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THE TERCENTENARY OF SHAKESPEARE.
Towards the close of 1628 there was published in London a largo volume entitlel;
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Messrs. Polishwalla and Kotwall, selected to represent Hongkong in the match to-day between Shang-| cotton and yarn brokers of Hong", hal, Hongkong, Singapore, and
"Mr. William Shakespeare's. "Comedies, Historic and Trong in their report dated May 25 Penang, 12 men aside and the best ten scores to count. Shooting starts about 3.30 p.m.
Talkoo
gedies. Published according to the truc
original copies.
state
Since our last report on the 20th, April the increasing lawlessness and brigandage, coupled with the seriously embarrassing political situation, fa China, is detrimentally
Mr. Swan Mr. Summers Mr. Bone
Mr. Wallace
Mr.R.Goodman Defence Corps.
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Mr. N. L... Railton Mr. Gill
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Mr. Reid Unattached. Mr. Parke H.M.S. "Titanin.”: The President of the Hongkong Rifle League, Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, will be present. Lieut. Col. Bird, D.S.O., will be umpire for Hong-
It is thus just three hundred yeare since this book appeared. These three hundred years during which it Is been studied, translated, criti- cised, and almost worshipped have affecting the entire trade. Our anhimmeed its mystery lustre and yarn market has suffered heavily wonder:
Mr. McGuigan that this year we cele and has remained inactive during brate the three-hundredth birth
the whole. interval,, except for a year of the greatest event in litera!
small business for Yunnan market, ture, history, or thought..
Almost everything about the hook at reduced rates, mostly in best is enshrouded in mystery. True, it grades of 105 128 yarn, about 5,000 was printed by Isaac Jaggard und biles. Under the above unfortunate Fil. Blount (the former is known circumstances, the Foreign holders, Kong, and Major Murdoch for as a printer of pirated copies of plays; and the MS, were given to not anticipating any substantial Penang, while officers from the them by two insignificant acter-improvenient in the near future, King's Liverpool Regiment will also acting as official register From what sources these latter even at present low rates, but keepers. The League, committee received the precious documenta un buyers are quiet, and are making desire to thank these gentlemen one now knows. Heminge and Condell tell us in the preface that limited purchases only, for their for their valuable assistance. the plays are "cured, and perfect of immediate requirements; hence at their limbes" and "absolufe in their the close the tendency is weak and numbers."
uncertain.
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With the passage of the year since thus first publication the diffi culties and the mysteries juve rather increased than otherwise.
A Yorkshire Tragedy
Creascida
Pericles Prince of Tyre...... 3609 (The three marked with an asterisk (*) have only the initials W.S. instead of the full name.)
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Shanghai,-Owing to present favourable prices, a moderate busi- ness is reported in local mills yarn I.R.C. during the interval.
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"A" DIVISION.
Before the publication of this First Folio there had appeared several plays bearing the name of Wm. Shakespeare. The following is a list of theae:-
Tragedie of Locrine .......... 1555 Tragedic of King Richard
the second
1508 Loven Labors lost ....................... 1598 History of the Merchant of
Venice
... 1600 Much Adoc about Nothing.. 1600 A Midsummer Nights dreame 1600 Life of Sir John Oldcastle... 1600 The Merrie Wives of Windsor 1002
The May issue of Queen's College KC.C. "A" "Life and Death of Thomas
Lord Cromwell
1002 Magazine is one that reflects the IRC. Tragicall Historie of Hamlet 1603 spirit of this great school and re- Civil Service The London Prodigali....... 1605 veals it perhaps in its happiest vein, Craigengower "B"
1607 The Editorial so poignantly written Kowloon" B" The Puritaino *True Chronicle Historis of arouses our sympathy for the difli- Club de Recreio
King Lear
1000 cities. of running a school magazine Netherlands T.C. 1008 are not unknown to us. However Craigengower "A" 4 Historie of Troylus and ho is, ne every Editor should be; 1609 aupremely optimistic and admits to feeling better after letting off steam, School Notes consists of brightly written pars relating to personalities Club de Recreio v. C.R.C.. and purposes. Even to an outside University v. L.R.C It is noticeable that out of these reader the little shafts of sarcasm
Kowloon U.S.R.C. sixteen plays seven do not appear are not lost, and we imagine th in the First Folio. Six of them, persual of them by those more in though they bear 'Shakespeare's the know' will be a source of sone name or initials, are now rejected amusement. Space is given to an as not by the author of the First account of a "Welcome" Concert Folio, One lone not in the First and to the Annual Prefect's Dinner. Polio, Pericles, is thought by suc The Head Prefect's speech, as we to be genuine
read it in these pages seems to have Certainly In all there were published in the been a splendid effort: First Folio 36 plays, 15 of which be is to be congratulated upon it. Tappeared in this Folio for the first Other features of the Yellow Dragon time. Since its publication "Shiskes. are retained making it one of the pearo" has taken of a new mean- most interesting school magazines ing. Antony and Cleopatra, Muc-we have met. The "good thing' beth, Julius Caesar, the Tempest we have left until the last. some of the world's greatest litera Crook's essay on "The Greatest ture have been preserved for ns in Book in the World," dealing so this priceless volume.
concisely and so convincingly with Seven years before the uppearance Shakespeare and the authorship of of the First Folio thrro died at the works credited or unaccredited Stratford-on-Avon a playwright, to him, is of so great an interest Wm. Shakespeare. All that is that we have taken the liberty to known of his life from contempor-reprint it elsewhere in this issue of Ary sources might be put on the The China Mail.
back of a post-card. One contem-
porary story and a few contempor-
Mr.
"B" DIVISION. Kowloon " Av. C.R.C. LR.C. v. Civil Service. Club de Recreiov. NetherlandsT.C. Craigengower "A".v. Kowloon. Queen's College v. Craigengower;
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ary references leave the impression or two sleeves for the same arm. documents (bills of lading etc.) of an unsavoury character. A greed These remain little more than relating to them. As a consequence,
dedicatory verse
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TO THE READER. This figure, that thou born seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; Whoroin the graver had a strifo With Nature, to out doo the life: O, could he but have drawne bls wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face; the Print would then surpasse All, that was ever writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Houder, look Not on his picture but his Booke
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Recent study of the evidence, external and internal, haa, however, For greatly shaken this belief. sixty years. the cumulative proofé have been steadily growing that, whoever the author may have been, the Stratford playwright was not the author of the immortal works. contained in the First Follo.
Even under this arrangement, Emerson long ago said that he
the time allowed will often be "could not marry the playwright to This was written by Ben Jonson, found not to be adequate for the his verse. And since his day the One can scarcely read it without
completion of all the relative docu nimber of those who follow his feeling that it is a leg-pull of that after the service has been on ments, but the hope is entertained opinion has steadily grown with some land. Ben Jonson virtually trial it will be found to be possible years.
saysDon't lof this old wooden to speed up the transit between Of course there will always be image deceive you read the book London and Suez fo order to allow large majority who will follow the and feast on its greatness of posting in Manchester later in accepted tradition. Among such Ben Jonson, at all events was the the week. will be included the high priests of one author who might have told us academic criticism-the Sir Sidney all, but he is a provoking ae Lees of the orthodox litarary Trencens on the Johannine problem. The British Chamber of Com Leading Articles Church. It would be ge idle toho nerers intentionally to merce Journal (Shanghai) says:- Local and General - expect them to accept any other enshroud the mystery.
The question of the mail service Social and Farconal view as to expect, Bishop Gore to “Thou stand'st as if some mystery, the Committee of the Shanghai has again received the attention of
Jardine'a Prosecuted reject the Jobannine authorship of thou didst the Fourth Gospel There will be No contemporary could have die arrival of cargo ahead of the docu- Empire Uay
Chamber in view of the constant Bribery Alleged too, the botalkeepers and property closed so much; none leaves us. uments relative thereto. The ques Effects of Prohib owners round Stratford-on-Avon, much in the dark. We close big son was taken up with the Post Local Wedding They, of course, are Stratfordings to great poTo the Memory of Office in Shanghai and the Cham Colgay's Finances".
man, and shout in unison. Great my Beloved, the Author," in grester beg has now been assured that Only A Rumour
difficulties but more than even whenever transhipment of mails at Company, Mee determined to
is Dians of the Ephesians
But apart from these, "dieharde
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the Stratford authorship.
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