Baconian Essays
by active 19th century E. W. Smithson
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- BACONIAN ESSAYS
- CONTENTS
- ERRATA. (Corrected in this etext.)
- BACONIAN ESSAYS
- INTRODUCTORY
- THE MASQUE OF “TIME VINDICATED”[28]
- SHAKESPEARE—A THEORY
- NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE—A THEORY
- BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE[44]
- BACON AND “POESY”
- “THE TEMPEST” AND ITS SYMBOLISM “THE TEMPEST” AND ITS SYMBOLISM[73]
- THE COMMON KNOWLEDGE OF SHAKESPEARE AND BACON
- THE NORTHUMBERLAND MANUSCRIPT
- FINAL NOTE
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