its production, 303 304
its contents, 305 306
prefatory matter, 306 307
value of the text, 307
order of the plays, 307 308
the typography, 308
unique copies, 308-10
the Sheldon copy, 309 and _n_ 310
number of extant copies, 311
reprints, 311
the 'Daniel' copy, 311
dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke, 412

Folio, the Second, 312

Folio, the Third, 312 313

Folio, the Fourth, 313

Ford, John, similarity of theme between a song in his _Broken Heart_ and
Shakespeare's Sonnet cxxvi., 97 _n_

Forgeries in the 'Perkins' Folio, 312 and _n_ 2

Forgeries, Shakespearean (Appendix I.), 365-9
of John Jordan, 365 366
of the Irelands, 366
promulgated by John Payne Collier and others, 367-369

Forman, Dr. Simon, 239 250

Forrest, Edwin, American actor, 342

Fortune Theatre, 212 233 _n_ 1

France, versions and criticisms of Shakespeare in, 347-50
stage representation of the poet in, 350 351
bibliographical note on the sonnet in (1550-1600)
(Appendix X.), 442-5

Fraunce, Abraham, 385 _n_ 2

Freiligrath, Ferdinand von, German translation of Shakespeare by, 344

French, the poet's acquaintance with, 14 15

French, George Russell, 363

'Freyndon' (or Frittenden), 1

Friendship, sonnets of, Shakespeare's, 136 138-47

Frittenden, Kent. _See_ Freyndon

Fulbroke Park and the poaching episode, 28

Fuller, Thomas, allusion in his 'Worthies' to Sir John Fastolf, 170
on the 'wit combats' between Shakespeare and Jonson, 178
the first biographer of the poet, 361

Fulman, Rev. W., 362

Furness, Mr. H. H., his 'New Variorum' edition of Shakespeare, 323 341

Furness, Mrs. H. H., 364

Furnivall, Dr. F. J., 49 _n_ 302 _n_ 325 334 364

G

Gale, Dunstan, 397

Ganymede, Barnfield's sonnets to, 435 and _n_ 4

Garnett, Henry, the Jesuit, probably alluded to in _Macbeth_, 239

Garrick, David, 315 334 335-7

Gascoigne, George, his definition of a sonnet, 95 _n_ 2
his _Supposes_, 164

Gastrell, Rev, Francis, 283

Gates, Sir Thomas, 252

Germany, Shakespearean representations in, 340 346
translations of the poet's works and criticisms in, 342-6
Shakespeare Society in, 346

Gervinus, 'Commentaries' by, 49 _n_ 346

'Gesta Romanorum' and the _Merchant of Venice_, 67

Ghost in _Hamlet_, the, played by Shakespeare, 44

Gilchrist, Octavius, 363

Gildon, Charles, on the rapid production of the _Merry