WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

NOT AN IMPOSTOR.

BY

AN ENGLISH CRITIC.

"The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo."

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST.

LONDON:

G. ROUTLEDGE & CO. FARRINGDON STREET;

NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET.

1857.

[The Author reserves the Right of Translation.]

ΤΟ

THE ENGLISH PEOPLE,

AS

The Best Guardians of those Rich Legacies of Thought

BEQUEATHED BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

ΤΟ

ALL POSTERITY,

THIS VINDICATION

OF

THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN AND OF THE

FAME OF THE POET

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY

THE AUTHOR.