Life of William Shakespeare

This volume contains: I. LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE Israel Gollancz provides a date-filled review of the great dramatist's life, including etches of family gravestones and a copy of William Shakespeare's will. II. SHAKESPEARE - THE MAN Walter Bagehot poetically describes the works of Shakespeare in an effort to ascertain the inner workings of the man himself. ... surely people do not keep a tame steam-engine to write their books. III. SELF-REVELATION OF SHAKESPEARE Leslie Stephen writes a commentary on Shakespeare's characters and what they reveal or don't reveal. IV. THE ENGLISH DRAMA Richard Grant White takes on the religious factor of English theatre. V. CULMINATION OF THE DRAMA IN SHAKESPEARE Thomas Spencer Baynes completes the collection with a final section on Shakespearean plays broken into three symmetrical periods.