to Dawson; he spent eight years in the Yukon, much of it in
travel. In Europe during the Great War; in Paris 1921. Among his books
are "The Spell of the Yukon," "Ballads of a Cheerchako," "Rhymes of a
Rolling Stone," "Rhymes of a Red Cross Man," and "Ballads of a
Bohemian." _The Quitter_, 8.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Born at Stratford on Avon, Apr. 23, 1564; died
there Apr. 23, 1616, and buried in Stratford church. Probably attended
Stratford Grammar School; married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years
his senior, Nov., 1582; a daughter, Susanna, born May 1, 1583; twins,
Hamnet and Judith, born 1585. About 1585 went to London, and became
connected with the theater as actor, reviser of old plays, etc. His
son Hammet died 1596; his father applied for a coat of arms 1596.
Bought New Place at Stratford 1597; coat of arms granted 1599;
shareholder in Globe theater 1599. His father died 1601; his daughter
Susanna married to John Hall, a physician at Stratford, 1607; his
mother died 1608. Retired from theatre and returned to Stratford about
1611. His daughter Judith married to Thomas Quinney, a vintner, 1616;
his wife died 1623; last descendant, Lady Bernard, died 1670. Folio
edition of his plays 1623. Characterized by surpassing ability in both
comedy and tragedy, extraordinary insight into human character, and
supreme mastery of language. Besides his plays, which are too well
known to require listing, he wrote "Sonnets," "Venus and Adonis" and
"The Rape of Lucrece." _A Good Name_, 109; _Cowards_, 194; _Good
Deeds_, 216; _Having Done and Doing_, 52; _Opportunity_, 54; _Order
and the Bees_, 75; _Painting the Lily_, 188; _Polonius's Advice to
Laertes_, 49; _Sadness and Merriment_, 218; _Sleep and the Monarch_,
142; _Stability_, 157; _The Belly and the Members_, 152; _The Life
Without Passion_, 213.

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Born at Field Place, Sussex, Eng., Aug. 4, 1792;
drowned off Vireggio, Italy, July 8, 1822. Educated at Eton 1804-10;
expelled from Oxford for publication of pamphlet "The Necessity of
Atheism" 1811. Married Harriet Westbrook 1811; left her 1814, and went
to Switzerland with Mary Godwin; returned to England 1815; received
L1000 a year from his grandfather's estate 1815. Harriet drowned
herself 1816, and he formally married Mary the next month. They went
to Italy 1818; he was drowned on a voyage to welcome Leigh Hunt to
Italy; his body burned on a