The Shakespearean Myth: William Shakespeare and Circumstantial Evidence

by Appleton Morgan

INDEX

A.
Actors, names of Shakespeare, printed by mistake in first folio, [314].
Actors, fellows of W. S. Did they suspect imposition?, [037].
Of Shakespeare's day, expected to improvise, [260].
Actresses, none in Shakespeare's day, [273].
Addison, Joseph, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [026].
Alterations of the plays in 1st folio. See Emendations.
Althea, classical error as to, [210].
Angling, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [228].
Anonymous authorship, [283].
Or pseudonymic, fashionable in those days, [176].
Anti-Shakespearean theories—
A compromise of, suggested, [300].
Theobald anticipates, [301].
Areopagitica, Milton's, first asserted author's rights, [108].
Aristotle, Bacon and Shakespeare misquote passage of, [241].
Arms, John Shakespeare's, purchased by his son, [097].
Coat of, "cut from whole cloth", [274].
Obtained by falsehood, [274], [275], note.
Protest against them, [274], note.
Purchased with Shakespeare's first earnings, [274].
Why Shakespeare purchased, [274].
Article in Chambers' Journal first raises authorship question, [185].
Aubrey, his testimony, [047], [069], [071].
Expert evidence of, [303], [304].
Audiences. See Plays.
Did not want scientific treatises, [229].
Formative days of, [263].
Not critical, [013].
The Shakespearean, [114], [259].
Author, his interest to be anonymous, [113].
Eights, what were, [108].
Compensation, how obtained, [108].
Author of the plays. See Plays.
His fidelity to national characteristics, [042].
Insight of, into the human heart, no guess work, [043].
Of text, did not write stage business, [117].
Authorship of Henry VI., R. 0. White's idea of, [303].
Anonymous, [283].
Anonymous or pseudonymic authorship, prevalent, [176].
See Joint authorship.
Insecurity of. See Author, Copyright, Nashe, Printers, Plays.
Insecurity of authorship. See Star Chamber.
Autographs of W. S. See "Florio'" autograph.

B.
Bacon, and Shakespeare misquote passage of Aristotle, [241].
And Shakespeare, unknown to each other, [144].
Appears in New Theory, [284].
Believes in teaching history by drama, [242].
Could have appraised the S. Drama, [180].
Did William Shakespeare write works of, [038], [039].
Directs certain MS. locked up, [244].
Driven to "the Jews", [233]. See "Shylock."
His acquirements, [232].
His estimate of the theatre, [203].
His letter to the Queen, [237].
His "Northumberland MS.", [242].
His reasons for concealment, [201], [316].
His "Sonnet" what may be, [280], [281].
His youth compared with Shakespeare's, [232].
Last act of, his memorandum concerning, [297].
Letter to Sir John Davies, [236], [237].
May have brought together first folio, [236].
Neglected nothing, [297].
No cause to mourn for Elizabeth, [243].
Not mentioned to Shakespeare by Jonson, [145].
Bacon, often wrote in other's names, [243].
Or is he told of Shakespeare by, [145].
Possesses the qualities assigned to author of the dramas, [175].
Silent as to William Shakespeare, [180].
Surmised philosophical purpose, [203].
When appointed attorney-general plays cease to appear, [233].
Bacon, Delia, apparent audacity of announcement, [186].
Believed in a joint authorship, [206].
Believes "Hamlet" to be key-note of the plays, [190].
Claims to have discovered Bacon's clew, [192].
Death of, [200].
Estimate of her book, [196], note.
Extracts from her first paper, [189].
Her approach to an overt act, [197], [199].
Her belief as to the manuscripts, [193], [194].
Her poverty, [188], [195].
Her question as to the MS. answered, [244].
History of her theory, [188].
What it really was, [191].
Reception of her theory in America, [187].
In England, [187].
Supposed to be mad, [010], [011].
But her madness contageous, [011].
Visits Stratford, [174], [195].
Old Verulam, id.
What her madness was, [191], [300].
Writes her first paper in 1855, [186].
"Baconian" and "Delia Bacon" theories discriminated, [201].
Baconian theory, abstract of, [232].
Bibliography of the, [246].
Indifferent as to Wm. S. being a law student, [245].
In general, what, [203].
Preponderance for, [297].
Bailey, Rev. John, invents a new Shakespeare story, [160], note.
"Bartholomew Fair," induction to. See Jonson, Ben, [139].
Becker Death Mask, the, [103].
Bed, the second best, [050].
Not explained by R. Gr. White or by Steevens, [065].
"Beeston," author of "Schoolmaster story", [060].
"Beeston," who was he?, [160].
Belleforest, borrowed from in the plays, [221].
Berni, paraphrased by Iago, [064].
Best seats at theatres on the stage, [273].
Bible, Shakespeare and the, [060], note, [231].
Bibliography of the Baconian theory, [246].
"Biographies" of William Shakespeare, modern, [161].
De Quincy's, [157].
Birthday of W. S. See St. George's day.
Blackfriars Theater, James Burbage builds, [256].
Blood, circulation of the, [208], [210].
Boaden, James, his summary of the portraits, [093].
Boccaccio, borrowed from in the plays, [221].
Bohemia. See Sea-coast of Bohemia.
Book-making, knowledge of, displayed in plays. See Printing.
Botany, knowledge of, displayed in the plays. See Flowers.
Boucicault, Dion, a surmised example of what W. S. was, [031].
His suggestion, [285].
Answer to, [285].
Boys, took female parts in Shakespeare's day, [273].
Brother of W. S. See Oldys.
Brown C. Armitage, his discovery as to Sonnets, [278].
Brown, Henry, theory of the Sonnets, [279].
Bunyan, John, analogy of life to Shakespeare, [165], [166].
Illustrations of what genius can not do, [164].
Burbage, James, builds the Blackfriars theater, [256].
Burbage, Richard, lines interpolated in Hamlet to suit, [034], note.
Said to have painted portraits of W. S., [099].
Burns, Robert, an example of genius, [162].
Comparison between, and "Shakespeare", [219].
Illustration of what genius can not do, [163].
"Business" of Wm. Shakespeare, now obsolete, [298].
Bust in possession of Garrick Club, [105]. See Garrick Club Bust.
Bust, the Stratford, [097]. See Portraits.
Whitewashed, by Malone, [097].
Byron, Lord, his estimate of the Shakespearean plays, [019].

C.
Campbell, Lord, his notice of the legal acquirements of W. S. 059.
Canon of the plays, first folio plus Pericles, [291].
Capell, preserves specimens of Shakespeare's wit, [270].
Carlyle, Thomas, calls on Delia Bacon, [195].
Suggested her writing first paper, [195].
Cartwright, expert evidence as to, [303].
Testimony as to Shakespeare's acquirements, [264].
Catholic, Roman, was Shakespeare a, [117]. See Papist.
Chandos portrait, the, [097].
Rumored to have been by Burbage, [099].
Chatterton, Thomas, difference between his case and Shakespeare's, [054].
Chettle, wonders that Shakespeare does not mourn Elizabeth, [243].
His apology for Greene's expression, [125].
Christian Monastery in Ephesus in days of Pericles, [116].
Chronologies of the plays, absurdity of the so-called, [086].
"Chronologies," where they all agree, [041].
Cinthio, borrowed from in the plays, [221].
Circumstantial evidence, corroborated, [303], passim.
Necessary to these questions, [294].
Classical knowledge, displayed in plays, [207], [208].
Difficulties suggested by, [211].
Clergy, benefit of, [262], note.
Included all learned professions, id.
Clown, the principal actor in Shakespearean theaters, [260], [261].
Coat of arms, Shakespeare's. See Arms.
Cohn, Albert, his theory as to Shakespeare in Germany, [216].
Coincidences, Shakespearean's idea of the, [083], note.
Coleridge, his opinion as to authorship, [045].
Commentators, bore down upon the Shakespearean text, [010].
Commentary, sample of the run of, [086].
Compromise theory, [300]; applied to Henry VI., [302].
Theobald and others anticipate, [300], [301].
Condell, Henry. See Heminges & Condell.
Contemporaries of W. S., why they did not suspect him, or silent if they did, [057].
Contemporary statements in Baconian theory, [230].
Conversations of Ben Jonson with Drummond of Hawthorn-den, [139].
Copies, "true, original," identified, [312], [313], [314], [315].
Copyright, Disraeli thinks first folio a scheme for, [219], note.
First claimed 28 years after W. S.'s death, [108].
First English law of, [106]. See Author.
Cornelius, Jansen, said to have been family painter of Southampton, [101].
Court of Star Chamber, takes jurisdiction of matters literary, [106].
Curse of Stratford, [299], [300].

D.
Davies, Rev. Richard, his account of W. S., [073].
Davies, Sir John, letter from Bacon to, [237].
Davenant, Sir William, owned the Chandos portrait, [100].
Claimed illegitimate descent from W. S., [100], note.
Death mask, the Becker, [103].
Dedication of the Sonnets, [277].
Why insulting, [282].
Twisted out of shape, [277].
Simple explanation of, [278].
"Delia Bacon" and "Baconian" theories, discriminated, [201].
Delia Bacon and new theories coincide, [299].
See Bacon, Delia. Denham, expert evidence of, [303], [304].
Testimony as to Shakespeare's acquirements, [265].
De Quincy, Thomas, his "biography" of W. S., [157].
Analyzed, [157].
Ignores authorities, [159].
Deer stealing, "rejected on insufficient evidence", [114].
Difficulty is that we know so much about W. S., rather than so little, [155].
Digges, expert evidence of, [303], [304].
Testimony as to Skakesperean acquirements, [264].
"Discoveries" of Ben Jonson, fatal to Shakespearean theory, [134], [136].
Disraeli thinks first folio a scheme for copyright, [249], note.
Dogberry, prototypes of, [301].
Doubtful plays, the, [285], [286], [287].
Doubtful plays, tlie, never disowned by Shakespeare, [287].
Not doubtful in Shakespeare's day, [285], [290].
One missing, [290].
Dowdell Letter, the, [072].
Down, Edward, locates Proserpo's Island, [088], note.
Drama, esteemed by Bacon a form of teaching history, [242].
Droeshout portrait, [092], [094].
Not flattering to its subject, [093].
Only one ever "authenticated", [103].
Probably accurate likeness, [094].
Was faithfully engraved, [094].
Drummond of Hawthornden, Ben Jonson's conversations with, [139].
Dryden, John, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [021].
Dugdale, his mention of Shakespeare, [077].
"Duke Humphrey," a missing, doubtful play, [290].
Dyce follows Hallam, [302].

E.
Earlom portrait, the, [102].
Elaborations of the plays. See Emendations.
Elizabeth, Queen. See Queen Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, the English of, [208].
Elizabethan Dramatists, estimate of, [202].
Ellesmere, W. II. Smith's letter to, [187].
Elze, Dr. Carl, believes the S. was in Germany and Scotland, [221].
Emendations of the plays in first folio, extensiveness of, [234].
English, a then neglected accomplishment, [217].
A very rare accomplishment in Elizabeth's day, [041].
Probably not taught in Stratford grammar school, [041].
Purity of, used in plays, [218].
The, of Elizabeth, [207].
The, of Shakespeare, not derived from a study of contemporary writers, [042].
English Library, what was the, of Shakespeare's day, [230].
English renaissance drama. See Renaissance drama, English.
Enlargements of the plays in first folio. See Emendations.
Entomology, knowledge of, displayed in the plays, [227], [229].
Epitaph on Shakespeare's tomb, [124].
Epitaphs, by William Shakespeare, on Elias James, John â Coombe, and others, [040].
Epitaphs, how Halliwell accounts for, [270].
Of W. S. not claimed by anybody else, [231].
Complete collection of, [119].
Essex connected with plays, [284].
Evelyn, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [020].
"Evening Mass," not necessarily indicative of Shakespeare's creed, [118].
Evidence, internal, failure of, [296].
Of historical plays as to Bacon, [242].
Poetry not competent of, a fact, [131].
See Typographical evidence, Printing.
Expert evidence as to the plays, [303].

F.
Fac similes. See Forgery.
"Falstaff in love," order for, [309], [310].
Family of Shakespeare, not zealous of their relative's reputation, [083].
Farmer, Dr., his solution of the Shakespearean difficulty, [181].
Specimen of, [182].
His theory of Shakespeare, quite as incredible as the other, [183].
Stops just short of the truth, [183].
Felton's portrait. 093. See Portraits.
Female parts, taken by boys, [202].
Fire, great, of London, not accountable for dearth of Shakespearean records, [079].
First folio, contains only twenty-six known plays, [287];
Dilemma presented by, [290].
Evidence of authorship from, [312], [313], [314], [315].
Inspection of, proves sources of, [314].
Printed from Shakespeare's copies, [306], [312]. See Typographical evidence.
Time of appearance suggestive, [234]. See Emendations.
"Florio," the, in British Museum, [169].
Flowers, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [229].
Forgery, fac simile is usually, [295].
Literary, not difficult, [295].
Of a signature, [295].
French and Italian, not taught at Stratford school, [221].
Fuller, eight years old when Shakespeare died. 269.
Expert evidence of, [303], [304].
Extract from, [269], note.
His estimate of the Shakespearean plays, [020].
His mention of Shakespeare, [077].
Testimony as to Shakespeare's acquirements, [265], [266], note.
Furness, W. II., unable to accept Shakespearean authorship, [154], [201].

G.
Gallants, relations with managers, [274].
Garrick Club bust, the, [105]. See Portraits.
Geography, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [219].
Geology, knowledge of, in the plays, [213].
Germany, Shakespeare in, Cohn's theory, [216].
"Good friend, for Jesus's sake, forbear," etc., [124].
Grammar School of Stratford. See Stratford School.
Gravitation, law of, stated in the plays, [212].
Great fire of London. See Fire.
Greene, Robert, a father of the English stage, [252]
Cited as a witness, contra, [250], [251].
Had his admirers, [251], note.
His estimate of Wm. Shakespeare, [058].
No worse than his kind, [252].
Only contemporary of W. S. who exposed the forgery, [058].
The "steal" he complained of, [302].
Title of his book, [126], note.
Contents of, [266].
Told the truth about Wm. Shakespeare, [124], [125], [126], note.
"Groat's worth of wit." See Greene, [126].
"Groom, Lord Leicester's," Delia Bacon's name for S., [193].

H.
Habitues of Shakespeare's theaters, who were, [037].
Hallam, Henry, doubtful as to accepting S.'s authorship, [045].
His estimate of the plays, [207].
Opinion as to their philology, [207].
Halliwell, accounts for the epitaphs, [270].
Follows Hallam, [302].
Halliwell-Phillips, J. C., his "outlines." 253.
Does not dispel the difficulties, [254].
Hamlet, believed by Delia Bacon to be key-note of plays, [190],
Harrison, John, cited as a witness, [250].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, his narrative of Delia Bacon, [197], [198].
Hawthornden, Drummond of. See Drummond of Hawthornden.
Heminges & Condell, cited as witnesses, [250].
Corroborate Jon son's testimony, [035].
How procured emendations, [234], [235].
Their "copy" for first folio, [315].
Their reason for the first folio, [249], note.
Henry the Sixth, Grant White's idea of, [303].
Greene's complaint about, [302].
Not Shakespeare's, [302].
Wonderful "run" of, [307].
Henry the Seventh, curious evidence of Bacon's, [242].
Heywood, author of portions of "Passionate Pilgrim", [109].
Writes plays of the period, [264].
"Historic Doubt," the Shakespearean myth not a, [066].
Historical evidence. See Circumstantial evidence. Passim.
Historical plays, evidence of, as to Bacon, [242].
History, Bacon thinks taught by drama, [242].
Hume, David, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [025].
Hunter, Rev. Joseph, identifies Proserpo's Island, [087], note.

I
Iago, a comedian's part, [308].
Speech of, a striking paraphrase of Berni, [064].
Ideal Shakespeare, every man may select his own, [099]
"Imogen" name and character, whence taken, [217].
Imposture literary, state of the law favorable to, [113].
Ingleby, Dr C. M., his plea for Shakespeare, [250] Innuendo, evidence by way of, [237].
Supporting Ben Jonson 238, note.
Innuendoes, of Sir Tobie Matthew, [147], [237].
Insecurity of authorship, [109]. See Authorship, Copyright, Printers, etc.
Nashe's, testimony as to, [109].
Heywood's, testimony as to, [109].
Internal evidence. See Evidence, internal.
Italian and French, not taught at Stratford school, [221].
Italy, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [219], [220].
Intricate acquaintance with manners and customs of, [220].

J.
"Jacques-Peter," probably original form of name "Shakespeare", [172].
James, King. See King James.
Jansen, the S. portrait, [101].
Johnson, Gerard, said to have made Stratford bust, [097].
Johnson, Samuel, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [026], [027], [028].
Specimens of his commentaries on plays, [027].
Joint authorship, Miss Bacon's theory was, [200].
Jones, Inigo, devises trappings for court masques, [271].
Jonson, Ben, a "famous witness", [152].
An expert witness, [303], [304].
Applies same words and figure to Bacon and to W. S., [145]
A university man, [043].
Cited as a witness, contra, [250].
His conversations with Drummond, [139].
His "Discoveries" fatal to Shakespearean theory, [134], [136].
His fling at Shakespeare in prologue, etc., [138].
His obituary verses, [129].
His testimony, [129].
Analysis of, [131].
His opinion of the Droeshout likeness, [092], [094].
Why is libel on W. S., [098].
His plays not popular, [272].
Never mentions Bacon to W. S. or W. S. to Bacon, [145].
Plays Boswell to Bacon and Shakespeare alike, [146].
Studiously inclined, [043].
Wants to blot out 1,000 Shakespearean lines, [137].
Jordan, John, [074].
Jordan, John, probable inventor of story and verses, [123].
Judith Shakespeare, never taught to write her name. 040, [172].

K.
King James's letter, story of, when invented, [044], [167].
King, Thomas, his "Plea" for Shakespeare, [248].
His argument, [249].

L.
Ladies, seated on the stage, [273].
Lampoon on Sir Thomas Lucy, two versions of, [123].
Latinisms, in the plays, [207].
Law in "Merchant of Venice", [215], note.
Lawyers. See Young lawyers.
Learning contained in the plays, [205].
No reason for its being there, [229].
Legal acquirements of author of the plays, [059], [214].
Libraries, public or circulating, none in London, [052].
Library. See English library.
Did he have a, [266], [267].
Plays can not be studied without a, [266].
Plays not composed without a, [266].
Shakespeare's, what it must have been, [212].
License to print, meaning of a, [108].
Ling & Trundell, procure copies in shorthand, [307].
Proof of fact, [307].
Lin tot, Bernard, invented the King James letter story in 1710, [044], [168].
Literary imposture. See Imposture, literary.
Literature, persecuted if unlicensed, [107].
See Star Chamber, Copyright, [107].
"Lord Leicester's groom." See "Groom."
"Lover's complaint," appears with the Sonnets, [277].
"Lucrece," of doubtful authorship, [041], [218].
Lucy, Sir Thomas, lampoon on, [123].

M.
Macaulay, accounts for Bunyan's works, [165], [166].
Maids of honor, seated on the stage, [273].
Malone, Edmund, his "chronologies", [086], [087].
His contributions to Shakespearean biography, [076], et seq.
His Shakespearean labors, [076], [080], [085].
Whitewashes the Stratford bust, [097].
Management, theatrical, no sinecure in 17th century, [048].
Manuscripts, Bacon's Will directs certain, locked up, [244].
Delia Bacon's idea of their disposition, [193], [194].
May yet come to light, [244].
Minute and constant search for, [049], [050].
Northumberland, discovered by Spedding, [242].
Marshall's picture, [095]. See Portraits.
Masques, William Shakespeare wrote none, [271].
Massey, Gerald, makes a romance from sonnets, [283].
Matthew, Sir Tobie, banters Bacon, [237].
His postscripts, [180], [181], [236], [237].
Innuendos of, [181].
Knew Bacon, but not Shakespeare, [147].
Quotation from, to this effect, [148].
Why he did not reveal Bacon's secret, [152], note.
Medicine, knowledge of, displayed in the plays, [210], [215].
Medico-Legal knowledge, displayed in the plays, [215].
Merchant of Venice, law in, [245], note.
Meres, Francis, cited as a witness, [250].
His testimony critical, not historical, [132].
Merry Wives of Windsor, story of order for, may be true, [310].
Rebuke to lechery in, [310].
Perhaps to Elizabeth, [310], note.
Milton, John, first to claim author's copyright, [108].
His Areopagitica, [108].
His estimate of Shakespearean plays, [020], [036].
Value of his estimate, [020], [036].
Mitylene, curious custom prevalent in, alluded to in Pericles, [055], note.
Monasteries, dissolution of the, [175].
Monastery, Christian, in Ephesus, [116].
Montgomery, perhaps connected with plays, [284].
Music, familiarity with, [297], note,

N.
Nashe, Thomas, his testimony to insecurity of authorship, [109].
New and Delia Bacon theories, coincide, [299].
New theory, alternative presented by, [202].
Further details of, [284].
The, what is, [256].
Newton, his discoveries anticipated by plays, [212].
Northumberland MSS., discovered by Spedding, [242].
"Noverint," what Nashe may have meant by, [245].

O.
Oldys, story about a brother of William Shakespeare, [084].
Orthography of name Shakespeare, [169], [171].
Othello, appears seven years after Shakespeare's death, [290].

P.
Palmerston, Lord, convert to Baconian theory, [143].
His idea of Ben Jonson, [143].
Papist, was W. S. a, [074], [117].
Parallelisms, argument from in Baconian theory, [238].
Holmes's list of, [238].
Examples of, [239], [240].
Reduced to an ordo by Holmes, [241].
Passionate Pilgrim, not written by W. S., [276].
Shakespeare's name removed in 3d edition, [276].
The, written partly by Heywood, [109].
Pascal, difference between his case and Shakespeare's, [055].
Pembroke, a dedication of Sonnets to, insulting, [282].
Sonnets could not be dedicated to, [281].
Pepys, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [020].
"Pericles," allusion to a peculiar custom in, [055], note.
Rejected by first folio, but restored by Shakespeareans, [290].
Phillips. See Halliwell-Phillips.
Philological test of Shakespearean plays, [205], [207].
Pickpockets, pilloried on the stage, [259], note,
Plagiarism. See Authorship, Greene, Heywood, Plays, Printers.
Plays, anachronisms not misleading, [118].
Audiences of the, not critical as to the dialogue, [013].
Plays, authorship of, revealed, [312], [313], [314], [315].
Boys took female parts in, [273].
Classical knowledge of the, [208].
Contemporary criticism of the character of, [014].
Doubt as to single authorship of, [300].
Dramatic license of these, [118].
Emendations of, in first folio. See Emendations, First folio.
Forty-two credited to W. Shakespeare, [290].
How put into type, [112], [306], [307].
Manuscripts of, jealously guarded by theaters, [115]
Manuscripts of the, how procured, [110].
Name of actors in, [314].
Name of author of, [296].
Need not have been didactic, [271], [272].
Not composed without a library, [266].
No tradition connecting Shakespeare with composition of, [267].
Ordinarily mere local sketches, [263], [264].
Passed with first audiences as Shakespeare's, [015].
Printed instead of acted, [263].
Probable reason why called Shakespeare's, 56. Shakespearean, canon of, [291].
Sources of unauthorized reprints of, [307].
Tabulated, [289].
Taken down in shorthand, [307].
The "copyrights" of, [050].
Not mentioned in the will, [050].
The doubtful. See Doubtful plays.
Their action only used, [272].
The masses not "up" to, to-day, [261].
The philological test of, [205], [207].
The present text made by piecemeal since W. S.'s death,
The, were popular with their first audiences, [015].
Traces in, of aristocratic authorship, [283].
Typographical evidence of authorship of, [312], [313], [314], [315].
Use of Warwickshire names in the, [248].
Use of Warwickshire expressions in the, [248].
Plays, were performed, [305], [306], [307].
Where did the printers get hold of, [105], [306], [307]. See Printers, Typographical evidence.
Why Bacon may not have acknowledged, [316].
Written to be played, not printed, [106].
Poems, dedication of, to Southampton, [179].
Fathered upon Shakespeare, [180].
The, See their various titles.
"Poetaster," the, a hit at Shakespeare in, [256], note.
Poetical works of William Shakespeare, complete collection, [119].
Poetry, not competent evidence of a fact, [131].
Pope, Alexander, his apprentices write parts of, [295].
His estimate of plays, [026].
Indicates portions to admire, [205].
Portraits, Boaden's account of the, [090].
Bust in possession of Garrick Club, [105].
Criticised as if purely ideal, [092].
Droeshout, the only one that ever was authenticated, [092].
Earlom's copy, [102].
One lately discovered in Australia, [104].
Shakespearean argument from the, [091], [092].
The Chandos, [099].
The Felton Head.
The Jansen, [101].
The Marshall.
The Stratford bust, [097].
The Zuccharo, [101].
"Practicable" scenery, unknown, [260].
Exceptions, [260], note.
Presumption, the, as to the Shakespearean authorship, its value, [015].
Well disturbed in 1856, [187].
Printed matter, most careful record of, in those days, [116].
Printers, assigned any name they pleased to literary work, [109].
Did what they pleased with literary work, [109].
Of first folio followed copy too closely, [314].
Where did they get "copy" for the plays, [105], [112].
Printing, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [222], [227].
Of the Sonnets. See Sonnets.
Prologue to "Every Man in his Humour", [138]. See Jonson, Ben.
Proof reader, of first folio, [309].
Prophesy, no such thing as a prophet of the past, [056].
Proserpo's Island "located," by Hunter, [087], note; by Dowden, [088], note.
Pseudonymic authorship. See anonymous.
Putnam's Magazine, article in, [185]. See Bacon, Delia.

Q.
Queen Elizabeth, her apochryphal correspondence with W. S., [168].
Her order for Falstaff may be true, [309], [310].
Legend of her order for "Merry Wives", [150], note.
Queen Elizabeth's glove, story of, [168].
Question of the authorship, why not raised earlier, [018].
First raised in Chamber's Journal, [185].

R.
Raleigh, knows nothing of William Shakespeare, [149].
Perhaps connected with plays, [284].
Suggested as an author of the S. Drama, [175].
"Ratsei's Ghost," pamphlet of, [243].
Ravenscroft, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [023].
Readings, various, of the text of the plays, what they prove, [034].
Red cloth issued to Shakespeare, [309], note.
Renaissance drama, English, [174], [202].
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, copies the Chandos, [099].
Roman Catholic, was Shakespeare a, [117].
"Rosalin's complaint," not by W. S., [283].
Rowe, his life of W. S., probably honest, [076].
Rutland, perhaps connected with plays, [284].
Rymer, Thomas, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [024].

S.
Scenery. See Practicable scenery, [260].
"Schoolmaster Story." See Beeston.
Scotland, Dr. Elze thinks Shakespeare was in, [221].
Sea-coast of Bohemia, [230].
A part of the stage business, [178].
A theory for, [178], note.
Second-best bed, explained by Shakespeareans, [089].
Shaftesbury, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [024].
Shakespeare, John, ale-taster of Stratford, [046].
Fined for throwing muck, [253].
Records of his life, [046].
Shakespeare, Judith. See Judith Shakespeare.
Shakespeare, Mrs. Wm., why she did not live with her husband, [090].
Shakespeare, Susanna. See Susanna Hall.
Slandered by a neighbor, [253].
Law suit for 253.
Shakespeare, the name, original form probably "Jacques-Peter", [172].
Shakespeare, "William, a good penman, [032].
A reckless borrower, [265].
Authography of the name, [169].
Author, not editor, [303].
A "utility" gentleman in the stock company, [031], [033].
"Autograph" in British Museum, [169].
A wag, not a worker, [304].
Born versed in all knowledge?, [219].
Career in Stratford, [047].
Covers his tracks well, [293].
Credited with forty-two plays in lifetime, [290].
Did he make emendations to plays, [234], [235], [236].
Did he write Bacon's works, [204].
Did not write his first composition in his native patois, [041].
Difficulties presented by his Will, [049].
Does not disclaim authorship of Passionate Pilgrim, [276].
Dramatic canon of, and Bacon, [203] Editor, not author, [306], [308].
Expert evidence as to, [303].
Family. See Family of Shakespeare.
"Father" anything, willing to, [287].
Fortunate enough to secure a poet, [176], [177].
Funny Mr., [304].
His authorship disproved by first folio, [313], [314], [315].
His birthday, [157].
St. George's day selected for, [158].
Shakespeare, William, his "business" rejected, [298].
His death bed, [125], [126].
His income, in modern figures, $25,000, [040].
His income, perhaps exaggerated by Ward, [075].
His interest to keep plays out of print, if his, [115].
His library. See Library, [266].
His literary acquirements, [039].
His name a safe pseudonym, [284].
His name discovered in Northumberland MSS., [242].
His rapid accumulation of wealth, [043].
A self-made man, [043].
His supposed travels, [216].
His weakness for pedigrees, [256], note.
Holding horses, story not improbable, [168].
Interpolates as he copies, [304].
Interpolates popular songs, [309].
Made his money by acting, [244].
Makes Iago a comedian, [308].
May have been pre-contracted to his wife, [253].
Name possesses market value, [257], [263].
Name removed from 3d edition of "Passionate Pilgrim", [276].
Natural that he should have followed players to London, [051].
Never suspected his reputation, [305].
No pride of authorship in, [268].
Not a law student, [245].
Not solicitous or expectant of any posthumous fame, [048].
No tradition connecting, with composition of plays, [267].
No uncertainty as to his character, [038].
Nowhere met in tradition or history, as a school-boy, [040].
One "biographer" of, [161].
Only one attempt to prove him a university man, [222].
Other duties, [033].
Out of favor with King James, [150], note.
Portraits of, [091].
Usually criticised as if purely ideal, [092].
Probably remodeled the plays, [177].
Records of his life, [046].
Retires to money lending in Stratford, [233].
Rev. Richard Davie's life of, [073].
Shakespeare, William, R. G. White accuses him of "want of probity", [303].
Sketches Dogberry, [298], [299].
Specimen of his wit, [270].
Speculations as to first employment, [257].
"Wanted art", [140].
Was he admitted to noble companionship?, [274].
Was he a Roman Catholic?, [117].
Was not lawyer, physician, etc., [297].
Was there any-thing he did not know?, [230].
Where did he find his leisure?, [231].
Where did he get his material? question never asked, [166], [167].
Who wrote. See Who wrote Shakespeare. Passim,
Why he purchased arms, [274].
Wrote no masques, [271].
Shakespearean question, not what, but who?, [296].
Shakespeare's Poetical Works, complete collection of, [119].
Sharpham, his evidence, [306].
"Shylock" appears at a suggestive time, [233].
Sidney, description of theatrical properties, [258].
Siege of Troy, gunpowder at, [179].
Signatures, [295]. See Forgery.
Smith, W. H., can not accept S.'s authorship, [154].
Follows Miss Bacon, does not claim priority over her, [187].
Thinks that W. S. could not read or write, [171].
Songs, Shakespeare introduces popular, [309].
Sonnets, authorship of, not involved in this question, [276].
Dedicated by their printer to friend of his own, [277].
Mr. Bernsdorf's theory as to, [280].
Mr. Boaden's theory of, [279].
Mr. Brown's theory is of doubtful force, [279].
M. Chasles's theory as to, [280].
Mr. Dowden's theory as to, [280].
Mr. Massey,s theory as to, [282].
Mr. Minto's theory as to, [280].
Mr. Niel's theory as to, [282].
Mr. Thompson's theory as to, [280].
Mr. Wordsworth's theory as to, [280].
Sonnets, speculations as to meaning of, [278], [282].
Why assigned to Shakespeare, [277].
Southampton, a comparatively poor man, [273], [311].
Dedication to, as "Mr. W. H.,: insulting, [282].
Alleged acquaintance with Shakespeare, [041], [311], [312].
Did he forget his caste?, [273], [274].
His gift to Shakespeare incredible, [041], [180].
How perhaps connected with plays, [284].
Never suspected of literary tastes, [273].
No evidence that he knew Shakespeare, [311], [312].
Biographers find no trace of it, [311].
Story manufactured by Shakespeareans, [311], [312].
Poems dedicated to, [179].
Story of his munificence, why probably a forgery, [044], [311], [312].
Supposed friendship for Shakespeare, [273].
Why great doubt as to his being a companion of Shakespeare, [040].
Spedding, James, believed in more than one author of Henry VIII., [184].
Spenser and Chaucer, the great fire not fatal to records of, [080].
Spenser, his reference to "Gentle Willie," explained, [148], note.
His reference to "Ætion", [147], note.
Stage, best seats were on the, [273].
"Business," probably not written by author of text, [117]. See "Business."
Modern, rejects the Shakespearean "business"
Then only available depot for literary work, [174].
Star Chamber, court of, [100].
Had jurisdiction of literary matter, id.
Stationers' Company, the blood-hound of the Star Chamber, [107].
The origin of, [107].
Steele, Richard, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [026].
St. George's day, selected as a birth-clay for W. S. 158.
Stratford bust, [097]. See Portraits.
Said to be by Gerard Johnson, [097].
Said to be by Thomas Stanton. 105.
Stratford Grammar School, was W. S. a pupil of, [052].
Stratford portrait, the, [105].
Stratford School, speculations as to, [042], [052], [053], [214], [217],
Stratford, vicar of, treats Miss Bacon tenderly, [198].
Style, literary, not reliable evidence, [294].
Of Bacon and Shakespeare dissimilar, [294].
Of the Shakespearean plays, [205].
"Reader must judge for himself as to, [294].
"Suppers after the play", [274].
Susanna Hall, enigmatical epitaph over, [085].
Swift, Dean, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [023].

T.
Taine, his picture of Shakespearean theaters, [258].
Of Shakespearean audiences, [259].
Tate, Nahum, his estimate of Shakespearean plays, [021].
"Tempest," was a drollery in Ben Jonson's day, [139], note.
Theater, management of, a precarious livelihood in the 17th century, [048].
Theaters, best seats on the stage, [259].
Of Shakespeare's day, description of, [258].
Shakespearean habitues of, [037].
See Audiences, Plays. Theobald and others, anticipate compromise theory, [301],
Theobald believed in more than one Shakespearean author, [181].
Theories, compromise between, [300].
Shakespearean, three well defined, [188].
See New Theory, Delia Bacon, and Baconian.
Who anticipated, [301].

T.
Thompson, Wm., his "Renaissance Drama", [247].
Thinks manuscripts may be safe, [244].
Thorpe, Thomas, dedicates the Sonnets to a friend, [277], [278].
Prints and copyrights the Sonnets, [277].
Trade-mark, sort of common in name, [292].
Travels, Wm. Shakespeare's supposed, [216].
Treatises, scientific, the audiences did not want, [229].
"Troilus and Cressida", [285]. See Doubtful plays.
Troy. See Siege of Troy.
"True, original copies," proof of what they were, [313], [314].
See Copies, First folio, Typographical evidence.
Typographical evidence of authorship, [312], [313], [314], [315],

U.
Ulrici, opinion of, learning of plays, [221].
Unitary theory, property of Smith and Holmes. See Bacon, Delia, [200].

V.
Vega, Lope de, computed to have written 21,300,000 verses, [184].
Writes "without blotting a line", [184].
Venice, knowledge of, displayed in plays, [219].
Venus and Adonis, argument from that poem alone, [043].
Boldness of assignment to W. S., [275].
Popularity of, [293].
Why not a first production, [294].
Why of doubtful authorship, [041], [218].

W.
Ward, Dominie, hears about Shakespeare, [304].
Testimony as to Shakespeare's acquirements, [265].
Ward, Rev. John, his account of W. S., [068].
Warwickshire, names, use of, in the plays, [248].
Expressions, use of in plays, [248].
"Watch," the, actual curiosities, [305].
Burghley's account of, [305], note.
Werner, anticipated by the plays, [213].
"Wet combats," wit combats were, [268].
Is it a misprint?, [269].
"W. H.," a friend of Thorpe, dedicator or dedicatee?, [278].
Theories as to meaning of, [280], [282].
Various translations of, [279].
Who was he?, [109], [279], [280], [282].
White, R. G., admits that managers "kept a poet", [085], note.
His idea of Henry VI., [303].
Opinion of English of plays, [218].
Who wrote Shakespeare? Passim. Question first asked in 1852, [185].
Wilkes, Geo., his "American Point of View", [247].
Will, difficulties of the, explained, [271].
Will, no mention of any plays in, [050].
Or of any theatrical property, [050].
"Wit combats," were "wet combats", [268].
Wood, Anthony, his mention of W. S., [078].
Works, poetical, of W. S. See Poetical works.
Wotton, description of a popular play, [263].
Description of theaters of his days, [258].

Y.
"Young ladies' argument," the, [091].
Young lawyers, wrote plays rapidly, [084], note.

Z.
Zuccharo, portrait, the, [107]. See Portraits.