Juvenile Instructor . red to give the succession in whichhis plays were written, and the probable yearor years in which they were composed. Of late years some have endeavored tobring proof that Shakespeare was not the au-thor of the plays attributed to him, and con-siderable controversy has thus arisen. But asthis is of no particular interest to the generalreader unless some new facts are established,it is needless to say more about the subject inthese columns. It is evident whoever wrote the playsknown as Shakespeares was endowed withrare talents. He, too, must have been wellversed in history
Juvenile Instructor . red to give the succession in whichhis plays were written, and the probable yearor years in which they were composed. Of late years some have endeavored tobring proof that Shakespeare was not the au-thor of the plays attributed to him, and con-siderable controversy has thus arisen. But asthis is of no particular interest to the generalreader unless some new facts are established,it is needless to say more about the subject inthese columns. It is evident whoever wrote the playsknown as Shakespeares was endowed withrare talents. He, too, must have been wellversed in history, in the Bible, and thoroughlyfamiliar with human character. But we some-times think admirers of Shakespeare go intosuch ecstacies over his works that they forgetwhat agencies he had to aid him, and whichhe made use of, and attribute to him super-human powers; and in comparing him withother poets and dramatists, they are so dazedwith his brilliant genius that they can see noevidence of it in the productions of -r : : ; „, ., :_ ,i,., „f T|„. i ,,m I lall aui \ , tl al bel( » it i n tin- It It is a room in Shakespeare; 666 THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. It is freely admitted that he stands foremostin his line, but others are not far behind inthe manifestation of the superior ability theypossess. Although Shakespeares plays are evidenceswithin themselves that they were produced bya master mind, their existence can be ac-counted for without crediting the author withsupernatural ability, as some persons are in-clined to do. With the materials he had athand it is not impossible to conceive that aman of rare genius could form out of themwhat we have in Shakespeares dramas, al-though the great variety in them would nat-urally lead one to believe that they were notall the work of one writer. The facts of his-tory and the legends and tales that were inexistence in his day furnished him plots forfoundations on which to build; the Bible,whose lofty sentiments and poetical grande
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