[Gutenberg 54151] • Shakespeare the Boy / With Sketches of the Home and School Life, Games and Sports, Manners, Customs and Folk-lore of the Time by Rolfe, W.J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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E-text prepared by MWS, John Campbell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) SHAKESPEARE THE BOY

PREFACE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS Part I HIS NATIVE TOWN AND NEIGHBORHOOD

WARWICKSHIRE WARWICK CASTLE AND SAINT MARY'S CHURCH. WARWICK IN HISTORY. GUY OF WARWICK. KENILWORTH CASTLE. COVENTRY. CHARLECOTE HALL. STRATFORD-ON-AVON. THE EARLY HISTORY OF STRATFORD. THE STRATFORD GUILD. THE STRATFORD CORPORATION. THE TOPOGRAPHY OF STRATFORD.

Part II. HIS HOME LIFE

THE DWELLING-HOUSES OF THE TIME THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. FOOD AND DRINK. THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN. INDOOR AMUSEMENTS. POPULAR BOOKS. STORY-TELLING. CHRISTENINGS. SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH BIRTH AND BAPTISM. CHARMS AND AMULETS. FOOTNOTES:

Part III. AT SCHOOL

THE STRATFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL WHAT SHAKESPEARE LEARNT AT SCHOOL. THE NEGLECT OF ENGLISH. SCHOOL LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY. SCHOOL MORALS. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. WHEN WILLIAM LEFT SCHOOL. FOOTNOTES:

Part IV. GAMES AND SPORTS

BOYISH GAMES SWIMMING AND FISHING. BEAR-BAITING. COCK-FIGHTING AND COCK-THROWING. OTHER CRUEL SPORTS. ARCHERY. HUNTING FOWLING. HAWKING. THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS.

Part V. HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, FAIRS, ETC

SAINT GEORGE'S DAY. EASTER. THE PERAMBULATION OF THE PARISH. MAY-DAY AND THE MORRIS-DANCE. WHITSUNTIDE. MIDSUMMER EVE. CHRISTMAS. SHEEP-SHEARING. HARVEST-HOME. MARKETS AND FAIRS. RURAL OUTINGS.

NOTES ADDENDA

FOOTNOTES:

INDEX SCHOOL COURSES IN SHAKESPEARE START: FULL LICENSE THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK

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