Illustrated and decorated by Golden Age illustrator Clara Elsene Peck in art nouveau style. A delightful love story told by Anne Hathaway, Mistress Shakespeare, in response to a request by Ben Jonson 5 years after the bard's death. Anne relates how, distraught at a rumor about Will, she disguises herself as the boy Cesario and goes to London. She is as successful in her disguise as any of Shakespeare's characters. Plot points may remind you of the movie Shakespeare in Love. Beautiful presentation. Book is very good for its age. Browning on the title page for Chapter VI due to a few slips of paper having been pressed between the pages. Otherwise very clean. No jacket. George W. Jacobs & Co. 1905. $45.00