Epigraph
LONDON:
Trübner & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill.
1883.
“Let’s talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs.”
Richard II, a. iii, s. 2.
Dedication
This Essay
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO
THE MAJOR AND CORPORATION OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON,
AND THE VICAR
OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY THERE,