OF

SHAKESPEARE

EDITED BY

HORACE HOWARD FURNESS

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE DEUTSCHE SHAKESPEARE-GESELLSCHAFT'
OF WEIMAR

TO THE

'GERMAN SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY'

OF WEIMAR

REPRESENTATIVE OF A PEOPLE

WHOSE RECENT HISTORY

HAS PROVED

ONCE FOR ALL

THAT

'GERMANY IS NOT HAMLET'

THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED

WITH GREAT RESPECT BY

THE EDITOR.