A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare
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Chapters (117)
- A WARWICKSHIRE LAD
- Birthplace of Shakespeare
- D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
- Printed in the United States of America
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- A WARWICKSHIRE LAD
- I
- "Will clambered up on the settle to think it all over"
- II
- "Dad bends to tweak the ear of Will"
- III
- "'Ay, but those are brave words, Hammie,' says Gammer"
- "'Save us! What's that!' cried Gammer"
- IV
- "'Ay, boy, you shall see the players'"
- V
- "'An' I shall be a player, too' ... says Willy Shakespeare"
- VI
- "His mother stepping now and then to the lattice window ..."
- VII
- "Bound for Grandfather's at Snitterfield they were"
- VIII
- "For instance, he knew one Bardolph ... the tapster at the tavern"
- IX
- "Hidden among the willows ... he spends the morning"
- "The two have run away ... to wander about the river banks."
- X
- "He ... trudged up the path and peered in at the open door"
- "'When the masterful hand, groping, seizes mine, I shall know it'"
- XI
- "This strange thing called Death...."
- XII
- "Dad ... sat staring in moody silence"
- XIII
- "Tall, sturdy Will Shakespeare could buy up cattle ... as well as the butcher's son"
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