Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers

List of Illustrations; Preface; Emblems and their Varieties, with some Early Example; Sketch of Emblem Book Literature previous to a.d. 1616; Shakespeares Attainments and Opportunities with respect to the Fine Arts; The Knowledge of Emblem Books in Britain, and general Indications that Shakespeare was acquainted with them; Six direct References in the Pericles to Books of Emblems, some of their Devices described, and of their Mottoes quoted; Classification of the Correspondencies and Parallelisms of Shakespeare with Emblem Writers; Miscellaneous Emblems, Recapitulation, and Conclusion; Appendix I - Coincidences between Shakespeare and Whitney; Appendix II - Subjects, Mottoes, and Sources of the Emblem Imprese; Appendix III - References to Passages from Shakespeare, and to the corresponding Devices of the Emblems treated; General Index.