THE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM RESTATED. By G. G. GREENWOOD, M.P. Demy 8vo. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: PLAYER, PLAYMAKER AND POET. A REPLY TO MR. GEORGE GREENWOOD, M.P. BY H. C. BEECHING, D. Litt., Canon of Westminster. Crown 8vo. BEECHING v. GREENWOOD REJOINDER ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT AUTHOR OF "THE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM restated" Seeking the bubble reputation LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD OF THE CALIFORNIA O PREFACE N November 25th, 1908, Canon Beeching read a lengthy paper before the Royal Society of Literature by way of answer to my book, The Shakespeare Problem Restated. By the kindness of the Secretary to the Society, Dr. Percy Ames, I received an invitation to be present, and by the kindness of Lord Collins, who presided, I was allowed, at the conclusion of Canon Beeching's paper, to utter a few words, not indeed of reply-there was no time for that—but of protest against a misstatement and, as I conceived myself justified in calling it, a mere travesty of my arguments. The Canon has now published his paper, together with two lectures delivered by him at the Royal 1 "I think it was generally recognized,” wrote a distinguished Fellow of the Society on November 28th, "that you were at a double disadvantage, having your arguments caricatured by an opponent and insufficient time for reply." To anticipate critics on the pounce let me say at once that I, of course, make no charge of conscious and deliberate misrepresentation. I would rather call it "very remarkable," and I think this will be the opinion of the reader who will have the patience to read the following pages. A 2 214746 |