PREFACE
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
CHAPTER I
STRATFORD-ON-AVON
CHAPTER II
THE POET'S YOUTH
CHAPTER III
NATURE ROUND STRATFORD AND SHOTTERY
CHAPTER IV
FIRST DAYS IN LONDON
CHAPTER V
SHAKESPEARE'S LONDON
CHAPTER VI
THE STAGE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY
CHAPTER VII
SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY PLAYS
CHAPTER VIII
THE ELIZABETHAN TAVERNS
CHAPTER IX
THE MIDDLE PERIOD
CHAPTER X
THE LATEST PLAYS
CHAPTER XI
BACK AGAIN IN STRATFORD
CHAPTER XII
THE POET'S DOMESTIC LIFE
CHAPTER XIII
STRATFORD AS IT WAS
CHAPTER XIV
THE CLOSE OF LIFE
INDEX