The New York herald., 1874-09-09

the print be little, the whole matter and copy
OF his Iather-the very mould aud frame OF
cordance you Will see how frequently throughout
the plays is used the word print only
sSSs wS%a ana qss T. In the the
word mon nparell," the name OF type hrst INTRO
duced into London from Holland about 1850, and.
tor beauty and excellence. much admired. rnat
he had read prool appears IN this apt line In
Henry w., Come we to .iull points' here. and and
levelled malice infests Que 'comma'n But the
instances might be accumulated by the column.
Msr1nTEsmlet you seem to incline to the IN
Mr. HALL-fes. II is In the first place conceded
that the stage manuscripts were In Shakespeares
6Tisinates" Now. no mere Ssp' preponssranes
account the workings OF that faculty which con
siitutes the highest form OF genius. IL is all the
more inscrutable In that Its source is not so much
intellectual as spiritual We call it inspiration,
which very word confesses it to be breath OF that
most mysterious spirit that "bloweth where II
lsteth." The most perfect human organization
must wait upon the moving OF o spirit higher than
Its own. Much OF Mr. Holmes argument seems to
prove that great man, out OF his attanments
one douD,s TINS; but the grave question hinges
upon DID," rather tnan a could" Junius--
whoever ne waS-had motive Tor concealment
cannot find any satisfactory one for Bacon con-
ceaiing the fact, II true IN ho later days, when
Threshold of middle lie he mlgbt have Kept fneoq
II writer OF the plays; but why not claim what
ne must nave leN were great masterpieces Wncn
IN Old age and In disgrace from the very effects OF
preiermenty Judged Dy all the rules OF evidence,
ltS prepOnderance seems to decide for SHAKE
speare. the positive ls with him backed by the
clrcumstantial. The BacOnian theory rests
alone on :ne latter. The momenG you start
with the affirmative testimony that the
divine William (as the Frenon saw was the
poet and the actor. and versed in the
business and mechanism OF the theatre you have
half the brief made out. To believe that Bacon
wrote the plays you must believe he wrote the
poems published IN shakespeare's name. and to
The fraud OF which Qi fraudl others were privy
and Kept the secret. And you must also assume
that Bacon was stage manager and actor, be-
cause three fiths OF the business OF the acting
plays are implied in the text, not added tlustra-
lively as prOmpter or stage manager might.
Now 1t must be regarded as certain that
Bacon knew nothing OF this ''business'
subject, which is really as clever in its
way as the poetry is great. The whole
stage mechanism implied IN the Hamlet
text is as clear as Webster, Fitzbail Rowe or Bou
ccault could have delineated with all their eX-
perlence. And in Shakespeare's DAY the mechan-
ism and business not so well understood as
now; yet, IN his plays he really forecast The stage
experiences OF the next two hundred years. More
inspiration, my boy.
REPORTER-Enough see that you are not fond
OF Bacon and Greens la Holmes. Perhaps after
all we must rest content with the simple minded
lady's explanation, "WhO wrote Shakespeare ~
"Why, Mr.. Flnis. of course isn't his name aG the
end OF every early edit on ?"