The New York herald., 1874-09-06
Alner virgn, and others OF first writing 10 brief
then extending and finally OF subjectlng the whole
to rigid correction, the author remarks:-

w TlVtu COTIecIlOu, the dutuOr TtmhIkS.-
Where the record all literary history of extended
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He maintains that the judicious Judge and critic
must rather turn his search to the retired cham
Park or to the gardens az Gorhambury, where sat
brooding in silence and in private the great soul
In the Return from Parnassus." 1905, act w.,
scene l. one studioso going aside, says
Bette Better - i i. is 'monsss adSsrs 81 to be chsfs
sssss:
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sad ana ma Ss ws have
1t is somewhat singular that Shakespeare was
the only one OF his profession who by pecuniary
grant ofarms made to his father in 1893 became
himself by Its descent an esquire, 1901.
have been the author Of the Iepa.fq and 1ns
the lact was never questioned until recent
GATE our author admits, though ne adduces some
trary was known, or, at least strongly
sqqspsssted sq y some persons at the time
/ ing tnat the illusions scattered through the whole
series OF sonnets are not to be hastily referred
to the personal circumstances OF shakespeare,
although zone or two OF them reflect his genuine
feelings" Mr.. Hailiwel observes EFT is remark-
able that contemporary writer's refer to them Ithe
sonnets) muck Oltener than to the plays.u
writer on this subject IN the Akaeiseuna sep
tember 13 1861 remarks:-
a s aSs ' he a' csmed H se1 re
n, whY cared Ca for Lnerecs and Venus and Ado1ls
;h shaksspsars unqusstOusbIy indifferent about
the M as s ne Ct the
series OF intellectual works that issued
At later stage the author explains IN eztenso
his views ior maintaining that "Lucrece" and
''Venus and Adonis" were dedicated to SOuthamp-
ton. unCer tine name OF Shakespeare, as an ar.
ranged and designed cover for the real author.
The argument for the learning and phiosophc attain
evidence conianed in the writings thensevs I nos oniy
IN any but tor the most
personal history.
Farmer, Stevens and Malone, after laborious
research, undertook to produce list OF the trans
latlons OF ancient authors known to have existed
IN the English tongue IN the time OF Shakespeare,
as source OF all his classical erudition--
But 1t falls far short furnishing satisfactory explain.
alton OF The maer in our day and the lace Of nuner
@ Ss h he s ou S aS
been founded in part upon the translated Greek Of
this asw az se deas M
ana even from the tragedies Of sophocies
Latin Of ovid ,,virgi Horace, Seneca and faetas
question whether they had been translated into
the Electra OF SOphocles; Colman. OF OVID;
Pope, OF Dares Phygius. and other Greek authOrs
thus, Status, Catulius, Seneca, Sopnocles and
Eurpdes; Stevens, OF Plautus Knight Of the
..aIr ..Antlgone' o. sophocles; ana White, OF the
Mr.. Coman notes the fact as quite certain that
the autnor OF the framing OF the shrew" had at
least read Ovid, from whose .Epistles" we md
these llnes:-
IH5ao Hao ibat sim9Is; hic est sigeia tellus;
Hic steterat Priami regia celsa senis
Tn fhA
brated charge Of Shakespeare's ''small Latin and
less Greek, as seemingly absolutely to
decide that he had some knowledge OF both anc we
Latin
On the other hand, Mr.. Dyce remarks:-
believe however, Jonson's meaning to be-that to
his comparatively slender knowledge Of Latin shake
and such. am persuaded, was the
The Comedy OF Errors' was little more than a
reproduction. In different dress, of the 'Men-
9chmp' OF Piautus, also an author frequently
quoted by Bacon. The first performance OF the
play took place during the Christmas revels, 1894
Bacon furnished, at least, masque, and as our
author ATTEMPTS TO prove, this play also and there
described and attributed to Bacon BY
OF Errors'' was not originally Shakespeare's, but
proceeded from some playwright Who was capa-
tion. Whlle Capen very Justly remarks:-"if fne
poet had not dipped into Plautus, surreptus had
never stood in his copy, the translation having no
such agnonaen, but calling brother simply
'Men9chmus,' the other 'Soslcles'"
Judge Holmes is OF opinion that the author OF
the pseudo plays or Shakespeare must have been
also conversant witn the French and Itahan
languages. The plots OF several OF The plays are :.
Beleforest, which '.are not known to have been
translated into English" He, however, admits
U ante 81 the
were in existence as early as 1908. or these mod.
srn languages Mr. Mr. Is Dye apprehends @ 5aat shake.
aflirms, 'Italan and French were not taught, we
may be sure at stratiord Grammar School"
The dramatist'S medical knowledge is of such !
profundity that DR.. Bucknill ODserves:-
The immortal dramatist paid an amount of attention
TO 81 subjects Of medical interest scarcely i at all inferior
inge nous argument that this intellectual king Of
Of law ''N - YOU ' 'N'' ''' A'' W '"' p'"'''''
It has been suggested that shaxespeare might
Of medicine from his son-in-law, DR.. Hail.
This indeed possible (repes auhor) but 1t would
be satisfactory explanation of this SPECIAL tea
bis medic studies least to the date Of King Jonn,
years already demanded Tor the stddy OF law especially
n the absence Of any positive evidence in his personal
nae dcine.
Bacon devoted 80 much attention to medicine
down to his own time in his advancement Of
DR.. Bucknil4 notices that "there Is
more OF medicine than OF law In Bacon's Essays
and Advancement oil Learning"
Our author devotes much space to a scholarly
an interesting comparison between the medical
views or Shakespeare and those OF Bacon, and
concludes tnat the Shakespearian expressions are
In exact accordance with the doc
trines OF Gaen, Hippocrates, Rabelals
and others with whose writings Bacon
was quite familiar for he cites and reviews those
very authors, with many more Instances adj
duced by DR.. Bucknlll amount, not merely to ev1-
dence, but to proof, that Shakespeare had read |
widely IN medical literature; while the learned |
physician. commenting upon the dramattst's ,
OF psychology, remarks that 'ft has
been possible to compare his knowledge with the |
most advanced knowledge OF the present day." |
And yet no period OF Shakespeare's LIE Is known |
TO have been devoted to the study OF medicine, |
and he bequeaths no trace OF library In his will.
No acquaintance which William Shakespeare could |
have had with law consistently with the known
his e reasonably account for this striking
the II not TO be had in the office bah.
I'M and the considerations referred to by Lord Camp
bell ought to be taken satisfactory that he could
have been regular student at Jaw Straord-
Avon, especially since His Lordship did not become
convert TO this unavoidable very necessary concu
sion of Mr. Collier.
Lord Campbell remarks upon sfakespeare's |