Excerpt from Sidelights on Shakespeare: Being Studies of the Two Noble Kinsmen, Henry VIII, Arden of Feversham, a Yorkshire Tragedy, the Troublesome Reign of King John, King Leir, Pericles Prince of Tyre It is just possible that Shakespeare may have gone over this scene of 1rden, and added some heightening touches, but there is no justification for suspecting the presence of Shakespeare's hand whenever in a play by one of his contemporaries we come upon a passage of more than ordinary power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.