With Illustrations
Philadelphia & London
Imprinted
By J.B. Lippincott Company
At the Washington Square Press
Upon the Tercentenary of Shakespeare
1916
TO RUBY,
MY DAUGHTER,
WHOSE MOTHER, SOPHIA HANDFORTH
WAS BORN IN THE LAND OF
SHAKESPEARE,
AND
TO RUBY'S DAUGHTER,
GRETEL,
(THE PEARL),
THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
FOREWORD
As no writer has made a more beautiful and telling use of precious
stones in his verse than did Shakespeare, the author believed that if
these references could be gathered together for comparison and for
quotation, and if this were done from authentic and early editions of
the great dramatist-poet's works, it would give the literary and
historical student a better understanding as to what gems were used in
Shakespeare's time, and in what terms he referred to them. This has
been done here, and comparisons are made with the precious stones of
the present time, showing what mines were known and gems were worn in
Shakespeare's day, and also something of those that were not known
then, but are known at this time.
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