THE

PHILOSOPHY
OF
THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPERE
UNFOLDED.

BY DELIA BACON.

WITH

A PREFACE
BY
NATHANIAL HAWTHORNE AUTHOR OF 'THE SCARLET LETTER,' ETC

Aphorisms representing A KNOWLEDGE broken do invite men to
inquire further LORD BACON

You find not the apostophes, and so miss the accent.
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

Untie the spell.—PROSPERO

LONDON:
GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS
PATERNOSTER ROW.
1857

AMES PRESS NEW YORK