SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. With Entroductory Remarks, and Explanatory, Grammatical, BIBLIOT LLUME THEG BY THE REV. D. MORRIS, B.A., EDITOR OF SHAKESPEARE'S RICHARD II.,' AND AUTHOR OF 6 CLASS-BOOK LONDON AND GLASGOW: WILLIAM COLLINS, SONS, AND CO. 1874. MaloneTM TR. 53. PREFACE. IN the preparation of the Merchant of Venice, the Editor has omitted a few passages which, on the score of delicacy, were unsuitable for young readers. Amongst the books which he has consulted, he gratefully acknowledges his obligations to Abbott's Shakespearian Grammar, Craik's English of Shakespeare, Morris's Historical Accidence of the English Language, Knight's Edition, and the 'Cambridge' Shakespeare. WALTON, LIVERPOOL, June 18, 1874. |