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plays; told and chosen by A.S. Hoffman.
A number of the best known plays retold in prose with the
most famous speeches included in the original verse.
Contains: As you like it, Julius Caesar, King Henry 5th, King
John, King Lear, King Richard 2nd, Macbeth, Merchant of
Venice, Midsummer night's dream and Tempest. These are also
published separately.
Tales from Shakespeare; by Charles and Mary Lamb.
A well known popular version of twenty of Shakespeare's
plays. Tempest, Midsummer night's dream, Winter's tale, Much
ado about nothing, As you like it, Two gentlemen of Verona,
Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All's well
that ends well, Taming of the shrew, Comedy of errors,
Measure for measure, Twelfth night, Timon of Athens, Romeo
and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
The Shakespeare story-book, by Mary Macleod.
Seventeen of Shakespeare's best known plays; Tempest, Two
gentlemen of Verona, Much ado about nothing, Midsummer
night's dream, Merchant of Venice, As you like it, Taming of
the shrew, Twelfth night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet,
King Lear, Othello, Cymbeline, Winter's tale and Comedy of
errors. These stories have been told with accuracy and the
book has proved popular with children.
Midsummer night's dream; introductory story,
decorations and il. by L.F. Perkins.
An adapted version of Midsummer night's dream, with a short
introductory story of Shakespeare's time and charming
illustrations by the editor.
STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
1. The Creation.
The Garden of Eden.
2. The story of Noah.
The building of the Ark--The flood--The message of the
dove--The bow in the clouds.
3. The story of Abraham.
God's promise--Toward the land of Canaan--Isaac's
birth--Abraham offers up Isaac to God--Isaac and
Rebecca--Jacob and Esau--Jacob's dream--Jacob and Rachel.
4. The story of Joseph.
Joseph and his brothers--The coat of many colors--In the land
of Egypt--Pharaoh's dream--The famine--The brothers go down
to buy corn--Their second journey--The cup--Joseph makes
himself known to his brothers--Jacob finds his sons--Jacob's
blessing.
5. The story of Moses and the Children of Israel.
The Israelites in bondage--The child in the bulrushes--The
burning bush--Bricks without straw--The mi
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