Excerpt from Shakespeare's Wit and Humour In preparing this work, the aim has been to gather into a single volume, of convenient size and inviting print, such of Shakespeare's wit and humour as may with pleasure and satisfaction be read in the form of extracts, each connected in proper order with the story of the play from which it is taken. The matter selected is not dependent upon mere situation, plot or mistakes of identity, to afford enjoyment, but so far as has seemed desirable, the plot of each drama drawn upon has been briefly told, in order to throw light upon the chosen text and make the characters better understood and appreciated. Relatively large space has been devoted to Falstaff, as the crowning achievement of Shakespeare's comic genius. 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.