fests none of th it energy and psaston which ; subsequently, nnd to this day, distinguish ] bim from all other writers that ever lived.— Following the chronology of his plays, it appears to us that he llrst begins to manifest Ban superior creative powers of but mind in his historical dramas. When we come to Ii"- j vko* and Jt i.ikt, tbe Mid-uinmer's Night ' Bream, the Merchant of Venice, ,Vc, we fee! ;