Albert F. Calvert.

“Royston,” Eton Avenue,
London, N.W.

List of Illustrations.

Page.
Francis Bacon, from a Miniature by Oliver[Frontispiece].
Francis Bacon (aged 18), from a Miniature by Hilliard[4]
Francis Bacon as Lord Chancellor (Vansomer)[12]
Francis Bacon as Lord Chancellor[16]
Francis Bacon’s Monument in St. Michael’s Church[20]
Sir Nicholas Bacon, Portrait and Autographs[24]
Anna Lady Bacon, Mother of Francis Bacon[32]
Sir Nathaniel Bacon[36]
St. Michael’s Church[44]
Queen Elizabeth[48]
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex[52]
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester[56]
Frontispiece to Sylva Sylvarum[60]
Frontispiece to Novum Organum[68]
Gorhambury, Three Views, 1568, 1795, 1821[72]
William Shakespeare, The Droeshout Etching[80]
William Shakespeare, The Chandos Portrait[84]
William Shakespeare, The Bust at Stratford-on-Avon[96]
Shakespeare’s House[108]
Chancel of Trinity Church (Stratford-on-Avon)[112]
Shakespeare Autographs[116]
Ann Hathaway’s Cottage at Shottery[120]
Dr. Owen’s Wheel for Deciphering[128]

Contents.

Page.
Bacon, the Product of His Age[1]
Bacon, the Friend of Essex and Cecil[9]
Bacon, as the Creature of Buckingham[18]
Bacon and Shakespeare Contrasted[25]
Baconian Fallacies Respecting Shakespeare[29]
Mr. Theobald, a Baconian by Intuition[35]
Was Shakespeare the “Upstart Crow?”[40]
Wm. Shakespeare, Money Lender and Poet[46]
The “True Shakespeare”[50]
Mr. Theobald’s Parallels and Mr. Bayley’s Conclusions[55]
The Bi-Literal Cipher[62]
Bacon’s “Sterne and Tragicle History”[71]
Bacon, the Author of all Elizabethan-Jacobean Literature[78]
Bacon and “Divine Aide”[88]
Shakespeare and Bacon in Collaboration[92]
The Tragical Historie of our Late Brother Robert, Earl of Essex[99]
Bacon, the Poet[107]
“Did Shakespeare Write Bacon?”[111]
The Case for Shakespeare[115]
Were Shakespeare and Bacon Acquainted?[124]
In Conclusion[129]