BACONIAN ESSAYS

BACONIAN ESSAYS

BY
E. W. SMITHSON
WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND TWO ESSAYS
BY
SIR GEORGE GREENWOOD
LONDON
CECIL PALMER
OAKLEY HOUSE, 14-18 BLOOMSBURY ST., W.C. 1

F i r s t
Edition
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CONTENTS

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[Introductory (by G. Greenwood)][7]
Five Essays by E. W. Smithson
[The Masque of “Time Vindicated”][41]
[Shakespeare—A Theory][69]
[Ben Jonson and Shakespeare][97]
[Bacon and “Poesy”][123]
[“The Tempest” and Its Symbolism][149]
Two Essays by G. Greenwood
[The Common Knowledge of Shakespeare and Bacon][161]
[The Northumberland Manuscript][187]
[Final Note] (G. G.)[223]

ERRATA.
(Corrected in this etext.)

Page 17 line 12 for “hat” read “that.”
” 19 line 13 from bottom for “Spain” read “Spa in.”
” 38 line 7 ” ” for “Magwell” read “Mugwell.”
” 169 line 13 ” ” for “swet” read “sweet.”
” 193 line 10 from bottom for “tilt-hard” read “tilt-yard.”