THE

SHAKESPEAREAN MYTH

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

AND

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

BY

APPLETON MORGAN, A. M., LL. B.

AUTHOR OF "THE LAW OF Literature,' NOTES TO BEST'S PRINCIPLES

OF EVIDENCE," ETC., ETC

Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves;
Sic vos non vobis vel'era fertis oves;
Sic vos non vobis mellificatus apes;
Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.

-P. Virgil. Maro

CINCINNATI

ROBERT CLARKE & CO

1881

ΤΟ

D. T. MORGAN, ESQ.,

OF

WHIP'S CROSS, WALTHAMSTOW, ESSEX, ENGLAND.

My Dear Sir:

I do not know your opinion on the matter treated in these pages. Very possibly you will disagree with every line of my Brief. But it gives me pleasure to connect my name with yours on this page, and to subscribe myself

Very faithfully, your kinsman,

OCTOBER, 1881.

APPLETON MORGAN.