Collecting Shakespeare: the story of Henry and Emily Folger

Prologue

Acknowledgments

Well read in poetry, fair in knowledge: Henry and Emily form a team

Thou lovest me, my name is Will: smitten by Shakespeare

Wise, circumspect, and trusted: five decades at Standard Oil

Leading on to fortune: Henry invests to buy the bard

Hunt is up, the fields are fragrant: building a collection

Whole volumes in folio: ultimate prize for collectors

What news on the Rialto: maneuvers in the rare book market

Hotspur and Hal: two Henrys compete

Monument to gentle verse: designing a treasure house

Dear, blessed plot of land: Folgers' gift to America

Epilogue: Praise in the eyes of prosperity: Folger after the Folgers

Appendix: Directors of the Folger Shakespeare Library

Notes

Bibliography

Index.