New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13

he has printed an account OF them in a handsou1
little quarto which has been forwarded 10 lis ann.
pos OF the unwilling Of the memorial in question.
Mr.. Walker has erected this monument in thu
churchyard Of ST. Mary the Virgin. Adermanburv
a parish In which Heminge lived for for,y.tro
years and Henry Condell for thirty Both m.r
with their wives and some Of their children vsr.
buried in the churchyard There If anyybers
memorial TO them seems in place At the sam.
time a sympathetic reader Of Mr. Walkers mona
graph, and OF the preface TO the First Folio rIes,
we'll think Shakespeare's two friends worthy ~
celebration in the Abbey itself When he died h
1916 he had lived some four years in retirement
Burbage. Heminge and Condell had gone on mar.
aging the Globe Theatre and acting in H. Th,y
held the ownership of Shakespeare's dramas Th.s.
had practically no printed circulation A few had
been published. but never in large editions and not
only does the rarity Of those early quartos TO-DAY
point TO their slender number in Shakespeare
time but # IS well known that the managers Of
Elizabethan playhouses were opposed the publ.
cation OF the works brought forward their prop
erty under their roofs. They feared the enterprise
of rival theatres and did everything in their power
to retain absolute control OF their literary belong
issue an edition OF AS You Like 1t" was only
checkmated b. an appeal to the worshlpfu sts.
Shakespeare was living and busying himself IN
dramatic undertakings which must have Afforded
book form. had he desired II can easily be un
derstood that the preservation OF the dramas hung
upon thread
In 1915. however. the wear Of Shakespeare's death.
the author CT Every Man in His Humour' INDUCED
his own; and published ten Of hi: plays II a yS.
ume under the title OF THE Worries OF BENJAMIN
Jonson. The occurrence surprised and amused
Shakespeare's It is conceivable that the incident
provoked some such observation Mr. Walker
puts into their mouths: IF Ben Jonsons plays
are worth publishing. surely WIN Shakespeare
deserve 1t more since not only are they much bet
ter, but there are great many more OF them
However the plan may have gcrminated, II IL
the impershaLe honor OF Hemlnge and Condsl
that they took II up and carried 1t to successtu
issue II took some time TO search through IN.
manuscripts OF the Globe. and the First Folio bean
the date OF l6g} BurbaGe died three years dftei
Shakespeare Il appears improbable that he had
much TO do with the publication OF the First Folio
though he undoubtedly was acquainted WIN te
scheme and would have shared IN its prosecutioi
had he lived. We find HeminEe and Condell. u-'
assisted. reverently gathering the dramas togeina
them. the preface says. without amoiS
either of selfe-proht. or fame: onelv 10 keepe ne
memory Of so worthy Friend Fellow siiy .,..
their Indifference TO this project might have ef.
tailed and the Justice OF Mr.. Walkers dlgnisN
tribute will he appreciated the more. As ne d.
ciarrs. "Out of tho thiriy-six dramas which tv
published half were uevor printed In any forrl
and. with the four mutilatcd COPIES named ,ceis.
PLAYS which Ieminge and Condell describe In ,ns
preface as having heFn recovered ps lhen 49,.
garbled versions. loss than twenty-five OF ne.
Folio Everywhere Mr. Walkers public and p;
manent recognition of this fact must be admN''
to shine like a good deed in a naughty word
The monument I'm Aldsrmanhury chu,shtrr....
owes It's happy design to Mr. Walker himself ~.
bronze bust OF Shakespeare surmountng II va "a
modelled by Professor Allen OF Liverpool ir9 y, ~
Stratford bust and the Droeshout portrait ~ %.
dition 10 the fac-simile OF the First Folio shown
our cut. and the inscription beneath H. the m."s
ment is adorned with tablets commemora'nss,s.
Heminge and Condel as individual members s, 2. ~.
parish. and Shakespeares friends ana pa'"''"