Complete works of William Shakespeare / edited, with a critical biography, by William Michael Rossetti ; with an essay on the chronology of Shakespeare's plays by Edward Dowden ; a history of the drama in England to the time of Shakespeare by Arthur Gilman ; a critical introduction to each play by Augustus W. von Schlegel ; an essay on Shakespeare's indebtedness to the Bible, a list of early editions of Shakespeare's plays, an index to noteworthy scenes, an index to all the characters, a list of the songs in the plays, an index to familiar quotations ; a carefully prepared glossary, etc.