THE

PHILOSOPHY

OF

THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPERE

UNFOLDED.

Salter

BY DELIAYBACON.

WITH

A PREFACE

BY

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE,

AUTHOR OF THE SCARLETt letter,' etc.

Aphorisms representing A KNOWLEDGE broken do invite men to
inquire further.

LORD BACON.

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST.

You find not the apostrophes, and so miss the accent.

Untie the spell.-PROSPERO.

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