The Shakespearean Myth: William Shakespeare and Circumstantial Evidence

by Appleton Morgan

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.