Gray, George L.. Shakespeare boiled down : written expressly for the New Home Sewing Machine Co

General notes

Caption title Cover illustration captioned "Macbeth murders Duncan, King of Scotland." Above, two small illustrations of Shakespeare's bust in a kettle of boiling water at either side of title "Written expressly for the New Home Sewing Machine Co.": page [1] "Copyrighted 1890 by Geo. L. Gray"--front wrapper "Price 8 cents"--Front wrapper Advertising matter at end The Libby & Sherwood Printing Co. was incorporated in 1893 Anachronistic references to sewing machines crop up here and there

Contents

Othello -- Merchant of Venice -- Pericles, prince of Tyre -- Cymbeline -- King John -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Henry VIII -- King Henry IV -- King Henry V -- King Henry VI -- The merry wives of Windsor -- Julius Caesar -- Richard II -- Richard III -- Macbeth -- Troilus and Cressida -- A midsummer night's dream -- The taming of the shrew -- As you like it -- Titus Andronicus -- Coriolanus -- Love's labor's lost -- Much ado about nothing -- All's well that ends well -- Twelfth night; or, what you will -- The tempest -- The winter's tale -- The comedy of errors -- King Lear -- Measure for measure -- Timon of Athens -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Romeo and Juliet

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