Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23

| that Shakespeare couldn't even sign hi.
! own name The other evening Sil
! Edwin During Lawrence made tn,
! statement that he was totally unabl,
| 10 write 80 much as one letter OF hi.
! own name" Moreover a prominent
member OF the Bacon society I'm re.
| ferring to Sir C1wln's astounding the
Dry stated that not one OF the nvs
! legal signatures In existence which
were believed TO be Shakespeare was
his, even Mrs Carmichael STOPPER. who
is not Baconian, agreed that they
We're written by law clerk.
But Mrs STOPPER" comments this au.
thority takes up the position that
! though the signatures are not Shake
speare's the discovery does not prove
that Shakespeare could not write or
was illiteratc. II might well be- she
thought, that the signatures were writ
ten for him on lega documents. be-
cause Il was customary thing to do
at that period"
The purchase deed OF property at
Blackfriars ana the execution Of the
mortgage deed preserved in the Guild
hall and the British museum are
amongst 5iese legal signatures Sir
Edwin saws that experts have examined
them both, and have come 10 the con-
clusion. first that they are in the
same handwriting. second. that the
signatures were written by the same
hand that wrote the body OF the deeds,
and last that clerk had written them
both and affixed the signature at the
end.
Furthermore. the signature 10 these
documents ls not "ShaNs" as people
have formerly believed. but "Shaxpr."
What has been thought 90 be an -"
for the last letter In the signature was
merely the customary way for the law
clerk To- express pr other Shake
spcarean signatures than those ap-
pended 10 legal documents and written
by law clerks are believed by Bacon
ians 10 include clever forgeries.
\ committee OF DutChmen has been
formed at Zutphen for tho purpose OF
honoring tho memory of the illustrious
Sir Philip sidney who assisted the
Dutch during their struggle for free
dom against Spain The name Of this
chivalrous soldier poet held I'm such ar.
fectionate memory by Englishmen, il
we'll known i'm Holland. and his many
admirers there are 10 erect a statue 20
him as Zutphcn. where he gave up
his ne in the cause he had cspouscd
In 1886
one Of the most interesting Of the
books from the library OF the late
Bishop Gott. which rs TO come under
the hammer at Sotheby's next month. is
Robinson crusoc,' as published IN
THE Original London Post or Heath
cots Intelligence" l1l9-l720. This book
Is probably unique, since the only other
copy known which Is In the British
10 most imperfect. II con
isins tho following special preface by
he editor Of the Journal.
IT ever tho story OF any private |
Mans Adventures IN the World were |
worth mailing Puh'ick, and were ac-
'eptahle when Published. tho Editor % |
his Account thinks that this VIII be /
Co. The Wonders % this Mans Life |
Ncecd all that the thinkg Is TO be
ouud Extant: the Life NJ the Man -
ne scarce capable 81 greater Variety.
The Editor believes the thing 10 be
Just History Of Fact: neither IL there
my Appearance Of Fiction In a."
The present copy belonged 20 Or
'hilip Bliss. the antiquary and hiblio-
hilo. who has added a letter from the
riginal owner. and Ms. extract from
' Warton's memorandum book, In
.hich the authorship Of the first vol