PAGE _Headpiece to_ Contents v _Tailpiece to_ Contents vi _Headpiece to_ List of Illustrations vii _Headpiece to_ Shakespeare at Charlecote 1 Park _Tailpiece to_ Shakespeare at Charlecote 6 Park _Headpiece to_ Shakespeare at 7 “Bank-Side” _Tailpiece to_ Shakespeare at 12 “Bank-Side” _Headpiece to_ The Epitaph of Sir Hugh 13 Evans “One who would have added weight and 17 dignity to the ceremony” _Headpiece to_ Bully Bottom’s Babes 22 _Tailpiece to_ Bully Bottom’s Babes 27 _Headpiece to_ Shakespeare in China 28 “Became wise by poring on his book” 34 _Tailpiece to_ Shakespeare in China 38 _Headpiece to_ Solomon’s Ape 39 “Cast him down a ripe pomegranate” 43 _Tailpiece to_ Solomon’s Ape 45 _Headpiece to_ The Castle Builders of 46 Padua _Headpiece to_ The Tapestry Weaver of 50 Beauvais _Tailpiece to_ The Tapestry Weaver of 57 Beauvais _Headpiece to_ The Wine Cellar: A 58 “Morality” _Tailpiece to_ The Wine Cellar: A 66 “Morality” _Headpiece to_ Recollections of Guy 67 Fawkes “Rejoicing in the captivity of a suit of 70 clothes stuffed with hay” _Tailpiece to_ Recollections of Guy 74 Fawkes _Headpiece to_ Elizabeth and Victoria 75 “Rank ... preached its high prerogative 80 from externals” “Hangman’s surgery” 83 _Headpiece to_ The Little Great and the 90 Great Little _Tailpiece to_ The Little Great and the 94 Great Little _Headpiece to_ The Manager’s Pig 95 _Tailpiece to_ The Manager’s Pig 102 _Headpiece to_ Some Account of a Stage 103 Devil “Would solace the child by playing upon 113 a diabolic fiddle” _Tailpiece to_ Some Account of a Stage 120 Devil _Headpiece to_ Fireside Saints 121 _Tailpiece to_ Fireside Saints 126 _Headpiece to_ Cat-and-Fiddle 127 Moralities: The Tale of a Tiger