CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE UNIVERSAL INTEREST IN THE PERSONALITY

OF THE POET–WHAT THE WRITER INTENDS

CHAPTER VI.

“ Look

HERE UPON THIS PICTURE, AND THEN

ON THIS!”

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THE KNOWN TRAITS OF THE POET COMPARED

WITH THOSE OF THE PRINCE,

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.

CHAPTER XI.

SCENE WITH THE CHIEF-JUSTICE—THE PRINCE

CONTRASTED WITH HIS BROTHER JOHN-

POET's

CONTEMPO-

TESTIMONY

OF

THE

RARIES AS TO HIS GENTLE CHARACTER,

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CHAPTER XII.

THE STAGE AS A PROFESSION IN SHAKESPEARE's

TIME—THE POET's ARRIVAL IN LONDON,

AND HIS FIRST OCCUPATION AND COMPAN-

IONSHIP THERE,

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CHAPTER XIII.

SHAKESPEARE'S CAREER IN LONDON-HOW HIS

CONDUCT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THAT OF THE

PRINCE,

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