. The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected. f the old copj^, which has been altered to asmuch of this play as please ihem,^ but surely without necessity. It isonly the omission of the s at the end oi phase, which gives it a quaint ap-pearance; but it was the practice of the Poets age. 4 The parts of women were performed by men or boys in Shakspearestime. 5 i. e. that I liked. 344 Of this play tJie fable is wild and pleasing. 1 know not how the ladieswill approve the facility with which both Rosalind and Celia give aw
. The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected. f the old copj^, which has been altered to asmuch of this play as please ihem,^ but surely without necessity. It isonly the omission of the s at the end oi phase, which gives it a quaint ap-pearance; but it was the practice of the Poets age. 4 The parts of women were performed by men or boys in Shakspearestime. 5 i. e. that I liked. 344 Of this play tJie fable is wild and pleasing. 1 know not how the ladieswill approve the facility with which both Rosalind and Celia give awaytheir hearts. To Celia much may be forgiven for the heroism of herfriendship. The character of Jaques is natural and well preserved. Thecomic dialogue is very sprightly, with less mixture of low buffoonery thanin some other plays; and the graver part is elegant and hastening to the end of this work, Shakspeare suppressed the dialoguebetMeen tlie usurper and the hermit, and lost an opportunity of exhibitinga moral lesson, in which he might have found matter wortliy of his high-est powers. , ^ I y7 r//7/:/\ :: WBLl WAT ENDS .1 3 Sc h 345 ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. PRELIMINARY REMARKS. The fable of Alls Well that Ends Well is derived from the story ofGilletta of Narbonne in the Decamerone of Boccaccio. It came to Shak-speare through the medium of Painters Palace of Pleasure, and is to befound in the first volume, which was printed as early as 15G6. Thecomic parts of the plot, and the characters of the Countess, Lafeu,&c. are of the Poets own creation, and in the conduct of the fable he hasfound it expedient to depart from his original more than it is his usualcustom to do. The character of Helena is beautifully drawn; she is aheroic and patient sufferer of adverse fortune like Griselda, and placed incircumstances of almost equal difficulty. Her romantic passion for Ber-tram, with whom she had been brought up as a sister; her grief at his de-part
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