A good source book if you are teaching Shakespeare, but not one I'd recommend taking on a trip. I bounced around in it, finding interesting places and skipping others, and believe it would be better if I used it to prepare to teach students about Shakespeare. Still, since language interests me, I found parts interesting, especially where the author debunks myths about Shakespeare and language, including the fact that there is some place in the U.S. where an isolated group of people still speak a version of English like Shakespeare's.