MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 39 AS YOU LIKE IT 53 THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA 71 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 85 CYMBELINE 102 KING LEAR 117 MACBETH 136 ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 148 THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 162 THE COMEDY OF ERRORS 174 MEASURE FOR MEASURE 190 TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL 206 TIMON OF ATHENS 221 ROMEO AND JULIET 236 HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK 255 OTHELLO 272 PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE 287 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PERDITA WHEN CALIBAN WAS LAZY AND NEGLECTED HIS WORK, ARIEL WOULD COME SLILY AND PINCH HIM WHERE IS PEASE-BLOSSOM? PAULINA DREW BACK THE CURTAIN WHICH CONCEALED THIS FAMOUS STATUE GANYMEDE ASSUMED THE FORWARD MANNERS OFTEN SEEN IN YOUTHS WHEN THEY ARE BETWEEN BOYS AND MEN IMOGEN'S TWO BROTHERS THEN CARRIED HER TO A SHADY COVERT CORDELIA THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE STRANGE APPEARANCE OF THREE FIGURES PETRUCHIO, PRETENDING TO FIND FAULT WITH EVERY DISH, THREW THE MEAT ABOUT THE FLOOR SHE BEGAN TO THINK OF CONFESSING THAT SHE WAS A WOMAN AT THE CELL OF FRIAR LAWRENCE TO THIS BROOK OPHELIA CAME [Illustration] THE TEMPEST There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady. She came to this island so young, that she had no memory of having seen any other human face than her father's. They lived in a cave or cell, made out of a rock; it was divided into several apartments, one of which Prospero called his study; there he kept his books, which chiefly treated of magic, a study at that time much affected by all learned men: and the knowledge of this art he found very useful to him; for being thrown by a strange chance upon this island, which had been enchanted by a witch called Sycorax, who died there a short time before his arrival, Prospero, by virtue of his art, released many good spirits that Sycorax had imprisoned in the bodies of large trees, because they had refused to execute her wicked commands. These gentle spirits were ever after obedient to the will of Prospero. Of these Ariel was the chief.