By
RODERICK EAGLE
First Published 1930
Rider & CO.
"Therefore we shall make our judgment upon the things themselves, as they give light one to another, and, as we can, dig truth out of the mine. Bacon, History of Henry VII.
"Miracles are ceas'd;
And therefore we must needs admit the means
How things are perfected." Henry V, 1,
William Shakspere of Stratford On Avon :
"Are you native of this place?....Your accent is something finer than
you could purchase in so removed a dwelling."
As You Like It, III, ii.
Francis Bacon :
"Some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up a while;
When I am known aright you shall not grieve
Lending me this acquaintance." King Lear, IV, iii
TO
NIGEL
"Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime."
"There are three difficulties in authorship : to write anything worth
publishing : to find honest men to publish it : and to get sensible
men to read it." Rev. C.C. Colton, 1780-1832
CONTENTS
Preface, Who Began
It? 7 1. Bacon v
Shakspere 11 27 III. Shakespeare's First
Play 30 IV. Shakespeare and The
"Essay of Love" 42 V. The Problem of
Shakespeare's Sonnets 45 VI. The "Rival
Poet" 50 VII. The "Dark
Lady" 57 VIII. "A Lover's
Complaint" 61 IX. "Hamlet" and
Contemporary History 66 X. "Timon of
Athens 70 XI. "The
Tempest" 75 87 90 XIV. Ben Jonson and
Shakespeare 93 XV. Shakespeare and
Italy 99 XVI. How spurious
"Shakespeare" Relics are Exploited 103 XVII. An Appeal for
Justice 106
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