King John, 220--King Richard II., 226--King Henry IV., Part I., 233--King Henry IV., Part II., 240--King Henry V., 244--King Henry VI., Part I., 251--King Henry VI., Part II., 255--King Henry VI., Part III., 259--King Richard III., 261--King Henry VIII., 266. TRAGEDIES. Romeo and Juliet, 274--Hamlet, 286--Othello, 298--Julius Cæsar, 307--Antony and Cleopatra, 310--King Lear, 322--Macbeth, 328--Troilus and Cressida, 338--Timon of Athens, 348--Coriolanus, 359--Cymbeline, 373. ADDITIONAL NOTES, 384. EXPLANATORY INDEX, 385. ERRATA. Page 122, "If thou engrossest," etc. This note should come after the two next. Page 302, line 2, _for_ pulling _read_ putting. LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE. A FAMILY of the name of Shakespeare--pronounced, it would seem, Sh[)a]ksp[)e]r--was numerous in Warwickshire during the middle ages. About the middle of the sixteenth century John, the son of Richard Shakespeare, a farmer residing at Snitterfield in that county, was settled at Stratford-on-Avon, and was--though it appears he could neither read nor write--a leading member of the Corporation. Various accounts are given of his trade and occupation. We have proof that in 1556 he was a glover; he was afterwards a farmer or yeoman; Aubrey says he was a butcher; and according to Rowe, he was "a considerable dealer in wool." He would seem in fact to have been one who was ready to turn to any honest occupation by which money might be made.