SHAKESPEARE. 69 



him as quite subject to criticism and quite 

 vulnerable to it, one should choose an edition 

 without notes. A glossary is well enough ; 

 but one rarely uses it. The gist of the plays 

 is not to be found in the obsolete words. 

 Anybody can understand Shakespeare, pro- 

 vided the Shakespeare scholars are forbidden 

 admission to the study during the reading. 



