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James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820 1889) was an enthusiastic
collector of books on Shakespeare (including nearly all the
pre-1660 editions) and a respected and prolific scholar of
Elizabethan literature. His extensive collection is now housed at
Edinburgh University Library. This volume contains a selection of
his early writings and includes: 'A catalogue of the early editions
of Shakespeare's plays and of the commentaries and other
publications illustrative of his works' (1841); 'An account of the
only known manuscript of Shakespeare's plays, comprising some
important variations and corrections in the Merry Wives of Windsor'
(1843); 'An introduction to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream'
(1841); 'On the character of Sir John Falstaff, as originally
exhibited by Shakespeare in the two parts of King Henry IV' (1841);
'Curiosities of Modern Shakespearian Criticism' (1853);
'Observations on some of the manuscript emendations of the text of
Shakespeare and are they copyright?' (1853).
Published in 1866, this is a meticulous, encyclopaedic listing of
almost every word, place and character in Shakespeare's works. A
must-have for every student of English literature, it is also an
unparalleled guide for those left in the dark by Shakespearean
English. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820 1889), a renowned
scholar, antiquarian, and collector of books on Shakespeare,
provided entries for even the manners, customs and proverbs of the
Bard's time. Despite the author's disclaimer about some of the
'hastily' prepared entries, the Index remains a monumental
scholarly feat of the late nineteenth century. Halliwell not only
cross-referenced every entry with the play it appeared in, but also
included a list of actors who originally performed in the plays,
together with locations and plot sources. With over 5000 annotated
references, A Shakespeare Index is still one of the most practical
and instructive guides to understanding Shakespearean English.
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889) was a Shakespeare
scholar, archaeologist and controversialist with wide antiquarian
interests. In 1842, while Librarian of Jesus College, Cambridge, he
published The Jokes of the Cambridge Coffee-Houses in the
Seventeenth Century, which he described as a collection of early
anecdotes 'selected from various Jest Books' which 'serve to show
the state of this class of literature during that period'. In this
volume it is paired with a pamphlet, The Fresher's Don'ts, written
by 'A Sympathiser (B. A.)', (probably A. J. Storey) and first
published in the 1890s. This edition was printed in 1913 by Redin
and Co. of Trinity Street (with advertisements for Redin's and
other Cambridge firms' goods and services at the beginning and the
end). This light-hearted guide to student etiquette before the
cataclysm of the First World War gives insights into a way of life
which was about to vanish forever.
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A Glossary - Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc., Which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Words of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Contemporaries; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, Robert Nares
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A Glossary - Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc., Which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Words of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Contemporaries; Volume 2 (Paperback)
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, Robert Nares
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A Glossary - Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc., Whcih Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare and His Contemporaries; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, Robert Nares
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A Glossary - Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc., Whcih Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare and His Contemporaries; Volume 1 (Paperback)
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, Robert Nares
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