D CONFESSIONS OF WILLIAM-HENRY IRELAND CONTAINING THE PARTICULARS OF HIS FABRICATION OF THE Shakspeare Manuscripts; TOGETHER WITH ANECDOTES AND OPINIONS OF MANY DISTINGUISHED PERSONS IN THE Literary, Political, and Theatrical World. A New Edition WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD GRANT WHITE AND ADDITIONAL FACSIMILES. NEW YORK: JAMES W. BOUTON, 706, BROADWAY. 1874. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, Bý JAMES W. BOUTON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. Stitch the large Engravings at the lower part of The Quintain Seal is to face title-page. PLATE I. No. I. Part of Queen Elizabeth's pretended Letter to Shakspeare; copied from the fac-simile in No. II. Conclusion of a Letter from Queen Eliza- beth to James the Sixth of Scotland. MSS. Cotton. Caligula. C. ix. p. 307. No. III. Conclusion of a Letter from the same vi DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. PLATE III. No. IV. Superscription of Lord Southampton's pretended Letter to Shakspeare. "MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS," &c. Copied from No. V. A pretended Receipt given by John Heminges to Shakspeare. From the same Collection. No. VI. A genuine Autograph of John Heminges; from a deed executed by him in 1617-18. No. VII. Two lines of a theatrical Account, pretended to have been written by Shakspeare; copied from "MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS," &C. No. VIII. A pretended autograph of Shakspeare ; copied from the same Collection. No. IX. Part of Shakspeare's pretended Letter to Lord Southampton. No. X. A. new Autograph of Shakspeare; from a Deed executed by him, March 10, 1612-13, in the possession of Albany Wallis, Esq. No. XI. XII. XIII. Autographs of Shakspeare, copied from his Will. No. XIV. Autograph of Richard Burbadge, from a deed executed by him, Dec. 22, 1593. No. XV. Autograph of John Duke, the player; from Henslowe's MS. No. XVI. Autograph of Joseph Taylor, the player; from a deed executed by him in 1612. No. XVII. Autograph of Nat. Field, the player; from a Letter written by him. No. XVIII. Autograph of Chapman, the poet, from Henslowe's MS. No. XIX. Autograph of R. Hathwaye, the poet, from Henslowe's MS. No. XX. Autograph of Massinger, the poet, from an original Letter. No. XXI. Autograph of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leycester. |
