The New York herald., 1874-09-06

WUiCu 10 tuoukuC 10 DC o. the Qate O ''nOulco nuu
Jnhet." Mr. SPEEDING evidently believes the piece
to have been written bv Bacon, OF which. indeed
there Is scarcely any room for doubt: The I'm Por-
tant tning 10 De noted here Is. that In IL tne ba-
CONAN prose actually runs into Shakespearla1
a9ymed yerse under our very eyes. thus :6Ana
Words
SEATED between the Old World and the New
land there Is no other land may touch,
ne, fSiyns oa queen In peace and honor true;
did %Iss such SssisaDs So1Ssn No pssl suSn
%h her ~ sss ns ~Sr,a
ason SresS, Sr slcnds srrors % S ssryaas best
xSd ys ss7s sas calm: them y aoa Ssr majesty .ys
To her thy son must make his sacrifeSs
II he will have the morning of his eyes"
Bacon was earnestly engaged in dramatic enter
talnments In the same year In which Shakespeare
acSSr,ars saG 10 nave arrived ID London TO join the
lame. Our author mentions the fact that even
@ iase as December 1879 the philosopher OF his
enteItainment @ o~n wnich, an account says, "wlll
OF JULIUS and Augustus Caesar" and Dy some mar
velous accident the tragedy OF 'Juius Caesar"
after, 'as II there were at least "a sembIable co.
herence' between the TWO mems spIritsn Writing
to TO- SIT Ioble Matthew about this time concerning
ms Happy Memory" OF the late queen. Bacon
says:-'l showed you some model, though at the
Tune methought you were as willing to near
JULIUS Cesar as Queen Elizabeth commended"
In the October OF 1913 Bacon becomes Attorney
General and the plays cease to appear Granting
Lord verulam to be the author o. the plays, there
appears sufficient Tor his alton OF liter.
airy exertions when the duties OF state be-
ginning to crowd upon MIN, when ne was no
longer vexed with the consideration OF a iiveli-
hood, ana when the ambitious dreams OF his youth
SSasesneaq Sess upSr the eve Of realization Bus how
have lald down his, pen with the last
save Ior traditional "doggere." is an Eleusinian
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which has occasioned much comment and has
been remarked by commentator upon the lie
and writings OF Bacon. AS the note Is wen worthy
or attention. 1t had best be given III the full nav0r
OF verbal quotaton:-
In shakespesre's plays there is dramatic series of
the birth Of Elizabeth But IL this series H thsre is one @
aSe kns nas nd for natq s
nv o Isw "a and aSn order In The ssue
OF history o hey are H5a but ' hints
ns LORD s s dsa aad Of a sd n
had not been worked out on pnperat least this
ts!y hsay porso% 81 Ss srsmas s
sa the .; and
Su ompee n ne a Of the @
saTS y BasSn
snasssps15s dTSDpsd Richard ends win
the order tor the decent Of the dead Bacons
ton And so isa continuation Of the "r drama tRna
p ne H his sr s hs q
Hs1y Viii as Ear # a s q pSns the
drama.
Our author theories at great length upon the
"reasons or concealmenr," and decides that with
Bacon desire to rise In the profession OF the law
or MS ambition Tor hgn place in the state tue low
reputation OF the play wright and the mean estate
OF all poor poets IN that age, and the need or
larger liberty, are OF themselves sufficient ex-
to remain concealed poet In his own time. The
expression concealed poet" is borrowed lrom
letter OF Bacon to Master Davis the distinguished
statesman, upon his gong to be presented at
Court in which Bacon begs to be recommended to
his Majesty, anu closes with the remarkable line
$50 desiring you 20 be good to concealed poets, /
The pretext, then our author urges for being q
playwright III early life would see u to have been
Tor The Dettering OF his estate, which was indeed
meagre, together with his plan 1or introducing to
a place IN his "Great Instauraton" the poetry OF
the drama as "a means of development Of mems
MINDS"
1t Is now well established that Ben Jonson was
not severely critical OF the productions OF Shake
speare nor was he as envlous vi his superiority. /.
and lame as early tradition teaches. Indeed the
a remarkable piece Of humanity and good nature.
According to our author, Ben Jonson must nave
his mutual friends; While much significance is
attacned to MS his advice in the lolo Reader,
Unfortunately for the cause history. Sir Tobie
Matthew became "pervert" and
wh much that he woad
have been to Bacon what Boswell was to Johnson.
They were mucn attached, and during mis- stay IN
England Sir Oble was continually with Bacon. 1t
Is recorded the habit Bacon to SEND Sir Toble
Ills various works as they appeared, and on one or
more occasions the philosopher enclosed "a recre
alton" with the particular work, though what the
subject Of these recreations might have been does
not appear. Sir Tobie generally acknowledged
tue receipt such presents and in one OF his let
ters, without date or address, occurs the following
mysterious phrase ~ Will not promise to return
you weight Tor weight, but measure iOr measure"
Hereupon comes up the celebrated Matthew
Postscript whlch iorms one OF the leading arti-
n1n in no h0 kns IL
to q letter to Bacon which IL without date, but Is
addressed to the viscount st. Aloan, and must,
therefore, have been written subsequent to the
27tn ol January, 1921, when His Lordship was in
vested with that tltle the letter appears
to be in answer TO one from Lord yerulam
dated 9th OF April year not given), accompanying
some 'great and noble token" OF his 'Lordsnip's
1avor" which, according TO our author, was
newly printed book; 'lOr Bacon, as we know from
tue letters, was In the habit OF sending to Mr.
Matthew copy OF his works as they were pub
lshed; and much OF their cOrrespOn dence had re.
laton more or less to the books and writings on
which Bacon was at tue time engaged" The
Argument runs that the only work published by
Bacon between 1620-23 was the "Hstory OF Henry
VlI," anu II Is possible that the ''great and noble
token" may nave referred to this publication.
an S
the Shakespeare folio Of 1928 which was entered at
to believe was issued in the spring Of the same
See 2 e now on a the
edition actually struck of before the end OF l622
Nichols informs US that Toble Matthew resided
the 18TH OF April, 1923, when he departed for
Spaln but returned to England In the october OF
the same year and was knIxnted by the King on
the 10th OF the month. AS Sir TObIe had per.
formed in Bacons masque at Essex's House, as
he was the intimate literary companion and mad
been termed by Bacon his .'crltlcal lnquisltor,n
and, mOrever, as the philosopher observes,
IN q letter to COtttngt0n, "as true O friend as
you or l have"-we shall be prepared as our
author fances, not TO be greatly surprised at the
intmation given In this postscript that Sir Tobie
knew a secret respecting which he could not for.
bear to compliment HIS Lordsnip on this occasion.
The letter reads thus
To LORD vIscouNr ST. ALBAN-
Mosr HoNoRED LORD--I have received your great and
noble token and favor OF the 9th day Of April and
but return the humbest OF my thanks for Your Lord
ships vouchsang 30 to visit this and
est of your servants. It doth good that
though be not where was In pace yet am in the
fortune Of Your Lordships favor may call that
tune which observe to be SO unchangeabie. pray
for It, and who can tell but that Joys imaq,ao gen
erat 30 strong desires may do muchi am
that mine are ever waiting on Your Lordshp, wish
ing as much happiness A. Is due to your Incompatible