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 PОЕТ.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1828.

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

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.