| SHAKESPEARE THE BOY | Frontispiece |
| THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE, ABOUT 1820 | | 3 |
| WARWICK CASTLE | | 5 |
| GATE-HOUSE OF KENILWORTH CASTLE | | 13 |
| COVENTRY CHURCHES AND PAGEANT | Facing p. | 14 |
| CHARLECOTE HALL | | 20 |
| ENTRANCE TO CHARLECOTE HALL | | 22 |
| SIR THOMAS LUCY | | 23 |
| STRATFORD CHURCH | Facing p. | 30 |
| STRATFORD CHURCH, WEST END | | 32 |
| THE GUILD CHAPEL AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL, STRATFORD | | 35 |
| MAP—PLAN OF STRATFORD | | 42 |
| SHAKESPEARE HOUSE, RESTORED | | 49 |
| ROOM IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN | Facing p. | 50 |
| INTERIOR OF ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE | " | 56 |
| OLD HOUSE IN HIGH STREET | | 59 |
| ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE | Facing p. | 64 |
| SHILLING OF EDWARD VI. | | 68 |
| ANCIENT FONT AT STRATFORD | | 81 |
| PORCH, STRATFORD CHURCH | Facing p. | 88 |
| INNER COURT, GRAMMAR SCHOOL | | 95 |
| THE SCHOOL-ROOM AS IT WAS | | 97 |
| DESK SAID TO BE SHAKESPEARE'S | | 102 |
| WALK ON THE BANKS OF THE AVON | Facing p. | 112 |
| HIDE-AND-SEEK | " | 122 |
| "MORRIS" BOARD | | 130 |
| FISHING IN THE AVON | Facing p. | 132 |
| THE BEAR GARDEN, LONDON | | 133 |
| GARDEN AT NEW PLACE | Facing p. | 146 |
| ELIZABETH HAWKING | | 155 |
| BOY WITH HAWK AND HOUNDS | | 159 |
| ITINERANT PLAYERS IN A COUNTRY HALL | Facing p. | 160 |
| WILLIAM KEMP DANCING THE MORRIS | | 163 |
| THE BOUNDARY ELM | | 167 |
| MORRIS-DANCE | Facing p. | 178 |
| CLOPTON HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE | " | 190 |
| THE FAIR | " | 200 |
| INTERIOR OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BEFORE THE RESTORATION | | 225 |
| CLOPTON MONUMENTS | Facing p. | 238 |
| THE BAR-GATE, SOUTHAMPTON | | 242 |
| ARMS OF JOHN SHAKESPEARE | | 251 |