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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 / ^e^^i /..J-^-r^ .,>*// ' .^ J JJiouccr ^hahcspcavc Culiurc til Canabu ; COLLECTION OF SHAKKSPCmAN LITERATURE, BEGUN AT YORK, U.C, (TORONTO), CIRCA, A.D. 1826, And added to occusionally from time to time dozen to the Centennial Year of the Province of Ontario, A, D. i8g2, BEING THE CDNTENTi; OF THE LOG SHANTY BOOK-SHELF FOR THE YEAR 1892, D'.srLATBD IN TIIK LODQK OP ^hc Pioneer anb liistodcal §ocieti) OF THE COUx\TY OF YORK, ON THE GROUNDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF THAT YEAR, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY THE REV. DR. SCADDING 3^ TORONTO : THE COl'P, CLARK CO. (LIMITEI;), PRINTERS, COLBORNE STREET. 1892 ^- ^r ^o INTIIODIW T()i;V N(»Ti;. Certain riass-Books in exU-nsive u.-so soniu years a^o in acliools, ha«l cer- tainly tlie good etlect of creating a taste among young peopK'. for the clioiee {jroductioMrt of nianj- of tlic \w\\ oldfa.sliiinoil stamlanl KnLfli^li writers. It is to be hoped th.it tlie chiss- hooks of the present innlar work for each successive generation an it sjirings up, although now the sphere of Englisli literature has heconie so enorinou^sly exi)aiided that it has been ren- dered (juite inipossilile for any mere class-ljook to give even a sliglit spteinun of its great variety of department and style. The writer was certainly indebteil to Enfield's Speaker, a book formerly well-known in .schools, for his tirst ac(iuaiutance with any of the .subst.intial {>arts of Sluikespeare ; antl this of course long continued to be very slight indeed, yet such as it was it sulHced to establi.sh an enduring interest in the subject. The "KUgaiit Kxtraets" of Vicesimus Knox, a very popular eompilation, in royal octavo form, years ago, added, as is well remenibered, largely to the little store contributed by Kniield's .Speaker, in resfiect of Shakespeare knowleilge ; ami sub.sciiutntly a present made to him, while yet t|nite a lad, of a copy of the comjilete works of the [joet, was an event that became ever memorable. This copy of Shakespeare cfmsisted of .several small W'l mo. volumes, pub- lished conjr)intly by a large group of Lotidon book-sellers named on the title page ; on the back of the second cover of each volume, was printed an alphabetical list of " liritish Classics," to l>e liad in tlie same form at the j»r ces atfixcfl ; this served to vvii. t the boyish appetite, and isolated volumes in the same series were every now and then secured. Tlie friendly patron who l)y way of encouraging school boy progress, pre- sented the writer with the Shakespeare as just described, wa*- Mr. Thoma.t Turner Urton, an P^nglish immigrant, well educated, and of consiilerable literary ability, who, ill adapted to the circum.stanL'cs of a new country, sunk money here ami underwent many vicissitmles. lieing very sensitive to so- called public abu.ses, Mr. Ortoii ;is[)iied at one time to a seat in the House,, where he doubtl 'ss would have ligured as a prominent out.spokifii I.iberaL The site of his former residence at I'oit ilope is still known as Kort < hton. The chance purchase of a small terra cotta bust on ;-, low pillar-shaped jjedestal serveil, albeit dark-hued, to give detiuitiveiiess to the poet's personality in the mind. After the ac(iuisition of tiie Shakespeare as narrated, Shakes[)eare accumulations of more or less importance began ami have continued to grow around the writer, and as it is supposed his collection is better entitled than any other to be styled the pioneer one of its class in these parts, and as such he allows some specimens of it to do duty as the " Log-('ai'in 15uok-Siielf " of ,<^/ 4 TJWtt LOO-SHANTY UDOK.SHKLF FOR 1H92. 1892, iu tUf i?'jmH«een among the first to introduce here— aT)'3 im .jdBer years u> muurLuii.— " Honour to Shakespeare," as an active liviug BtajiiiiHatL Honour IkhIh nitui wlii> liad used Huch words as IheHe, of that tiii M^xOikwr Country wuitm uiuum r.>-d:iy unites together hy an indissoluble tie iht <use, Aiminst the envy of less happier lands ; This l)lesHed plot, this earth, this realm, this Kn^dand. <^ 1 ait«r ■tttttL IMPIIOVKMKNTS Sl'fJCKSTKI) IN A M \I' OF THK WnllM) Foi: TIIK ISK OF Tli.WKMJlRS I'.V TIIK CANADIAN PACIFIC AND AMKKICANS (i KNKIl \LLV. Anioiij^ lli(« ciiyiiiv iiii,'.s illuNtrfifivc of tlic tiint's iiml voyages nt' Culuinbus in I l!(L', t hcic i> to In- sfcri on ilic interior w.ill of tin- Pion<'«M'.s' Cabin this srason a iiia|) of tlic world, uitli tlic Kastcin antj VV'«'.st(!rn licniisjilu'rt'.s tran.sjtosctl. The f()ll(»\vin<^ explanatory note is a]»pciHlo (luiiiit lii-iu'ffnrvard nil f'st.'ilpli^licd Aiiii'riciin j tract icf to Hct-k tilt' Orif'iit iiy way cciaft«T, in our works (iti :.r»'o(;raiiliy, a niap of tlit- world were inserted on which thf Kast»'rn and Western lieiiiis|ilieres should I'e trans|K ised ; that is to say, in which the Kasterii hemisphere shoulfHte jilace*! on the left-hand siije (,f the map, 'iiid the Western hemisphere on the riKht-hand side. I'.y this arranp'iiieiit the position of cities, towns, harbors, islunds, etc., on the Western coast of .\iiierica, in relation to the cities, towns, harUtrs, etc., etc., on the opposite shore of the .Asiatic; continent, would 1m» rendered visihle, as also ucmlcl li,. tiie distances lietween these |mints ami the corresiMindinK [Miints across the racitie. These are ail matters rendered somewhat indistinct in the minds of many people, from the fact that they have lieen (piite uiiaccnstomf'd to see the American coast anil the Asiatic coast l)roUj,'ht into juxtaposition, in cinsecpieiice of the customary situation of the two hemis|(heres as represt-nted on onlinarj' maps of the world. Hy means of the projKised new arraii^'emeiit of the hemis|»heres, the spectator would lie l>etter at)le to juilife of wliat Co umlius really accompIislie2, and what he clid not accomplish. It is well known that the g^reat discoverer when cruisiiifi: ahout in his little caravel aiiionv; the islan\' the aid of a ma[> with the heniisplieres dis|H)sed in the way suggested, the niiscoiice]itions of C'olumhiis in regarlored hy Columlius in jhtsoii, that rendered it |)oHHible for a jiretender (.Vmerigo Vespucci) to tilch from him so easily the honor of giving a name to the fourth suh division of the habitable worUl. The " Fioneers' Log Cabin '" in the Ivxhibition Park is a symlxil of the beginning of things in UpjH^r Canada one hundred years ago. It would not be unfitting that from within its walls should emanate the first cuggestion of an improvement which without doubt would be widely acceptable. ^'i : i ii 4^C Tin; LOC SHAM'V l!(l(>K-Slli;i,F F(tl! ls!C>. PIUNKKi: SIIAKKSI'KAHK rnl.LKt' TIOX. EUninNs. The first folio Sliakespeaie, A.D. 1(»'JM. An ••xiict reproduotioii I'y the photo-ziucograiihio process. >ize ot tin- vnlmne : Mfiisures on the outside — Heij^ht, fifteen and a-lialf inclus ; 'riMrkmss, two and three-iniarter iuiheH, Bound in heavy grained nionaeo. Tlu- 1 aok divided l>y raised hands into six panels. Tooling in gold ; as also on tht sidos, edges, and interiors of covers. The pages iu the volume number over i.'SO. The paper is of a solid character and the leaf edges are heavily gildtd. I'he whole weighs eleven poumls and a-half. On the title paye is a bright re-prodi.ition of Martin Unnshout's well-known portrait, with Hen Johnson's line"; " 'l'<> tlie Header" in hold type on the opposite side : Tlii< Fi;;iirc th.ii tlioii here soi-st put, It was f'lr jremlf .^'hakfi'in-are cut : Whi'i-i'in thi- OraviT hath a strife Witli Natnri' to out-don the lifi'. <>, couM hi- Imt liavf drawn his wir As wtll ill liriu>isf as \\v lialh liii His fact' ; the i'niit would tl\fri siirpa.sse All Ihiit wa-s I'viT writ in hrstsse. Hut since he cannot, lJca IJooke. n. .1. Here follows with all its quaint orthography and typogra[ihy '* '1 he Kpistle Dedicatorie " to "The Most Noble and Ineonii):irable Faire of Hrethren, William Earle of Pembroke and Lord Chauil*erlaine to tlie Kings Most E.xcellent Maiesty, and Philip Earle of Montgomery, liHutleman of His Maiestie's Bed- chamber, Both Knights of the Most Noble Order of the liarter and our singular good Lords. " Signed by "John Heminge and Henry Condell," whose names also appear attached to the general preface which fo'lows "To the great Variety of Keadera." The title page of the folio is worded thus : 6 TFIR LOO SHANTY HOOK SIIKI.F FOR 1F02. Ml{. \M I.I.I AM SHAKKSI'KAItKS <'ii.MF.I*IF.S IIISTOUIM TI!Ay Imiao .laxijartl, ami 1*M. Hlouiit, liJ'J.'l. Tlic voluinc just tlescrilMii wivm imicurcd for me in liomloii, iii hoards, by Jiihu Kusscll Sniitli ; and wuh full hound hy Hammond under bis dii-uctiuii ill isi'i*;. A <'"l>y of tlip folio S|i^"V<'«j><'!»r(' of \('yy,), of wliioli tin- nhovc is a fiu'-siinilo, was pureliJiHt'd for Lady liurdett-routts, at Mr. Daniul'a sale, for the sum of seven hundred and fourteen i>ound». Th«' Works of Sliakt'spi'are, edited ))y Lewis Theoliald, S vohiiiies, diiiHleeiino. London. IVinted fur (\ IJathiir.st, J. Beeeroft, W, Strahan, .T. & F. Kivington, J. Hinf.Mi, L. Davis, Hawes, Clarke & follius. 1{. HorsKeJd, \V. .Johnston, W. Owen, T. Codell, K. Juhiisoii, S. C'rowder, U. White, T. LonK'niun, 15. Law, F. & C. Dilly, C. Curhett, W. (Jrithii, T. ('-.liU-W, W. Woodfall, IJ. Keith, T. Lowndes. T. Davi-i. .1. Ilohson. T. I'.ickett, V. Xcwtieiy, (J. Rol)inson, 'J'. I'ayne, •T. Williams, M. Hint'estoii, and .1. Uidhy. 177i^. With curious eopiH^r-jilate eu- Kravinjfs hy (J. Vaiin:i. This is an orik'inal copy of the first edition of Johiisi>irs Shakt-siioare. We have here at first- hand, as it were, tile sound coninion-sen.se iironuiK'ianientos of the Doetor on Shakespeare anry, and Robinson & Kolx'rts. 1 770. <^ ^ TIIK I-0(} 8IIASTY UOoK SIIKt,!' Kolt lSl»-_'. Tlu' I) iiiiiatic Worki* of Will am Shukf^iwim' with jjliwuftriiil iioteH. A Bketch •■of lii<4 lift' iiiiil nil f'-ii(i<>n : Mt'oii, Jioys i"k (Jpiives. 1H.VJ. F.iifK*' f, nuiiicrnU'* -wA \\wU' •'iit^ravin^H by riirtiT, WfHtall, Tn-filiiMii, Nohlf, Suiirkt-, etc.; also iiiftiiy xinuU illnstrativ*- wmid CU1.1 in the ■trat»-<1 S'lakj-jiiwarf. Aiiiiotattd by f liar cs aiicl Mary Cowiltii C aikf. lilustratKl by H. C. Sf|.,iH. Loiiduii : C'aNM»-ll, lVtt«r & iJalpiii. IWiil. .S vols. Small Foliu. The IMayM of Sli;vk>-iji«ar<'. ••ilit.-.l by How.ird Staimton, with ilhwtratioiH by •lohii (iillMMt, I iiirravtd l>y tlu' broth' rs |)al/.i»l. Hoyal octavo edition, jiubli-lusl ill Loudon by KoiithHljje, in thn**' voluiufs. On ahiumt tvery luigo in an ('.xcillcnt well i'ono»'iv»'d illustration. Chittoaiid Windus" r«'r,\\. Octavo. Whitf vtlluni. Lionel Ilootht-'s fac-Himilt- reprint of tlif folio of \\\'S>\. J.ondon l.Hi'.4. Small folio white velliim cover. The Works of Shakes] H'ar.*. Text reiriilated by the recently fliscovenii ; liiiof ll'>32. With early .MS. em-ndatioiiH. T. I'ayiic Collier, in H vols. Royal ("•.avo. Kedtield. New York. IS-V*?. .ViiothtT co|>y of the preceding wlition in one vo1iimi'>. Also pub' . -d by !;e«I- Held. New V. rk. bH.\'?. The Dramatic W William Shakes|)f'aro. Ilinstruted. Enibraciiit.: •( life of the ]K»et, and notes ori>riiiaI and se' 'oted. In eight volume.!, liosto;'. . r!>illi|iH, Samson & C< . lS."i<). Royal octavo. Large type. The illustrations ciisist of engravings on steel of ih- female characters t»y Haytcr, Corboiild, Frith, Wnt^ht, Kgg, K. Meadows, etc. The Leopold .Shakes] K^a'e. Whole vvork''^ •rdi to the (lerinan edition of D.'liiis, chronologically arraiig»-i)lenient to ji] lys of William Shakesjieare. Si-ven doubtful dra'i'a> with notes by W. (J. .Simnis. New York. bsjj. With jKirtrait and wikkI-culs. lM7ti. Octavo. White velliun binding. The Tia;redy of Hamlet, rejirint of edition, A.D. I(i03. London : Reprinted at the Sliakes|)eare Pres.s byWilliam Niciiol. 182."i. liomeo and .luliet, the original stoty of. Trans'ated by CJ. Pace-Sanfelice Cambridge : Deighton. 1S«W. Shakes] M'lian u'cn.s in French and Kngli.sh settings. Le Chevalier De Cliatelain. London : W. Legg. IfUjs. 8 THE LOG-SHANTY BOOKSHELF FOR 1892. ILLUSTRATIVE WuKKS. Ctmcordance to Shakes; > are. Marj' Cowden Clarke. Bo^um : Little, Browir & Co. 184."3. The Shakespeare Key, unlockinp the tn'a.y Dr. Shelton Mackenzie. New York : Kedfield, 34 Beekuuin Street. iK'tt't. The Seven Ages of Shakespeare. London: M. M. Halloway. 18r)0. (Designs by Mulready, Weekie, Calcott, Haudseer, Chalon, etc). Z. Jackson's " Sliakespeare's (ienius Justified, lieing Restorations and Illustra- tions of seven hundred jiassages in Shakes] >eare"s Plavs which have afforded abundant sco]>e for critical animadversion, and hitherto lield at defiance the pene- tration of idl Shakespeare's Commentators."' Ijondon : J.Johnson, Ajtollo Press. The Shakespt are (Jallery. Photographic repi-oductions )>y Stephen Ayling, of numerous celel)rated engravings. Illustrative of scenes in Shakesjjeare. London ; Ri lUtledge. 1807. Small quarto. Paul Jerrard's Shakespearian Tableaux (12) with richly illuminated passages. The Philo.sophy and Religion of Shakesjieare. W. J. Birch. London : C. Mitchell. 1848 Shakespeare and Classical Antqaiity. Translate*! by Emily J. Carey. Frcm the French of Paul Stapfer. London: C. Paid. lS8«r Sertum Sliakesperianum (a Shakesjieare Garlandi. Nuiuerous passages trans- lated into Latin vt-rse by the Rev. H. Latham, Brazen-Xase College, Oxford. Lii 5Iaciniliiin. 1M73. (Contains chapters on the suiiernatural Fairy Folk Lort. <«tin.: Riverside Press, Caniliridpe. ISSd. The Songs of Slia'tesj)eare. Sot to music by various- ecHnw.-Hi»rK. London, etc., (awanting). Songs of Shakespeare. Ilhnninated l>y H. C. Hi^sirm*- Mrahall. L.mdon : Day it S 'ii. (Iwnvto. Wide Ixirders richly omaiueiited iii^ki uiil colours round f\ery paife. Shakesi)eare. The Seer. The Interpreter. iVox >Sr»»t; ii-nHt. Tlie address delivereeeare, (ient. I'mn+r-d n. dandon by Tlioniag Cotes, and are to be sold by .Folin Benson, d\velliii<: ii; -H". D#-nisran"s Church Yard. lt;40. (Kei>.int). Alfred Russell S.. Jth. IHK.j. Shakesjieare's Sonnets, never before interjireted. by Gena«: ISisshv. London : Longman & Ci>. 18(i6. Octavo. The secret iJraiua of Shakespeare's Sonnets mifnliled tvrti "itt» •hamcters identi- fied. («ciald Massey. 1872. (A second and eulaitjfed irtiiitm yi ciie preceding work by Ma.ssej'). Shakesjieare and the Emblem Writer:. Henry GreeL Wrti mtniernus ^^n- gravings. London : Triibuce & Co. 187(*. .1. Hain Kriswell's Life Portraits of Shakesi>care. M'jtini^mpli.s oi all the portraits). London; Sampson Low. l!s64. I'rang's Chroraus, (10) sixteen of The Home of Shaliesjitaaaa. Lonl CanipbeH'H " Shakespeare's Legal Acquiremeirfit " In a letter to James Payne Collier, Lord (.'amplwlJ aiinw* it to he highly jirobable that Shakespdure was employed in his yoiitli. ur ttime as a clerk in an attoncy's otiice. New York : Appleton & t c liuib. ■■ I •! i ( i i 1 1 THE LOG-SHANTY BOOKSHELF FOR 1892. "The Foot Steps of Shakespeare" containing much new and interesting informatiod respecting Shakespeare, Lyly, Marlowe, (ireen and others. 1852. Moritz Retzsch's sixty-seven out lined illustrations of Shakespeare. Goethe and Schiller. Lonndon : Tilt. Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays, third edition. 1632. Small folio. Florio's 'WorM of Words.' Edition of 15!)S. Small Folio. John Florio is said to have heen Shakespeare's Holofernes. The Tragedies of Seneca. (In Latin). With U(;tes l)y Farnabiua. The Comedies of I'lautus. (In English). Amsterdam : J. Janson. 1678. translated by Bonnell Thornton. 2 vols. liOndon : Printed by J. Lister. 1767. In Shakespeare's day Seneca appears to have been taken as a type of severe tragedy, and l^lautus that of lively comedy. The players in Hamlet are described jis being such adepts in their art, that Seneca could not be too heavy for them, nor Plautus too light. In the Medea of Seueca occurs the passage which Washington Irving has placed in the title page of his Life of Christopher Columbus, as containing a remarkable forecast of tlie great discovery made by Columl)us in 1492, of which the whole world is thi-s year commemorating the four hundredth anniversary : — Venient annis. Siccula seris, quilnis Ore5nu3 N'incula reniin la\et, et iii^'eiis Pateat tellus, iiovos Tethysijue Detetrat Oi'bes, nee sit terris Ultima Tliiile. It is here predicted that late in time periods would come when Oceanus would undo the universal barriers and a vjist land would come into view ; when Tethys, his Queen, daughter of OurSnus and (jlaia would unveil new or])s, and Thule should no more be deemed earth's farthest bourn. (See p. 22). The Ultima Thule was a proverbial expression for the point or island stretch- ing out at the furthest westward from the coast of Europe. For the nations inhabiting the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Calpe and Abva, (Gibraltar and Ceuta) were the ne plus idtra of land to tlie west, but to the people inhabit- ing a more northerly latitude the Ultima Tliule was according to some, one of the Shetland Islands, or according to others tlie Island of Iceland itself. Long years ago, 1>efore this conHnent was traversed from side to side by railroads, and very vague ideas prevailed in regard to the North-West, the liockies, and our limits in that direction generally, Canadian school-boys had among themselves an expression of their own describing somewhat quaintly the supp sed aiiproaeh to the boundaries of their country in that quarter. " You come at last," they used to say, as they glanced towards the west, " to the jumping oO' place." The Canadian school-boy of the present day has become <^ THE LOG-SHAXTy HOOK SllKLF FOR 1892. 11 familiar with the fact tliat no special peril now attends his descent on the Pacific at various points along its shore from Vancouver to San FrancisoK, and that the passage across the watery expanse extending to va«t regions on the other side can be made with greater facility than his graiulfather ni ide the ])a88age across from Liverpool, Bristol or Plymouth, to Rostou, New York or Philadelphia. What devout thankfulness would have filled the heart of Columbus could he have foreseen and realizeil the map of the morld as it is now to be found in the .atlas of every (Janadian school-boy, showing, on one side, the twin continents disclosed to the world by himself incidentally ; and on tlie other, ( "ipango (Japan), Cathay (China), the Islands of the Sea (New Zealand and Australiai, and India ; all laid down thereupon, with their dimensions and relative posi- tions determined with that mathematical accuracy Mliicli he had aimed at in the tentative maps formerly constructed by him in his early manhooil. CRITICISM. Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakesjieare's Plays, from Early Maiiu- scrij)! Correcti(jns in tlie Pos.session of J. Payne Collier. Iiondon : Whittaker 4 Co. 18.53. [Mrs. Jamesnii's copy, witli iiuim'rousaiuiot.'ilioiis in ]><'ni il. These have fonne:ue. Printed at Tnronto in l-icj. Ar.other copy of the ahove, with autivraph manuscript notes of the late l>r. Kohert C'haniliers, of Eon- A von. isih^^. Shakespeare : A Critical Study of His Mind and Art. Edward I)o\\ma.s Keightley. London: J. Russell Smith. 1S()7. >liakespeare's Scholar, lieing Historical and Critical Studies of His Text, Characters and Connnentators, etc. Richanl Grant White. New York. 1854. n FICTION HKLATINd TO SHAKESPEARE. The Shakes])eare Novels. The youth of Sliakes])eare. Shakesjieare and his friends. Tiie Secret I'assiun. R. F. Williams, New York : Burgess, Stringer & Co. 1848. The youth of Shakesjieare, by the author of "Shakespeare and His Friends" (R. F. Williams). Paris : Baudry's Eurojiean Library. 1839. (Rejjrint of English I'.'ditiou. Falstaffs Letters. By James White. Originally published in 170fi and now reprinted rcrhntiin it litcratiin with notices of the author collected from Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and other coutemiKiraries. London: B. Robson, 43 Cran- bourn Street, Leicester Square. 1877. Tales from Shakesi)eare. Charles and Mary Lamb (with illustrations). London : Virtue -, Berwick Street, Soho. 1803. Portrait of W. H. Ireland. The Glyptic, or Musee Fusee Glyptic. A .scrai)-book of jottings from Stratford- on-Avtm and elsewhere, with an attempt at description of Henry Jones' museum. John W. Jarvis. With wood-cuts, some by Bewick. London : John Russell Smith. 1875. Bacon versus Sha'ivesj>eare. A plea for the defendant. Thomas D. King.. Montreal : Lovell. 1875. ^1 J-^^ THE LOG-SHANTV BOOK-SIIELF FOR 18.12. 13 On tlif alleged resemblance between l-^hakesiieare ^rid Bacon. Li)ndon : Field & True. 1888. Bacon and Shakespeare. An Inquiry Touching Players, Play Houses, and Play ^^'riters in the days of J]lizabetli. William Henry Smith. London : John Russell Smith. 18.57. Annabal Caro. Commento di Ser Agresto Da FricaUxild, etc. " This little volume has some value for the sake of the sentence on its title page, in the hand- writiiijf of J. O. Ilalliwt'll, the distiuj^'uished Shakespeare scholar." " See Shakespeare's auto- ^"•raph under the front e(ij,'e of cover. I believe the forjfery was once puffed and so.d for a considerable sum."— "J. U. H." " I have removed from the front edge of the cover the feigned autograph of which Mr. Halliwtll speaks, and have ])laced it where it is now to be seen. It is an example of the many attempts which from time to time have been made to imitate on fly-leaves and elsenhere the signature of Shakespeare. As to the book itself, Brmiet gives its title among the productions of Aimabal Caro (l.^riT-loOO), and says of it that it is ' un ipuvrage fort licencieux !' If this be the ■case it is as well that the language in which it is written is comparatively unknown." " H. S., II) Trinity Square, Toronto." The imprint on the title page of this volume has been carefully erased. (iervaise Babington on (jrenesis, A.D. 15G9, with reputed autograph of Shakespeare. The S «nrets of Shakespeare. A /<■((• similr in i)hoto-lit]iographj', from the copy in the British Musetuu by Charles Praetorius, photographer to the British Museum, etc., etc., with an introduction by Thomas Tyler, JNI.A., of the University of London, etc., etc. London : Published by C. Praetorius. The /«c-x//ii;7p title page in this work reads as follows : '■ Shake-Speare's Sonnets, never be- fore imprinted. At London, by C. Eld for T. T. , and are to be solde by .John Wright, dwelling at Christ Church, Gate, KiOi)." Then on the next leaf we have, all in small capitals, the unfor- tunate inscription, of •' T. T." which has mystified so many people and led to so nuich trouble- some unedifyiiig discussion : " To the onlie Begetter of these Insuing .Sonnets, Mr. W. H., all Happinesse, and That Eternitie promised by Our Ever-Living Poet, wisheth the well-wishing afJveniurer in setting forth ' T. T." The introduction prefixed to this./(i(;-*i)(u7i' work embraces brief discussions on the following subjects :— 1. New Aspect of Sonnet Questions ; 2. The Dedi- cation ; 3. William Herbert ; 4. Chronology of the Sonnets ; .'i. Shakespeare and Southampton! 6. The Bridal Poet ; 7. The Dark Lady ; 8. Editions of Sonnets in 1609 and 1040 ; S). Criticism of the Text ; 10. Interpretation of some Passages ; 11. Di\ ision and Urouping ; 12. A Lover's Complaint. BIOGRAPHIES. Shakespeare and liis times. Nathan Drake. Paris : Boudry. 1838. Reprint. Memorials of Shakespeare, with notes by Nathan Drake. London: H. Colburu. 1S28. w : t! 14 THE LOG SHANTY BOOK-SHELF FOR 1892. Nf)oiiti(le Leisure, etc., including a Tale of the days of Shakespeare. Nathan Drake. London: Cadell. 1824. 2 vols., 8vo. History of the Shakespeare Memorial. Stratford-on-Avon. London : Cassell & Co. 1877. Second Kdition of the same. 1882, Inauguration of the Sliakesjieare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon. 1S71*. lltprinted from Stratford Herald. Shakespeare : His Birth-jilace, Home and (irave. Rev. J. M. Jephson. London: Reeve & Co. 18(54. (Numerous iihotoj^raphic illustrations). All about Sh.akespeare, with numerous illustrations, by H. FitzCook and Thomas (iilks. London: Henry Lea. ISG4. Bound uj) with this : (1) Shakes- peare (a Biography) liy Thomas de Quincy. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black. 18G4. ('2) Sermon preached at Stratfonl-on- Avon on Sunday, April 24th, 1864, by Charles Wordsworth, D.C. L., Bishop of St. Andrew's. London: Smith, Eldon & Co. 1804. Bible Truths, with Shakespearian Parallels. (Anonymous). London: Whittaker & Co. 1862. On Shakespeare's Knowledge and use of the Bible. Charles Wordsworth. Loudon : Smith, E2d(m