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The Shakspearian reader : a collection of the most approved plays of Shakspeare : carefully revised, with introductory and explanatory notes, and a memoir of the author : prepared expressly for the use of classes, and the family reading circle / by John W.S. Hows.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Hows, John W. S. (John William Stanhope), 1797-1871.; Babbitt, J. Woodman, Rev., active 1933, former owner.
1869
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Title
The Shakspearian reader : a collection of the most approved plays of Shakspeare : carefully revised, with introductory and explanatory notes, and a memoir of the author : prepared expressly for the use of classes, and the family reading circle / by John W.S. Hows.
Uniform title
Plays. Selections. 1869
Created/published
New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1869.
Description
xvi, 447 p. ; 19 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Hows, John W. S. (John William Stanhope), 1797-1871.
Babbitt, J. Woodman, Rev., active 1933, former owner.
Note
With publisher's advertisements
Contents
Hamlet
Much ado about nothing
Macbeth
As you like it
Othello
Tempest
Romeo and Juliet
Merchant of Venice
King Lear
Midsummer night's dream
Julius Caesar
Twelfth night
Measure for measure
King John
King Henry IV, part 1
King Henry VIII.
Genre/form
Publishers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PR2752 1869b Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
In manuscript: Gift of Rev. J. Woodman Babbitt, April 21, 1933. Manuscript notes throughout. Quarter bound in leather, with cloth boards.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present