New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A GREAT REVELATION.

THE SECRET OF HAMLET. PRINCE OF Den =.
MARK. BY South G. Preston;; l2m mo- PIP; 10
Cincinnati: The Editor Fuonshlhs Company
The tortoise is slow. but. unless he happens 10
be tied he arrives. The truth about Hame'
has been long IN coming. but 1t appears 70 nave
come. Hamlet. as may be gathered from th''
hook. was derived from Amleth. Shakespeare
not being q Cockney. could not content nimseN
with Amlet and therefore he either shifted the
position OF the final h In Amleth, or else poi
rowed the from his own name.-"H being
shaped like a window. or place through "hlc"
toe light comes."-and thus he constructed
title which is an anagram, "sign!fying humanity
h,ndered" 1t was the desire OF the bard 10
find name "conceang. yet revealing 10 the
Initiate the character Of the hero OF MS
tragedy" The letter II has always proved more
or less troublesome to the English Inc iate H.
I BYRON the dramatst. commonly carrleo III
his vest pocket a large quantity OF many Varie-
ties OF this letter cut out OF cards' 30 'na'
whenever O compatriot dropped an n ne H'ish''
and did, supply him with one,-a circumstance
which may perhaps. signify some shgh' pre-
vision Of Shakespeares Hamlet mystery. mat
remarkable letter. 1t appears. being FORMED Oy
two perpendicular lines, united oy one horizoh-
tai line suggests spirit.-a spirit with two s.
double consciousness. one person. Careiui IN
spection Of this profound truth VIII discover
the esoteric meaning Of Hamlet That mean
ing may be comprehended II the student Will
erssn N. Idea Of "a little Cosmos under the CO.
ordina,ing responsibility and conscious pressure
~ a. larger Macrocosm." 1t must not be for
rotten that "the little word Am Is the hrst per-
son OF to be-" whereas the little word Ham
might. possibly. be mistaken TOT an OCCULT ieie'
ence TO Chicago.
Those truths clearly, point the way to only
one noss,ble solution: Hamlet was a psychome-
trest-this vas his secret" 1t Is surprising, In
view of its simplicity. that this lucid fact was
not perceived at an earlier stage OF the investi-
ration Warourton seems to nave glanced at
II. In that famous note Of his wherein he said
II once had q reason for this opinion, but
have forgotten what 1t was" On page OF this
marvellous work the learned author oeclares
that Shakespeare appears in literature as the
most art,culate voice crying from the profound
depths OF universal human experience. In de-
spairing thunder tones; and on page la ne
presents the comprehensive and hnai ooserva-
ton that the play Of Hamlet u.s. evidently
Psychological Drama Of the inner sou!-lfe OF
humanity" Whether this inner soul Is cork
sole is the only point remaining in doubt but
as humanity contains an II. the ethereal soul,
rather than the manufactured article was prob
ably intended The author directs particular
attention to the fact that Hamlet Horato ard
Ophelia-all have the in their names, anc
he seems to be Of the olcion that Hamlet! when
addressing his friend. habitually. for the sake
of euphony. dropped the H. and called him
"Oratio"-"the word for discourse. or flow OF
speech" That Is not unlikely for certainly
Hamets flow of speech" addressed TO that
comrade. IS once or twice, suggestive OF the ex-
pediency of hiring hall" But however this
may be. the secret Of Hamlet" has. at last
been revealed: Every babe Is an Adam, every
Adam Is q Hamlet" and every Hamlet is a
gasometer Nothing could be more lucid. moth
ing more delightful w. W.