illusion

The Shaksper Illusion

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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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