The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-12-04
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have not lost sight OF Dr. Evans, but
cannot reply to him without first paying
my respects to Mr.. Sidney NJ. Ullman. 1
read what he was pleased to style the
three brilliant papers of DR.. Evans,
but the length of his paper forbade my
reading much more. l have no quarrel
with him for praising his friend. Even
little hyperbole is pardonable to the
zeal of friendship. / take no exception
either to the statement that the papers
alluded to contain "a fair summary
call 1t sample-of what the Baconians
say" Such it certainly was-a better
was never penned. The Baconians made
no mistake in making Dr. Evans their
mouthpiece. Such papers as those of the
doctor and of Mr.. Ullman will always be
welcomed by the Shakespeareans. Their
writers are our strongest allies.
Mr.. Ullman says that there are two
kinds of evidence in this case, internal
and EXTERNAL that 1.-THE external calls
for no great scholarship to investigate
it''-happy circumstance-but "a great
deal of common sense" Who has 1t? Not
DR.. Evans; not I. How fortunate that In
the very nick of TIME Mr.. Ullman should
have stepped In. He begins: AS far as
evidence is concerned we shall have space
only to discuss that portion of the
proof (sic) that has to do with Shaks-
pere of stratford." All evidence (sic)
dealing with that individual initiates
against the possibility of his being the
author of Shakespeare plays" The facts
that so initiate, he enumerates as FOL
lows;
1. .srhe fact of his BIRTH Ali If he
had not been born he might have written
the plays.
O. 1.-THE blank between his birth and
marriage" There was no blank. He was
learning Latin at Guildhall, which he
might later put into the mouth of Sir
Hugh Evans.
g. His marriage with Ann Hathaway,
when 10 years old, to woman years
his senior" All! If he had only married
Doll Tearsheet, or he had been 20 years
DID, or If she had been only seven years
his senior.
years later" Why, that saves AIMS
character. Give me common sense" for
ever.
g. 1.-THE fact of his departure to London
without his family" With Sir Thomas
Lucy and posse behind him. William had
scarcely time to take his family, but, o,
II he had gone to Siberia and taken some
pOdy elSe'S famlly!
6. 1.-THE fact that he wrote his name
twice In his will, and each time spelled 1t
differently" Suppose Mr.. Ullman had to
write his will, and should sign himself
Ulman, or Ulmann, or Ullman, would
that affect his personality, or prove that
he was DR.. Evans? l suppose SO. These
ore the facts that Mr.. Ullman adduces to
show that Shakespeare did not write
Hamlet-this the Wanted common
L. 70 toll 1loo 20
unruly rhetoric"
Now, Mr.. Ullman, believe in fair play;
l do not think you meant exactly what
YOU said. | have taken advantage of a
weak place In your armor, but wanted
to show you how loose and inexact you
Baconians are. You see why had to use
rhetoric instead of argument. You have
a faeile way of writing. 1t will not do
TO have a facle way of thinking also.
Dr. Evans has torn away the mask. He
no longer poses as the mouthpiece of the
Baconians. So overpowering his argu-
ments. he has converted himself. In full
panoply with pennon flying, with lance
in rest on a curvetting barb he rides into
the field. In one of his first papers he
dramatically exclaimed: mo, no, Ma
dame. YOU mistake me entirely if you fan
cy for one moment that I intend to tilt
with any of the accoutred Sir Knights
who have won distinction on either side
in the Bacon Shakespeare tournament
The Shakespeareans are simply defend
ing their own possessons-they are SIM
ply repellng band of marauders.
The doctor says that "he has not the
honor of my acquaintance" If he did not
know me, he at least recognized me.
The Doctor was out on parole. What in
duced him to violate his solemn pledge
L know not; but when a and his
Word, like Abraham and Lot part COM
pany and take two different roads, has
he not forfeited the glove of the truo
knight
The doctor says, II do not know who
is right and therefore 1 do not know
who is wrong" If he does not know who
is right, he has no cause to champion.
If he does not know who is wrong, he
has no cause to denounce. The doctor
says. 1T have no counsel to give" Ad
mirable! Counsel from enemy would
be thrown away upon Shakespeaneans.
II simply mean to tell you what the
Baconions say" Right again, If he had
only adhered to it, II am not greatly in
terested in this controversy" Certainly
not-thats evident, but people have diff
ferent ways of showing their interest.
No sooner, did rap upon the hive than
he came buzzing forth, with red-hot
sting protruding No sooner did my
bre ring upon his fimsy outwork than
& the doctor, "a concealed. Baconian sal
lied out in full armor ready to pounce
upon and devour his trembling adver-
sary
TITS the duty of the friends and patrons
of *erature everywhere sedulously to
gua the rights of literary property.
Other equisitions come and go. They
are tn. products of toll, the rewards OF
industry Often they descend to us by
inheritance without anxiety or fore
thought Generosity bestCws them,
public opinion guards them, courts are
established to protect them. II they be
burned, IL they be lost at sea, we have
at least the solace that kind providence
has withdrawn them -haply for our good.
Not so with the children of our brain.
They are a part of us-a vital part.
& They are heart-throbs our sensiblities
* Who unsettles or withdraws them with
q out consent, does not commit a INSIDE
meanor, but a felony. When forgery is
resorted to, to compass it, as in the case
of Ireland, some mitigation is to pe
Z found in it's very audacity When at
tempted for personal benefit. something
y is to be allowed for the cravings of HUI
& man selfishness. But to rob the dead of
that which mot enricheth Them but