The English Bodley family . eare prettyeffectually. If I were a disbeliever in Shakespeare, I should callthis pretty good negative proof This reminds me of the wits ac-count of the Charter Oak: that the hole in which the Charter washid was brought over in the tenth century, and the Oak which wasto surround it was planted in the eleventh century. There was a pretty walk up to the church through an aisle shadedwith lime-trees, and the children stopped at the porch to read thenotices posted on the door. One of them was headed : — The return of the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor ofthe bo
The English Bodley family . eare prettyeffectually. If I were a disbeliever in Shakespeare, I should callthis pretty good negative proof This reminds me of the wits ac-count of the Charter Oak: that the hole in which the Charter washid was brought over in the tenth century, and the Oak which wasto surround it was planted in the eleventh century. There was a pretty walk up to the church through an aisle shadedwith lime-trees, and the children stopped at the porch to read thenotices posted on the door. One of them was headed : — The return of the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor ofthe borough or township of Stratford-upon-Avon. ... of men qual-ified to serve on juries. Here is William Shakespeares name in the list ! exclaimedMargaret Bodley. To be sure, said Sarah. He is our old friend the , he is set down Shakespeare, William, cordwainer, a freeholder. But what a singular place to post the notice, said Charles. Why? asked John. * Why, its on a church door. I should think it would be on the. STRATFORD CHURCH. I A RAINY DAY. 69 town-hall door, or the court-house, or the police station. And hereare all these notices. We always have them so, said John. I dont see anythingodd about it. You would have seen just such notices once on church doors inNew England, Charles, said his cousin. You are used to seeingthe church kept quite distinct from the town. It is under the con-trol of a society in America, that has nothing to do with overseersof the poor or juries. By the way, Charles, what do you mean by aparish ? A parish ? why — why, it is the people who go to some partic-ular church. Is that your idea of a parish, John ? No. A parish is a town or a part of a town. You are both pretty nearly right. In England a parish is aterritory under the government of some one church, and the officersof that church have a certain authority over all the people withinthat territory. People all belong to one parish or another, whetherthey go to the parish church or
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