Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Introduction.--Preface to the essays.--Shakespeare's library [by C.J. Billson]--The classical attainments of Shakspere [by A.H. Cruickshank]--Shakespeare's puns [by F.A. Bather]--Shakespeare and Goethe [by E.D.A. Morshead]--Shakspere as a historian [by H.J. Hardy]--The stage-craft of Shakspere [by C.H. Hawkins]--The fools of Shakspere [by L.P. Johnson]--Ghostland and fairyland [by O.T. Perkins]--Shakespeare's view of women's relations with and influence on men of mark [by Bertram Talbot]--Shakspere and his times [by R.T. Warner]--The endings of Shakespeare's plays [by E.J. Palmer]--School Shakspere societies [by H.B. Joseph]--A specimen paper: King Richard III [by E.D. Bewley]--Roll of members--W.C.S.S