_EDGEWOOD; MARCH, 1890._ _CONTENTS._ PAGE CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY, 1 THE STUART LINE, 4 JAMES I., 6 WALTER RALEIGH, 11 NIGEL AND HARRISON, 19 A LONDON BRIDE, 23 BEN JONSON AGAIN, 26 AN ITALIAN REPORTER, 29 SHAKESPEARE AND THE GLOBE, 32 CHAPTER II. GOSSON AND OTHER PURITANS, 42 KING JAMES’ BIBLE, 44 SHAKESPEARE, 56 SHAKESPEARE’S YOUTH, 61 FAMILY RELATIONS, 67 SHAKESPEARE IN LONDON, 73 WORK AND REPUTATION, 77 HIS THRIFT AND CLOSING YEARS, 81 CHAPTER III. WEBSTER, FORD, AND OTHERS, 88 MASSINGER, BEAUMONT, AND FLETCHER, 93 KING JAMES AND FAMILY, 99 A NEW KING AND SOME LITERARY SURVIVORS, 105 WOTTON AND WALTON, 109 GEORGE HERBERT, 115 ROBERT HERRICK, 120 REVOLUTIONARY TIMES, 126 CHAPTER IV. KING CHARLES AND HIS FRIENDS, 132 JEREMY TAYLOR, 135 A ROYALIST AND A PURITAN, 140 COWLEY AND WALLER, 144 JOHN MILTON, 150 MILTON’S MARRIAGE, 157 THE ROYAL TRAGEDY, 161 CHANGE OF KINGS, 167 LAST DAYS, 174 CHAPTER V. CHARLES II. AND HIS FRIENDS, 182 ANDREW MARVELL, 189 AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS, 193 SAMUEL PEPYS, 198 A SCIENTIST, 207 JOHN BUNYAN, 209 CHAPTER VI. THREE GOOD PROSERS, 221 JOHN DRYDEN, 227 THE LONDON OF DRYDEN, 234 LATER POEMS AND PURPOSE, 240 JOHN LOCKE, 248 END OF THE KING AND OTHERS, 255 CHAPTER VII.