v. 1. Shakespeare's origin. The stage in 1592. Shakespeare and his company. The book of the play. The quartos and the First folio. Plays in the printing-house. The problem of authenticity. The problems of chronology. Plays of the First folio.
Plays outside of the First folio. The poems and sonnets.
v. 2. Note on records. Principal dates. Pedigree of Shakespeare and Arden. Appendices: Records. Contemporary allusions. The Shakespeare-mythos Performance of plays. The name Shakespeare. Shakespearean fabrications. Table of quartos. Metrical tales. List of books. Subject-index.
