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the patron and lively gratitude in the
poet. Rove, on the authority of
Davenant, relates that In order to en-
able Shakespeare to complete a pur-
chase, Southampton at once present.
ed him with q thousand pounds, q
gift truly princely. OF Shakespeare's
comparative opulence there can be no
doubt; in 1897, he purchased New
Place, the most respectable mansion
in his native Stratford, and went to-
considerable expense in alterations
and repairs. In the succeeding year
we find Richard QuyneS, a townsman,
applying to him as a person of sub
stance for the loan OF thirty pounds,
ana shortly after we find him ex-
pressing his readiness TO lend, on
proper security, a sum of money for
the use of the town of Stratford.
Several of the nobility. particularly
the Earls Of Pembroke and Mont
Eomery, Wed with southampton in
comforting benefits on Shakespeare,
-and he was distinguished in a most
flattering manner by the favor OF
two successive observation-disclosures and
Elizabeth. We are told that the
Merry Wives OF Windsor (the first
draft of which was finished in a
fortnighD was written expressly at
the command OF Queen Elizabeth,
two, being highly delighted with Fail
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high reputation accrning to him from
this source, or would have found lit
Tie time for the laDors Of composition,
and consequently we should have been
in great degree, If not altogether
deprived Of what now constitutes the
noblest efforts Of human genius."
No portion Of shakespeare's his
tory is more obscure than the period
al which he first ventured TO rely on
the resources Of his own mind, and
produce an original drama on the
stage which he had so often trod un-
noticed. Every attempt 10 select from
the long list Of his wonderful produc-
tions the one which had paved the
way for his future eminence. his
maiden effort ia the arena OF his
coming glorles, has ended in uncer-
tainty and disappointment
Our bard. however, was we'll known
as dramatic writer In 1892, and
there Is reason TO suppose that all
his compositions for the stage were
written between 1880 and 1919. pc
riod of about twenty three years. And
whena II is considered that we pos
sess thirty of his plays which are
indsputably genuine, beside several
the authenticity Of which Is doubt
full, the marvellous power and range
Of his intellect viii be sufficiently evi.
dent
In combining author and actor in
his own person. the dramatist might
in some degree alleviate his pecuniary
difficulties, but Il could scarcely have
redeemed him from the Indulgence un-
der which his brother writer's were
suffering: yet his superlative merit
as a poet soon advanced him in the
regard of the sgreat and the noble.
The players in his time were constant
~ dominated and treated as servants,
and when the actors duty made his
presence necessary at his patrons
mansion, the buttery was the only
place to which he expected admit
lance on the contrary, the friend
ship of the dramatist was frequently
sought by the opulent--even noble
men made him their companion, and
chose him at once as the object OF
bounty and esteem. Shakespeare
intimacy with the all-accomplished
Lord southampton commenced when
the latter was about twenty years Of
age. and from the dedicatlons pre-
fixed to Venus and Adonis.' in 1872
and the Rape Of Lucrece," In 1896
1t is apparent that their friendship
WIS cemented bv great liberality in
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HEINRICH HEINE ON
SHAKESPEARE,

1t is lucky for US that Shakespeare
came just at the right time, that he
was a contemporary of Elizabeth and
James The popular faith of the
middle ages, or Catholicism, was gone
as regarded doctrine, but it existed as
yet with all its magic in mems hearts
and held its own in manners, Gus
TOMS and views. 1t was not till later
that the Puritans succeeded in pluck
ing away flower by flower. and Ut
terly roofing up the religion Of the
past. and spreading over all the land
as with gray canopy, that dreary
sadness which since then, dispiriteo
and debilitated, has diluted itself to
lukeWarm, whining, drowsy pietlsm.
With the blood Of Charles l., all inc
poetry ran from the veins Of England
and thrice happy was the poet VINO
did not live to witness this sorrowfw
event, which he had perhaps fore
BODIED.
During the rule of the Puritans IN
England, art was outlawed; as Wheh
the evangelical zeal ragged against inc
theater, and even the name Of SHAKE
speare was long extinguished in pop
ular remembrance.
Next to ascetic, religious zeal was
the republican flnaticism which ms
Puritans in their hatred for the om
English stage, in which not ohp
and heathenism tastes
but also royalism and nobility "e''
exalted.
In the whirlpool of the religious
and political upsettings and revolu-
tons described, the name of Shahes
peare was long lost. and it was neaIp
a century ere he again rose TO mue
and honor
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sion that our authors remains might
share the same fate with those of tbe
rest of his countrymen, and be added
to the immense pile of human bones
deposited in Stratford charnel-housep
A few additional facts respecting
Shakespeare family may be accent.
able. His wife survived him seven
years, and was buried between his
grave and the north wall of the chan.
eel, under a stone inlaid with brass
and inscribed thus:
"Heere lyeth inferred the bodye OF
Anne, wife OF Mr. William Shake.
speare, who departed this life the
sixth day of August, 1928, being at
the age of sixty-seven Years"
A row of graves extending across
from the north to the south walls is
devoted, with one exception, to the
Shakespeare family.
Next to the poet rest the remains
Of Thomas Nashe, husband of Eliza.
beth Hall, the poets granddaughter,
next is Dr. John Hall, husband of Su-
sauna, and beside him lies Susanna,
One uninscribed grave probably con-
tains the dust of Judiih-Mrs Thorn.
as quincy Upon the gravestone Of
Susanna an inscription has been
placed commemorative of Richard
Watts, a person not known to HAYS
any relationship with the family. The
son, Hammet, who died at ~, has no
gravestone as we'll as the poets
father, mother and sisters--the ma.
jority of whom died in infancy.
The family of Shakespeare was
shortlived. He died at so. susanna
bore only one child. Elizabeth, who
became successfully Mrs. Thomas
Nashe and Lady Barnard. She died
in 1870, leaving no offspring by eth.
er husband, and in her the race ot
Shakespeare became extinct.
We have thus, as briefly as the i'm
portance Of such a memoir would per
init, gone over the meager biographi.
cal remains Of the noblest dramatic
poet the world has ever produced
Without attempting to draw the char
acter of this matchless writer, we
have occasionally, An the course Of
our narrative, endeavored to mark The
feeling of respect and admiration by
which we are Influenced while con-
the mighty performances
of a mind which, with little assist
ance from education. surpassed all
the efforts of ancient and modern &C.
MUS.
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IRENE poverty that lie was obliged
20 give security for debt OF five
pounds, and distress issuing for
the seizure Of his goods, IL was re-
turned: 'Joh'es Shakespeare Mill
habet undo dlstr potest levari" tJohn
Shakespeare has no effects on which
a distralnt can be leVied). During
the last ten years Of his life we have
no particular account of his circum-
stances but, rs In 1891 he describes
himself "as Of very small wealth and
very few friends we may Justly sup
pose that he remained In great In
digence. He seems, indeed 90 have
fallen into decay with his native town,
the trade OF which was almost ruined,
az we may learn from the application
Of the burgcsseA In 1890. The town
had then fallen into much decay
for want OF such trade as heretofore
they had by clothing. and the max
'ne Of yarn, employing and main
tuining number OF poor people by
the same. which now live In great
penury and misery, by reason they
are not set TO work as before they
have been
John Shakespeare died In 1901. His
family consisted. Of eight children
Jane. Margaret william, Gilbert,
l.orle. Anne. Richard and Edmund.
Loire and Margaret died when but
few months old OF gilbert nothing
rs known but the register of his hap
tism. Jane married one Hart, hat
ter ~ Stratford, and died in tG4G.
leaving three sons. She is mentioned
with much KINDNESS IN her illustrious
brothers Will and the descendants
of her children were TO be found in
siratford within these few years
IN iT49. house OF shakespeares
Ia Henly street, belopged TO Thomas
Hart, butcher and the sixth in do
scent from Jane. Anne Shakespeare
died an infant; Richard, according TO
The parish register, was buried In
1919 Edmund Shakespeare, actuat-
cd probably by his brothers reputa-
tlon at the theatcr becam9 an actor,
he performed al the Globe. lived In
81 saviour's, Southwark. aud was in
TERED IN the ehurChyard of that par
ish. on the SYST dag OF December,
1905.
William Shakespeare was born
Aaril as, 1854, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The house IN which the poet
first saw the light was bought, mi
1887 from a family Of the name Of
underhill It had been called the
great house, not because 1t Is really
large. but ON account OF It's having
been az that time the best in the
town. The ablest artists have exerted
their skill to preserve the outline Of
80 remarkable building for the
qualification of posterity. and the
most minute particulars concerning II
have been collected with the utmost
aVidity.
The chamber in which our unri-
vailed dramatist is said TO have drawn
his first breath il penciled over with
the names Of lnnumerabe visitors In
every grade OF life Royalty has been
proud 60 pay this simple tribute to
exalted iutelleot and genius has
paused in It's triumphs to inscribe
these hallowed wallis with the brief
sentences which record its love and
veneration for the wonderful man
who once recognized this lowly tene-
ment as his home.
OF Shakcspeares infancy We know
nothing except that he narrowly es-
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A FTER all the iAbOri0us research
~ which has been expended on the
nsuhJect Of Shakespeare biogra-
ply, few particulars are known
on those points which would be
most gratifying to the curiosity
or hts rational admirers. w 6
may trace his ancestors To the
Doomsdny- Book. and his posteriiy TIL
they dwndlc into tonEuclesa obscur-
iiy, but of his own habits and domcs-
iie<charaeter We know comparatively
nothing. During his early days, his
path Of life was so humble that all
our inquiries necessarily terminate
In disappointment, and Of the more
busy perio0s of his existence, when
he wrote for the stage and was the
public fnvorife. his remarkable humll-
iiy Of mind and manners induced him
20 avoid the eye Of notoriety.
Such hiatuses IN the life of shake
npeare cannot be now supplied. since
three hundred years have elapsed
since his mortal remains were left 10
m0ulder beneath tomb over which
tifne has shaken the dust Of his wings
too often TO allow OF our recovering
details, local and fugitive, however
Interesting Rowe was the first
whose researches elected anything
like satisfactory memoir Of our
great hard Poets and critics have
iaborlously retrodden his steps, the
genius of Pope and the acumen of
johnson have been employed on the
came Mbject but the sun OF their
alteration had gone down before their
intellectual telescopes were leveled 70
discover IT'S projections, Malone has
done The most, hat, from inHdver-
tenVy or Carelossness. he has over
looked many particulars which de-
serve preservation. We shall attempt
ia condense under one head such
recOllpctiona Of Shakespeare az are
ut present scattered over many Nol-
umrs. AZ well as the mere obvious
and familiar portions Of his history.
II appears a family designated indif-
fervntly shaNper, shakespeare, shak-
spHfc and Shakespeare. were wei
known IN Warwlckshire during the
eixloenth century
Nothing Is known cf the immedi-
ate ancestors Of John Shakespeare,
he poets father, who was orlsinaliy
a glover. afterwnfd a butcher, and
III the iAHA HAt'ft = MNuu -nlhHitlf III
the town OF Strattord. Being very
Industrious, his wealth gave him
importance among his neighbors, and
having served various offices in the
borough with credit, he ultimately
obtained SIS supreme municipal hon
orr. being elected hieh-hailiff. at
Michaelmas. 1868. While chief mag
istrhtc of the borough, and on his
marriage with Mary Arden, he obs
tanned a grant OF arms from the Her
aids College. aud was allowed to
iinpale his own achievement with
that OF the ancient family OF the Ar
dens
an The deed respecting John Shake
spearc. hts property is declared TO he
worth five hundred pounds sum
by no means lnconsiderahlo IN those
DAYS. and, on the whole. We have suf-
ficient evidence of his worldly pros
rerity From some unexplained
causes. however. his affairs began TO
alter for the worpe about 1874. and
after employing such eNpedients TO
relieve hls growing necessities as III
The end served only 20 agsrayate
them be AZ length fen into sunn ex~
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generosity was exhibited in anything
more substantial than praise, not
Withstanding all the elegant flattery
which the poet offered on the shrine
OF her vanity Elizabeth was certain
ly a very highly-gifted woman, but
she was too selfish TO pay for APP
plause which she was sure of obtain
ing al an easier rate
Though Elizabeth and James were
particularly fond of dramatic repre-
sensations, it does not appear that
they ever visited the public theaters;
they gratified their taste by command
ing the comedians to perform plays
at court. These entertainments were
usually given at night, which arrange
ment suited the actors, as the thea
tiers Were generally open in the morn
ing. The ordinary fee for such a per-
Torrance in London was &C 13s. 4d.,
and an additional f9 6s. sd was some
times bestowed by the bounty of roy
atty.
Shakespeare. becoming important
in the management of the theater,
and participating in all the emolu-
ments of the company, was induced
to quit the drudgery of an actor,
which employment he speaks of in
his sonnets with disgust, and thence
forth he seemed to have yielded all
the powers of his comprehensive
mind to the improvement of dramatic
literature. The affectionate wish
which shakespeare formed In early
life, TO return. after his brilliant ca
reer TO his native STAFFORD. and die
at home. induced him to purchase
New Place. in 1897. In the pleasure
ground of that unassuming mansion
he planted, with his own hand.
mulberry tree, which flourished for
many years. and was regarded with
reverence. To this favorite spot. In
1913 or 1914. he retired from the ab-
plause of his contemporaries and the
hustle Of the world 10 the genuine re-
pose and unsophisticated pleasures Of
n country life,
Aubrey informs us that il was our
hard's custom to visit Stratford YEAR
~; but previous to 1886 the place of
his residence IN London has not been
discovered. He then lodged near the
Bear Garden. in Southwark. and It is
not improbable that he remained
there till his final retirement from
the metropolis.
Much has been said of the rivalry
and dissension between Ben Jonson
and Shakespeare. We shall give
few particulars. from which we think
1t will appear that they both were
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Of his death. but we have good reason
TO suppose that six shillings and eight
pence week was the highest re-
ward of his dramatic effort He be-
came associated with the leading ac-
tors Of his time in the management
OF two theaters-the Globe and
Blackfriars.
A lawsuit involving one of the part
ners shows that Shakespeare owned
ono-sevonth Of the stock
The site Of the Globe Is matter
OF conjecture. A brewery in the
suburbs Of London has IA plaeard con-
veying the information that their
structure rests on the ground OF the
Globe.
OF his merit as a player we have
no positive data on which TO found
an estimate, and accordingIy there Is
a great difference of opinion among
the critics. Tragedians and drama
lists were not then so jealousy
watched as at present. diurnai re-
viewers were unknown; and an ac-
tors fame depended entirely on the
caprice of judges who were. too fire.
quently, very incompetent to form a
correct decision. From some satiri-
cal passages in the writings OF his
contemporaries, we may fairly sup
pose that he was not a favorite per-
former with the public. His instruc-
.tions TO the players IN Hamlet, how
ever. hespeak such mastery in their
art, and are in themselves so excel
lent. that we are strongly inclined to
believe that his appropriately must be
attributed more TO the bad taste OF
his auditors than 10 the deficiency of
his own powers.
The only characters which we know
with certainty 10 have been PERSONAL
Ell by Shakespeare are the Ghost in
Hamlet, and Adam In AS You Like
H. hls name appears IN the list OF
PLAYERS attached TO Ben Jonsons Sc
janus. and Every Man in His HUI.
NOR. but il is sufficiently evident that
he never sustained any very impor-
tant part, and, but for his genius as
a. poet. which neither Indulgence nor
ohscurity could repress. that name.
which We now repeat with reverence
and love. would have been lost in
the darkness Of oblivion. 1t may,
indeed. he considered SAYS Or.
Drake. Tas most fortunate circum-
stance Tor the lovers of dramatic
poetry. that our author. In point OF
execution. did not attain TO the loft
lest summit OF his profession. He
would IN that case. II is very probable,
have either sat down content with the.
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Il Thew

capped failing a victim TO the plague
which OF that time almost depopulat-
ed his native town. We next find
him az the free grnmmar-s. hool Of
Stratford, whore We may suppose he
acquired the small Latin and less
Grcek' for which Ben JOnson gives
him credit But even this imperfect
species Of education Was soon inter
fupied, the poverty OF his father pre-
sentlnR an insurmount8ble obstacle to
his further progress. He now for a
considerable period remained at home
ana attended TO his fathers occupa-
ton, tngt Of butcher. Growing dis
gustcd with this employment, he COM
menced school-ieachng
Shakespeare eighteenth year was
scarcely passed when, relinquishing
his school, or his office, he ventured
to contract that important engage
mept on which the happiness or mis-
cry OF he generally turns. He Sc
lected for his wife Anne Hathaway,
the daughter Of reputable yeoman
IN the vicinity of Stfatford AZ her
marriage, she was eight years older
than her husband, and shakespeare
domestic felicity does not appear to
have been advanced BY the connec-
ton. Five months after his marriage
his daughter, Susanna, was born; and
IN eighteen months afterward his
wife bore him twins, a hoy and girl.
baptized by the names Of Hammet
and Judith This was the whole Of
the poets family, from which we are
perhaps justified in concluding as
there are other circumstances 10
strengthen the opinion. that his con-
nubinl lot was not enviable. indeed.
his wife's years were so ill-assorted
TO his own that little eongeniality Of
sentiment was 10 be expected Ham
met, Shakespeare's only son, died at
the early age Of twelve years, an
event long and deeply regretted.
Tho inhabitants Of shakespeare's
native town were fond OF dramatic
entertainments. Travelling companies
Of players appear to have visited
STAFFORD ON more than twenty occa
slons between 1869 and 1887. Bur-
bagc and Green, two celebrated ac-
tora, were his t0wnsmen, and even
from childhood his attention must
have been attracted TO the stage. by
the powerful influence of novelty
and, IN all probability. by his per-
sonRl acquaintance with some OF the
comedians. lie followed the profess
sion of an actor upward Of seventeen
years, and til within thirteen years
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Swinebune's Tribute
to VIM. Shakespeare

II Is as hopeless to hope as it
would be arrogant to assume that any
tribute OF praise Or thanksgiving can
cloriiy with any further glory the
name that is above every other for
variety In supremacy of powers and
unity in diversity OF genius. OF
poetry pure aud simple. imaginative
and sublime. there is no master who
has left US more: Of humor there is
no master who left us as much of so
high quality and so deep an insight.
9f women as of men there is no poet
who has created 50 many SO surely
endowed with everlasting life. All
that can be known of manhood. Of
wemanhood. and Of childhood. he
knew better than any other man ever
born. II is not only the GROWING
glory Of England. il Is the browning
glory of mankind that such a man
should ever have been born as Will
liam Shakespeare.
--Algernon Charles Swinburne.
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staff's humor in Henry ". wished
him to ne exhibited under the influ-
ence Of love.
The authors reputation was no
doubt increased by the appreciation
OF his royal mistress. which in all
likelihood was the only solid advan-
tage he obtained from her notice,
Rowe celebrates the many gracious
marks of her favor" which Shake
speare received: but no traces Of any
pecuniary reward from her inunifi
cence are to be found, and the al
most invariably parsimony OF Eliza
beth toward literary men may fairly
induce us to question whether her
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informed the members Of the French
chambers are kept IN regard to the
progress Of the war and the plans and
actions Of the government are com
planning bitterly of the small part
they are able to play through being
kept in ignorance of what Is trans
piring. They have been urging. there
fore, that some system of secret ses-
sion or committees, such as they have
in France, shall be introduced here
and that the members be told of what
is Transporting behind the scenes At
present n member of parliament
knows Just as little ns the general
public. and, like the public, has to de-
pend upon rumor and gossip for his
Information. outside Of the official
statements issued by the press bureau
and the speeches Of cabinet ministers.
= r. +. 0'Connor who like the ma
iority If the nationalists, has con-
sistcntly supported the government
since the outbreak of the war. led the
agitation for change in a letter to
the press and he has been supported
by the liberal Daily Chronicle. which
has suggested that parliamentary
committees be appointed 10 work with
each of the cabinet ministers and
that in this way the members would
receive the information which is now
denied them. It Is also argued that
a house of commons which was in full
confidence of the government would
be less prone to criticise the every act
of the government.
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THE HOMIE TABLE
RECIPES WORTH REMEMBERING

sive, and as every scrap is used for
the stuffing it is economical
Remove the skin and all the bones;
trim the ends SO as to form an oblong
piece; split ii so as to form a square
all excessive fat must be removed
Pass all the trimming, half of which
should be fat through "a mincing ma
chine. Fry two ounce onion chopped
finely in four ounces of fat only
slightly colored but cooked; add this
to the meat also two ounces of soaked
bread well squeezed: salt and pepper
to taste, mix all together and pass
once more through the mincer. Place
this in the center of the prepared
square of the breast of mutton, roll
up and tie with string one inch apart
Roast this in the usual manner by a
very low heat, bastins frequently.
When done. which takes about one
hour remove the meat. dry the roast
ing tin over the fire, run off the drip
ping, which should be carefully kept
and used in cooking. Now add one
pint of stock made with the bones,
boil slowly till all the dried gravy is
dissolved; then put in a sauce boat.
If thickened gravy is desired, add one
half ounce flour to the dripping pan,
stair with a spoon. add the stock and
cook for fifteen minutes season and
gprNp