THE

AUTHORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE.

BY

NATHANIEL HOLMES.

Τὸ γὰρ αὐτο νοεῖν ἔστίν τε καὶ εἶναι. — Parmenides,

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THIRD EDITION.,

WITH AN APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL MATTERS, INCLUDING A NOTICE
OF THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED NORTHUMBERLAND MSS.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.

BOSTON: H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

Cambridge: The Riverside Press.

1875.

BIBLIOTHECA
REGIA
MONAGENSIS

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

HURD AND HOUGHTON,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of

New York.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY

THE HONORABLE THOMAS C. FLETCHER,

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI,

AS A WORTHY REPRESENTATIVE

OF THE CIVIL AND SOCIAL PROGRESS OF THE AGE,
WHEREIN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,

PHILOSOPHY, AND RELIGIOUS CULTURE,

ARE TO FIND FREE COURSE AND BE GLORIFIED,

THIS HUMBLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE LITERATURE OF THE TIME

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.