The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-09-06
A NEW ERA OF
SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA!

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clsth OF 'ne 'eA'' VIII oe put iio an Appendix to
eacn play.
lhe text OF Shakespeare dramatic works, drawn
rom oiu printed copies IN Ills age which had never
passed. uhaer lhe auIhors own eye, was conse-
quehuy uisug"red ny many errors ana absurdlties
passed. uut'hs 'ie last century througn success
SION oi varying e''lohs' uhtl' the revision OF Ste
Vehs ana malone. whose text (or raiher mat OF
etevehs2 mas become tne standard from winch most
oi uhe EhgI,sh anu AMERICAN eaitiohs nave Deen
printed, WIN various uegreeS OF accuracy'-But
"ithih 'he Ias' twenty years, more minute and Ia
niliar acquaintance WIN ola Ehghsh idioms' hab.
It's ana modes oil tnough' GUIDED by an intense and
constantly increasing admiration Tor Shakspeare's
gehiuS' mas lea 10 the strong conVicilon that very
many OF me numerous though slight deviatIons
from the ancient teXt' appearing IN modern editions,
are useless or erroneous interpretations, sometimes
weakening the sense' aud often substituting an ar
Dirary InonotonouS metrcal regularity, to The Po-
ets own hatlve meiody' According y, very many
ol ,ese ene,ua'o,s nave peen rejected oy the last
anu m Sesu Ehgn', eo'.ors especially Mr; Knight and
WI ooier, ana ,he readings OF Inc oid folIos and
quartos nave Deeh restored, unless where some er-
ior OF 'ne press OF manuscript was undenabiy man
llest. 1el mere are many such passages confes-
seoly corrupl' Ieaunng conleciurai emendations;
there are also diherehce OF readihg between the
several old Impressions aifordlng grounds for