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