, 1879-05-24

thFce c'Metir!ea OF obfeuu!oua acommcuta oss hare
sssH%e b e, i. usn sp r} % Y. .. s Of o,so as .
1cet pFgciiely rs thu critics have always dealt
With obvious errors or originals when iirst
tsco,ersd; ,s hat H. lot I: .g them the,
rs 10 rcstere Tho sense Or nusie, ntl W. shaii
soon, without violence, OF any alarming l!baFty,
reach = snt1stactory conclusion. AID why not,
a, sose thls scn'ibte metl!od Of prosecuting u not
widely recognized as to bo 'asserl7 extended
cTcn to n popular EnRIlsh actor, Ia l,ts nllern.
t!oil Of one Of tho bcst known lines IN Hamlet"
In et @ ~ s nfe. o. rroec g. ~ r Go
of striking OUT Is .prtntcrs' errors, thu two !st-
SPOKEN by Dreacry; aMd let ia bs allowed ths
'IrF D1,sTs g. sha1SaE IF. 'ss 5 . a 9ba sa
speech Of .c murderer Broga.. and also Ut ssl!'-
prcssiva word "srli," at tho enI Of his second
line, 10 as to mako 1t rcad-
And but tor your Incompatible solt.
Unon wt'ic', corrcetions We viii find tho match
y restored, Moreover, the lno n fortified by
tic ehAnRo.-n strong thnnGht la advanced III
place Of wenk platltudc,. and ring inuartcd
to ns s.dSn ws r. oasht - "'
Thcso arc but trftlli1E nltcrat!ons, md really
not as much as have been granted to MIR. Irving,
against nearly three centuries OF " "aamlct," al-
lnostwfthout dispute. Bcs.des, ours arc more mt
aral changes for those which suggest ate fnero
matien OF form. which, as hare alreudv lntl.
mated. ara the nero Bpccks Of foreign matter
TINT had been fnrccd into tho ears md nostrila
Of the literary mastodon willis 1t lry unseen.
1t sugEcRtA Itself to mo also that, prof,nhiy,
tho rather too ready skopttcs Of the day, who
hare scu,,tcd &lr. ColIterts proofs, do not tikc
tha sound Of tho natnes Of BroH7t us,d DreorK,
mot having been accustomed to them In such
~ f.n&5s
fore, regard them al vulgar, und utterly un-
Shakspearcan; II 80, | !avu no arguments to
meet such objections, oxcopt, perhaps, tho re-
mark that, willis such critics revolt at these new
adhere to .haster Brook and Paat aud Shalioio
md HItnder, anil D,at Cdiff and ilsol, a. chin
ing with thu mus!c Of tho spheres. In this con-
nccstou, and while treating Of 6hakspearcan
rcct!ng spcciaI attention to tho masterful mnu-
rer In which tho poet uses the word u lamont u;
also tho phr1se IA husband so devote" and
the other phrase Of "as not eontatnina,c,"
which n. occur y r,., the specshcs roi, oi Anns me
recollection OF tile very volce Of Shakespeare In
some floating sound, us inculcatcd by our yearB
Of reading among Ills acknowledged works.
And, above all, let US not oYorlook the remark
able comparlsons and identities Of thought
which Mr.. Collier points out to VI from " Mac
beth, J" Richard IL ~ md "Julius Cgsar" With
bis new matter, not forgetting, whllu doing 20,
thnt shakspcaIe not unffequantly plagiarlzcd
upon himself.
But what regard as the strongest plccc Of
internal evidence OF the authenticity Of tic lines
produced by Sir. Collier, Is the remarkable
similarity 10 style, conception, mud handling Of
The IMAGERY IN the first speech Of Anne in "A
that Of Bo|inao,uk*. in .shakspsare's undoubtcd
Dr.. Johnson, when ho decided finally Ia favor
Of tho authenticity Of the mt1ch-dtsputed "Two
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