Memorials of Shakspeare; or, sketches of his character and genius by various writers, now first collected with a prefatory and concluding essay, and notes

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MEMORIALS OF SHAKSPEARE; 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. LONDOIS : HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET 182». PRINTED UY A. J. VALPY, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET, LONDON.

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. It may be necessary to state that the Notes distinguished by the letters of the alpha bet 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.

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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 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 On Shakspeare, and on the Character of his Tragedies. — Madame De Stael Holstein. ..... 113 On Shakspeare, and on the Character of his Comedies. — Gregory. . ....... 128 On the Fame and Acquirements of Shakspeare.— Augustus William Schlegel. . .... CONTENTS.

VI On the Natural Style of Shakspeare as contrasted with the Romantic and Burlesque. — Godwin 136 On the Art of Shakspeare.— Augustus William Schle- GEL -141 On the Method of Shakspeare.— Encyclopedia Metro- 147 POLITANA. .....•••• **' On Shakspeare's Delineation of Character. — Augustus William Sciilegel. ...... 1-58 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 Shakspeare compared with Homer. — Godwin. . 252 On the Similitude between Shakspeare and Homer in relation lo their knowledge of the Human Heart. — Beattie. . 255 Shakspeare and /Eschylus compared. --Cumberland. 257 Shakspeare and Chaucer compared. — Godwin. . 261 Shakspeare and Calderon compared. — Frederick Schle gel. 268 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. . . CONTENTS. VII Shakspeare compared with Chapman, Hey wood, 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 Observations on King Lear. — Warton. . . . 316 Observations on King Lear continued. — Warton. . 325 Observations on King Lear concluded. — Warton. . 333 Critical Remarks on Othello. — Anonymous. . . 342 Critical Remarks on Othello continued. — Anonymous. 351 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 concluded. — 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 • • • CONTENTS.

Critical Remarks on the Character of Falstaff. — Mackenzie 447 Critical Remarks on the Character of Falstaff concluded. — Mackenzie. ....... . 455 On the Characters of Falstaff and his Group. — Cumberland. . . . . . . . . . 463

Part IV

Concluding Essay: Containing Three Miniature Portraits of Shakspeare, by Dryden, Goethe, and Sir Walter Scott; and a Brief Parallel between Shakspeare and Sir Walter Scott as Delineators of Character.