Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Shakespeariana, Vol. 3: January, 1886
The first edition, as has been said, fell a few pages short of two hundred. Of these, less than half were devoted to the biography proper, the remaining pages one hundred and fifteen in number being devoted to the Preface and the Illustrative Notes. The latter comprised much valuable matter, illustrative and conjectural, which, while aiding the student to a fuller comprehension of the subject, was not immediately necessary in a personal sketch of the poet.
The second edition was printed within a year from the issuance of the first. Its appearance was very different from the earlier one. The one hundred and ninety-two pages were extended to no less than seven hundred and three; the sketch of the poet occupied nearly a hundred pages more than it had done before. The Illustrative Notes were not increased, but, in addition, a quantity of new matter was added that rendered the book the most complete and valuable one on the subject that had appeared up to that time.
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