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SHAKESPEARE AND THE SUPERNATURAL

Shakespeare
AND THE

Supernatural
A

BRIEF STUDY OF FOLKLORE, SUPERSTITION, AND WITCHCRAFT,
IN

'

Macbeth,'

'

Midsummer Night's Dream
'

The Tempest

'

and

'

BY

MARGARET LUCY
With a Bibliography

of the Subject by

WILLIAM JAGGARD.

LIVERPOOL: At
Jaggard

&

the Shakespeare Press

Company

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PREFACE
In the three plays under discussion the denizens of the unseen world are evidenced as powers which

As each

mankind.
I

endeavoured to

play unfolded

itself to

move

me, so have

write, feeling that the author's

words

could best illustrate his meaning

This

little

work was prepared as a paper

for the

Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare Club and read in

November it all

1904.

has encouraged

"

its

The generous

me

to lay

imperfections on

its

it

reception then given

before the public with

head

"

Asking only that a kind indulgence may be shown this tribute to one who worked not only for his own land but for all lands, and whose influence is not for an age but

for all time
I

subscribe myself

MARGARET LUCY