Shakespeare the Boy

About this eBook

Author

Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910

Title

Shakespeare the Boy With Sketches of the Home and School Life, Games and Sports, Manners, Customs and Folk-lore of the Time

Credits

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

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Childhood and youth

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54151

Release Date

February 11, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SHAKESPEARE THE BOY — PREFACE — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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:
4. 4.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:
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.NOTES — ADDENDA — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.INDEX
9. 9.SCHOOL COURSES IN SHAKESPEARE

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