Scenery in

SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

and Other Studies

AMS PRESS

NEW YORK

SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

and Other Studies

By DAVID WATSON RANNIE

Late of Oriel College, Oxford

With a Memoir by his wife
and an appreciation by the
Rev. Duncan Macgregor, D.D.

Si requiris cunctas partes quales sint propriae viri boni,
ne una quidem illi deficit.

BASIL BLACKWELL

OXFORD

1926

820.9
R212 sc
1976 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Rannie, David Watson, 1857-1923.

Scenery in Shakespeare's plays, and other
studies.

Reprint of the 1926 ed. published by B. Blackwell,
Oxford.

CONTENTS: David Watson Rannie, an appreciation.-
Memoir. -Scenery in Shakespeare's plays.-Cromwell's
major generals. (etc.)

1. English literature-History and criticism-Addresses,
essays, lectures. I. Rannie, Theresa M. Lee. II. Title.
PR99.R37 1976 820'.9 70-153346
ISBN 0-404-05225-8

Reprinted by arrangement with Basil Blackwell (Publishers) Ltd.

From the edition of 1926, Oxford
First AMS edition published in 1976
Manufactured in the United States of America

AMS PRESS INC.
NEW YORK, N. Y.

.

125

SCENERY IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

CROMWELL'S MAJOR GENERALS. AN EXPERI-

MENT IN GOVERNMENT .

177

ELIZABETH ELSTOB (1683—1756). A PIONEER

OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN

SCENERY IN MRS. RADCLIFFE'S NOVELS.

263

283

SIR WALTER SCOTT

297

315

KEATS'S EPITHETS

.

DR. JOHN BROWN (AUTHOR OF RAB AND HIS

FRIENDS)

337

EPILOGUE.

LETTERS AND APPRECIATIONS

359