Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-01
BACON or SHAKESPEARE :
/. DID FRANCIS BACoS WRITE
~SHAKEsPEARE"'

49,
ford for recovery Ofsmall loans.
or malt delivered.
Ia the period from 1898 to
1909 the wonderful Plays ap
pear. one or two. or more, a year
The earliest plays are supposed
by some critics TO have appear
eel ia IjSj, about the same time
that Shakspere left Stafford
Ia 1910. when be is Ia tue
prime OF lie, at forty seven. he
retires to Stratfnrd On-AyOu,
and betakes himself tO-study
aud lIferaIuref un:-Tesumes his
old calling as wOoistspler.
The Shakespeare Plays now
cease to appear, and this Just
at the time one would have
thought that Will Shakspere bad
acquired the lear ing and leIs-
ure To write with Increased Zest.
Ia 1911 he appears as party
to a lawsuit at StrstfoTd with a
neighbor.
On April 22d, 1916. Sbakspere
died at StratfOrd on Avon In
the diary of Ar Ward. Vicar of
SiratfOId, Occurs this entry:
~Shaksperr, DraytOn sud Ben
JOusOn drank too hard, for
Shakspere died Cfa fever thus
contracted
have omitted reference to 4
number of traditional anecdotes,
all ola more or less dIsTeputable
character, as they may not be
true; they are, however. based
on the same traditional evidence
as the rest
The death OF the reputed al
thor of the Plays attracted no
contemporary attention
Such - the character. career
aud exit of the man Who, We are
asked TO believe, vas the au
thor of the Plays which are a
phenomenon, not only in Eng
lish letters. but in human expe
Renee, and the like of which the
literature of no other country
has produced
An authors inner life is usual
~ manifested In his writings
Is there any other instance ON
record of the life aud character
of the individual! having been
such a mistit with the works he
Is credited as having Produced.
| think not
| have always felt a difficulty
amounting to an inability, To
bring MY mind to believe hat.
except by inspiration ar miracle,
a msn of ohakespere's educa
ItOn, antecedentS and assoeia
lions, could have written any OF
Them, but least of all Macbetk.
HaHsist, and Lear.
/ The plays, sonn-ts and poems.
when printed Ia a volume. oc-
cupy upward o 1000 very close
~ printed pages, containing
nearty 20J lines on each page.
Tue contents show nOs mprely
that the writer was a cultivated
man with wide yet on the whole
aFIstocFaiIe synpathies, aud =
kHOwledge of character. aspect
ally ia the higher walks Of life
- that he could mo-t readily
reErsSeBT the siisc0ur-es AMI
manner ut sp not Of butch
RS. Sos'issspgrTs ansi E.Frers.
politicians aud the ke. bat 81
4 Is. queens, nObles, euaTfisr-
sfssi s~tatrsH4r /; and also tIsat Ia
nt4 an Intimate arqatIhtane.
Stta Latin a1si Greek classical
authors. history. state paIIfirs.
'hr art of VAT natural phlIn.u
ply chemistry. horticulture.
law medicine. the the ~ ct mu
lie; sa much so, that he WE
a ie- a. It we're. to play vi his
s'osiedge IF these IL ter SUI
rfs, turning metaphors upob
"a m ~ use # words aud phrs
= F.tfrItg tn them Which were
uHNn"wu 10 the ordinary run OF
propie-
TGe knowledge = b cn he viii
ter of the plays possessed of
the French, Italian and Spanish
languages, the habits of tue peo
pie and the places Is also evi
dent
In Julius Cesar not an idea.
ancient Rome. but the real one
Is accurately portrayed.
In the Italian pl VS., TIE Her.
cAGEt Of TeHies. T4miaJ ef n.
SaFex, and Tr0 GsHtlemez Of Tsro
81, intimate acquaintance IL
small Diet lis is shown With the
Italian towns and manEers Of
the people.
The Comedy Of Errors Is dis
covered in these latter day. 20
oe Identical in argument xitl
the NaaOeehMi of pIautus, then
hardly known and untransIafed. !
lagos speech, "Who steals
my purse steals trash,r is a per
feet paraphTsse of a star "a IN
Berhl's u~ntranslated poem, Or
taRdo IaRam0Tai0.
la Tco GsatlezssE Of Verona
valentine is made TO embark a.
serona tor Milan, and Ia HgnLet
BaPEisGs IS used as the name of
= Woman In another play Bo
'-n'ls Is referred 10 as having =
sea coast These things were
SurPrpd az As mistakes f..r 49,.