PART V.--HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, FAIRS, ETC. 165

SAINT GEORGE'S DAY 167

EASTER 172

THE PERAMBULATION OF THE PARISH 174

MAY-DAY AND THE MORRIS-DANCE 176

WHITSUNTIDE 184

MIDSUMMER EVE 186

CHRISTMAS 190

SHEEP-SHEARING 193

HARVEST-HOME 195

MARKETS AND FAIRS 198

RURAL OUTINGS 207

NOTES 213

INDEX 247

ILLUSTRATIONS

SHAKESPEARE THE BOY _Frontispiece_

THE SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE, ABOUT 1820 3

WARWICK CASTLE 5

GATE-HOUSE OF KENILWORTH CASTLE 13

COVENTRY CHURCHES AND PAGEANT _Facing p._ 14

CHARLECOTE HALL 20

ENTRANCE TO CHARLECOTE HALL 22

SIR THOMAS LUCY 23

STRATFORD CHURCH _Facing p._ 30

STRATFORD CHURCH, WEST END 32

THE GUILD CHAPEL AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL, STRATFORD 35

MAP--PLAN OF STRATFORD 42

SHAKESPEARE HOUSE, RESTORED 49

ROOM IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN _Facing p._ 50

INTERIOR OF ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE " 56

OLD HOUSE IN HIGH STREET 59

ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE _Facing p._ 64

SHILLING OF EDWARD VI. 68

ANCIENT FONT AT STRATFORD 81

PORCH, STRATFORD CHURCH _Facing p._ 88

INNER COURT, GRAMMAR SCHOOL 95

THE SCHOOL-ROOM AS IT WAS 97

DESK SAID TO BE SHAKESPEARE'S 102

WALK ON THE BANKS OF THE AVON _Facing p._ 112

HIDE-AND-SEEK " 122

"MORRIS" BOARD 130

FISHING IN THE AVON _Facing p._ 132

THE BEAR GARDEN, LONDON 133

GARDEN AT NEW PLACE _Facing p._ 146

ELIZABETH HAWKING 155

BOY WITH HAWK AND HOUNDS 159

ITINERANT PLAYERS IN A COUNTRY HALL _Facing p._ 160

WILLIAM KEMP DANCING THE MORRIS 163

THE BOUNDARY ELM 167

MORRIS-DANCE _Facing p._ 178

CLOPTON HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE " 190

THE FAIR " 200

INTERIOR OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BEFORE THE RESTORATION 225

CLOPTON MONUMENTS _Facing p._ 238

THE BAR-GATE, SOUTHAMPTON 242

ARMS OF JOHN SHAKESPEARE 251

SHAKESPEARE THE BOY