CONTENTS

ERRATA. (Corrected in this etext.)

INTRODUCTORY

THE MASQUE OF "TIME VINDICATED" [28]

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

BACONIAN ESSAYS

BACONIAN ESSAYS

BY

E. W. SMITHSON

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND TWO ESSAYS

BY

SIR GEORGE GREENWOOD



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