The New York herald., 1874-09-19


wish the Baconians would explain. to wit. how
they reconcile the fact that Sir Francis was.
throughout his life, hard up Tor cash; was once
arrested in the streets OF London Ior debt; was
thrown into the Tower and fined $4,000
sao ad IN 'Se Pay SOes OF waase 0e and @
struggle seemed 10 be fight to "make
both ends meet;' whereas William Shakespeare,
chleny 0y means OF the revenue produced by the
writings generally attributed to him, was enabled
70 purchase the handsomest house in Stratlord
1915, ID the receipt OF an income OF 1890 per an.
num- lullv equal to 3l,5o0 at the present day.
pecunious as Sir Francis, always on the lookout
for chance TO turn an honest (s) penny, and SO
great name the indelibe blot OF having shame
iuiiy betrayed his noble friend and patron, the un
G Ensx e n1ys
written the Immortal works really composed by
aim tSir FrancIsl. but also the sohd and sunstan:
tial pecuniary profit which those works produced
Such seli.denial IN any one would be deemed
supernuman. but In a man OF Sir Francis stamp
impossible. Q. E. d. W. V.
NEWARK, n. j., Sept. IA, 1874.
Bacon's Lifetime-Pursuit of Philoso.
phy and Politics Irrcconcilablc with
His Authorship OF Shakespearc's Plays.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Bacon's "Novum Organumr was written In
Latin, as were the most of his works, which he re-
garded universal lang uage. The language which
Bacon held in contempt .'The English language"
says Dsraell the elder, 'ls the only object In his
great survey OF art and nature which owes moth
Ing OF It's excellence to the genius OF Bacon" We
have seen that all his contemporaries deprecated
his philosophical works. This was not confined to
scholars alone, but extended 10 men Of the world
Is 1t likely that he would have embodied the ele-
mens or his great philosophical Investigations In
plays which he repudiated ana in o language which
AAr IL
plagiarism from Bacon, for Ii Is contended that he
rever wrote his works, and II he did write them
he could not have stolen from writings published
four and nine years after his DEATH ana
II published. during his lie. IN language which,
lrrecOncilaole 10 the "Baconian theoryi to say
that Shakespeare had access TO Bacon's manu-.
ssTes Hp h% S ns
spoke oI him among his contemporaries. We have,
indeed, correspondence between Sir Thomas
Bacon in which the latter requests the return OF
portion OF the manuscript OF the ''Novum Or.
the rest Of his Contemporaries. Bacon writes for
nis papers naignantly and says, You are sloth!ul
teen Bacon philosophical. at twelty-six he had
framed his system. ana alter iorty years, with his
ton Of his great pnosopSicai % refor@ason. Sas do
Crowded into THIS labor OF nearly a haf
century, TINS entnusastic student Of philoso.
indeiatlgaoe seeker lor professional ,prelerment.
Can 1t be recOnciled to this labOriOus life OF study
ana this absorbing ambition that the jealous vO.
tary OF both should have turned aside IRON trese
congenial pursuits to have written plays which, it
Is alleged, Tor MIN to have acknowledged would
have obstructed his plans OF lite, and whica to have
written would have required in themselves lile-
not belong TO the present age alone. Without en-.
iarging upon them we may oe permitted 70 allnde
ent controversy Father Hardouin, an eminent
scholar OF his day, c0ntended that with the eXcsp-
!on Of the Bible, Homer Herodotus, Plautus, Pllny
w tYl f,f VtWvit nv,A
Horace, all the remains OF classical literature
lorgeres OF the thirteenth and fourteenth CEN
Bacon to nave been the author OF Piutarch, Thucyd.
tdes, Llvy, Tacitus and Others J. E. TUEL.
The True Authorship Discovered.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:e
have watched with some interest the discus.
sion that has boen going on in your paper ln re.
gard to what has become, In the minds Of some,
q mon entous question, "Wno was the author or
Shakespeare" 1t appears 10 me that consider
able blank ammunition has been wasted in this
ridiculous war between the Baconians and the
Shakespearians. which constrains me to come for
ward now and set the matter forever at rest. The
great question which now threatens to revou.
tionize the whole literary world, and which may
possibly end IN tearing tue laurels from the GROW
OF the most immortal poet that ever lived Is. "Who
was the author OF ShaKespeares Why. it's as
particularly 10 the nose on your lace, MIR. Editor
but to any mans nose. once Knew a man VITO
hadn't any nose omit him. One Of your cor
respondents asserts positively that the .'author 0f
Shakespeare" and no one else wrote those won
deriul plays. This Is simply ridiculous, and un.
sustained ny fact. History records the peaceful
demise OF the author OF Shakespeare years before
Shakespeare wrote and produced his rst play. I
would be more explicit, but forget the exact
date OF the old mans death. STILL think nave
established me authorship Of shaKespeare beyond
cavi don't expect anything ior this. The con.
sclousness OF having thrown light on O dark sub.
ject amply repays me Tor my trouble Yours truly
BLOXON.