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SHAKESPEARE
be said to have combined in harmonious union the widest
range of qualities, including some apparently the most
opposed. He was a vigilant and acute man of business, of
great executive ability, with a power of looking into affairs
which included a thorough mastery of tedious legal details.
But with all his worldly prudence and foresight he was at
the same time the most generous and affectionate of men,
honoured and loved by all who knew him, with the irre¬
sistible charm that belongs to simplicity and directness of
character, combined with thoughtful sympathy and real
kindness of heart. And, while displaying unrivalled skill,
sagacity, and firmness in business transactions and practical
affairs, he could promptly throw the whole burden aside, and
in the exercise of his noble art pierce with an eagle’s wing
the very highest heaven of invention. That indeed was his
native air, his true home, his permanent sphere, where he
still rules with undisputed sway. He occupies a throne
apart in the ideal and immortal kingdom of supreme creative
art, poetical genius, and dramatic truth. (t. s. b.)
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the literature connected with Shakespeare. Great compression lias bee
II. Selections and Readings.
J. R. Pitman, The School S., 1822, 8vo; B. H. Smart, S. Readings, 1839,
12mo-; Howell, Select Plays, 1848,12mo, Roman Catholic ; C. Kean, Selections,
as at the Princess’ Theatre, 1860, 2 vols. sm. 8vo ; T. and Rev. S. G. Bul-
finch, S. adapted for Reading Classes and the Family, Boston, 1865, 12mo ;
W. A. Wright, Select Plays, 1869-86, 14 vols. sm. 8vo ; R. J. Lane (editor), C.
Kemble’s S. Readings, 1870, sm. 8vo; R. Baughan, Plays, Abridged and Revised
for Girls, 1871, 8vo ; H. N. Hudson, Plays, selected, Boston, 1872, 3 vols. sm.
8vo; S. Brandram, Selected Plays, abridged for the Young, 1882, sm. 8vo.
III. Peincipal Tkanslations oe Works.
German.—C. M. Wieland, 1762-6, 8 vols. 8vo; J. J. Eschenburg, 1775-82,
13 vols. 8vo; A. W. v. Schlegel, 1797-1810, 9 vols. 8vo; J. H. and H. and A.
Voss, 1818-29, 9 vols. 8vo; J. W. O. Benda, 1825-6, 19 vols. 16mo; J. Meyer
andH. Boring, 1824-34, 52 pts. 18mo; Schlegel-Tieck, 1825-33, 9 vols. 12mo ; P.
Kaufmann, 1830-6, 4 vols. 12mo ; E. Ortlepp, 1838-9, 16 vols. 12mo ; Schlegel-
Tieck-Ulrici, 1867-71, 12 vols. 8vo ; F. Bodenstedt, 1867-71, 38 vols. sm. 8vo ;
Sohlegel-Tieck-Bernays, 1871-3, 12 vols. sm. 8vo. French.—Letourneur,
1776-82, 20 vols. 8vo; Letourneur-Guizot, 1821, 13 vols. 8vo; B. Laroche,
1838-9, 2 vols. roy. 8vo; Francisque-Michel, 1839-40, 3 vols. roy. 8vo; F.
Victor Hugo fils, 1859-62, 12 vols. 8vo; E. Montegut, 1868-73, 10 vols. 12mo.
Italian.—M. Leoni, 1814-5, 8 vols. 8vo ; C. Rusconi, 1831, 8vo ; C. Pasqualigo,
1870, &c. Spanish.—Marquds de Dos Hermanos, 1872-7, 3 vols. 8vo. Dutch.
—B. Brunius, &c., 1778-82, 5 vols. 8vo; A. S. Kok, 1872-80, 7 vols. 8vo.
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1847-51, 12 vols. 8vo. Bohemian.—Y. Doucha, &c., 1855-66, 5 vols. sm. 8vo.
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linski and J. v. Placyd, 1839-47, 3 vols. 8vo; S. Kosmiana, 1866, &c.
Russian.—N. Ketsehera, 1841-50, 5 vols. 12mo.
IV. Criticism, Illustration, and Comment.
A.—General Works.
T. Rymer, The Tragedies of the Last Age, 1678, 8vo, and A Short View of
Tragedy, 1693, 8vo ; C. Gildon, “Some Reflections on Mr Rymer” (in Miscel¬
laneous Lectures, 1694, 8vo); J. Dennis, The Impartial Critic, 1692, 4to, and
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of Ad vice to W. Warburton, 1746, 8vo, Free and Familiar Letter to W. War-
burton, 1750, 8vo, Remarks on [Warburton’s] Edition, 1751, 8vo, and Critical,
Historical, and Explanatory Notes, 1754, 3d ed. 1755, 2 vols. 8vo ; S. Johnson,
Proposal for a New Edition (1746), folio, 1765, 8vo; E. Capell, Notes
and Various Readings to S., 1759, 4to (1779-80), 3 vols. 4to ; P. Nichols, The
Castrated Letter of Sir T. Hanmer, 1763, 8vo ; Prefaces by Dr Johnson, Pope,
Theobald, Ice., 1765, 8vo ; W. Kenrick, Review of Dr Johnson’s New Edition,
1765, 8vo, and Defence, 1766; G. Steevens, Proposals for Printing a New
Edition, 1766, 8vo; Mrs Eliz. Montagu, Essay on Writings and Genius of
S., 1769, 8vo, frequently reprinted; W. Kenrick, Introduction to the School of
S., 1773, 8vo; Mrs Eliz. Griffith, Morality of S.’s Drama, 1775, 8vo ; Voltaire,
Lettre a VAcademic, 1776, 8vo, on Letourneur’s translation; J. Baretti,
Discours sur S. et Voltaire, 1777, 8vo ; E. Malone, Supplement to the Edition
of 1778, 1780, 2 vols. 8vo, Second Appendix, 1783, 8vo; J. Ritson, Remarks on
the Text and Notes of [Steevens’s 1778] edition, 1783, 8vo ; T. Davies, Dramatic
Miscellanies, 1783-4, 3 vols. 8vo ; J. M. Mason, Comments on the Last Edition,
1785, 8vo ; T. Whately, Remarks on some of the Characters, 1785, 8vo, new
edition by Archbishop Whately, 1839, 12mo; J. J. Eschenburg, Versuch u.
S. , Leipsic, 1787, 8vo; J. Ritson, The Quip Modest, 1788, 8vo; S. Felton, Im¬
perfect Hints towards a New Edition of S., 1787-8, 2 pts. 4to; A. Eccles,
Illustrations and Variorum Comments on Lear, Cymbeline, and Merchant
of Venice, 1792-1805, 3 vols. 12mo; E. Malone, Letter to R. Farmer, 1792,
8vo; J. Ritson, Cursory Criticism on Malone's Edition, 1792, 8vo; E.
Malone, Prospectus of. an Edition in 15 vols. roy. 8vo, 1792, 4to ; Bishop
Percy, Origin of the English Stage, 1793, 8vo; E. Malone. Proposals for an
Intended Edition in 20 vols. roy. 8vo, 1795, folio; W. Richardson, Essays
on some of S.’s Dramatic Characters, 1797, 1812, 8vo, reprint of separate
pieces; Lord Chedworth, Notes on some Obscure Passages, 1805, 8vo, pri¬
vately printed; E. H. Seymour, Remarks on the Plays ofS., 1805, 2 vols. 8vo ;
F. Douce, Illustrations of S. and Ancient Manners, 1807, 2 vols. 8vo, new
edition 1839, 8vo; H. J. Pye, Comments on the Commentators, 1807, 8vo; J.
M. Mason, Comments on the several Editions, 1807, 8vo ; C. (and M.) Lamb
Tales from S., 1807, 2 vols. 12mo, plates, frequently translated and reprinted ;
A. Becket, S. himself again, 1815, 2 vols. 8vo ; W. Hazlitt, Characters of S.’s
Plays, 1817, 8vo, new edition 1873 ; N. Drake, S. and his Times, 1817, 2 vols.
4to, and Memorials of S., 1828 ; Z. Jackson, S.’s Genius Justified, Examples
of 700 Errors in his Plays, 1819, 8ro ; [Variorum] Annotations Illustrative of
the Plays of S., 1819, 2 vols. 12mo, published with Scholey’s edition; W.
Hazlitt, Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, 1820,
8vo ; H. Beyle, Racine et S., 1823-5, 2 pts. 8vo ; T. Bowdler, Letter to Editor
of British Critic, 1823, 8vo, defends omissions; T. P. Courtenay, Commen¬
taries upon the Historical Plays of S., 1840, 2 vols. sm. 8vo; K. Sybrandi,
Verhandeling over Vondel en S., Haarlem, 1841, 4to ; Rev. A. Dyce, Remarks
on Collier’s and Knight’s Editions, 1844, 8vo; J. Hunter, New Illustrations
of S., 1845, 2 vols. 8vo ; G. Fletcher, Studies of S., 1847, 8vo ; L. Tieck, Dra-
maturgische Blatter, 2d ed. 1848-52, 3 vols. 8vo; H. N. Hudson, Lectures on S.,
N. Y., 1848, 2 vols. 8vo; C. Knight, Studies of S., 1849, 8vo; S. T. Coleridge,
Notes and Lectures uponS., dec., 1849, 2 vols. sm. 8vo, and Lectures and Notes
on S., by T. Ashe, 1883, sm. 8vo ; J. Britton, Essay on the Merit and Char¬
acteristics of S.’s Writings, 1849, roy. 8vo ; K. Simrock, Remarks on the Plots
of S.’s Plays (Shakespeare Society), 1850, 8vo ; Rev. T. Grinfield, Moral Influ¬
ence of S.’s Plays, 1850, 8vo ; V. E. P. Chasles, Etudes sur W. S., Marie Stuart,
et VAr&tin, 1851, 18mo ; F. A. T. Kreyssig, Vorlesungen ii. S., 1858-60, 3 vols.,
2d ed. 1874, 2 vols. 8vo, and S. Fragen, Leipsic, 1871, 8vo; [O’Connell], New
Exegesis of S., 1859, 8vo ; S. Jervis, Proposed Emendations of S., 2d ed. 1861,
8vo; R. Cartwright, The Footsteps of S., 1862, 8vo, New Readings in S., 1866,
8vo, and Papers on S., 1877, 8vo ; G. G. Gervinus, S. Commentaries translated,
1863, 2 vols., new edition revised 1875, 8vo ; S. Bailey, The received Text of S.’s
Dramatic Writings, 1862-6, 2 vols. 8vo; C. C. Clarke, S. Characters, chiefly
those Subordinate, 1863, 8vo ; H. Marggraff, W. S. als Lehrer der Menschheit,
Leipsic, 1864,16mo; J. H. Hackett, Notes and Comments, N. Y., 1864, sm. 8vo ;
A. Mezieres, S., ses oeuvres et ses critiques, 1865, 8vo; H. Wellesley, Stray
Notes on the Text of S., 1865, 4to; A. M. L. de Lamartine, S. et son oeuvre,
1865, 8vo ; W. L. Rushton, S. Illustrated by old Authors, 1867-8, 2 pts. 8vo;
T. Keightley, TheS. Expositor, 1867, sm. 8vo; B. Tschischwitz, S. Forschungen,
1868, 3 vols. 8vo; G. R. French, Shakespeareana Genealogica, 1869, 8vo; F.
Jacox, S. Diversions, 1875-7, 2 vols. 8vo; H. v. F’riesen, Das Buch: S v.
Gervinus, Leipsic, 1869, 8vo, S. Studien, Vienna, 1874-6, 2 vols. 8vo, and K.
Elze’s W. S., Leipsic, 1876, 8vo ; H. T. Hall, Shakespearian Fly Leaves, 1874,
8vo; K. R. Proelss, Erlduterungen, Leipsic, 1874-8, pts. 1-6, sm. 8vo, includ-
necessary. Articles in periodicals not issued separately, and modern critical
editions of single plays, are not included ; and only those of the plays usually
contained in the collective editions are noticed. The name, in its various
spellings (Shakespeare, Shakspeare, Shakespear, Shakspere, <ftc.), is usually
represented by the initial S.