Shakspere and his Forerunners. Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and its Development from Early English. Illustrated. by Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881. [Shakespeare]

NY, Doubleday, Page, 1902. Hard Cover. Contents include The Elizabethan Writers-- the Formal Side of Poetry; The Supernatural in Early English and in Shakspere; Nature in Early English and in Shakspere; Some Birds of English Poetry; Women of English Poetry down to Shakspere; The Wife in Middle English Poetry; The Sonnet-Makers from Surrey to Shakspere; Pronunciations of Shakspere's Time; The Music of Shakespere's Time; The Domestic Life of Shakspere's Time; The Doctors of Shakspere's Time; The Metrical Tests; Man's Relations to the Supernatural; Man's Relations to Man; Man's Relations to Nature. Two volumes; xxiv, 324; xix, 329 p., plates, 25.5 cm.; red cloth boards stamped in gold, top edges gilt; minor wear, some spotting, 2 bookplates; VG+. 31994.