XIX. SHAKESPEARE LOSES HIS SON--TRACES OF HIS GRIEF IN KING JOHN--THE OLD PLAY OF THE SAME NAME--DISPLACEMENT OF ITS CENTRE OF GRAVITY--ELIMINATION OF RELIGIOUS POLEMICS--RETENTION OF THE NATIONAL BASIS--PATRIOTIC SPIRIT--SHAKESPEARE KNOWS NOTHING OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NORMANS AND ANGLO-SAXONS, AND IGNORES THE MAGNA CHARTA XX. "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" AND "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"--SHAKESPEARE'S PREOCCUPATION WITH THOUGHTS OF PROPERTY AND GAIN--HIS GROWING PROSPERITY--HIS ADMISSION TO THE RANKS OF THE "GENTRY"--HIS PURCHASE OF HOUSES AND LAND--MONEY TRANSACTIONS AND LAWSUITS XXI. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE--ITS SOURCES--ITS CHARACTERS, ANTONIO, PORTIA, SHYLOCK--MOONLIGHT AND MUSIC--SHAKESPEARE'S RELATION TO MUSIC XXII. "EDWARD III." AND "ARDEN OF FEVERSHAM"--SHAKESPEARE'S DICTION--THE FIRST PART OF "HENRY IV."--FIRST INTRODUCTION OF HIS OWN EXPERIENCES OF LIFE IN THE HISTORIC DRAMA--WHY THE SUBJECT APPEALED TO HIM--TAVERN LIFE--SHAKESPEARE'S CIRCLE--SIR JOHN FALSTAFF--FALSTAFF AND THE GRACIOSO OF THE SPANISH DRAMA--RABELAIS AND SHAKESPEARE--PANURGE AND FALSTAFF XXIII. HENRY PERCY--THE MASTERY OF THE CHARACTER DRAWING--HOTSPUR AND ACHILLES XXIV. PRINCE HENRY--THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR SHAKESPEARE'S IMAGINATION--A TYPICAL ENGLISH NATIONAL HERO--THE FRESHNESS AND PERFECTION OF THE PLAY XXV. "KING HENRY IV.," SECOND PART--OLD AND NEW CHARACTERS IN IT--DETAILS--"HENRY V.," A NATIONAL DRAMA--PATRIOTISM AND CHAUVINISM--THE VISION OF A GREATER ENGLAND XXVI. ELIZABETH AND FALSTAFF--"THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR"--THE PROSAIC AND BOURGEOIS TONE OF THE PIECE--THE FAIRY SCENES XXVII. SHAKESPEARE'S MOST BRILLIANT PERIOD--THE FEMININE TYPES BELONGING TO IT--WITTY AND HIGHBORN YOUNG WOMEN--MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING--SLAVISH FAITHFULNESS TO HIS SOURCES--BENEDICK AND BEATRICE--SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT--THE LOW-COMEDY FIGURES XXVIII. THE INTERVAL OF SERENITY--AS YOU LIKE IT--THE ROVING SPIRIT--THE LONGING FOR NATURE--JAQUES AND SHAKESPEARE--THE PLAY A FEAST OF WIT XXIX. CONSUMMATE SPIRITUAL HARMONY--TWELFTH NIGHT--JIBES AT PURITANISM--THE LANGUISHING CHARACTERS--VIOLA'S INSINUATING GRACE--FAREWELL TO MIRTH. XXX. THE REVOLUTION IN SHAKESPEARE'S SOUL--THE GROWING MELANCHOLY OF THE FOLLOWING PERIOD--PESSIMISM, MISANTHROPY BOOK SECOND I. INTRODUCTION--THE ENGLAND OF ELIZABETH IN SHAKESPEARE'S YOUTH II. ELIZABETH'S OLD AGE III. ELIZABETH, ESSEX, AND BACON IV. THE FATE OF ESSEX AND SOUTHAMPTON V. THE DEDICATION OF THE SONNETS--THE FRIEND TO WHOM THEY ARE ADDRESSED VI. THE "DARK LADY" OF THE SONNETS