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Wilfred Sanderson MRS. CLEMENTS.

3.Violin Solo

(a) "Le Cygne"...Saint-Saens

(b) "Sérénade... Gabriel Pierné

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(a)" Peaceful Night"

1.

DR. SCHURMAN.

AMERICAN MINISTER IN

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE FIRST FOLIO AND THE SHAKESPEARE

CONTROVERSY.

(SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED.)

In November, 1623, there was

entored in the Hail-Book of the With Nature, to outdoo the life: Company of Printers and Stationers O, could be but have amwn his wit a voluma entitled, "Mr. William As well in brass, as he bath hit. Shakespeares Comedyes, Histories, His face: the Print would then and Tragedyta:

It is the greatest book in the All, that was ever writ in brasse. world. Born unobtrusively, little is But, since he cannot, Reader look known about its origin; nothing of Not on his picture but his Books. its author; and a curious mystery

-B. I. enshrouds it.

reject the authenticity of the Fourth Gospel. There will be, too, tho batel-koopers and property owners round Stratford-on-Avon. They, of course, are, and will be. Stratfordians to a mun, and shout in unison, Gront is Dians of the Ephesiang,"

Though the discovery who is the author may bo doubtful for many year to coine, the evidence that the Stratford actor was not the author in steadily growing. Even the orthodox are now 'forced to make a aneering comment. Bir Sidney Leo gives an appendix (that part of a book where all evil spirits are reserved for judgment) of a page or The further we examine, the One can scarcely read this without so to show the futility of the deeper the mystery grows and the feeling that it is a leg-pull of seraie Baconias hypothesis! And one of harder it is to unravel the slender kind. Ben Jonson virtually mys: the most recent standard editions of shreds of fact from the mass of 'Don't let this old woodon image Shakespeare by Quiller Couch put fiction and munke-believe which sur deceive you: read the book and portrait of Bacon in the front of round the story.

feast on ile greatness. Ban Joneon the Comedy of Errors! These In this voting there are listed has also in the book a remarkable straws show the way the wind is fourteen comedies; ten histories; poem in praise of 'Shakespeare.' blowing. We can guess how un- eleven tragedies. Between the Ben Jonson then knew the comfortable Sir Sidney Lee and histories and the tragedies is author of these plays and knew bin Quiller Couch fool when they try Troylus and Cressida, called a merit. He also know the actor and to answer the theory, the one by n tragedy, but not mentioned in the had apparently not spoken too joke and the other with a footnote. contents of the volume and without highly of him. Was his panegyric They remind one of the imate clergy- pagination in the book. Of theena "molte face, or a repentant dis man who tries to answer the objec thirty-six plays Afteen, were not claimer af former abuse? or were his tong to the Johannine authorship published till this Folio edition of utterances directed to two different of the Fourth Gospel by quoting, 1023.

porgons?

This is the disciple which testi- The reputed author of these playa As we open the First Folio, then, fieth of these things, and wrote was a mercenary theatre hunger on a great mystery seems to hang. these things; and we know that his of Stratford-on-Avon. This man round it-the woodon portrait; the testimony is true. probably spelled his name differently carius dedication, "Ta the

The attribution to an author of || (Shakspear) from the name given Reader"; the sudden appearance works that are not his, whether on the playa (Shakespeare), But seven years after the actor, Shake through inadvertence or intention, the conviction grow with the years pear, was dead; the mystery of has occurred in various periods of and the want of any contradiction. Hemingo and Condell and the literaturo. Perhaps the most not- that the young country bumpkin. "grand porteradia"; the high able example is the Gospel accord- from Stratford-on-Avon was the estimate ot on the plays by Bening to St. John. We will consider author of the playa. Little indeed fans, the silence of the actor, this separately as it has goma close is known about his life. All the, Shakspear, as to say 'works of his. parallels, to the Shakespeare casa. authentic facts from contemporary! An examination of the plays in more recent times a very curious sources might be put on the back of themselves instead of decreasing this case occurs in connection with Bir a post-card. But theso few facts mystery adds to it in a most remark Francis Bacon. In 1648 appeared padded out with hearsay ovidence, able manner. The writer of the volume the "Remains of Francis. third-hand gossip and statements of plays is found to be a classical Lord Nerulam, some time Lord men a hundred years after his time, scholar almost unique for the Chancellor of England." This have enabled writers such as Sir period; abstruse classical allusions included a tract entitled "The Sidney Lee to compose a large book seora to flow from his pen-allusione character of a Christian, got forth purporting to be a life of the which puzzle even good classical in paradoxes and seeming contradic dramatist.

tiqus. Much in the same scholars. ·

This tract appeared again fashion Dean Farrar diluted the The author shows & supreme collected works in 1780. And since in Blackburn'a edition of Bacon's few statements which can be called knowledge of law. Great judges from the Gospely into a Life of testify to the skill of technical then in the editions of Montagu, Christ containing come seven or phraseology and crudito reference.

Bouillet and Spedding. It was not eight hundred pages.

No less remarkable is the acquiin till 1805 that it was discovered that The actor of Samtford-on-Avon tance of the author with court life this was not by Bacon at all but by died in 1916. There is no account and the manners of king and Herbert Palmer and published by of his early education, and any chancellors. evidences there are during his life! There is a unique acquaintance, Within my own memory there seem to indicate that he was more too, with France and the continent ocurred what might easily have or legs illiterate. He was evidently of Bumpe, with hunting and been s similar miscarriage of keen on money and could do a Shy- hawking, with flowers and garden-authorship, but that both authors lock deal. His reputation was, on ing, with medicine and funacy, lived to set the error right, the whole, unsavoury. It is difficult The author, whoever he was, must Mr. Martineau originally publish io reconcile the record of his life have been an authority on all these ed most of his philosophical and with the authorship of the plays of things.

theological essays in the Eclectio

him in 1645.

W. Shakespeare. Emenm long The writers of the "life" of the and Prospective Reviews. At that ago said that die "could not marry Stratford player have had therefore time no review articles were signed. the playwright to his verse." to make him (a) a friend of the He had no collected edition of his Up to 1616 thirteen plays had nobility, (b) a lawyer's clerk, (c) essays. As there was no copyright been published under the name of a schoolmaster, (d) a doctor's assist between England and America, the W. Shakespeare and three with ant; (e) a traveller acquainted with American Firma of Kegan Paul, the initials W.8. Of these fifteen France and the continent. Of Treuch, Treubner & Co., published plays published in the life time of course it is possible to suppose that a pirated edition of Dr. Martineau's the actor, six are said to be spurious the Stratford actor was all of these essaya. in 2 vols. Among those by Sir Sidney Lee. Only eight of things. But by doing so we gradu-emaye was one entitled, "What is these fifteen appear in the First ally make a new human being of Revelation?" I can remember a Folia. Thus, Shakspear the actor, him. Ho is so metamorphosed in clever literary friend saying that he if he is counted the author, is really the process that he has practically did not believe that Dr. Martineau the author of a different set of works ceased to be the Stratford actor had written it. On the other hand, from the Shakespeare of the First, altogether.

two other persons who knew Dr.

Folio, there being only eight plays The question of authorship, when Martineau's writings well died in

in common.

the author is dead. is always a the belief that Dr. Martineau was If the actor was tlie author and difficult one; and is we retreat back the author of it. By and by, Dr. did not write the six plays which a century or so in point of time the Martineau pablighed his collected Sir Sidney Lee says are spurious, difficulties steadily increase. Ques Essays in 4 vols. (Longmana & Ca.). Bat there was no essay why did he allow these plays to be tions of property; copyright: published with his name in his collaboration; alteration; forgery: "What is Revelation." This would. life-time? They could not enhance etc.; seem to have somewhat differ-not have been very strange as there his reputation. Might he not have ent aspects from what they have, at were several of his essays, as for mada a public denis! of the author-present. Evidence, as it is under-instance, the one on Plato, which ship? Then, too, if he was really stood in modern timea, bad simply he never republished. But R. H. the author of the thirty-six playa' no weight or did not exist. Books Hutton published volume of which form the First Folio why did got attributed to persons of reputo-Theological Essays. (Macmillan & H. E. Dr. Schurman, the U. She die without over mentioning his tion as a matter of course, when Co.), and, lo and behold! There Ambassador to Peking, is passing plays or their worth? He mention these persons had really nothing to was the comy, "What is Revels- through Hongkong en route to Indo-ed other things of less value. The do with them, ranch in good stories tion"?? China on a brief holiday and implication has been drawn that are now saddled on Dean Swift or So my literary friend's discerning business trip during which he pro their value was not realised. But Prof. Jowett. The meritical ages faculty was correct. It was not by poses to see the world-famed ruins Heminge and Condell fully received the authorship os' unques" | Dr.. Martinesa after all. I have

HONGKONG.

of Angkor. He also proceeds to realised their value seven years tioning matters of faith. Thus our often since then congratulated my of China which Mr. Schurman has has been drawn that he was not the wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey astuteness. Yunnan, which is the only province afterwards. The implication, too, forefathom believed that Homer friend on his wonderful literary

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not previously visited. According owner, that the Company was the that Moses wrote the Pentateuch The case of the Gospel of John to a Peking message,Dr. Schurman, owner. Such statements, of course, that Paul wrote the Epistles attri-is rather different. The period was accompanied by Mrs. Schurman, are very improbable. They are buted to him; and that the variousano of forgeries and a cipious dis- left the capital on Tuesday, Octo

the four regard of all the modern etiquette Edward German ber 30. They sailed from Shanghaially only made as a sort of lame anthors named with (b)"A Franklyn's Dogge".

Gospels were the writers of those of personal authorship. There are on the 23rd November, on the mall explanation of the difficulties.

Nobody who examines the im-books; and that the Plays of some mirions parallelisms: between A. C. Mackenzie steamer "Porthos" of the Mess 5.-Humorous Impersonations.....ageries Maritimes which, after vements made in the editions of Shakespeare were written by the it and the Shakespeareon Problem. The internal evidence puta- the MR. I A. ZELLENSKY. calling at Hongkong, proceeds me of the plays can help acknow- actor of Stratford.

ledging that somebody—somebody, No one now takes his literary faith Apostle out of the running at once. -Song...”A Roundel of Rest" direct to Saigon. After a stop

long enough to see Saigon and too, of superlative ability-realized in this meritical fashion Famer Apart from the author's ignorance Cyril Scott Angkor, they will motor north the facetimable value of the plays as has joined Samus Clatia obses of Palestinian Geography and MRS. MATHIESON.

hay become a synthesis of realised custom, the possibilities of the wards along the coast road to Hai litany productions.

More awkward facto still have to tribal consciousness Paul, re-transformation of a Galileen fisher- 7-Part Song..." Soldier, Rest!" phong a journey of three or four

Arthur Somervell days. From Halphong to Hanof be freed by the believers in the leased from the responsibility for man into an Alexandrian Neo- is a short trip by tin, but from Stratford-on-Avon authorship of the his Epistles has become "à school" platonic mysñe are a small that 5 Minutes Interval. &-Part Song..." By Babylon's Hanoi to Yunnanfu takes three plays. The quarto edition of (Even Dean Inge only acknow- even if there were no other "Wave". ound days, as the train stopp at night. Dr. Othello was published in 1622, six ledgee seven Epistles as the work of evidences the supposition must be and Mrs. Schurman expect to years after the death of the actor the Apostle); the Gospele are no doubtful. It is nearly on difficult Song..."Bird Songs"

Liza Lehmann spend Christmas at Yunnan, and Well and good. But the following longer held to be the literary to conceive the uncouth young MRS. CLEMENTS,

- With this visit the American year the Folio Edition was publish remains of the men whose names waster from Stratford meta- 10-Humorous Impersonations. ....

Minister completes his inspectioned. This latter edition has not only they ber; and now the works of morphosed in a few years into the MR. LA. ZELLENSKY.

of all the American Consulates in left out lines but has one hundred Shakespeare have naturally come in author of Hamlet and Antony and China (20 in number) Hip latest and sixty new lines added! Who for norutiny, Thare is a steadily Cleopatra WPME (a) “Its Ohl to be a Wild visits for that purpose were to Har wrote these new lines? We are growing opinion that they are not When we come to the external Wind". Edward Elgar bin in September, Changsha in told of course that they may be the works of the actor of Stratford testimony for the Fourth Gospel (b) “Maiden-Fair, O dejau to April, and Chungking in October from a different copy; prompt copy on Avou. Probably in fifty or sixty the evidence becomes even more fast year. Dr Schurman Inspected pirated copy, etc. This kind of years time the number of believers doubtful, and more eniganaticnA tell Haydn the Consulates along the coast from explanation, however, gets rather in the Stratford actor's authorship mystery ensarydde it, just as in the 12-Violin Solo

"Canto amorost *..

Cauton to Autung last year. He has too frequent and becomes very much will be as scarce sa the believers of the First Follo. Irenaeus visited the Shanghai,Hankow, overdone.

now in the Johannine authorship of Arranged by Mischa Biman.

Tientsin and Makden Consulates Finally, the First Folia is pre- the Fourth Glampall „MRS. AVERKY.. *13-Song... Fair House of Joy

Rager Quilter MRS. MATHIESON SH

XI.-Part Songs ́....

14-Part Songs The Long day.

closes marthar Sullivan

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