OF

SHAKESPEAR'S PLAYS.

BY WILLIAM HAZLITT.

LONDON:

Printed by C. H. Reynell, 21, Piccadilly,

FOR R. HUNTER, SUCCESSOR TO MR. JOHNSON,

IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
AND C. AND J. OLLIER,
WELBECK-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE.

1817.

TO

CHARLES LAMB, Esq.

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, AS A MARK OF

OLD FRIENDSHIP

AND LASTING ESTEEM,

BY THE AUTHOR.