[Illustration (with text):
MR. WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARES
COMEDIES,
HISTORIES, &
TRAGEDIES.
Published according to the True Originall Copies.
[Portrait]
LONDON
Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount. 1623
TITLE PAGE OF THE CELEBRATED
FIRST FOLIO EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE
THE PLAYS COLLECTED AND EDITED IN 1623 BY
HEMINGE AND CONDELL]
COMFORT
FOUND IN GOOD
OLD BOOKS
BY
GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH
_I love everything that's old:
old friends, old times, old manners,
old books, old wine._
--_Goldsmith._
[Illustration]
_Illustrated_
PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS, SAN FRANCISCO
_Copyright, 1911_
_by_ PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
The articles in this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday book-page of the San Francisco _Chronicle_.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M. H. de Young, Esq.
TO THE MEMORY
OF MY SON HAROLD,
MY BEST CRITIC, MY OTHER
SELF, WHOSE DEATH HAS
TAKEN THE LIGHT
OUT OF MY
LIFE.