, 1889-07-10
ReMARkAsLE CONDOLENCES.
Parallels In the Lives of Shakespeare and
Mr. HalIiweII-PhinIps.

Mr. Misunderstanding.
/ know well what a keen interest
Americans took in my uncle, the late
Mr.. Halliwel-Phillips, and in his
Shakespearean work, and also in Hol-
lingbury Copse-that American Mecca
and / am fully aware how proud he
was to number among his friends
many of the leading American liter
airy men. Some few years ago he, in
merry mood, compiled "a list of a few
parallel circumstances in the lives of
Shakespeare and Mr.. j. o. H%alliwell-
Phillips" and upon rare occasions
they would be produced after dinner
and read amid shrieks of laughter, in
which he himself would join most
are of a truth most remarkable, and
heartily. The thirty-three parallels
they are all perfectly true, and not
concocted in any way; TO my mind one
of the most extraordinary is that his
eldest daughter married a gentleman
by the name of Hall, Lieut.. Hall, R
N, my c-o-executor.
send you by this post a copy of
the list, aud if you care TO print it,
you are perfectly welcome to do so.
l.. He was descended from very
small country farmers. So am l.
2. With no pretensions to an aristo-
cratic pedigree. Neither have L.
3. Nor with any really good claim
to the use of coat armor. Neither
have l.
4. But he purchased a grant of arms
from the Heralds college. So have l.
8; His father, not being satisfied
with the poverty of his rural life, left
the country and commenced business
in a town as a glover. So did mine.
6. But he soon got tired of that oc-
cuPation and commenced specializing
with house property. So did mine.
z. Ills father had a chancery suit
respecting a small estate. SO had
mine.
8. The chancery suit in which his
father was plaintiff lasted for nearly
twenty years. So did the chancery
suit in which my father was plaintiff.
8. lie went to school to so little pur-
pose that he learned little Latin and
less Greek. So did 1.
10. He married very early in life.
So did 1.
IL. And without a sixpence on eth
or side. So did l.
II. He obtained his marriage license
at Worcester in great hurry and in
the midst of family disagreements.
So did l.
10. He was prosecuted by Sir Thorn
as, a country squire. So was L.
IA. lie was prosecuted because he
took n fancy to Sir Thomas deer
dear. So was l.
Is. He vas o great admirer of the
fair sex. So am l.
1G. He purchased the estate of New
Place at Stratford-on-Avon. So did l.
II. He sold a load of stone out of
the gardens there. So did 1.
is. The husband of his second
daughter was remotely connected with
a yeoman of the name of William
Phillips. SO is the husband of nv
second daughter.
10. a person of the name of Will
lam Phillips owned property adjoin-
the grounds of S~hakespeare's country
house. An individual of the same
name owns land adjoining the grounds
of my country house.
20. Shakespeare at one time of his
life was pecuniarily interested in a
theatre. So was 1.
81. The theatre in which he was in
terested was destroyed. So was mine.
p. There was n shoemaker by the
name of Shakespeare living near his
country house. So there is near mine.
%. He owned during part of his life
a house in London, a lease of which
was granted to Mr.. John Robinson.
So did l.
"a. He bought a moiety of some
tithes. So dbl.
rs. In the course of his literary ca
reer there appeared much Ado About
Nothing" So there has in mine.
20. He sometimes went to the Nitro
tavern in Fleet street. So did 1.
q. In his journeys between London
and Stratford-on-Avon he occasionally
stayed a night at Oxford. So did L.
%. He negotiated for the purchase
30. But did not succeed in buying
it. Neither did L.
of q small estate at Shottery. So did 1.
80. He sometimes drunk a little too
much at a merry meeting. So did I.
81. He bought one house in London.
So have L.
80. One of his friends wanted to Dor
row ego of him. So has one of mine.
SO. His=eldest daughter married q
gentleman by the name of Hall. So
did mine.
The chief difference between us in
our respective careers appears to be
that he knew how TO write plays andI
dont.-Earnest L. Baker in Boston
Herald.