BY
C. M. INGLEBY, LL.D., V.P.R.S.L.,
Honorary Member of the German Shakespeare Society,
and a Life-Trustee of Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Museum, and New Place,
at Stratford-upon-Avon.
[Picture: Decorative graphic]
_LONDON_:
TRÜBNER & CO., 57 & 59, _Ludgate Hill_.
1883.
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]
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“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs.”
_Richard II_, a. iii, s. 2.
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This Essay
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO
THE MAJOR AND CORPORATION OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON,
AND THE VICAR
OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY THERE,