Preparing for publication BY THE SAME AUTHOR A THIRD SERIES OF LETTERS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN MIND PREFACE. THE Notes on Shakespeare which compose the present Volume were begun as a diversion from abstruser studies; but the Author soon found that to do anything effectual in this way required nearly as much diligent research and patient thought as to discuss the Principles of Value, the Metaphysics of Vision, or the Theory of Reasoning. The attractiveness of the employment, nevertheless, drew him on, till his memo randa had, in the progress of years, accumulated to a considerable bulk, from which he now offers a selection to the Public. Should it turn out that he has succeeded in throwing light on any portion of the text of our great dramatist, it will be no small addition to the pleasure he has already enjoyed in making the attempt. NORBURY, near SHEFFIELD. Nov. 21st, 1861. |