The New York herald., 1874-09-11

historical and classical lore to Shakespeare. Also
when comparisons have been made. But this
argues nothing. 1t is well known that similarity
OF thought exists, and that men only diner In the
words or language by which tnougnt s expressed.
II ever mortal was inspired to read and luiiy com.
ever he was assisted in the comDosition and cor-
struction OF his wonderful plays and tragedies ne
must have enjoyed the con,pauionship Of solomon
Chamber Of wisdom.
The precise ORDER of snaksspesres plays a.
been iully dstsrnained and At this late Gay prob
Some nave surmised ana expressed an opinion
MSS and plays which he remodelled lor the two
and % what evidence wa is there TO warrant such an
opiniong His plays evince master mind through
ri ySis Seina n does not | seem proDabe
that any other than Shakespeare himself ever
Has the literary world any evidence that Francis
Bacon. the Lord verulam, ever threw q shadow
OF doubt on Shakespeares authorshipY He sur
shaEespeare's works and and verse we're the secret
LABOR Of Francis Bacon. Baron Veruamf
Tempted, and SHINING grlevously for wealth, to
use lavishiy, the world hos pity now Tor Bacon, as
ofciaI wrcnr~Sit fS % IS my act, my hand, my heart
beseecn your lordships press not upon broken
se %
and II won't do after the lapse OF two centuries or
Professor Nathaniel Holmes nor any other guile.
Shakcspeare's lame and name, IN sanderipg MIN,
BY the slIghtest inslnuaiion OF intellectual tnet,
tnsniel nSoa ai Of hsrvsro.n Svs "0'0"'0s "0'0'
hath 'ns 70 mankind
mon library. His creatures. and 70 every man q
9s Ssns an n.S ~
true ~ servant ant Of The divine Author; Il thou but
and the AUTHORS iooL" J. B. BURGESS.
Did Shakespeare Write Bacons
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HEHALD:-
Bacon's 'Novum Organum" was published In
October. 1920, few months before hts impeach-
ment, and few years after the death OF Shake
speare. 1t was dedicated to James !. The
ESSAY on Gardens was printed In 1928, nine
years alter the death OF Shakespeare. Bacon was
thirty years IN writing his "Novum Organum," II
we are TO credit his contemporaries and himself.
The parellclisms in Bacon's great philosophical
work and shakespeare's plays, and notably those
In his "Essay on Gardens" ana "The Writer'S
Talesr (pointed out in Fraser's arttcle) must be
accounted 1or upon the counter theory that
Shakespeare wrote Bacon. 1t matters not that
they were published under the name OF Bacon
after Shakespeare's death; Shakespeare had
used them in bis lifetime suf1ciently TO embellish
hts plays, and left the bulk Of them legacy to
his friend Bacon. shakespeare knew very well
that these ponderous philosophical works would
be unpopular IN his time, anu injure MIS- su ccess
as great play wright and player and stage man-
ager.
sophcal works. Harvey. the discoverer Of the CIR.
sasol like e. An Esq., an SSsseo as
the King OF Engand) said that .It was
ike the peace OF God, tnat surpasseth all under
standing" Sir Edward COkc, the great lawyer,
made Bacon's work the subject OF some caustlc
Latin verses, which, to use the language OF the
learned Disraeii the elder, .marKcd his contempt
OF the philosophical pursuits OF his illustr0us
rival" The famous Cecil believed that Bacon
raeli, In o range Of evidence too much to quote,
says:-'I shall now bring forward SUFFICIENT evil
| dence to prove how little Bacon was understood
ana how much ne WIS even deSpi5ed IN hiS phO-
sophlcal character" 'To the close OF his days were
! Lord Bacons philosophical pursuits disregarded
and deprecated BY Ignorance and envy III the
form OF friendship and rivalry" Lord Bacon's opin.
| ton OF this depreciation abOuuds In his works.
| Is 1t any wonder, then. that Shakespeare was glad
! to Oc published under another name then not
lustrous alter his DEATH for fear that they nigh,
| In ,erfcre with the success OF his paysf
Think OF some 800 or 400 French writer's, some
800 years hence, claiming that Boucicault IRON hi!
name, was Frenrhnian, and all MS plays Origt
nally ~ were written IN Frencn! What would VIZ
do H. some 100 years since, some invidiOus French
DAILY, wrote "M hat Should She DO?" and the Ger
man OF the future should contend that Goethe
! and nor Gayler, wrote "Fritz ?" J. E. T.