Excerpt from The Tercentenary of William Shakespeare: An Eulogium Pronounced in St. James's Church, Chicago, Sunday, April 30, 1916But beyond a few exceptions, I must not take up your time with particulars of the poet's life which are familiar to all. Of the many critics and guides who have dealt with that life, none is surer than Sir Sidney Lee. For many of the details I advance, I depend on him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.