Thus while I wandering pause o'er Shakspeares page. I mark in visions of delight the sage, High o'er the wrecks of man who stands sublime; (Its cities humbled and its giories past) Majestic 'mid the solitude of time. DR. WOLCOT. Shakspeare is the Homer of the English; he is altogether national.-In spite of philosophy and new views, the change of manners and the progress of knowledge, he reigns in the heart of the literature of his country. VILLEMAIN. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIFTH VOLUME. 1. Petruchio, Katharina, and Hortensio. (Taming of the Shrew) from a Painting by Loverson. Frontispiece. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. 2. Countess and Helena.-Wheatley. 3. King, Helena, and Lords.-Ditto. 4. King, Countess, Lafeu, Lords, &c.-Ditto. TAMING OF THE SHREW. 6. Petruchio, Katharina, Bianca, Baptista. &c.-Wheatley 204 7. Katharina, Petruchio, and Grumio.-Ibbetson.. WINTER'S TALE. 8. Leontes, Hermione, and Mamillius.-Hamilton 9. Leontes, Paulina, Child, &c.-Ditto. 209 10. Leontes, Antigonus, Lords, infant Perdita, &c.-Opie 302 11. Antigonus pursued by a bear.-Wright. 317 12. Florizel, Perdita, Polixenes, Camillo, &c.-Wheatley 333 13, Florizel, Perdita, Polixenes, Camillo, &c.-Hamilton 337 14. Leontes, Polixenes, Florizel, Perdita, Paulina, &c.-Do. 388 1 |