STRATFORD-ON-AVON 24 THE EARLY HISTORY OF STRATFORD 27 THE STRATFORD GUILD 34 THE STRATFORD CORPORATION 39 THE TOPOGRAPHY OF STRATFORD 43 PART II.--HIS HOME LIFE 47 THE DWELLING-HOUSES OF THE TIME 49 THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE 52 FOOD AND DRINK 57 THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN 60 INDOOR AMUSEMENTS 67 POPULAR BOOKS 71 STORY-TELLING 73 CHRISTENINGS 80 SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH BIRTH AND BAPTISM 84 CHARMS AND AMULETS 87 PART III.--AT SCHOOL 93 THE STRATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL 95 WHAT SHAKESPEARE LEARNT AT SCHOOL 99 THE NEGLECT OF ENGLISH 106 SCHOOL LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY 110 SCHOOL MORALS 112 SCHOOL DISCIPLINE 113 WHEN WILLIAM LEFT SCHOOL 118 PART IV.--GAMES AND SPORTS 119 BOYISH GAMES 121 SWIMMING AND FISHING 130 BEAR-BAITING 132 COCK-FIGHTING AND COCK-THROWING 136 OTHER CRUEL SPORTS 139 ARCHERY 142 HUNTING 145 FOWLING 151 HAWKING 153 THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS 160 PART V.--HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, FAIRS, ETC. 165 SAINT GEORGE'S DAY 167 EASTER 172 THE PERAMBULATION OF THE PARISH 174 MAY-DAY AND THE MORRIS-DANCE 176 WHITSUNTIDE 184 MIDSUMMER EVE 186 CHRISTMAS 190 SHEEP-SHEARING 193 HARVEST-HOME 195 MARKETS AND FAIRS 198 RURAL OUTINGS 207 NOTES 213