by
Edward D. Johnson
1947
"For there is nothing so subtle and abstruse,but when it is once thoroughly understood and published to the world, even a dull wit can carry it."--On the Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon 1609
Contents
Foreword 5 I. Shaksper and "Shakespeare" 7 II. The Life of Shaksper 10 III. The Absence of Contemporary Evidence 15 IV. The Illiteracy of Shaksper 20 V. The Object of the Plays 23 VI. Genius 24 VII. The Author of the Plays was a Lawyer 27 VIII. The First Folio of the Plays and Francis Bacon 29 IX. Style 33 X. The Author of the Plays was a Scholar and AN
Aristocrat 35 XI. The Reasons For Concealment 37 XII. Francis Bacon and His Masks 42 XIII. Contemporary Evidence Showing Francis Bacon To Be A
Poet 47
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