The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 - Books for Children
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834;Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847
English
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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
BY
CHARLES AND MARY LAMB
EDITED BY
E.V. LUCAS
WITH A FRONTISPIECE
INTRODUCTION
The present volume contains all the stories and verses for children
which we know Charles and Mary Lamb to have written. The text is that
of the first or second editions, as explained in the Notes. _The
Poetry for Children_ and _Prince Dorus_ have been set up from the late
Andrew W. Tuer's facsimiles. The large edition of this volume contains
all the original pictures, together with the apochryphal _Beauty and
the Beast_.
In Mr. Bedford's design for the cover of this edition certain Elian
symbolism will be found. The upper coat of arms is that of Christ's
Hospital, where Lamb was at school; the lower is that of the Inner
Temple, where he was born and spent many years. The figures at the
bells are those which once stood out from the façade of St. Dunstan's
Church in Fleet Street, and are now in Lord Londesborough's garden in
Regent's Park. Lamb shed tears when they were removed. The tricksy
sprite and the candles (brought by Betty) need no explanatory words of
mine.
E.V.L.
CONTENTS
TALES FROM SHAKESPEAR
PAGE
Preface 1
The Tempest 3
A Midsummer Night's Dream 13
The Winter's Tale 23
Much Ado About Nothing 33
As You Like It 44
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 58
The Merchant of Venice 69
Cymbeline 81
King Lear 92
Macbeth 106
All's Well that Ends Well 115
The Taming of the Shrew 126
The Comedy of Errors 136
Measure for Measure 148
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will 161
Timon of Athens 173
Romeo and Juliet 184
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 199
Othello 213
Pericles, Prince of Tyre 225
THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES
Preface 240
CHAPTER I. The Cicons--The fruit of the lotos tree--Polyphemus
and the Cyclops--The kingdom of the winds, and god
Æolus's fatal present--The Læstrygonian man-eaters 241
CHAPTER II. The House of Circe--Men changed into beasts--The
voyage to hell--The banquet of the dead 250
CHAPTER III. The song of the Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis--The
oxen of the Sun--The judgment--The crew killed by lightning 262
CHAPTER IV. The Island of Calypso--Immortality refused 269
CHAPTER V. The tempest--The sea-bird's gift--The escape by
swimming--The sleep in the woods 273
CHAPTER VI. The Princess Nausicaa--The washing--The game
with the ball--The Court of Phæacia and king Alcinous. 277
CHAPTER VII. The songs of Demodocus--The convoy home--The
mariners transformed to stone--The young shepherd. 283
CHAPTER VIII. The change from a king to a beggar--Eumæus
and the herdsmen--Telemachus 290
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