671,672,674,678,679,686Aristocratic principles of—Shakespeare's hatred of the masses,109,112,531,536,545,547-551,613,614,641Associates of179Attacks upon—The Baconian Theory,87-90,94-96,313,314Biographies of,2-4Bohemian life and dissipation of195-197,298Brilliant and happiest period of—Feminine types belonging to it,159,213-215,221,226,231,233,238-240,280,364,391,420,575Bruno's, Giordano, supposed influence over,349,357Corneille, Pierre, compared with,589,590Davenant, Mrs., courted by,196,671Heath of6,558,683-687,690Diction of173-175,552,553Dramatic art, Shakespeare's conception of387,388,391Elizabeth, Queen, cause of Shakespeare's coolness towards,250Elizabethan England in the youth of,108,110,122,242-245Euphuism and pedantry ridiculed by—Traces of John Lyly's Euphues' in'Hamlet,'40-46,355-357,642,643Fitton, Mary, or the Dark Lady, loved by,268,273,274,277-287,294,296,298,341,363,463,471,475,506,507Greene's, Robert, attack on,18-20,21,179,635Hamnet, son of Shakespeare's sorrow at death of10,140,141,147,324,341,637,677,686Italy visited by—Discussion on,3,113-118James I.'s patronage of—Relations between,417-419,452,534,535,652Jonson, Ben, compared with—Relations between,325-340Judith, daughter of,10,154,342,671,672,678,684,686Kemp's, actor, relations with,391Knowledge of physical and philosophical,91-97,314,315,675,676London, Shakespeare's first arrival in—Buildings, costumes, manners—Political and religious conditions of the period,13-17,214,670Lucy's, Sir Thomas, relations with—Shakespeare's consequent departurefrom Stratford,7,10-12,34,152,208,222,670,674Marlowe's, C., influence on,22-26,27,28,31,32,120-123,125,126,150Melancholy, pessimism, and misanthropy of causes of—Shakespeare'srestoration to happiness,151,159,176,215,222-226,230,233,238-241,250,264,265,294,295,298,299,304,361-365,393,400,407,420,428,431-479,501,502,514,519,520,524,527,528,532,533,559,571,575,578,585,587,592,610,615,621,622,660,672Montaigne's influence over,340,351-357,650,659,665Morality—Shakespeare's conception of true morality,620-623Music, Shakespeare's love of169-171Nature and solitude, Shakespeare's love and longing for,222,223,619,620,628,632,634,665,672,676,677,680,684Painting described by,59,60Parentage and boyhood of Shakespeare at Stratford,59,59,89,210,445,671,674,675Pembroke, William Herbert, Earl of, passionately loved by—Shakespeare's Platonism and idolatry in friendship,101,155,214,267-276,277,278,280,283,284,289-291,293-298,300,336,341,362,464,498,506,513-515,616Position of547,548Prosperity and wealth of—Shakespeare's purchase of New Place,houses, and land—Money transactions and lawsuits,12,151,156,226,326,341,451,501,532,669-671,672,673,676,679-681,683Puritanism hated and attacked by,181,231,232,240,314,395,401,402,404,407,409,564,613,614,671,672,677,679Rabelais compared with,180,181Return of Shakespeare to Stratford—Surroundings of—Visit ofShakespeare to London—Last years of his life,667,668-676,677,679-686Rivalry, Shakespeare's sense of,61,62Self-transformation, Shakespeare's power of129,130Susannah, daughter of,10,341,671,672,677,678,686Tarlton eulogised by,391Tavern life of177,178Theatres in time of, situation and arrangements of—Costumes,players and audiences,98-109,303,538,541Will of532,674,677,684,686,687Womanhood, Shakespeare's ideal of,101Women, Shakespeare's contempt for,132,133,506,616'Shakespeare and Montaigne,' by Jacob Feis,340,355'Shakespeare and Typography,' Blades,92'Shakespeare's Autobiographical Poems,' by C. A. Brown,114'Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse,' byIngleby,334,600'Shakespeare's Euphuism,' by Rushton(1871),355'Shakespeare's Knowledge and Use of the Bible,' by Bishop CharlesWordsworth,92'Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements,' by Lord Campbell,91'Shakespeare's Library, Collier's,'343'Shakespeare's Mulberry Tree,' sung by Garrick,681'Shakespearean Myth,' by Appleton Morgan,92Shallow in—'Henry IV.,'202,388'Merry Wives of Windsor,'209,211Sheffield, Countess of,66Shelley,63,224,451,583,595,634'Shepheard's Spring Song for the Entertainment of King James,'by Henry Chettle,417'Shepherdess Felismena,'53'Shepherd's Calendar,' by Spenser,601Sheppard,338,577Sherborne,481,482,499'Shirley's Eulogy' of Beaumont and Fletcher,604Shottery, Anne Hathaway's cottage at,154,674Shrewsbury battlefield in 'Henry IV.,'185Shylock in 'Merchant of Venice,'115,150,154,157,160,162,164-167,170Sicinius in Coriolanus,552Sidney, Sir Philip,17,41,45,63,102,214,242,243,251,256,269,274,287,291,294,299,359,352,453,487,581Silence, Justice, in 'Henry IV.,'202'Silent Woman, The,' by Ben Jonson (1609),533Silvayn's, Alexander, 'Orator,'158Silvia in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,'54Simonides in 'Pericles,'579Simpson, Mr. Richard,117,299Sir Andrew Aguecheek in 'Twelfth Night,'209,232,233,236,237Sir John Oldcastle (1600),576Sir Tobby Belch in 'Twelfth Night,'232,233,234,236,237Slender in 'Merry Wives of Windsor,'209,210Slowacki,385Smith in Henry VI.,111,536Smith, William, founding the BaconianTheory (1856),88Smith's, Thomas, 'Voiage and Entertainement in Rushia,'344Snug in 'Midsummer Night's Dream,'71Socrates 'Apology,'354'Solyman and Perseda,' by Kyd,346Somer, Sir George,650Somerset, Earl ofSeeRobert CarrSonnets (1601), melancholy and sadness of—Date of Pembrokeand Mary Fitton addressed in Shakespeare's Platonism,idolatry in friendship, and inner life shown in—Form andpoetic value of,3,4,32,54,91,151,172,176,195,196,213,239,265-301,340,350,351,364,439,463,466,471,472,506,507,513,520Sören Kierkegaard,199,631Southampton, Earl of, Shakespeare's patron—Conspiracy of,44,55,58,101,109,125,152,207,214,240,244,249,250,252,256,258-261,264,267,268,269,270,271,276,285,286,304,341,352,411,494Southampton, Lady,273Southwell, Elizabeth,254,273——Robert,286Spaccio, by Giordano Bruno,356Spanish Alliance,275'Spanish Tragedy,' by Kyd,70,326,345,346Spedding James,89,127,252,262,609,611Speed in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,'51,52Spenser,18,41,55,63,65,243,266,269,287,299,601Stanley, Lord, in Richard III.,136Stationers' Register,270Statius' 'Thebaide,'605Stedefeld, G. F.,354Stephano in the 'Tempest,'654,659,664,665Stern, Alfred,413,419Stirling's, Count, 'Darius,'656Story of 'Troylus and Pandor' (1515),510Stows Summarie of the Chronicles of England, IIIStraparola's Two Lovers of Pisa,210Stratford on Avon—Birth of Shakespeare at—Description of town and Shakespeare'sboyhood at,5-10,60,89,210,445,672,674,676Departure of Shakespeare from,3,10-12,34,670,674,675Property bought by Shakespeare at Shakespeare restoring positionand prosperity of his family at,12,152-156,341,501,532,671,672,673,679-683Return of Shakespeare to—Surroundings of—Visit of Shakespeareto London—Last years of his life at,667,668-675,677,678-685Stuart, Arabella,417,490,491,501,——Mary, mother of James I.,16,347,412,413,480,571,596Study of Shakespeare, by Swinburne,173,451,558Sturley, Abraham,154Suffolk, Duke of, in 'Henry VI.,'24,120,138Sullivan, E.,369Summarie of the Chronicles of England, by Stow,111Surrey, Henry, Earl of,28,299'Swan' Theatre,100,103Swinburne,23,120,121,172,173,315,451,480,497,515,558,592,607,608,689Sycorax in the Tempest,664,665Sylvia in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,'53,54Symonds, John Addington,334,338Symons, Arthur,238,475,609,610Syren, literary club founded by Sir Walter Raleigh,177TADEMA, ALMA—,335Tagelied,81Tailor's, Robert, 'Hog has Lost his Pearl' (1614),539,577Taine,77,80,201,223,331Talbot, Lord,274'Tamburlaine the Great,' by C. Marlowe,27,28,31,202'Taming of the Shrew' (1596),8,9,36,104,113-115,116,132,150,169,211,304,396