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CONTENTS.
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I. The Cause of Laughter 3
II. Wit, Irony, Humor 33
III. Dogberry, Malvolio, Troilus and Cressida
(Ajax), Bottom, Touchstone 73
IV. Falstaff: his Companions; Americanisms 119
V. Hamlet 151
VI. The Porter in "Macbeth," the Clown in
"Twelfth Night," the Fool in "Lear" 185
VII. Women and Men: Maria, Helena, Imogen,
Constance 211
VIII. Lord Bacon and the Plays, Shakspeare's
Women, Love in Shakspeare 245
IX. Portia 301
X. Helena; Ophelia 327
XI. Macbeth 361
XII. Blonde Women: Lady Macbeth 397
