SOLD TO SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. Complete in Fourteen Parts, at 2/- each; 

 or in Four Volumes, cloth extra, gilt edges, at 10/6 each. 



DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO SIR HENRY IRVING. 



THE PLAYS 



OF 



SHAKESPEARE 



EDITED BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY. 



It may be thought unnecessary that another edition of Shakespeare's plays 

 should be added to the innumerable editions already published, but in 

 issuing- the present work the publishers are of opinion that no apology is 

 needed, as they consider that there is still room for a well got-up edition, 

 suitable for the library of the collector and of the student, yet published in 

 a popular form at a cheap price. 



The text of the present edition is that edited by Thomas Keightley, and 

 is carefully printed in clear type with red-line borders on specially prepared 

 paper. No pains have been spared to make the book worthy of its author, and, 

 although issued at a low price, it will be equal to many of the expensive 

 Editions de Luxe. 



An unique and interesting feature will be found in the photogravure 

 plates with which the work will be illustrated. They will consist of portraits 

 of the most prominent Shakespearian actors and actresses of the present day, 

 amongst others Sir Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, Mr. William Terriss, 

 Miss Mary Anderson, Mr. Wilson Barrett, Mr. Forbes Robertson, Mr. 

 Beerbohm Tree, Miss Ada Rehan, Mr. Osmond Tearle, &c., &c., in the 

 costumes of their well-known characters. Great care has been taken in the 

 selection of the portraits, and they will be engraved on copper plates by the 

 photogravure process. 



CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION 



The Work will he published in Fourteen Parts, at 2s. each; or in Four Volumes, cloth extra, 

 gilt edges, at 10s. 6d. each ; each Part will contain sixty-four pages of Letterpress and two full-pa °e 

 Photogravure Portraits. Each Volume will contain on an average two hundred and twenty-four 

 pages of Letterpress and seven full-page Photogravure Portraits. 



The issue is confined to Subscribers only, and no order will be received unless for the entire set. 



The size of the Work is Imperial Zvo. 



LONDON : J. S. VIRTUE & CO., Limited, 294, CITY ROAD. 



