 
64 SHAKESPBABIANA. 
 
 List of Subscribers to January 1st, 1867. 
 
 His Rotal Highness the Pbincb of Waies, K.G. 
 
 1. The Right Hon. Lord Houghton. 
 
 2. W. O. Hunt, Clerk of the Peace for Warwickshire, Strat- 
 
 ford-on-Avon. 
 
 3. John Staunton, Esq. Longhridge House, near Warwick. 
 
 4. WiUiam Powell Hunt, Esq. Solicitor, Ipswich. 
 
 5. Sterling Westhorp, Esq. Ipswich. 
 
 6. John Slake Jell, Esq. Sydenham, Kent. 
 
 7. The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick. 
 
 8. Henry Huth, Esq. 30, Princes Gate, London. 
 
 9. F. W. Cosens, Esq. Clapham Park, London. 
 
 10. Frederick Ouvry, Esq. F.S.A. 12, Queen Anne Street, 
 
 Cavendish Square. 
 
 11. Thomas Comhs, Esq. Dorchester. 
 
 12. Robert McConnell, Esq. Mei'chant, Liverpool. 
 
 13. Benjamin Godfrey Windus, Esq. Tottenham Gfreen, Mid- 
 
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 16. Travers B. Wu-e, Esq. Crooms HUl, Blackheath. 
 
 17. WUliam James Clement, Esq. M.P. the Council House, 
 
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 18. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Qaeensberry, 
 
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 19. Frederick Haines, Esq. F.S.A. Maida Hill. 
 
 20. The Eev. Thomas Halliwell, M.A. Brighton. 
 
 21. Charles Winn, Esq. Nostel Priory, Wakefield. 
 
 22. The Society of Antiquaries of London, Somerset House. 
 
 23. Thomas Turpin, Esq. Brighton. 
 
 24. The Eight Hon. Lord Farnham, K.P. 
 
 25. The Bodleian Library, Oxford. 
 
 26. William Harrison, Esq. F.S.A. Galligreaves Hall, Black- 
 
 burn. 
 
 27. James Pilkington, Esq. Park Place House, Blackburn. 
 
 28. Samuel Timmins, Esq. Birmingham. 
 
 29. William Horsfall, Esq. Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 
 
 30. Bell Fletcher, M.D. Birmingham. 
 
 31. William Euing, Esq. Glasgow. 
 
 32. The Liverpool Free Public Library. 
 
 33. John Camden Hotten, Esq. 74, Piccadilly. 
 
 34. Henry Stevens, Esq. G.M.B., F.S.A. 
 
 35. Captain Henry Ward, 45, Gloucester Street, S.W. 
 
 36. A. M'Laren Brown, Esq. 267, Camden Road. 
 
 37. George C. E. Bacon, Esq. Ipswich. 
 
 38. Charles Henry Elt, Esq. 1, Noel Street, Islington. 
 
 39. Hastings Elwin, Esq. Horstead House, near Norwich. 
 
 40. John Addis, Esq. jun. Eustington, Sussex. 
 
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 41 . Fred. Blackman, Esq. Surgeon, 4, York Road. 
 
 42. The Rev. J. H. Ellis, M.A. King's Road, Clapham Park. 
 
 43. Alexander Ireland, Esq. Manchester. 
 
 44. J. Wyllie Guild, Esq. Park Circus, Glasgow. 
 
 45. John Alfred Langford, Esq. Birmingham. 
 
 46. H. M. Beck, Esq. Junymount, Belfast. 
 
 47. The London Institution, Finshury Circus. 
 
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