WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A CRITICAL STUDY BY GEORGE BRANDES IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1898 [All rights reserved] THIS Work is published in Copenhagen in Three Volumes, represented by the Three Books of this translation. The First Book and half of the Second are translated by Mr. WILLIAM ARCHER; the last half of the Second Book by Mr. ARCHER, assisted by Miss MARY MORISON; the Third Book by Miss DIANA WHITE, also with the assistance of Miss MORISON. The proofs of the whole Work have been revised by Dr. BRANDES himself. The Index has been prepared by Miss BEATRICE M. JACKSON. *ak. 71366 IX. SHAKESPEARE'S CONCEPTION OF THE RELATIONS OF THE SEXES HIS MARRIAGE VIEWED IN THIS LIGHT-LOVE'S XII. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM-ITS HISTORICAL CIRCUM- STANCES ITS ARISTOCRATIC, POPULAR, COMIC, AND |