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Excerpt from The Shakespeare Cyclopædia and New Glossary: With the Most Important Variorum Readings, Intended as a Supplement to All the Ordinary Editions of Shakespeare's Works
Special acknowledgment is due to The New Variorum edition of Dr. Horace Howard Furness. This must form the foundation stone of all future collections of Shakespearean literature; it is so thorough, accurate and comprehensive that after consulting it upon any disputed point the student feels that he has heard all that is to be said upon the subject. In the thirteen volumes already issued (twelve plays), one is pretty sure to find a discussion of the most important Shakespearean words, allusions and. Dark passages which occur 1n the other plays, and by the aid of a Concordance it is easy to see just where to look for what is wanted. Some may think that I have drawn too freely from this noble work, but at most I have merely dipped my little bucket into the tide of a full ?owing river and given my readers a taste of its pure and refreshing waters.
For information in regard to Mythology and Classical Biography I have gone to the great storehouse of such knowledge, the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, edited by William Smith, D.C.L LL.D., and I cannot too fully acknowledge my indebtedness. To those who wish to extend their studies in this direction this work is invaluable.
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