OF

SHAKESPEARE

EDITED BY

HORACE HOWARD FURNESS

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE 'DEUTSCHE SHAKESPEARE-GESELLSCHAFT'

Sept. 9, 1889.
March Bequest,

Copyright, 1877, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

WESTCOTT & THOMSON,
Stereotypers and Electrotypers, Philada.

LIPPINCOTT'S PRESS,
Philada.

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TO THE

'GERMAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY'

OF WEIMAR

REPRESENTATIVE OF A PEOPLE

WHOSE RECENT HISTORY

HAS PROVED

ONCE FOR ALL

THAT

'GERMANY IS NOT HAMLET'

THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED

WITH GREAT RESPECT BY

THE EDITOR.