ADVERTISEMENT.

It may be necessary to state that the Notes distinguished by the letters of the alphabet are from the pen of the Editor; whilst those marked by an asterisk are the production of the authors of their respective papers.

February, 1828.

CONTENTS.

PART 1.

PREPATORY Essay: Explanatory of the Plan of the Work,

and containing an Inquiry into the Merits of Shakspeare's

Principal Editors, Commentators, and Critics

3

PART II.

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

On the Characteristics of Shakspeare.-COLERIDGE. 73

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 Edin-

BURGH MAGAZINE.

936

On the Character and Feelings of Shakspeare.-FredeRICK

SCHLEGEL.

105

On the Influence of Shakspeare over the Human Mind.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

110

.

On Shakspeare, and on the Character of his Tragedies.-

MADAME DE STAEL Holstein.

113

.

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

GREGORY.

On the Natural Style of Shakspeare as contrasted with the

Romantic and Burlesque.-GODWIN.

136

On the Art of Shakspeare.-AUGUSTUS WILLIAM Schle-

141

GEL.

On the Method of Shakspeare.- ENCYCLOPÆDIA Metro-

147

POLITANA.

On Shakspeare's Delineation of Character.--AUGUSTUS

WILLIAM SCHLEGEL.

. 158

On Shakspeare's Love of Natural Beauty.-EDINBURGH

Review.

171

On Shakspeare's Delineation of Passion.-Augustus Wil-

LIAM SCHLEGEL.

178

.

On the Individuality of Shakspeare's Characters.-QUAR-

TERLY REVIEW.

186

On Shakspeare, in reference to the Age in which he flou-

rished.-AUGUSTUS WILLIAM SCHLEGEL.

190

The Life and Genius of Shakspeare.-VILLEMAIN.

203

On the Similitude between Shakspeare and Homer in relation

to their knowledge of the Human Heart.-BEATTIE. 255

Shakspeare and Æschylus compared.--- CUMBERLAND. 257

Shakspeare and Chaucer compared.—Godwin. 261

Shakspeare and Calderon compared.–FREDERICK Scule-

• 268

GEL.

Shakspeare and Corneille compared, with Observations on

Shakspeare's characters in low life.-Gardenstone. 274

Shakspeare and Voltaire compared, as to their use and ma-

nagement of preternatural machinery.-Lessing.

280

Shakspeare compared with Chapman, Heywood, Middleton,

Brook, Sidney, and Beaumont and Fletcher.-LAMB. 287

PART III.

Criticisms on some of the Principal Dramas of Shakspeare.

Observations on the Tempest of Shakspeare.-WARTON. 299

Observations on the Tempest concluded.-WARTON. 307

316

Observations on King Lear.–WARTON.

Observations on King Lear continued.--WARTON.

Observations on King Lear concluded.—Warton.

325

333

Critical Remarks on Othello concluded.-ANONYMOUS. 362

Criticism on the Character and Tragedy of Hamlet.-

MACKENZIE.

370

Criticism on the Character and Tragedy of Hamlet con-

cluded.-MACKENZIE.

381

Observations on the Tragedy of Hamlet.-ANONYMOUS. 389

A Delineation of Shakspeare's Characters of Macbeth and

Richard.-CUMBERLAND.

412

On the Characters of Macbeth and Richard continued.

CUMBERLAND.

418

On the Characters of Macbeth and Richard continued.-

CUMBERLAND

428

.

On the Characters of Macbeth and Richard concluded. -

CUMBERLAND.

437