CONTENTS.

PART I.

PREFATORY Essay: Explanatory of the Plan of the Work, and containing an Inquiry into the Merits of Shakspeare's Principal Editors, Commentators, and Critics

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PART II.

Memorials of Shakspeare; or Sketches of his Character and Genius.

On the Characteristics of Shakspeare.-COLERIDGE.

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On the Universality of the Genius of Shakspeare, and on his Irregularities in relation to Dramatic Unity.-CAMPBELL.

87

On the Genius of Shakspeare, and on his Four Dramas, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, and Lear.-BLACKWOOD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

93

On the Character and Feelings of Shakspeare.-FREDERICK SCHLEGEL.

105

On the Influence of Shakspeare over the Human Mind.RETROSPECTIVE Review.

110

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On Shakspeare, and on the Character of his Tragedies.MADAME DE STAEL Holstein.

113

On Shakspeare, and on the Character of his Comedies.GREGORY.

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On the Fame and Acquirements of Shakspeare.-AUGUSTUS WILLIAM SCHLEGEL.

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MEMORIALS

OF

SH A K S P E A RE;

OR,

SKETCHES OF

HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS,

BY VARIOUS WRITERS,

NOW FIRST COLLECTED :

WITH

A PREFATORY AND CONCLUDING ESSAY,

AND NOTES,

BY NATHAN DRAKE, M.D. H.A.L.

AUTHOR OF “SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES,” &c.

FORMING A VALUABLE ACCOMPANIMENT TO

EVERY EDITION OF THE POET.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1828.

KOMA

PRINTED BY A. J. VALPY, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, LONDON.