CHAPTER XV.

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE (CONTINUED).

The Grounds of his Fame--Creation of Character--Imagination and Fancy--Power of Expression--His Faults--Influence of Elizabeth--Sonnets--Ireland and Collier--Concordance--Other Writers

BACON, AND THE RISE OF THE NEW PHILOSOPHY.

Birth and Early Life--Treatment of Essex--His Appointments--His Fall--Writes Philosophy--Magna Instauratio--His Defects--His Fame--His Essays

THE ENGLISH BIBLE.

Early Versions--The Septuagint--The Vulgate--Wiclif; Tyndale--Coverdale; Cranmer--Geneva; Bishop's Bible--King James's Bible--Language of the Bible--Revision