THE AUTHORSHIP OF SHAKESPEARE. BY NATHANIEL HOLMES. Τὸ γὰρ αὐτο νοεῖν ἐστίν τε καὶ εἶναι. -Parmenides. SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON, 459 BROOME STREET. 1867. 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, |