COMEDY OF

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

EDITED, WITH NOTES,

BY

WILLIAM J. ROLFE, A.M.,

FORMERLY HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

ENGLISH

CLASSICS.

EDITED BY WM. J. ROLFE, A.M.

Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 56 cents per volume; Paper, 40 cents per volume.

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

Any of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part
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Copyright, 1878, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION TO MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING...

I. THE HISTORY OF THE PLAY...

II. THE SOURCES OF THE PLOT...

III. CRITICAL COMMENTS ON THE PLAY...

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.....

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