HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.

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WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES.

Fcap. 8vo, price is., cloth.

INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEarian Study, by Rev. F. G. FLEAY, M.A.
SHAKESPEARE'S TEMPEST, by Rev. D. MORRIS, B.A.

MERCHANT OF VENICE, by Rev. D. MORRIS, B.A.
RICHARD II, by Rev. D. Morris, B.A.
RICHARD III, by WM. LAWSON.

KING HENRY VIII, by WM. LAWSON.
KING LEAR, by Dr W. B. Kemshead.
MACBETH, by SAMUEL NEIL, F.E.I.S.

AS YOU LIKE IT, by SAMUEL NEIL, F.E.I.S.
JULIUS CAESAR, by SAMUEL NEIL, F.E.I.S.

PARADISE LOST, Books I and II, COмUS, etc., by J. G. DAvis,

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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CLASSICS,

COLLINS'

MILTON'S

MARLOW'S EDWARD II, by Rev. F. G. FLEAY, M.A.

GUIDE TO CHAUCER AND SPENSER, by Rev. F. G. FLEAY, M.A.

William

SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY

OF

HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK.

With Introductory Remarks; Explanatory, Grammatical,
and Philological Notes; etc.

BY

SAMUEL

NEIL,

Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland;

EDITOR OF 'THE LIBRARY SHAKESPEARE;' AND AUTHOR OF 'SHAKESPEARE,
A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY,' 'THE HOME OF SHAKESPEARE,' ETC.

C LONDON AND GLASGOW:

WILLIAM COLLINS, SONS, AND CO.

1877.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

1879, Oct. 6. Binot fund.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION,

THE LITERATURE OF THE PLOT OF 'HAMLET,'.

'THE HYSTORIE OF HAMBLET,'

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ON THE DATE OF THE COMPOSITION OF HAMLET,'

NOTES ON THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ,

THE ARGUMENT, .

PERSONS REPRESENTED,

TEXT,.

NOTES,

APPENDIX.

HUSBAND? .

'INHIBITION' AND 'INNOVATION,'

HAMLET'S AGE, ·
HAMLET'S 'DOZEN OR SIXTEEN LINES,'
TIME-ANALYSIS OF THE PLOT OF 'HAMLET,'

THE MADNESS OF HAMLET,

HAD THE QUEEN ANY SHARE IN THE MURDER OF HER

AN EARLY NOTICE OF HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY-'TO BE OR

NOT TO BE,'.

TWO IMPROVED ACTING 'HAMLETS,'

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION,

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