All's Well that Ends Well, 95. Alveston, village of, 46; pastures,
Andronicus, Titus, 153, 157. Angelo, Michael, 49.
Apple-John, mentioned by Shak- spere, 97, 98. Aquilegia vulgaris, 60.
Arden, forest of, in Warwickshire, 53, 54.
Ardens, family of; the name of Shak- spere's mother, 64.
As You Like It, 54, 94, 109, 128,
145, 150, 153, 155. Ashbies, farm of, near Wimpcote, belonged to Shakspere's father, 38, 68.
Astrology, in Shakspere's day, 139. Athens, Timon of, 114, 129, 152. Aubrey, his account of Shakspere, 39, 77.
Autolycus, song of, 101 (footnote),
Baker, Miss, 60, 109, 113, 151, 152,
Barson, village of, mentioned by Chamberlain's accounts of Strat-
Bell, Mr. Robert, 60. Bidford, 74, 89. Biggen, a, 151.
Binton Hill, 68, 91.
ford, 17 (footnote), 35, 36.
Chancel of Stratford Parish Church,
Chapel of the Guild at Stratford, 17;
used as a schoolroom, 29, 30. Charlecote Park, 43.
Charles II., King, 67, 88.
Shakspere's daughter, Susannah Hall, 22; on John Combe, 26 (footnote).
Errors, Comedy of, 109, 151. Eversham, vale of, 90. Exhall," dodging," 91.
Fairy Queen, the, 22.
Falcon Inn, the, at Stratford, 14, 18 (footnote); at Bidford, 77 (foot- note), 89.
Falstaff, 124.
Fardel, meaning of, 152.
Farm, the Cherry Orchard, 76; Hungry Arbour, 91. Feeders, meaning of, 152. Fingers, King's, in Hamlet, 61 (foot-
note); dead men's, 61 (footnote). Fisher, Clement, of Wincot, 76. Flowers, their value, 10; names of, true poetry, 63; Shakspere's love of, 9, 10.
Forwearied, meaning of, 152. Fulbrook Park, 52.
Gastrel, Rev. Francis, 30.
Gib-cat, meaning of, 152.
Goethe, his account of himself, 22. Golding, on the word "rother," 32 (footnote). Grace, herb of, 100. Grafton, "hungry," 91.
Grammar School, the, of Stratford, 17, 29.
Great men, how they should be re- garded, 2.
Hamlet, 111, 134, 152, 154. Hare-hunting, described by Shaks- pere, 47, 48.
Harvest-homes, Warwickshire, 99. Hathaway, Anne, 71.
Hatton Rock, near Charlecote, 55. Henley Street, 14, 16. Henry IV., First Part of, 97, 112,
150, 152, 154, 155; Second Part of, 50, 76, 78, 79, 96, 107, 109, 113.
Henry V., 109, 111, 156.
Henry VI., Second Part of, 125; Third Part of, 105. Herb-o'-grace, 100.
Hero-worship, its value, 5, 16. Herbert, Lord, of Cherbury, 10. Hill, Binton, 68, 91; Cross of the, 75; Meon, 68; Rheon, 56. Hillborough, "haunted," 84, 90. Holditch, 83.
Honey-stalks, meaning of, in Titus Andronicus, 152. Humour, definition of, 124. Huntington, Robert Earl of, 101 (footnote).
Icknield Street, 89. Idylls of the King, 154. Ingon Meadow Farm, 37, 64. Inkle, meaning of, 153.
Irk, use of, in Warwickshire, 153.
Jet, to, meaning of, 153. John-apple, mentioned by Shak- spere, 97.
Lated, use of, in Warwickshire, 154. Lear, King, 124, 127.
Leather-coat, the, mentioned by Shakspere, 96.
Lief, use of, in Warwickshire, 153, 158. Life, troubles of, 11, 85. Lifter, meaning of, 154. Littleton, village of, 97. Lodge, to, meaning of, 154.
Loggats, meaning of, 154.
Long-purples, meaning of, in Hamlet, 60, 105.
Loon, meaning of, 154.
Love's Labour's Lost, 62, 95. Love-in-idleness, still the Warwick- shire name for the pansy, as in Shakspere, 62.
Luce, the old name of a pike, 51. Lucy, lines on Sir Thomas, 44 (foot- note).
Luddington, village of, where Shak- spere was married, 82.
Macbeth, 107, 113.
Malone, 24; epigram on, 24 (foot- note).
Malkin, the meaning of, 154. Malt, dearth of, in Stratford in 1598, 40.
Malta, the Jew of, 138.
Mammet, meaning of, 154. Marlowe, 145.
Marston, "dancing," 88.
Master, use of, in Warwickshire, 155, 158.
Meadows, the, round Stratford, 7, 8. Men, great, lives of unknown, 3. Meon Hill, 68.
Merry Wives of Windsor, the, 49, 78. Midsummer Night's Dream, the, 47, 77, 80, 81, 82, 95, 145, 150, 155, 157; date of, 85; tradition about, 80.
Mill, Grange, 83. Milton, 10, 22, 117. Morality, its full signification, 119. Morris, nine men's, 105, 155. Mortal, meaning of, 155.
Mountains, modern love of, 10 (foot- note). Mulberry-tree, Shakspere's, 30. Munday, Antony, 101 (footnote).
New Place, 17, 30; Queen Henrietta Maria at, 30; bought by Shak- spere, 39. Nibelungen Lied, unknown author of the, 3.
Niche, meaning of, 152. Night, Twelfth, 137. Nothing, Much Ado about, 77, 107, 108, 109. Northamptonshire Words, Glossary of, by Miss Baker, 60 (footnote), 109, 151, 152, 156. Noul, meaning of, 155. Novalis, upon Shakspere, 130.
Roads, summer, meaning of, 108. Rock, Hatton, 55.
Rother Street, in Stratford, 32. Rother, explanation of, as used by Shakspere, 32 (footnote).
Sagg, to, meaning of, 156. Salt, meaning of, 156. Scenery, local, its effects on a poet, 6; modern love for, 10 (foot- note). Schlegel on Shakspere's Sonnets,
Shakspere, John: his varying cir-
cumstances, 36, 37; his death,
Shakspere, William: his life, a col-
lection of fines and leases, 4; chief excellence, 11, 12; his good fortune in his birthplace, 5, 6; where buried, 21, 22; love for flowers, 10, 63, 65, 128; deeply religious tone of mind, 25, 26, 27, 137; his sonnets, 3, 27, 145; his humour, 124, 125; his love for nature, 65, 127, 128; his views of life, how affected by the age in which he lived, 141, 142; his wide catholic spirit, 137; his patriotism, 132; the true artist, 133; his Protestant- ism, 140; his indifference about his works a sign of his true greatness, 146. Shaksperian Repository, the, 83 (footnote).
Sheep, pronunciation of, in Shak- spere, 33.
Shive, meaning of, 156. Shog, meaning of, 156. Shottery, village of, where Anne Hathaway lived, 70. Shovel-board, still used in War- wickshire, 105, 156. Shrew, Taming of the, 107, 109. Singer, Mr., the late, 32, 155. Skelton, 87.
Slobberly, meaning of, 109.
Snitterfield, 64; where Shakspere's
Stratford-upon-Avon, 12; meadows round, 7, 8; derivation of Strat- ford, 14; in the sixteenth cen- tury, 16, 17; Wheler's History of, 18 (footnote); alehouses in Stratford in Shakspere's time, 18 (footnote); parish church of, 20; college of, 28; grammar school, 29; Chamberlain's ac- counts of, 17 (footnote), 35, 36. Statute-caps, the name still preserved in Warwickshire, 157. Sweeting, bitter-, mentioned by Shak- spere, 97.
Taming of the Shrew, the, popular tradition about, 77 (footnote), 78,
Tempest, the, 104, 109. Tills, meaning of, 157. Tomes, manor-house of the, 88; Mr. R. F. Tomes, 103 (footnote). Tooth, pugging-, explanation of, in the Winter's Tale, 106. Traditions, their value, 26, 27.
Ulrici, on Shakspere, 74, 141. Urchin, meaning of, 157. Utopia, Gonzalo's, 125.
Venice, Merchant of, the, 107, 108, 134, 152, 157.
Venus and Adonis, 47, 48, 127, 149,
Vicarage, Weston, 84. Virgil, description of the willow by, 7 (footnote).
Ward, Rev. John, 87. Warden pear, 96; cob, 96.
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