OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, PLAYER AND POET: WITH NEW FACTS AND TRADITIONS. By S. W. FULLOM, AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT HIGHWAY," "THE HUMAN MIND," "THE MARVELS OF SCIENCES," &c. "An honest man is able to speak for himself."-SHAKESPEARE. "I would rather express that sentiment to you in the language of our great writer, SAUNDERS, OTLEY, AND CO., 66, BROOK STREET, HANOVER SQUARE. 1862. wwwww [The right of Translation is reserved.] 162023-B BY THE SAME AUTHOR. SECOND EDITION, with Frontispiece by GEORGE CRUICKSHANK, price 58., elegantly bound, THE EXILE'S DAUGHTER: A POEM. By S. W. FULLOM, AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE." PREFACE. THE justification of a new Life of Shakespeare should be furnished by its contents, not depend on a Preface. This work, therefore, must be left to speak for itself, and I trust that the light it throws on the subject will obtain indulgence for its deficiencies in other respects. I have here only to express my acknowledgments to those from whom I have received assistance. My best thanks are due to Mrs. Lucy, of Charlecote Park, for valuable information, which is a key to the whole history of Shakespeare; to Lord Willoughby de Broke for an obliging note on the Verney pedigree; to the Reverend G. Granville, Vicar of Stratford, the Reverend Donald Cameron, Vicar of Snitterfield, and the Reverend John Fagg, Vicar of Aston Cantlow, for access to the Parochial Registers ; |
