THE TRAGEDIE OF
HAMLET,
PRINCE OF DENMARKE

A STUDY WITH THE TEXT
OF
THE FOLIO OF 1623

BY
GEORGE MACDONALD

"What would you gracious figure?"



TO

MY HONOURED RELATIVE

ALEXANDER STEWART MACCOLL

A LITTLE _LESS_ THAN KIN, AND _MORE_ THAN KIND

TO WHOM I OWE IN ESPECIAL THE TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF

THE GREAT SOLILOQUY

I DEDICATE

WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE