Truth is like a Torch: The more it's Shook, it Shines. BRIEF FOR PLAINTIFF BACON vs. SHAKESPEARE BY EDWIN REED == AUTHOR OF "A NEW VIEW OF THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION" FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED NEW-YORK PRINTED AT THE DE VINNE PRESS 1892 12454.30.4 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE BEQUEST OF 1918 COPYRIGHTED, 1890 AND 1891, BY EDWIN REED. ΤΟ The Honorable Richard Cutts Shannon ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLICS OF NICARAGUA, SALVADOR, AND COSTA RICA THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTORY. In the following Brief for the Plaintiff, Bacon vs. Shakespeare, in an action of ejectment, now on trial, it is intended. to cite such facts only as are generally agreed upon by both parties or can be easily verified, and in the main to let those facts, trumpet-tongued, speak for themselves. Like the lines that mark the sea-coast on our maps, each separate proof shades off in a thousand fine corroborating circumstances, which are often very interesting, as well as important for a full knowledge of the subject. Mr. Donnelly's cipher is, for the present purpose at least, clearly beyond soundings. For further information, the reader is respectfully referred to the works of Delia Bacon, Mrs. Pott, Richard Grant White, Dr. Rolfe, Judge Holmes, Appleton Morgan, and last, but not least, Ignatius Donnelly; not to mention numerous others which the world, it is to be feared, will soon be too small to contain. |