Note 21 — SHAKESPEARE—A THEORY
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More easily by far than Mr. Shakespeare’s neglect of his supposed poetical issue more especially after his retirement to Stratford. What was there, what would there be in the Stratford of those days with its Quineys, Harts, Sadlers, Walkers, and the rest, to interest a spirit so finely touched as Shakespeare’s? But this is too large a question to be discussed here.