The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-16

speare died so years before Newton
discovered the theory Of grsvitation.
and yet 10 'Troilus ard Cres-iia, he
wrote:
But the strol z base and building Of
IL % the very center of the earth.
Drawing sl. thinss TO il.
The aqueous theory Of geology did
not appear till . century aud . half
after his death; yet the dramstist ex.
pressed it. thus. in H.nry Nv. Part ii.
o, Heaven; that one might read the
book of fate.
And SEEK the revelation of the times
Mako nouutains level, s.d the CONT.
Weary Of solid firmnsss) melt itself
Into the sea! aud, other times. to see
The be .chy sirdle Of the ocean
Too wi4e for Neptunes hips.
Before Harvey discovered the circu.
lstion of the blood. the dr.mstis: men,
toned It in 7S passages. IN lading the
following from 'Coriolanus:
I send it through the rivers # yonr
blood.
Even to the court. the heart. IL the
seat o the brain,
And through the cranks and offi e. OF
man;
The strongest nerves. and small infsri"r
veins.
hat IN rol nm.
potency
they live.
He was f.milisr with many authors
whom scholars seldom read. Mr Morgan
says:
Not only did Rowe and knight find
traces in Shakespeare of the Electra of
Colman Of Ovid. Farmer Of
Horace and Virgil. Stevens of Plautus,
and White of Enripedes. which are
read todsy in those universities; but
Pope found traces Of D4rss and PLY.
gius, aud Malone of Lucretius, Status
aad Cstullus-~hi.,h are not ordinarily
used as text l."ks .sl.y III onr colleges.
= italian u.d Fsench, W. may oe
sure. were not taught 1T Strsttord
scaooI. And yet William Shakespeare
borrowed copiously from Baccsccio,
Cinthlo and BsliefnieI.
1t seems certain that Shakespeare
allowed tho plays from ssri"as pens.
produced at his theater, to pass as his
work. and. when they were printed,
with his name attach d he said a"taing;
but great author Is particular ,u dlsa-
VOW the inferior wsrk Of othera. as to
take good care that bis name shall not
lose the glory of his good work. Il
was not until 1923. seven years after
death. that the first
complete edition of the dramas now
known BY his name appeared AL the
spurious are excluded; and. out Of
ihirty-six pieces there given, twenty
three bad never been acted Or printed.
sud. in the thirteen plays previously
known. there wera numerous and ex.
tensive additions. about which we have
no information save that obtained by .
with the older publications
"A moA remarkable fact.
Fssncis Bacon, one of the greatest
lawyers. philosophers and scholars OF
died in 1926. ct the age Of IS.
He vas learned in ancient and modern
in history and science. He
had the habits, tastes. associations and
.mbitions OF On author. Az high Of
6cisl and prominent courtier. 1t was
not his interest TO be known % dram.
Atist, . profession then considered TO
share something Of the disssputs 1t.
iachsd By the prejudice Of the time to
The stage. In 1e1l he became Attorney
General. ssd held the Office ten years.
During that period no new Shskes-
psarean plays appssrsd. but two years
after his disgrace. out came the unex.
plsioed edition Of Shakespeare. with
nearly two dozen new plays. of whlch
The theatrical people had never heard
word, and the additions to the old
plsys. These nay hays besn the work
of Bacon's leisure, after Shakespeare
retir. 1 from the stage.
Bacon was accused BY his enemies Of
writing 70, the stage, and Shakespeare
Of taking credit tor what he did not
write. Slxn.,icsat facts, bsthl
A eompsrissn IT Bacon's prose with
The plays shows uany parallel pss.ages.
lor which No cannot make room here,
but they ipdiea's either ths same
sourcs. with honor. or plagiarism on
one sade. There are certain passsges
in the correspondence Of Bacon indi.
cating that no wrote something the
authorship Of which he wished to con-
oeal Even. hossvsr. il ths ease Tor
Baeon we're failure. that sgAinst
would still b strong The
sshiece 10 TO- couprshsnsivs 70 be ex-
tseatsd, and ws must take
leave Of Il. - furnishing. 70 cay the
lest, Abundsnt material fer literary
doubt.-Alta.