edited with a critical biography by William Michael Rossetti ... with an essay on the chronology of Shakespeare's plays by Edward Dowden ..., a history of the drama in England to the time of Shakespeare, by Arthur Gilman ..., a critical introduction to each play, by Augustus W. von Schlegel ... etc., with illustrations
cxxvi, 1008 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
OCLC
ocm45538216
At head of title: The Rossetti Shakespeare.
Text in double columns.
Headpieces and tailpieces.
Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibl., p. 547
Preface -- Life of William Shakespeare / by William M. Rossetti -- The chronology of Shakespeare's writings / by Edward Dowden -- Shakespeare from his birth to the present time / by Edward Dowden -- The drama of England / by Arthur Gilman -- Portraits of Shakespeare -- Ward's statue of Shakespeare -- Introduction to Shakespeare's plays / by Augustus William von Schlegel -- Doubtful plays / by Edward Dowden -- Shakespeare's poems / by Edward Dowden -- Shakespeare's will -- List of important editions of the works of William Shakespeare from 1623 to 1881 -- Books useful to students of Shakespeare -- Noteworthy scenes -- List of Shakespeare's songs -- Tempest -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Midsummer night's dream -- Twelfth night -- Merry wives of Windsor -- Measure for measure -- Much ado about nothing -- As you like it -- Merchant of Venice -- Love's labour's lost -- Taming of the shrew -- All's well that ends well -- Winter's tale -- Comedy of errors -- Macbeth -- King John -- King Richard II -- King Henry IV, part 1 -- King Henry IV, part 2 -- King Henry V -- King Henry VI, part 1 -- King Henry VI, part 2 -- King Henry, part 3 -- King Richard III -- King Henry VIII -- Timon of Athens -- Coriolanus -- Julius Caesar -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Cymbeline -- Titus Andronicus -- Pericles -- King Lear -- Romeo and Juliet -- Troilus and Cressida -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Poems of Shakespeare -- Index to familiar quotations -- Index to all of Shakespeare's characters ... -- A glossary of difficult words ... -- Ben Jonson's poetical preface to the first edition (1623) of Shakespeare's works