INDEX 247 ILLUSTRATIONS SHAKESPEARE THE BOY _Frontispiece_ THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE, ABOUT 1820 3 WARWICK CASTLE 5 GATE-HOUSE OF KENILWORTH CASTLE 13 COVENTRY CHURCHES AND PAGEANT _Facing p._ 14 CHARLECOTE HALL 20 ENTRANCE TO CHARLECOTE HALL 22 SIR THOMAS LUCY 23 STRATFORD CHURCH _Facing p._ 30 STRATFORD CHURCH, WEST END 32 THE GUILD CHAPEL AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL, STRATFORD 35 MAP--PLAN OF STRATFORD 42 SHAKESPEARE HOUSE, RESTORED 49 ROOM IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN _Facing p._ 50 INTERIOR OF ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE " 56 OLD HOUSE IN HIGH STREET 59 ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE _Facing p._ 64 SHILLING OF EDWARD VI. 68 ANCIENT FONT AT STRATFORD 81 PORCH, STRATFORD CHURCH _Facing p._ 88 INNER COURT, GRAMMAR SCHOOL 95 THE SCHOOL-ROOM AS IT WAS 97 DESK SAID TO BE SHAKESPEARE'S 102 WALK ON THE BANKS OF THE AVON _Facing p._ 112 HIDE-AND-SEEK " 122 "MORRIS" BOARD 130 FISHING IN THE AVON _Facing p._ 132 THE BEAR GARDEN, LONDON 133 GARDEN AT NEW PLACE _Facing p._ 146 ELIZABETH HAWKING 155 BOY WITH HAWK AND HOUNDS 159 ITINERANT PLAYERS IN A COUNTRY HALL _Facing p._ 160 WILLIAM KEMP DANCING THE MORRIS 163 THE BOUNDARY ELM 167 MORRIS-DANCE _Facing p._ 178 CLOPTON HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE " 190 THE FAIR " 200 INTERIOR OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BEFORE THE RESTORATION 225 CLOPTON MONUMENTS _Facing p._ 238 THE BAR-GATE, SOUTHAMPTON 242 ARMS OF JOHN SHAKESPEARE 251 SHAKESPEARE THE BOY PART I HIS NATIVE TOWN AND NEIGHBORHOOD [Illustration: THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE, ABOUT 1820] WARWICKSHIRE