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The "Bedford Edition" of The Works of William Shakepeare is

published by Messrs. F. Warne and Co. It consists of twelve volumes, very neatly and clearly printed on excellent paper. The so-called illustrations with which these editions are sometimes dis- figured have been judiciously dispensed with. The text of the First Folio has been followed, whenever this is the sole authority, corrections being wisely limited to cases where there is an absolute necessity. A glossary has been added, and a Life is prefixed. The volumes are of a convenient and really pocketable size, weighing something less than 6 oz. apiece. The whole are conveniently enclosed in a case.