The Cambridge Shakespeare. Volume IIL By W. G. Clark and
W. Aldis Wright. (Macmillan and Co.)—This volume finishes the comedies, or rather those plays usually printed before the histories. We see no falling off from the accuracy of its predecessors. In the rather meagre notes, we observe, however, a very prausiblo new reading. The clown in "All's Well that Ends Well " says, Young Charbon, the Puritan, and old Poysam, the Papist, howsome'or their hearts are severed in religion, their heads are both one." For this the editors suggest chair-bonne and poisson, alluding to the Lenten fare peculiar to the two sects. A similar suggestion was made contemporaneously by a Mr. Easy in " Notes and Queries." We think, however, that probably Shakespeare "wrote " his text just as it stands. The clown does not speak French very well, that is all.
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