THE

AUTHORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE

BY

NATHANIEL HOLMES

Τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ νοεῖν ἐστίν τε καὶ εἶναι. — Parmenides

NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION

WITH AN APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL MATTERS, INCLUDING A NOTICE OF
THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED NORTHUMBERLAND MSS., A SUPPLE-
MENT OF FURTHER PROOFS THAT FRANCIS BACON WAS
THE REAL AUTHOR, AND A FULL INDEX

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge

1887

The Riverside Press, Cambridge:
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton and Company.