Hickson may be induced to pursue his
own investigation further, and to develop more fully the
suggestion which he throws out as to a difference of style
discernible in the scenes which he attributes to Shakspeare. If
I understand him rightly, he sees traces in this play of the
earlier as well as the later hand of both poets. I cannot say
that I perceive any indications of this myself, nor, if it be
so, can I well make out how it should have come to pass. But I
should be glad to hear more about it."
It will be seen by the following extract from Mr. Emerson's
_Representative Men_, for which we are indebted to our correspondent
A.R., that the subject had attracted the attention of that distinguished
writer.--
"In _Henry VIII._, I think I see plainly the cropping out of the
original rock on which his (Shakspeare's) own finer stratum was
laid. The first play was written by a superior, thoughtful man,
with a vicious ear. I can mark his lines, and know well their
cadence.
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