Copyright 1917
The STRATFORD CO., Publishers

Boston, Mass.

257889

The Alpine Press, Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

To Old-Time friends

A Little Token Of Fond Remembrance “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,

Than are dreamt of in our philosophy."

Contents

Page

PREFACE

xvii

CHAPTER I

IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTERS

Conflicting Theories.—Sir Philip Sidney.-Hamlet Foreign to

Shakespeare's Times.—Touches Him on Many Sides.—The

Poet's Mental Sufferings.-Causes.-Essex and Southamp-

ton.-Religious Dissensions and Persecutions.-Richard II.

and Queen Elizabeth.-Julius Caesar.-Essex and Brutus.-

Conspiracy Crushed.—Misfortunes of Friends.--Personal

Danger.-Melancholy.-The Tragedy Revised.--The Gloomi-

ness of Hamlet more Emphasized.

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ERRATA

P. 151, foot-note, read p. 30 for p. 36.

P. 319, line 19, read reliance for alliance.

P. 354, foot-note, read p. 35 for p. 51.

P. 356, line 4, read counselors for councelors.

P. 413, foot-note, read c VI. p. 35 for c VII. 51.

P. 426, foot-note, read p. 233 for p. 297.

P. 480, line 10, read fulfilling for fulfiling.

Undiscovered Country.”—A Misconception.-Refutation.-

The Visible and the Invisible World.—The Common Law of

Divine Providence .

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CHAPTER IV

Is HAMLET A PANTHEIST
Varied Claims.-Giordano Bruno.-Shakespeare Attends his
Lectures.-Borrows his Philosophic Principles.-Brief