description: Excerpt from Notes on the Bacon-Shakespeare QuestionOnly the surnames of the writers, without any titles. Citations are sometimes accumulated for the convenience of those who may wish to verify the text, and who may have access to only a part of the authors referred to. My constant obliga tions to the Concordances, not being mentioned elsewhere, should be acknowledged here; at the outset to Mrs. Cowden Clarke's, and then and more especially to Mr. John Bartlett's, whose work it is a delight to consult. In dealing with so many details some mistakes must have been made; but none, I hope, which will seriously affect the general view presented. It is to be borne in mind that in different editions of Shakespeare and of the other early dramatists there is a want of uniformity in the division of plays into acts and scenes. Indeed, some plays are not so divided at all. Modern spelling, capi talization, and usually punctuation have been followed. It should also be mentioned that in cases of doubtful authorship of plays, or where there has been collaboration between different writers, some want of exactness in giving credit may be noticed; for example, plays written by Fletcher alone, or by Fletcher in conjunction with others than Beaumont, may be attributed to Beaumont and Fletcher; and so in the case.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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title: Notes on the Bacon-Shakespeare Question
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