The New York herald., 1874-09-14
BacOn's Learning a Point Against His
Authorship.
Nrw YOpE Sent 1874

10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Having noticed the articles In your valuable
journal respecting the authorship OF the plays ana
poems attributed to Shakespeare, send you the
following, which, ii you think worth inserting IN
your coumas please do SOFT is very surprising
that II Sir Francis Bacon was the author OF Shake
speare the TACT should have remained unknown
during the lie OF Bacon. Nearly 800 years have
elapsed since Shakespeare lived, and 1t very
strange tnat at this late day any attempt Should
be made to rob the greatest genius the world ever
produced OF his glorious hOnOrs. 1t Is well known
that his works suffered tearlully at the hands OF
the literary Goths and Vandais after the great
poets death. They stole and altered with
the greatest impunity, and drew at pleasure rom
tne rich iunu to enrlCh their own barren prOduc-
tlons. Shakespeare vas nOtorlOusly careless about
his literary reputation. lie seemed to have writ
ten SL ply Tor llVelihOOu ana WAS uttery ooilVi-
Gus 10 fame ds O writer.
Lord Bacon. OH the other hand. was entirely or
dlnerent type as an author. He was too Jealous
q ms reputation as WRITER to nave let anything
emanate from MS pen unless In the most polished
style. He was one OF the ripest scolars oil his age
profound reasoner ana philosopher ana the
brightest ornament OF the Court OF Queen Eliza
beth. Now is 1t reasonable TO suppose tnat II o
person OF nls learning and intellect and
SO guarded OF his nterary lame had writ
ten the works IN question he would
have suffered any one to nave assumed
has aures? 1t seems as though 1t must be obvious
to any one OF the least judgment OF style,
upon reaolns Bacons works and tnen constrasting
LueHn WIFI tuO5e VI ouuhcspcdTc tA3I uotu COulu
not have been written by the same person. Shake
speare's writings as they nave come down to US
are luil OF contradictions, incongruties and mis-
takes. These trnes, so to speak. do not initiate
against the genus OF the great author, Tor he is
rlcn in his wonderful creations that no admlrer
cares lOr these specks You mignt as well throw
away piece OF gold bearing quartz, because 1t
was not all virgin ore. TIE lovers at The great
poets shrine 40 not read his "Winters Tale" with
any less pleasure because IN one OF the scenes OF
the play there IS the aosurdity OF being
located III BOneMla, or sympatAze less
deeply with the wrongs and sorrows OF the true
and faithful lmogen, or become less enraptured
with all the beautiful language 10 be found III that
marvellous play oil ICY mpeline'' on account OF
modern Italians making up part OF the characters
represen. ted, when the time oi the action OI the
play Is laid during the Augustin eraf No student
OF Shakespeare cares eny thing Tor these and other
errors equally absurd which may be found scat
tered through his works The only question 49, If
Lord Bacon mad been The author would he have
made sucn gross mistakes in regard to history and
geography, anu used such corrupt text as can be
found III ''Pericles' aad many other plays whica
are known as shakes pearesy 1t would be as easy
to believe that Dante or Milton. If either OF them
had Ueen contemporary with shakespeare, wrote
his wol ks AS TO credit them to LORD Bacon
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