Period of Shakspeare's Commencement as a Dramatic Poet — Chronological Arrangement of his genuine Plays — Observations on PERICLES; on the COMEDY OF ERRORS; on LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST; on HENRY THE SIXTH, PART THE FIRST; on HENRY THE SIXTH, PART THE SECOND; and on A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM — Dissertation on the FAIRY MYTHOLOGY, and on the Modifications which it received from the Genius of Shakspeare. 256 CHAP. X. Observations on ROMEO AND JULIET; on the TAMING OF THE SHREW; on THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA; on KING RICHARD THE THIRD; on KING RICHARD THE SECOND; on KING HENRY THE FOURTH, PARTS FIRST AND SECOND; on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; and on HAMLET — Dissertation on the AGENCY of SPIRITS and APPARITIONS, and on the GHOST in HAMLET. 356 CHAP. XI. Observations on KING JOHN; on ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; on KING HENRY THE FIFTH; on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; on AS YOU LIKE IT; on MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; on TROILUS AND CRESSIDA; on HENRY THE EIGHTH; on TIMON OF ATHENS; on MEASURE FOR MEASURE; on KING LEAR; on CYMBELINE; on MACBETH — Dissertation on the POPULAR BELIEF in WITCHCRAFT during the Age of Shakspeare, and on his Management of this Superstition in the Tragedy of MACBETH. 419 CHAP. XII. Observations on JULIUS CÆSAR; on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; on CORIOLANUS; on THE WINTER'S TALE; on THE TEMPEST — Dissertation on the GENERAL BELIEF of the Times in the ART OF MAGIC, and on Shakspeare's Management of this Superstition as exhibited in THE TEMPEST — Observations on OTHELLO; on TWELFTH NIGHT, and on the PLAYS ASCRIBED to Shakspeare — SUMMARY OF SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC CHARACTER. 490 CHAP. XIII. A Brief View of Dramatic Poetry, and its Cultivators, during Shakspeare's Connection with the Stage. 556 CHAP. XIV. The Biography of Shakspeare continued to the Close of his Residence in London. 581 PART III. SHAKSPEARE IN RETIREMENT. CHAP. I. Anecdotes relative to Shakspeare during his Retirement at Stratford. 603 CHAP. II. The Death of Shakspeare — Observations on his Will — On the Disposition and Moral Character of Shakspeare — On the Monument erected to his Memory, and on the Engraving of him prefixed to the first Folio Edition of his Plays — Conclusion. 611 APPENDIX. 625 SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES. PART II. _SHAKSPEARE IN LONDON._ CHAPTER V.