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by Anna Benneson McMahan

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Title: Shakespeare's Christmas Gift to Queen Bess

Author: Anna Benneson McMahan

Release Date: December 28, 2006 [EBook #20210]
Last updated: January 21, 2009

Language: English

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[Illustration: Queen Elizabeth going to Whitehall through
London Streets]

Shakespeare's
Christmas Gift To
Queen Bess

In the year 1596

By
Anna Benneson McMahan

[Illustration: THE MERMAID TAVERN]

Chicago
A.C. McClurg & Co.

MCMVII

Published October 12, 1907

The Lakeside Press
R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO

822.33 HN8 1907
McMahan, Anna (Benneson)
Shakespeare's Christmas gift

To my sister Lina
in memory of
the Christmases of our childhood.

"All, though feigned, is true."

CONTENTS

Page
I At the Mermaid 11

II At the Queen's Palace 33

III A Christmas Carol of the Olden Time 65

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

Queen Elizabeth going to Whitehall
through London Streets Frontispiece

At the Mermaid