[Footnote 5: But since Voltaire's time, and notably within the present
century, the French mind has amply atoned for previous misconceptions,
and its tribute to the genius of Shakspeare is rivalling England
itself. Germany was earlier in this field; but, if France means to
annex Shakspeare, she can afford to let Alsace and Lorraine go. The
younger Hugo's study of Hamlet; the volumes of Alfred Mézières, of
Philaréte Chasles; the studies of Guizot; the admirable article upon
Cleopatra by Henri Blaze de Bury, in the _Revue des Deux Mondes_, June
15, 1872; another, later, in the same review, upon "Medical Psychology
in the Dramas of Shakspeare," &c.,--show a noble disposition and a
thorough sympathy.]
[Footnote 6: Obviously the proper reading. Prince Henry says, "This
Doll Tear-street should be some road." First noticed by Coleridge.]