CS Francis & Co

THE WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE,

FROM THE TEXT OF

JOHNSON, STEVENS, AND REED.

A New Edition,

INCLUDING THE POEMS AND DOUBTFUL PLAYS,

WITH

Glossarial Notes, Life, Etc.

BY

WILLIAM HAZLITT, ESQ.

COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES....VOLUME I.

NEW YORK:

C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY.
BOSTON CROSBY, NICHOLS & CO.

M.DCCC.LII,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

50X132

ΤΟ

WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY,

ONE OF THE WORTHIEST ILLUSTRATORS OF SHAKSPEARE,

IN WHOM THE VIRTUES OF PRIVATE LIFE HAVE THE MORE HONOUR, THAT

THEY ARE NOT THE SUBSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC EXCELLENCE,

THIS

EDITION OF SHAKSPEARE'S WORKS

IS DEDICATED.