New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-02


course the whole question has to DC oceS'u pr
,oor;,,. without such concessions no 'f'
con nrccned No time is wasted in considering
whether indeed there be any cryptoerapilc ma"
ter In the sonnets. That is taken Tor gr"n'eu
And from that point the paradoNef goes VI" w.
n facility not wholly unconnccted WIN the u"'T'
cntifo character Of his methods, TO eVoNe 'nc
most wonderful things imaginable from TIC No'o,'
In order TO make It plain that bacon "ro'o W..
sonnets. and that they all have reference u MS
authorship of the plays it is only necessary ~ "9
the keys which Mr.. Ilosmer has produced from
his inner consciousness And this key Is III "
self n phenomenal conception III Is 10
KEY
~, a Tbina Impersonation OF Truth
n,"a TIC Thought in the abstract
W., Thought in delineatlon'
Va Reautv in the abstract.
80 Beauty in dehneatlon
M. mine me Bacon in Person
=, Bacon as Author.
Nv Love lIo ui'N
NV friend oh"h'oi'"
A. Nietroes Tragedy.
Bv applying this KEY TO the so''i''S 'i'
NOR is able to read into them any lh'erpre'"',V"
he pleascs Ii is true that he couId h"'e u'i.
same by any other arbitrary arraneeno',. "
came kind It is equally true that by modihca'lo"
49,, orv one else could demonstrate with
of
..oiso,, the same force and probability that po'h
,bo comets and the plays were written by the wa"
~ ,be Iron Mask. or by Queen Ehzaoc'h OF W
DIR John ar by the Wandering jew onco
admit anvhodv's right to substitute any "oiu
and any meanings they choose TOT lhe WIZ"
and the meanings obviously belonging '" w.
which compose the writings OF any au'ioi
ever and il is clearly Impossible 10 SUI oo"n' =,
tho nonsense which may be thus con)ureo, ~
a. oradover all considerations OF this Klno are'
~ course. without weight lie is MS own NV
nre,cr. and he will make it plaih' OF 1T 'ii''i1
no will There is, however, In TINS case o"o u"
dispensable preliminary to paradoNicai .ou
,a,;on on Mr. Hosmer's lines The Interpreter
49,. 10 r,orauv and absolutely incapable OF un-
acrs,andnq poetry He must be stone-bllhu 10 every
49, - Tho fancy. unima gnative in every
-. I'm, that of paradox How completely MI
uosmer meets this requirement his book SHOWS
from bepinninc TO end. and one or two examples
of his method will demonstrate TINS
Take the Forty fifth Sonnet which opens 'n''
THE other two, slight air ana purelhs INV
Arc both with thee, wherever ABIDE. .,iontl
Upon these lines the paradOAer V'u' SOP
comments: AN advance in the cohiposi''on -
soaa,i,od In this stanza Two other elements
air and fire. are here referred TO as oel'is az"
with the drama he is composing, wherever he
-. T., o,ber words whether at Gorhambury
T,o,,orbam York House or Gray's Inn, ne hau
. SLIGHT air. IA small room for his own use anu
/. rrrgino fire. tthe means for warming IT, surrey
,hat is delicious IN its way? Who but pofn
naradoxer of the most bovine variety coui" H''
ventured solemnly, not merely upon INC wii'ins
hut upon the printing OF su"f STUN Leu S'i''
Is hut an average sample of the whole ana "iiem
we come to the Seventy-sixth Sonnet we si,"n
find that nothing is beyond the credullty OF sucn
commentator We shall have TO quote tie en'iie
sonnet:
"Why is my verse so barren OF new prioe'
So far from variation or quick chahse
WHY. with the time, do not glance asioo .
To new-found methods and to compounds s""Hs'
Why write still all one, ever the same
And keep invention In a noted weed
That every word doth almost tell my name,
Showing their birth and where they did proceeo
n know sweet love- always write OF you,
And Won and love are still my argument;
60 all my hest is dressing old words new
Spending aysin what is already spent;
For as the sun is daily new and oid'
So is nv love still telling what is told"
sin this stanza" gravcly observes MI Hoshler'
he lmeaning Bacon tells his name' Anu ho"
does he tell IL? Why 10 be sure IN MS nen'ion
of noted weed" For, every paradoAer' "a
not quite everybody, will see at once the oniS
weed Of which history gives account III Ehzaoe.h
time was tobacco Now don't you see 1tr 10"
can almost get q" Bacon" out of tobacco" ergo
Bacon. by confession In this stanza, must have
enjoyed his pipe Not doubt Of it, and now
we think Of it, does not Bacon Shakespeare speak
frequently OF pipes in his dramas' Yes. pipes
are mentioned no less than eighteen times in those
works and the circumstance that tobacco is not
mentioned anywhere will rot influence the opinion
of paradoxers nor should il. But MIR. Hosmer
cannot rejoice too heartily over the revelation
of this Seventy-siAth Sonnet lie proceeds with
the light of worthy won and fully assured victory
in his eve. In every form which spelling gave
n tobacco. il almost told the name of Bacon This
evidence of the true origin OF the dramas OF
Shakespeare mark the words, please" this evil
den.e-i written by their author and published
nearly three centuries ago, dining SHAKESPEARE $
hfe cannot By any fore q l"sie or 'n'ehui'S De
destroyed 1t is unargument1hle. 1t impars the
forae of truth H. this entIp lisjry. and relieves