"All Nature for his head a garland wound,

Who touched things great or small with Truth's own finger.
-Richard Wilton.

London:

"HOME WORDS" PUBLISHING OFFICE,
1, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.

Malone 457.

C

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

N the following pages, an attempt is made to present Shakspeare's references to Temperance, and the Drinking Customs of his day, together

with brief comments thereon gleaned from various sources. The text of the handy "Globe Edition," published by Macmillan and Co., has been followed throughout.