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No. 22.] Saturpay, Marcu 30. 1850. See ete: 
CONTENTS, Edition of Shakspeare. I was pretty well acm. 
Nores : — Page | quainted with the contents of Mr. Knight's first | 
The Taming of the Shrew, by Samuel Hickson - - 315 | edition; and knowing that the subsequent work of 
Froyerbial Sayings and their Origins — - = - 317 | My. Collier. contained nothing bearing upon the 
William Basse and his Poems - - - - 348 + z as s Senos ee 
Folk Lore: — Something else about Salting. Norfolk point, I did not think of referrimg to an edition 
bie ee ka irish, "Medical Charms. Death. | | published aad understood, rather for the variation 
ed Superstitions . - A = - aes k > 
Meteor Hema by Dean Swift = 3 = 350 | of form than on account of the accumulation of 
Herrick’s Hesperides, by J. M. Gutch  - = - 350} new matter. Mr. Dyce appears to. consider the. 
Queries :— passages cited as instances of imitation, and not 
~ Rey Dr. Thomlinson 3590 | proofs of the identity of the writer. His opinion 
Minor Queries:—‘“ A” or “An’’—The Lucky have 
whole Days—Line quoted by De Quincey— Bishop 
Jewel’s Papers — Allusion in Friar Brackley’s Sermon 
— Quem Deus vult perdere —Snow of Chicksand 
Priory —The Bristol Riots—A living Dog better 
than a dead Lion — American Bittern — Inquisition 
in Mexico— Masters of St. Cross — Etymology of 
** Dalston”? —*“ Brown Study’ — Coal-Brandy— Swot 350 
ReEpPuies: — 
The Dodo, by S. W. Singer - - * - 353 
Watching the Sepulchre, by Rev. Dr. Rock, and E. V. 354 
Poem by Sir E. Dyer - = + ~ - 355 
Robert Crowley, by Rev. Dr. Maitland - - - 355 
Replies to Minor Queries :— John Ross Mackay — Ship- 
ster — Gourders — Rococo — God tempers the Wind — 
Guildhalls — Treatise of Equivocation — Judas Bell — 
Grumimett - - = - - - 356 
MISCELLANIES : — 
Duke of Monmouth — To Philautus — Junius — Arabic 
Numerals - - - - - - 358 
MiscELLANeEous : — 
Books and Old Volumes wanted - - - 359 
Notices to Correspondents - - - - 359 
Advertisements - - = = = - 359 
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. 
In two former communications on a subject 
incidental to that to which I now beg leave to call 
your attention, I hinted at a result far more im- 
portant than the discovery of the author of the 
Taming of a Shrew. That result I lay before 
your readers, in stating that I think I can show 
grounds for the assertion that the Taming of the 
Shrew, by Shakspeare, is the original play; and 
that the Taming of a Shrew, by Marlowe or what 
other writer soever, is a later work, and an imita- 
tion. I must first, however, state, that- having 
seen Mr. Dyce’s edition of Marlowe, I find that 
this writer's claim to the latter work had already 
been advanced by an American gentleman, in a 
work so obvious for reference as Knight's Library 
is certainly entitled to great respect: yet it may, 
nevertheless, be remarked, first, that the instance 
given, supposing Marlowe not to be the author, 
would be cases of theft rather than imitation, and 
which, done on so large a scale, would scarcely be 
confined to. the works of one writer; and, secondly, 
that in original passages there are instances of an, 
independence and vigour of thought equal to the 
best things that Marlowe ever wrote— a circum- 
stance not to be reconciled with the former suppo- 
sition. The following passage exhibits a freedom 
of thought more characteristic of this writer's 
reputation than are most of his known works :.—= 
« And custom-free, you marchants shall commerce 
And interchange the profits of your land, 
Sending you gold for brasse, silver for lead, 
Casses of silke for packes of wol and cloth, 
To bind this friendship and confirme this league.” 
Six Old Plays, p. 204. 
A short account of the process by which I came 
to a conclusion whieh, if established, must over- 
throw so many ingenious theories, will not, I trust, 
be uninteresting to your readers. _ In the relation- 
ship between these two plays there always seemed 
to be something which needed explanation. It 
was the only instance among the works of Shak- 
speare in which a direct copy, even to matters of 
detail, appeared to have been made; and, in spite 
of all attempts to gloss over and palliate, it was 
impossible to deny that an unblushing act of mere 
piracy seemed to have been committed, of which 
I never could bring myself to believe that Shak- 
speare had been guilty. The readiness to impute 
this act to him was to me but an instance of the 
unworthy manner in which he had almost univer- 
sally been treated ; and, without at the time having 
any suspicion of what I now take to be the fact, 
