PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I THE BACONIAN AND ANTI-WILLIAN POSITIONS

II THE "SILENCE" ABOUT SHAKESPEARE

III THAT IMPOSSIBLE HE THE SCHOOLING OF SHAKESPEARE

IV MR. COLLINS ON SHAKESPEARE'S LEARNING

V SHAKESPEARE, GENIUS, AND SOCIETY

VI THE COURTLY PLAYS: "LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST"

VII CONTEMPORARY RECOGNITION OF WILL AS AUTHOR

VIII "THE SILENCE OF PHILIP HENSLOWE"

IX THE LATER LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE HIS MONUMENT AND PORTRAITS

X "THE TRADITIONAL SHAKSPERE"

XI THE FIRST FOLIO

XII BEN JONSON AND SHAKESPEARE

XIII THE PREOCCUPATIONS OF BACON

APPENDICES APPENDIX I "TROILUS AND CRESSIDA"

FOOTNOTES

Shakespeare’s Monument at Stratford-on-Avon (1616–1623?)

SHAKESPEARE
BACON
AND THE GREAT UNKNOWN

BY
ANDREW LANG

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
39, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1912

All rights reserved

TO
HORACE HOWARD FURNESS
IN MEMORY OF AN
OLD PROMISE