General estimate 355
Shakespeare's defects 355
Character of 356
Shakespeare's
achievement
Its universal 357
recognition
APPENDIX
I--THE SOURCES OF
BIOGRAPHICAL
KNOWLEDGE
Contemporary records 361
abundant
First efforts in 361
biography
Biographers of the 362
nineteenth century
Stratford topography 363
Specialised studies 363
in biography
Epitomes 364
Aids to study of 364
plots and text
Concordances 364
Bibliographies 365
Critical studies 365
Shakespearean 365
forgeries
John Jordan 366
(1746-1809)
The Ireland forgeries 366
(1796)
List of forgeries 367
promulgated by
Collier and others
(1835-1849)
II--THE
BACON-SHAKESPEARE
CONTROVERSY
Its source 370
Toby Matthew's letter 371
of 1621
Chief exponents of 371
the theory
Its vogue in America 372
Extent of the 372
literature
Absurdity of the 373
theory
III--THE YOUTHFUL
CAREER OF THE EARL OF
SOUTHAMPTON
Shakespeare and 374
Southampton
Southampton's 374
parentage