A WARWICKSHIRE LAD
[Illustration: Birthplace of Shakespeare]
A WARWICKSHIRE LAD
THE.STORY.OF.THE.BOYHOOD OF.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
by GEORGE . MADDEN . MARTIN
Author of "Selina," "Emmy Lou," etc.
[Illustration]
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON MDCCCCXVI
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY P. F. COLLIER & SON, INC
Printed in the United States of America
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Birthplace of Shakespeare _Frontispiece_
PAGE "Will clambered up on the settle to think it all over" 17
"Dad bends to tweak the ear of Will" 23
"'Ay, but those are brave words, Hammie,' says Gammer" 35
"'Save us! What's that!' cried Gammer" _facing page_ 40
"'Ay, boy, you shall see the players'" 45
"'An' I shall be a player, too,' ... says Willy Shakespeare" 53
"His mother stepping now and then to the lattice window" 57
"Bound for Grandfather's at Snitterfield they were" 67
"For instance he knew one Bardolph ... the tapster at the tavern" 73
"Hidden away among the willows ... he spends the morning" 79
"The two have run away ... to wander about the river banks" _facing page_ 86
"He ... trudged up the path and peered in at the open door" 89
"'When the masterful hand, groping, seizes mine, I shall know it'" 93
"This strange thing called Death...." _facing page_ 98
"Dad ... sat staring in moody silence" 101
"Tall, sturdy Will Shakespeare could buy up cattle ... as well as the butcher's son" 109
A WARWICKSHIRE LAD
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Warwickshire Lad by George Madden Martin
- 2: Gammer said Little Will quickened his pace
- 3: Had been what Gammer said a witch
- 4: Mistress Mary Arden of the Asbies
- 5: And Mistress Sadler bids him come in
- 6: The woman of Brentford come again
- 7: But since Hamnet saw fit to shake him off
- 8: I shall be a player and wear a dagger like Herod
- 9: Was being sued for an old debt
- 10: That reaching the Snitterfield farm
- 11: Held off at arm's length by Bardolph
- 12: Grown up somebody at Shottery who understands
- 13: 'Tis said you are to wed Abraham Stripling
- 14: He was the son of Mary Arden of the Asbies
- 15: Once his stripling days of hot blood are over