THE RICHEST HERITAGE of all#English liter- ature-the plays and poetry of the immortal#Shakespeare -is gathered here in two spe- cial volumes. Here are the great historical dramas Richard Il, King Henry VI, King John- pageants of English#history which, even today, stir audiences the world over. Here are the incomparable tragedies-#Hamlet,#Macbeth, King Lear and#Othello, illumi- nating man's life and destiny. Here is the tender romance -#RomeoandJuliet, the silvery#fancy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the humor of the boisterous come- dies-the thirty-seven#plays which have contributed so immeasurably to the culture of the world. Included also are the hundred and fifty- four sonnets and the long poems,#Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Each play has a special introduction adapted from the Shakespearean Primer of Professor Dowden. There are no footnotes to interfere with the reader's enjoyment of every page, but a glossary is provided at the end to clarify obsolete words and phrases. These two handsome volumes are a superb addition to the library of every well- educated person. - tear and stain in dust jacket reveals an incredibly taken care of book minus a muck in the back cover.