Comedy of Errors.
Romeo and Juliet.


In the second class I reckon

Midsummer Night's Dream.
As You Like It.
Tempest.
Twelfth Night.


In the third, as indicating a greater energy--not merely of poetry,
but--of all the world of thought, yet still with some of the growing
pains, and the awkwardness of growth, I place

Troilus and Cressida.
Cymbeline.
Merchant of Venice.
Much Ado About Nothing.
Taming of the Shrew.


In the fourth, I place the plays containing the greatest characters;

Macbeth.
Lear.
Hamlet.
Othello.