Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . f#HE purpose of this book needs no apology. Theperiod when Shakespeare may be effectively andprofitably introduced to the youthful mind arrivesearlier in the life of the child than is generallysupposed. The phenomenon of the intelligentyoungster, stealing away into the family library torevel in the mysterious delights of the Tempest,or the Midsummer Nights Dream, or to steep himself in the soul-searching horrors of Macb
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . f#HE purpose of this book needs no apology. Theperiod when Shakespeare may be effectively andprofitably introduced to the youthful mind arrivesearlier in the life of the child than is generallysupposed. The phenomenon of the intelligentyoungster, stealing away into the family library torevel in the mysterious delights of the Tempest,or the Midsummer Nights Dream, or to steep himself in the soul-searching horrors of Macbeth, is familiar. To such a student of themagic page, all its critical difficulties are as though they were not, — sounconsciously, yet so swiftly and surely, are they disposed of. Theprophet-heart of the poet is laid upon the child-heart : the throb isunison : the nascent powers of the young soul spring to life in thecontact. Now, one of the factors in this curious problem is, undoubtedly, theinalienable right of skipping. What the young mind can assimilate,it appropriates ; the rest is passed over. It is the loss necessarily in-curred in this process that the presentypicaltalesoffa00shak
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