Subject Index
NB: Articles are described here by words which best assist their retrieval; authors names are in brackets. This index includes names of people as the subject of an article; obituaries are also indexed. References provided to link related headings may aid searching. Pressures of space mean that Francis Bacon and Shakespeare often have their names abbreviated. Pagination, a feature of the author index, is shown here only for anonymous articles.
-Acrostics (Related headings: Anagrams, Ciphers, Cryptograms)- Acrostic poem for Anthony Bacon (Corres.) 80 Feb 1933 p.164
- Acrostics and quibbles. ('Arden') 159 Dec 1958
- Anagrams and acrostics. (Whistler) 5 Jan 1904
- Francis Bacon's acrostics. (Comes.) 59 July 1917 p.186-189
- The Francis Walsingham acrostic (Seymour) 72 July 1927. p.30
Actors (Related headings: Alleyn, Theatre)
- Elizabethan audiences and players (Eagle) 114 Jan 1945
- A Pleasant invective against actors (Bayley) 5 Jan 1904
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), Essayist
- Admirer of FB (Leith) 83 Oct 1935
Adolphus, Gustavus (1597- 1631), King of Sweden
- Droeshout portrait of 121 Oct 1946 p. 165
"Advancement of Learning"
- And Hamlet (Moore) J 5 1891
- Citation from it, with notes (Hardy) 159 Dec 1958
- Discussed (Gundry) 67 Sept 1924
- Letter concerning it 165 Oct 1965
- Its modern application (Pogson) 138 Jan 1951
- The Plotting of a scientific revolution (Ardolino) 176 Oct 1976
- Some printing oddities (Biddulph) 110 Jan 1944
- Title page illustration 160 Mar 1960 (Frontispiece)
Adversity - FBs philosophy in essay on adversity J 8 1891 (with King Lear illus.)
Agate, James, 20th century dramatic critic and diarist
- Commented upon in editorial 113 Oct 1944
- Criticised in editorial 129 Autumn 1948
- A fence sitter? (Eagle) 117 Oct 1945
- Notes upon 119 Apr 1946 p.43
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Alchemy
- Alchemy and the Holy Grail (Bayley) 17 Jan 1907 illus. (Reprinted in 192)
- Alchemystic at-one-ment (Bayley) 18 Apr 1907. Blus. with watermarks
- Bacon, alchemist (McKaig) 184 Dec 1984. Illus.
Alexander The Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedonia
- Used as a model by FB? S2 13 Jan 1896 p.19-28
Allegories, allusions and sayings
- Allusions and allegories (Leith) 110 Jan 1944
- Campion's epigrams (Eagle) 174 Dec 1974
- Early fraud detect. (Osmotherley) 73 Dec 1927 (The `Commonsense' allegory)
- FB's antithesis (aphorisms) of things (Pott) S2 10 July 1895 p.57-58
- The Learned Pig 99 Apr 1941 p. 189-190
- The Life and adventures of Commonsense (Bunten) 62 Mar 1920
- Storehouse... new and old (Leith) 30 Apr 1910 (Spencer's collection of 1658)
Allen, Percy, Oxfordian writer
- Debates FB v. Oxford as Sha, with R. L. Eagle 119 Apr 1946 p.75-78
Alleyn, Edward (1566-1626), actor-entrepreneur
- Alleyn and FB (Bunten) 73 Dec 1927
- Alleyn and FB (Eagle) 143 July 1952
"All's Well That Ends Well"
- Baconian source for its plot (Farrington) 169 Sept 1969
- Sha. shows up the Earl of Oxford (Seymour) 80 Feb 1933
Amboise, Pierre, l6th-17th cent. French translator (identity feigned?)
- Amboise and Wats (Theobald) 74 June 1928
- Differing motives ... (Brameld) 195 Nov 1998
- His 1631 life of FB ( Cuningham) 15 July 1906
- A translation of Amboise's life of FB 155 Nov 1956
American Bar Association
- Its 1959-1960 articles on FB and Sha noted (Letter from America) 194 1997
Anagrams (Related headings: Acrostics, Ciphers, Cryptograms)
- Anagram signatures of FB (Cuningham) 64 June 1922
- Anagrams (Pott) S2 5 Apr 1894. Diagrs.
- Anagrams and acrostics (Whistler) 5 Jan 1904
- Closed network (Henrion) 177 Nov 1977. Illus.
- A Greek anagram (Biddulph) S2 21 Jan 1898
- Matt. Arnold's Merope (Bokenham) 162 Mar 1962
Anders, H. R. D., German writer on Sha. c.1904
- Challenged 22 Apr 1908 p. 135-137; 23 July 1908 p.178-185; and corres.
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Andrea, Raymund, (1882-1975), Rosicrucian sage
- On FB (Barker) 187 Dec 1987
Andreae, J. V (1586-1654), a leading Rosicrucian
- The Andreae family and FB 128 Summer 1948 p.164-165
- Portrait of 125 Oct 1947 p.180, 182
Anger
- As portrayed by Shakespeare (Hunt) 29 Jan 1910
"Anne Boleyn" (a play)
- Ciphers in (Nickson) 67 Sept 1924
Anniversaries
- Fifty years of The FB Society celebrated at Annual Dinner 83 Oct 1935 p.49-57
- Looking back 50 years (Leith) 84 June 1936
"Antony and Cleopatra"
- A &C and Julius Caesar (Wigston) S 229 Jan 1900
Aphorisms see Allegories, Allusions and Sayings
Appreciations see Obituaries and Appreciations
Aquinas, St. Thomas (1225-1274), Scholastic philosopher
- FB's debt to the schoolmen (Collins) 149 Sept 1954; 150 Dec 1954;
151 May 1955; 152 Sept 1955
Archery
- Notes for Justice Madden ...on FB/Sha interests (Hunt) 26 Apr 1909
- Shakespeare an archer (Pott) S2 19 July 1897 p.144-156
Aristotle (384-322BC), Greek philosopher
- Allegedly misquoted (Caldecott) S2 6 Aug 1894
Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888), Poet and critic
- Anagram in his Merope (Bokenham) 162 Mar 1962
Art
- Style tests in, compared to literary style tests (Sennett) 81 Jan 1934
"Art of English Poesy" 1589
- Authorship of? (Woodward) 10 Apr 1905
- Authorship queried (Eagle) 106 Jan 1943 And corres.
- Discussed (Leith) 57 Jan 1917 and 77 Aug 1930
Artefacts
- FB's collections (Pott) S2 20 Oct 1897 (Vases, baskets, cornucopias) "As You Like It"
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- Esoteric significance of (Pogson) 131 Apr 1949
- Meaning of word 'ducdame' (Caldecott) S2 15 July 1896
- Parallels with other works (Hickson) 74 June 1928
The Ashbourne portrait
- Is it Shakespeare? Editorial 97 Oct 1940
Asbies Estate
- Sha and Asbies (Hardy) 47 July 1914 and 48 Oct 1914
Astrology
- FB and Sha. on astrology (Caldecott) S 1 2 Oct 1892
- FB, Sha. and the stars 101 Oct 1941 p.280-284
Astronomy see Cosmology
Aubrey, John (1626-1697), Literary `gossip'
- Note on Aubrey (Editorial) 176 Oct 1976
Audiences
- Document (of 1742) on rules for Eliz. theatre audiences note 4 Oct 1903 p.255
- More sophisticated audiences in Eliz. times? (Comes.) 174 Dec 1974
Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1579-1666) (Related heading: Selenus)
- Gustavus Selenus (Bruns) 77 Aug 1930
- Illus. of him with FB (Henrion) 136 July 1950
Authorship, wide range of claimed for FB see Quantity
Autographs
- Forged one of Sha. alleged S2 5 Apr 1894 p.275-277
Bacon, Lady Anne
- Corresp. with her sons (Denning) 80 Feb 1933 (Sha. parallels suggested)
- Justice and the widow (Denning) 85 Jan 1937 (Sha. refs. suggested)
- Portrait S 1 1 May 1892 r Bacon, Anthony (1558-1601)
Bacon, Anthony (1558-1601)
- Acrostic poem for Anthony Bacon. (Corres. ) 80 Feb 1933 p.) f.4
- Another clue to authorship (Driver) 185 Dec 1985
-Anthony Bacon (Bunnett) 148 May 1954 and 149 Sept 1954
- As Sha. and his dark lady (Driver) 190 1991
- The Authorship of the plays (Driver) 189 Dec 1990 and corres.
- Du Maurier's 'Golden lads' (Driver) 193 1995
- From the archives (Bokenham) 173 Dec 1973
- His correspondence (Pott) S1 2 Oct 1892
- Notes on him (Editorial) 180 Nov 1980
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- part author of Sha. with FB? (Denning) 80 Feb 1933
- Passports of 1586 (Bunten) 69 Dec 1925 and 71 Dec 1926
- Was he a poet? S2 17 Jan 1897 p.40-52
Bacon, Delia (1811-1859), early American anti-Stratfordlan
- Her life reviewed J 9 1891 p.157-165
- A pioneer (Pares) Pt. 1 150 Dec 1954; Pt.2 151 May 1955; Pt.3 153 Dec 1955; Pt.4 155 Nov 1956; Pt.5 156 Apr 1957; Pt.6 157 Nov 1957; Pt. 7 158 June1958. (Later all collected and published as a booklet).
Bacon, Francis see other headings, e.g. Biography; Character; Death and Burial; Mystery; Philosophy; Quantity of writings
Bacon, Sir Nicholas
- Corpus Christi exhibition on him 179 Oct 1979 p.1 1-12 (and editorial note)
- Portrait S 1 1 May 1892 p.32 (Discussed p.51-52)
- Will of 51 July 1915 p.181-184
Bacon, Roger (1214?-1294) philosopher
- Compared and contrasted with FB (Candler) S2 40 Oct 1902
- Contrasted with FB (Gundry) 129 Autumn 1948
The Bacon Society see Francis Bacon Society
'Baconian Jottings'
- Its termination announced by the Bramelds (Corres.) 190 1991
Baconian Theory (General articles on FB as 'Shakespeare')
- Address on FB as Sha. (Ames) S2 (23) July 1898
- Bacon and the errors in the plays (Eagle) 104 July 1942
- The Bacon-Shakespeare controversy 73 Dec 1927 p.113-122
- The Bacon-Shakespeare problem (Strang) S2 27 July 1899
- Baconian illustrations (Theobald) J8 1891
- Baconian progress (Dawkins corres.) 193 1995 p.94-95
- Baconian theory declared moribund by Dover Wilson '(Edit.) 96 Apr 1940
- Baconianism: past, present, future S2 (30) Apr 1900 p.53-62
- The Beginning of Sha. authorship doubts 21 Jan 1908 p.7-16
- A Bit of Baconian theory (Pott) S2 18 Apr 1897
- Charles Higgins' view J 4 1889 p.148-157
- Colour illus. of Sha. and FB (Frontis.) 112 July 1944
- Composita Solvantur (Esbroeck) 79 Feb 1932
- Controversy to the fore 32 Oct 1910 p.230-237
- Controversy with a doubting Thomas (Wright) 141 Oct 1951
- Could FB have found the time? (Eagle) 103 Apr 1942
- Criticism of Baconian theory, evaluated (Stronach) S2 25 Jan 1899
- Defence of Baconianism (Roe) S2 22 Apr 1898
- Did FB write Sha? (Fearon) J 2 1888
- Documentary evidence (Bridgewater) 127 Spring 1948
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- Does it matter? (Bridgewater) 101 Oct 1941; 102 Jan 1942
- Dogma v. Knowledge (Eagle) 133 Oct 1949
- Elementary Baconianism S2 18 Apr 1897 p.91-103; 19 July 1897 p.123-139
- An Elizabethan whodunnit (Bentley) 161 Feb 1961
- The Eternal controversy (Weber-Ebenhoff) 68 Mar 1925
- Evidence for FB as Sha. (Pott?) S2 12 Nov 1895 p.155-169
- Facts that fit (Baker) Pt.1 104 July 1942; Pt.2 105 July 1942;,
Pt.3 106 Jan 1943; Pt.4 107 Apr 1943
- For Sha. read Bacon 56 Oct 1916 p.208-212
- FB and Knights of the Helmet (Pares) 161 Feb 1961'
- FB and Sha. (Batchelor) 58 Apr 1917
- FB or Sha? (Godfrey) 138 Jan 1951
- FB or Sha? A guide for beginners (Eagle) 3 parts 147 Dec 1953;
148 May 1954; 149 Sept 1954
- FB/Sha. anatomy (Melsome) 4 parts 93 Apr 1939; 94 July 1939;
95 Oct 1939; 96 Apr 1940
- FB, Sha. and the critics (Cuningham) 57 Jan 1917
- FB: his relation to the plays (Platt) 36 Oct 1911
- A Friendly suggestion (Garland) S 1 2 Oct 1892
- Gifts from orthodoxy ('Arden') 4 parts. 147 Dec 1953; 150 Dec 1954;
151 May 1955; 152 Sept 1955
- It does matter! (Thurloe) 133 Oct 1949
- It doesn't matter! (Hadman) 111 Apr 1944
- Links in the chain (Pott) Series of articles, commencing p.27 of S2 9 Apr 1895: "Scraps of information bearing upon the life, aims, work, friends, associates
of Francis Bacon"
- More heterodoxy (Scantlebury) 130 1949 - Mutatis mutandis (Filon) 174 Dec 1974
- Noteworthy opinions on controversy 73 Dec 1927 p.166-168
- One side of the coin (Pares) 165 Oct 1965
-Prospects for the theory (Pott) S2 9 Apr 1895
- A Query for G. Lloyd Evans (Comes.) 179 Oct 1979
- Rambling notes (Colomb) 40 Oct 1902
- Reasons for Baconian theory (Pott) S2 12 Nov 1895
- Reasons for saying FB wrote the plays Pt.1 90 July 1938 p.143;
Pt.2 91 Oct 1938 p.179-180; Pt. 3 92 Jan 1939 p.40-41
- The Shadow of FB's mind 69 Dec 1925 p.105-116
- St. Albans' hemet (Roe) 72 July 1927
- Sha and FB (Comes.) 80 Feb 1933
- Sha. = FB is it possible? S2 14 Apr 1896 p70-76
- Sha. --- FB (Durning-Lawrence) 32 Oct 1910
- Sha. and FB (Gibson) 88 Jan 1938
- Sha. dethroned (Comes. with various views) 166 June 1966 p.42-107
- A Sketch of some early FB advocates (Editorial) 96 Apr 1940
- A Startling document (Henrion) 164 Oct 1964
- A Stratford tragi-comedy (Cam) 166 June 1966 (Compiled from press news)
- Who was the first Baconian? 82 Jan 1935 p.25-28 (Gives names and notes)
- Who was Sha? (Lawrence) 68 Mar 1925
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- Who was Sha? (Pares) 165 Oct 1965 Illus.
- Who wrote the plays? (brief list of key points) 144 Nov 1952 p.138-140
- Who wrote Shakespeare? 73 Dec 1927 p.113-122
- Who wrote Sha? (Johnson) 136 July 1950 (Contains a challenge)
- Who wrote Sha. plays? (Murchison) 104 July 1942 (An imag. conversation)
- The Why and wherefore 88 Jan 1938 p.45-48
- Why it matters (Bridgewater) 77 Aug 1930
- Willful thinking (Gundry) 132 July 1949
- William Sha. of Stratford (Smithson) 47 July 1914
- A Word to anti-Baconians (Leith) 76 Dec 1926
"Baconiana"
- Early progress report S2 13 Jan 1896 p.5-11
- The First `American Baconiana' announced 65 June 1923 p.144
- List of editors 1886-1984 184 Dec 1984 p.97
Barclay, J (1582-1621) Allegorical novelist
- `Argenis' (Bunnett) 109 Oct 1943. And corres.
- `Argenis' and FB (Cuningham) 35 July 1911
- `Argenis' and the mystery of FB (Smedley) 33 Jan 1911
- `Argenis' - the key 78 Feb 1931 p.237-240
Barnham, Alice, Wife of Francis Bacon
- Alice Barnham (Eagle) 139 Apr 1951
- FB's girl wife (Horsey) 140 July 1951
- Her life (Cockburn) 62 Mar 1920 (Re. Bunten's biography)
Barrie, Sir James M. (1860-1937) Dramatist and Novelist
- 'Sha's legacy': a play ( discussed by Hopper) 75 Feb 1929
"Battle of Wills": BBC 2 TV Programme 23.10.1994 - Extracts (Carr) 193 1995. And Corres.
"The Beautiful Lady"
- Beautiful lady (Bidder) S2 4 Feb 1894 p.224-226;
- Comment on above (Theobald) S2 5 Apr 1984 p.289-290
Behaviour
- Advice on from FB and Sha. S 1 2 Oct 1892 (Theobald)
Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953) Writer and poet
- His opinions on Baconian theory 26 Apr 1909 p.109-115
Bi-literal cipher (Related headings: Ciphers, Gallup, E. W.)
- The Bi-literal cipher (Gallup) S2 34 Apr 1901
- The Bi-lit. cipher and fact sheets from `De Augmentis'(Pott) S2 33 Jan 1901
- The Bi-lit. cipher and Sha's sonnets (Fera) 185 Dec 1985
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- The Bi-lit. cipher criticized (Candler) S2 35 July 1901, with response by
Mrs Pott; rejoinder by Candler S2 36 Oct 1901
- The Bi-lit. cipher story (Bompass) S2 33 Jan 1901; retort by Woodward S2 34 Apr 1901
- Bi-lit. cipher in `Henry V l l' 11 July 1905 (articles by Kindersley and Bompass)
Gallup replies to Bompass 12 Oct 1905
- The Bi-literal cipher of FB (Beaumont) 130 Jan 1949 Diagrs.
- The Bi-literal cipher of FB (Johnson) 135 Apr 1950; 136 July 1950
- The Cipher and the concealed poet (Eagle) 131 Apr 1949; rejoinder by
Beaumont also in 131 Apr 1949; Eagle's reaction is in 132 July 1949
- A cipher within: eval. of Seymour's work on bi-literal (Gundry) 64 June 1922
- The Davison mistake (Woodward) 63 Mar 1921
- Editorial notes and corres. on 130 Jan 1949
- An Examination examined (Gallup) S2 37 Jan 1902 p.21-25
- Experiments in the bi-literal cipher (Lovell) 160 Mar 1960
- FB's bi-literal cipher S2 32 Oct 1900 p.153-160
- FB's posthumous replies (Fuller) 144 Nov 1952
- The Gallup decipher (Ewen) 83 Oct 1935, with additional note from Seymour;
and 85 Jan 1937
- The Gallup letters 172 Dec 1972 p.7-21
- Letter from Mrs. Gallup 3 July 1903 p.189-190
- Mrs. Gallup and the cipher (Prescott) 86 July 1937
- Mrs. Gallup and the cipher 177 Oct 1977 p.50-53
- Mrs. Gallup's bad history (P Woodward) 15 July 1906
- Mrs. Gallup's cipher (F. Woodward) 64 June 1922
- The mechanism of the cipher (Gundry) 127 Spring 1948
- Objective evidence for the bi-literal cipher (Fera) 180 Nov 1980
- On bi-literal deciphering (Seymour) 64 June 1922
- On deciphering it (Penkuhn) 151 May 1955
- Problem of cipher and Marlowe death Corres. 147 Dec 1953; 148 May 1954
- Reasons for rejecting it (Cockburn) 73 Dec 1927
- Rejoinder to Cockburn (Seymour) 73 Dec 1927
- Shows FB as playwright (Woodward) 34 Apr 1911 p.102-109
-Vocabulary and the cipher (Eagle) 146 Aug 1953
- Word and bi-literal ciphers (Prescott) 91 Dec 1938
Bias of commentators
- Appeal for justice (Johnson) 161 Feb 1961
- Baconians and baloney (Cornwall) 126 Jan 1948
- Crackpots or ostriches? 137 Oct 1950 p.221-223
- The Hidden hand (`Veritas') 74 June 1928
- A House divided (Gundry) 118 Jan 1946
- In a BBC broadcast (Corres.) 164 Oct 1964
- In book reviews (Corres.) S2 35 July 1901 p.152-153
- Minds barred to facts (Gundry) 134 Jan 1950
- No foolish tribune (Eagle) 119 Apr 1946 ( On bias of reviewers)
- Orthodox inexactitudes (Eagle) 169 Sept 1969
- A Ponderation (Leith) 62 Mar 1920
- Prejudice of several Stratfordian writers (Challinor) 193 1995
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- Proxime accessit! (Bridgewater) 106 Jan 1943
- Quizzing the press critics (Beaumont) 125 Oct 1947
- Red faces and vested interests (Michell) 193 1995
- A Review of reviewers (Rosmar) 124 July 1947
- The Scholarship bogey (Baker) 99 Apr 1941
Bible (Related headings: Psalms, Religion)
- The AX Bible (Fermor) 162 Mar 1962
- The AX Bible (1611): was FB editor? (Nickson) 79 Feb 1932 p.11-20
- The Dedication of the AX Bible and Sha. (Francis) 54 Apr 1916
- Ecclesiastes 10:1 and FB (Melsome) 5 parts. 93 Apr 1939; 94 July 1939; 95 Oct 1939;
96 Apr 1940; 98 Jan 1941
- FB and the King James Bible (Loosley) 134 Jan 1950
- FB, Sha. and Proverbs 29. 102 Jan 1942 p.17-31
- FB, Sha. and Proverbs 25-26 (Melsome) 106 Jan 1943; 107 Apr 1943
- Sha. and the Bible (editorial) 113 Oct 1944
- Sha's profound knowledge of the Bible (Biddulph) 138 Jan 1951
- The Title page of the A.V. Bible (Dawkins) 179 Oct 1979 Illus.
Biographies (General)
- Sometimes feigned S2 31 July 1900 p.101-113; S2 32 Oct 1900 p.179-188
Biography and biographies of Francis Bacon
- The Enigma of Francis Bacon 128 Summer 1948 p.138-141
- Francis Bacon (Witney) 147 Dec 1953; 148 May 1954; 149 Sept 1954
- FB as viewed by biographers (Theobald) J I June 1888
- FB's biographers (Cockburn) 69 Dec 1925
- FB's character in 17th century biography (Eagle) 135 Apr 1950
- FB's life (Amboise; trs. Henrion) 155 Nov 1956
- FB's preoccupations and priorities (Eagle) 60 Oct 1917
- FB's status today (Gentry) 148 May 1954
- FB's tragic year (`Historicus') 123 Apr 1947
- The First life of FB (published in France, 1631) 59 July 1917 p.133-141
- The `French' life of FB (Woodward) 59 July 1917
- God's servant (Leary) 185 Dec 1985
- His secret history (Fuller) 143 July 1952
- Life and character discussed. Editorial 161 Feb 1961
- Life of FB 90 July 1938 p.130-133
- Links in the chain (Pott) Series of articles, commencing p.27 of S2 9 Apr 1895:
"Scraps of information bearing upon the life, aims, work, friends, associates of
Francis Bacon"
- Mallet's life of FB, 1740 (Bokenham) 164 Oct 1964; 165 Oct 1965
- Never met Sha. of Stratford? (Scantlebury) 130 Jan 1949
-A New life of Lord Bacon (Cuningham) 14 Apr 1906
- Records of his early life (Wood) 144 Nov 1952
- Rowe: FB's first biographer (Bokenham) 178 Dec 1978
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- Sidelights on FB (M. F. Bayley) 142 Jan 1952
- Towards a more correct biography (Woodward) 7 parts 152 Sept 1955;
53 Dec 1955; 154 June 1956; 155 Nov 1956;
56 Apr 1957; 158 June 1958; 159 Dec 1958
- Was FB crowned King? (Bayley) 86 July 1937 Illus.
Birth of Francis Bacon (Related heading: Royal Birth Theory)
- Corres. on FB's birthplace 148 May 1954
- FB's birthday (Bompass) S2 36 Oct 1901
Bismarck, Prince Otto von (1815-1898)
- Claimed as a Baconian 2 Apr 1903 p.129
Blood, Circulation of
- The Blood stream (Pares) 180 Nov 1980
- Circulation of blood: Harvey anticipated in Sha? Comes. 75 Feb 1929
- Dr. Harvey and FB (Fermor) 157 Nov 1957
- Harvey, Fludd and FB (Fermor) 158 June 1958
"Boar's Head"
- Comments upon this tavern S2 14 Apr 1896 p.76-82
Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613) Diplomat and scholar
- Bodley and the Earl of Essex 26 Apr 1909 p.116-119
- Letter to FB 22 Apr 1908 p.75-81
- Letter to the young FB 21 Jan 1908 p.40-42
Boener, Peter, Dutch apothecary
- His life of FB (1647) 15 July 1906 p.141-145
- His testimony 14 Apr 1906 (Corres. p.108-109)
Bolland, Prof. G. J. P. J. (1854-1922)
- A Famous Dutch Baconian (Prins) 171 Dec 1971
Bohemia see "Winter's Tale"
Book of Common Prayer
- FB responsible for it? (Comes.) 72 July 1927
Books (Related heading: Libraries)
- Of Shakespeare (Theobald) 9 Jan 1905
- Rare Baconian books advertised 194 1997 p.90
Bough, Frank, T.V. commentator
- Broadcast interview on Sha. with Ian Wilson 11.1.1994 (Carr) 194 1997 p. 4-6
Briggs, Lord Asa (b.1921), Historian
- Wishes he could have met FB. (Editorial) 183 Dec 1983
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Bright, T. (1550-1615), Physician
- His Treatise on Melancholy (Woodward) 35 July 1911
Brooke, C. F. Tucker (1883-1946), American Sha. commentator
- His Shakespeare of Stratford criticised 74 June 1928 p.209-212
Brown, Ivor, 20th cent. Shakespeare critic
- His `Shakespeare' questioned. (Corres.) 152 Sept 1955
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682), Physician and author
- Who was Dr. Brown(e)? (Johnson) 134 Jan 1950
Brunswick, Duke of see Augustus
Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Buried secret: Bacon family vault there? (Otto) 139 Apr 1951; 140 July 1951
Buckle, Henry T. (1821-1862), Historian
- Sidelights from his history of civilisation in England 5 Jan 1904 p.25-38
Bulwer, Lord Lytton (1801-1872), Diplomat and author
- Friendly to Baconians? (Wilstach) S1 1 May 1892
Bunyan, John (1628-1688), Allegorical writer
- Authorship of his works ... ciphers. (Corres.) 77 Aug 1930 p.219-220
Burbage, Cuthbert, 17th cent. part-owner of Globe Theatre
- His silence (Johnson) 128 Summer 1948
Burghley, Lord William Cecil, Elizabethan statesman
- Burghley and FB (Smedley) 38 Apr 1912
- William Cecil (Gundry) 127 Spring 1949
Burton, Richard (1925-1984), Actor
- Lecture on Sha's Welshmen reported. Editorial 148 May 1954
Burton, Robert (1577-1640), Author
- 'Anatomy of Melancholy' exhibits FB's mind (Millar) 113 Oct 1944
- Authorship of 'Anatomy of Melancholy' queried (Theobald) 12 Oct 1905
- Editorial discusses Burton. 170 Nov 1970 Illus.
- Illus. from `Anatomy of Melancholy' 175 Oct 1975 Frontis.
- Illus. of `Anatomy of Melancholy' title page 181 Nov 1981 Frontis
- Jacobean virtuoso (Dewey) 174 Dec 1974
- Request to open his Christ Church tomb 173 Dec 1973 p.11-16. And Corres.
- The Shakespeare-Burton theory (Parker) 63 Mar 1921
Bushell, Thomas, Servant of Francis Bacon
- Did FB hide his light? S2 33 Jan 1901
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Busts (Related headings: Portraits, Pictures, Photographs)
- Dugdale's bust. Corres. 136 July 1950 and 137 Oct 1950 Illus.
- Dugdale's bust and the modem one of Sha. 103 Apr 1942 Illus.
- Dugdale's bust illus. and compared 145 Mar 1953 p.35
- Francis Bacon bust (owned by The Society) Notes 103 Apr 1942 Illus.
- Sketch of bust of FB. Editorial 118 Jan 1946 Illus.
- The Stratford bust. Editorial 155 Nov 1956. Illus.
Cabala see Kabala
Caimcross, Andrew S., 20th cent. commentator on dates of Sha. plays
- Some Shakespeare doubts (Millar) 111 Apr 1944
Caius, Dr. John (1510-1573), Master of a Cambridge College
- Built into `The Merry Wives of Windsor' (Robb) 132 July 1949
Calendar
- Changes in date of New Year's Day (Cuningham) 48 Oct 1914
Cambridge University
- And Sha. links (Eagle) 68 Mar 1925
- Document shows `Shakespeare' a student there (Robb) 132 July 1949
- Expenses for Anthony and Francis Bacon at Trinity 143 July 1952
- FB and seats of learning 70 Apr 1926 p.203-211
- FB at Cambridge 99 Apr 1941 p.176-178
Campbell, O. J., sometime Professor of English, Columbia University
- His methods and ideas criticised (Habgood) 98 Jan 1941
Campion, Sydney R., 20th century writer and journalist
- Becomes a Baconian and Society member (Editorial) 127 Spring 1948
Campion, Thomas (1567?-1619)
- His epigrams (Eagle) 174 Dec 1974
Canonbury Tower
A Canonbury inscription 2 Apr 1903 p.116-117
- A Canonbury inscription (Rosher) 24 Oct 1908
- Canonbury Tower (Dawkins) 176 Oct 1976
- Canonbury Tower and Crosby Hall S2 31 July 1900 p.144-149
- Comments on two inscriptions therein (Kilvington) 179 Oct 1979 Illus.
- Editorial notes 147 Dec 1953. Illus; 148 May 1954, with corres;
149 Sept 1954, with illus. of oak panelling
- FB and Canonbury Tower (Brameld) 175 Oct 1975
- A Historical sketch (Seymour) 68 Mar 1925 Illus.
- New premises opened 68 Mar 1925 p.24-25
- Symbols of the Brotherhood there (Dawkins) 177 Nov 1977
- A Word or two on Canonbury Tower S2 30 Apr 1900 p.94-99
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Cardano, Geronimo (1501-1576) Italian pioneer of scientific method
- Two renaissance Magi (Fermor) 182 Nov 1982. And corres.
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881)
- And the Stratford legend (Baker) 87 Oct 1937
Carpenter, B. F. (Sometime editor, `New Shakespeareana')
- Challenge by Anders reported 22 Apr 1908 p.135-137; 23 July 1908 p.178-185
Carpenter, Nathaniel (1588-1635), Philosopher and geographer
- His `geography' discussed (Johnson) 144 Nov 1952
Cartoons
- Clone conspiracy (FB/Sha. material for the young) Corres. 195 Nov 1998
`Cataian'
- Meaning of this Shakespeare epithet 1 Jan 1903 p.4-5
Cecil (For Robert Cecil see Salisbury; for William Cecil see Burghley)
Cervantes, S. M. de (1547-1616) Novelist and dramatist
- Analysis of Latin entries in Promus with translation (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- The Authorship of `Don Quixote' (Nickson) 78 Feb 1931
-Cervantes, England and `Don Quixote' (Carr) 193 1995
- Cervantes, FB, and Sha: Great Assizes (Biddulph) S2 13 Jan 1896
- Did FB write `Don Quixote'? 47 July 1914 p.169-170
- `Don Quixote' (Cuningham) 58 Apr 1917
- `Don Quixote' (Johnson) 113 Oct 1944
- `Don Quixote' 56 Oct 1916 (Woodward)
- Extracts and parallels with other works (Hickson) 74 June 1928 Illus.
- The Fronds. of `Don Quixote': a discovery (Owen) 147 Dec 1953
- Further links between FB and `Don Quixote' (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- John Heywood, a probable source (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- A Most humourous quixotic quest (Henrion) 179 Oct 1979 Illus.
- Observations on `Don Quixote'(Langdon-Down) 143 July 1952 (Repr. in 195)
- Philips' `Don Quixote' 1687 (Haworth-Booth) 53 Jan 1916
- Portraits discused (Woodward) 63 Mar 1921
- Review of FB, Sha. and Cervantes (Hickson) 64 June 1922 and 65 June 1923
- Some notes on Cervantes (Biddulph) 100 July 1941
- Some thoughts on `Don Quixote' (Hutchinson) 53 Jan 1916
- Who wrote `Don Quixote'? (Carr) 194 1997. Illus. (And comment by Carr
elsewhere in 194); and 195 Nov 1998. And Corrres.
- Word length freq. in sonnets of Sha. and `Don Quixote' (Alabaster) 194 1997
Chapman, George (1559? -1634?)
- Sha. and Chapman (Eagle) 60 Oct 1917 (Comment on a J. M. Robertson book)
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Character, abilities and reputation of Francis Bacon
- An Appeal for justice (Johnson) 161 Feb 1961
- As reflected in Sha's works (Theobald) S2 5 Apr 1894
- Asking for office (Theobald) 28 Oct 1909
- The Character and genius of FB S2 25 Jan 1899 p.19-27
- The Character of FB attacked (Gwynne) 191 1992. And corres.
- A Contrast of opinions (Bompass) 3 July 1903
- Corres: editor and Lord Denning on FB 185 Dec 1985; 186 Dec 1986
- Defamed in the press (Comes.) 182 Nov 1982
- Discussed in comes. 182 1982
- Discussed in editorial 161 Feb 1961
- Discussed in introd. to centenary issue (Cockburn) 70 Apr 1926
- The Enigma of FB 128 Summer 1948 p.138-141
- FB after four centuries (Trevor-Roper) 162 Mar 1962
- FB after his "fall" (Farrington) 172 Dec 1972
- FB upside down (Mathews) 179 Oct 1979
- FB: villain of the piece? (Mathews)174 Dec 1974; 175 Oct 1975
- FB's character as shown in 17th century biography (Eagle) 135 Apr 1950
- FB's "fall" (Gentry) 151 May 1955
- FB's impeachment (Gwynne) 189 Dec 1990. And comes.
- FB's rebirth ( Bayley) 81 Jan 1934
- FB's reputation among literati (Sigwart) 166 June 1966
- FB's vindication (Baker) 89 Apr 1938 (Repr. 156 Apr 1957)
- From little acorns (Hall) 189 Dec 1990
- Further vindication of Verulam (Cockburn) 64 June 1922; 65 June 1923
- His preoccupations (Eagle) 40 Oct 1917
- The Light bearer (Bunnett) 96 Apr 1940
- Macaulay and Bacon (Stronach) 7 July 1904
- Malicious defamation of FB (Johnston) 142 Jan 1952
- A Man of clean hands? (Gwynne) 187 Dec 1987. And comes.
- The Persecut. of FB (Baker) 176 Oct 1976, with ed. comment; 177 Nov 1977
- Renaissance philanthropist (Brameld) 188 Dec 1989
- A Spirited defence of FB (Bloch) 73 Dec 1927
- Tercentenary criticisms of FB (Woodward) 71 Dec 1926
- The Vilifiers of Verulam (Cockburn) 72 July 1927 (Repr. in 161)
- A Vindication of Verulam 61 Aug 1919 p.1-13
- What meanest thou? (Constance) 122 Jan 1947
Charges see Trial
Charles, Prince of Wales
- And Second Gray's Inn Elizabethan age (Foot) 175 Oct 1975
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400), Poet
- Indebted to an editor? (Bayley) 31 July 1910
- Link with Sha's sonnets? (Comes.) 55 July 1916
Chelmsford
- Inn document relating to Barnham family and FB. 22 Apr 1908 p.60-62 Illus.
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Cheltenham
- FB and its rectory (Hardy) 42 Apr 1913
Chester, Robert (1566?-1640), Poet
- `Love's Martyr' (Bokenham) 191 1992
Chesterton, Gilbert K. (1874-1936), Critic, novelist and poet
- Chesterton and FB 40 Oct 1912 p.247-252
- Opinions of Baconian theory 26 Apr 1909 p.109-115
Christianity see Religion
Churchill, Reginald C. (20th century Sha. commentator)
- Criticized. (Editorial) 122 Jan 1947
- Criticized for his prejudices (Challinor) 193 1995
Ciphers (Related headings: Bi-Literal cipher, Cryptograms, Kay Cipher)
- After sometime... (MacDuff) 183 Dec 1983
- Alleged cipher from Sonnet 109 sent to the King (Notes) 23 July 1908 p.198
- Amateur detection Subject Index
Dacre, Baron (Hugh Trevor-Roper, b.1914), Historian
- `Credo' of this former Oxford professor re. Sha's identity 165 Oct 1965 p.71-72
The Dark Lady (Related heading: Sonnets)
- As Mary Fitton (Carr) 190 1991
- And Anthony Bacon (Driver) 190 1991
- The Dark Lady (Eagle) 48 Oct 1914
- The Friend and the Dark Lady of the Sonnets (Eagle) 161 Feb 1961
- Shakespeare's mistress (Goodwin) S2 15 July 1896
Dates of Composition or Publication
- List of Sha. plays publ. in his lifetime with dates (Burr) S2 2 Aug 1893 p.101
- Of Shakespeare plays (Platt) 25 Jan 1909
- Of Sha. and FB works 120 July 1946 p.132-134
Davies, Sir John (Attorney-General to King James)
- His FB request re. concealed poets (Leith) S2 34 Apr 1901
- Links with Marlowe and Jonson (Begley) 17 Jan 1907 (Repr. in 192)
Dawson, Dr. Giles E. (20th century American Sha. commentator)
- Can we educate Dr. Dawson (Johnson) 137 Oct 1950
- Who wrote Sha? (Humphreys) 137 Oct 1950 (Reaction to Dawson broadcast)
"De Augmentis"
- Facsimile sheets and the bi-literal cipher (Pott) S2 33 Jan 1901
De Quincey, Thomas (1785-1859)
- And the Rosicrucians (Wigston) J 9 1891; and S2 2 Aug 1893
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De Vere, Edward see Oxford, Earl of.
Death and Burial (General)
- FB and Sha. write on death S2 17 Jan 1897 p.30-40; S2 18 Apr 1897 p.65-76
- FB and refrigeration (Notes) 111 Apr 1944 p.71
- FB's essay on death linked to Shakespeare S2 14 Apr 1896 p.83-92
Death and Burial (of Francis Bacon)
- Bacon's death and burial (Cuningham) 55 July 1916. And corres.
- Date of FB's death disputed: new cipher ms. (Fellows) 193 1995
- Death of Francis St. Alban: a mystery (P Woodward) 87 Oct 1937
- Death suggested as being in 1647 (Speckman) 62 Mar 1920
- Did FB die in 1626? (Woodward) 45 Jan 1914; 46 Apr 1914; 49 Jan 1915
- Did FB die in 1626? (Leith) 64 June 1922
- Did FB die in 1626? (Beaumont) 139 Apr 1951 and 140 July 1951
- Did FB die in 1626? (De Randwyck) 155 Nov 1956 (Repr. in 193 1995
with notes by T. D. Bokenham)
- FB coffin handle find reported. Notes 95 Oct 1939
- FB's death and burial (Cuningham) 60 Oct 1917
- FB's last resting place (Westminster Abbey)? (Woodward) 32 Oct 1910
- FB's 1626 death (Eagle) 153 Dec 1955
- FB's vault opened (Bunten in `Jottings') 48 Oct 1914
- FB: when did he die and where buried? (Pott) 6 Apr 1904; and 7 July 1904
- His final drama (P Woodward) 59 July 1917. And corres.
- Jottings on FB's death and tomb (Bunten) 44 Oct 1913 and 45 Jan 1914
- Mystery of FB's death (Johnson) 135 Apr 1950
- A Public Record Office document of 1634 (Bunten) 61 Aug 1919
- Something about Arundel House, Highgate (Leith) 46 Apr 1914
- The Two deaths of Francis Bacon (Sennett) 125 Oct 1947 Illus.
Dee, Dr. John (1527-1608) Astrologer and Mathematician
- After sometime... (MacDuff) 183 Dec 1983
- Historical miscellany (Fermor) 181 Nov 1981
- John Dee (Deacon) 195 Nov 1998
- Jottings on Lord Bacon (Bunten) 53 Jan 1916
- Scientist... and secret agent 195 Nov 1998 p.56-57
- Two Renaissance Magi (Fermor) 182 Nov 1982
Dekker, Thomas (1570-1632), Dramatist
- Was he Ben Jonson's poet ape? (Seymour) 85 Jan 1937
Democracy
- A possible unpublished FB essay on democratic power (Bunten) 31 July 1910
Denning, Baron Alfred T. (1899-1999), Judge and Master of The Rolls
- His corres. with editor regarding FB's character 185 Dec 1985
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Derby, Sixth Earl of (William Stanley 1561-1642)
- Another concealed poet S2 19 July 1897 p.114-116
- The Search for a Sha. substitute 65 June 1923 p.126-131
- Sha's identity discussed (Eagle) 149 Sept 1954
Desires see Passions
Devereux see Essex
Devonshire, Duke of
- A Shakespeare bust owned by this Duke S2 2 Aug 1893 p.100. Illus.in frontis.
Dialogues (Imagined)
- One between a Martian and an earthling on Sha. (Thurloe) 133 Oct 1949
- (Six) dialogues between enquirer and FB (Leith) 10 Apr 1905; 16 Oct 1906;
20 Oct 1907; 29 Jan 1910; 62 Mar 1920; 68 Mar 1925
- Who wrote the plays? (Murchison) 104 July 1942
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
- Letter to a friend re. Sha. quoted 143 July 1942. Corres. p.103
Disgrace (Related heading: Trial)
- FB in the shadow 70 Apr 1926 p.259-266
Disturbances
- FB's "riotous men" (Hardy) 36 Oct 1911
Don Quixote see Cervantes
Donne, John (c.1572-1631), Poet and Dean of St. Paul's
- FB and Donne (Ince) 95 Oct 1939
Donnelly, Ignatius, American Baconian writer and cipher pioneer
- The Alleged cipher J 4 1889 p.158-159
- Comment on by W. Montfort S 1 2 Oct 1892
- Corroboration of statements 31 July 1910 p.170-174
- His cipher and personal background J 1 1888 p.26-35
- His cryptogram cipher re-examined (Beaumont) 112 July 1944; 113 Oct 1944;
114 Jan 1945
- Photograph of him (as frontis.) 73 Dec 1927
- Reception and his talk at Westminster Town Hall J 7 1891 p.18-31
Dowden, Edward (1843-1915), Shakespeare critic
- Who's self-revealed? (Theobald) 28 Oct 1909 and 29 Jan 1910
Drama see Plays
Drayton, Michael (1563-1621), Poet
- Editor's note on him 184 Dec 1984
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Dreams
- FB on dreams (Archer) 121 Oct 1946
Droeshout, Martin (1601-1650), Illustrator in first Folio of 1623
- Martin Droeshout (Eagle) 121 Oct 1946. Illus.
- His frontis. in First Folio (Bourouill) 14 Apr 1906
- The Frontispiece (Grimshaw) 65 June 1923
- The Original of his portrait (Seymour) 78 Feb 1931
- Paramount proofs (Henrion) 186 Dec 1986 Illus.
- Pictorial evidence: his engraving, like FB (Clennell) 134 Jan 1950. Illus.
- Portrait of Sha. compared to FB (Driver) 187 Dec 1987
Drummond, William (1585-1649), Scottish writer
- His "cypresses" a compliment to FB's work (Bayley) 13 Jan 1906
du Maurier, Daphne (1907-1989), Novelist and short story writer
- Another clue to authorship? (Driver) 185 Dec 1985
- Discussed in corres. 177 Nov 1977
- Her `Golden Lads' (the Bacon brothers) and Sha's plays (Driver) 193 1995
Dudley, Robert see Leicester
Duelling
- FB and duelling (Bayley) 4 Oct 1903
Dugdale, Sir William see Busts
Duologues see Dialogues
East Anglia
- FB as an MP there, 1597 29 Jan 1910 p.38-40
Eco, Umberto (b.1932), Italian novelist
- Notes on Eco (Bokenham) 195 Nov 1998
Education (Related heading: Universities)
- FB as educator (Gentry) 123 Apr 1947
- Nature of schools in 16th century England (Woodward) 5 Jan 1904
- Sha's education (Prins) 171 Dec 1971
"Edward The Third" (play)
- New light on a doubtful play (Denning) 71 Dec 1926
Elegies (Related heading; Manes Verulamiani)
- Elegy to Francis Bacon (Cantor) S2 15 July 1896
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Elizabeth The First, of England (Related heading: Royal Birth Theory)
- And Henri of Navarre (Birin) 128 Summer 1948
- Entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Elvetham in 1591 12 Oct 1905 p.237-241
-The Fair vestal (Q. Eliz. visit to Elvetham): corres. with illus. 104 July 1942
- Her prayer before The Armada 99 Apr 1941 p.165
- Her scholarship 135 Apr 1950 p.112
- In praise of the Queen (Pott) S2 40 Oct 1902
- Ivory miniatures of her and FB in Czech. (Ambros) 158 June 1958 Illus.
- Married? (A peep behind the curtain) S2 29 Jan 1900 p.30-35
- The Queen and Dudley (Woodward) 86 July 1937 (`Lady Dorset knew')
- Queen's portrait 194 1997 p.84-85 Illus.
- Rainbow portrait of the Queen 122 Jan 1947 p.10-12. Illus. (Illus. also in 178)
- The Van den Weaff portrait (Henrion) 154 June 1956 Illus.
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
- Her fascinating story (Plaskitt) 140 July 1941
Elizabethan Literature
- FB the key to the Elizabethan maze (Woodward) 25 Jan 1909
Elvetham
- Entertainment of Queen Elizabeth there 1591 12 Oct 1905 p.237-241
- The Fair vestal (Q. Eliz.visit): corres. with illus. 104 July 1942
Elze, Karl, 19th century German Sha. critic
- An imagined Globe performance (Leith) S2 35 July 1901
Emblems and Symbols
- The AA headpieces (Ledsen) 31 July 1910 Illus.
- The Bear design in symbolic book ornaments 6 Apr 1904 p.99-103
- The Boar initial 47 July 1914 p.149-152
- A Choice of emblems (Woodward) 53 Jan 1916
- A Closed meshed Tudor network (Henrion) 177 Nov 1977 Illus.
- Discovery; candle and moth (Franco) 122 Jan 1947. Illus. and corres.
- Emblem literature illustrated ('Hermes Stella') 86 July 1937
- Emblem pictures (of trees and shrubs) in Bac. books S2 18 Apr 1897 p.77-90
- Emblems from nature used by FB (Pott) S2 36 Oct 1901
- Emblems of Jupiter and an eagle. (Illus. as frontis.) 153 Dec 1955
- FB: alchemist (McKaig) 184 Dec 1984 Illus.
- FB and the hieroglyphic design of Pan (Pott) S2 6 Aug 1894
- FB in emblem (Biddulph) 120 July 1946
- FB's links with emblem lit. (Biddulph) 103 Apr 1942; 104 July 1942 Illus.
- FB's pictorial hallmarks (Brameld) 173 Dec 1973 Elus.
- FB's symbolism (Cockburn) 67 Sept 1924
- Fleur de Lys (Krisch) 7 July 1904
- Flower emblems and FB (Pott) S2 8 Feb 1895
- From elbow to King (Henrion) 183 Dec 1983
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- Further notes on the AA headpieces (Cockburn) 71 Dec 1926
- Mere feathers? 57 Jan 1917 p.40-48
- The New birth of time (Pott) S2 7 Nov 1894 Illus.
- Observations on the light and the dark A (Nesbit) 63 Mar 1921
- The Phoenix as a symbol in Sha. (Birin) 129 Autumn 1948
- A Piece of tender air (Horror) 20 Oct 1907
- The Rose in symbolism (Bunnett) 134 Jan 1950
- Sha. and the emblem writers (Caldecott) S2 5 Apr 1894
- Sha's use of emblem books (Johnson) 117 Oct 1945; and 119 Apr 1946
- Significant book ornaments 8 Oct 1904 p.232-237
- Symbolic portraits (Clennell) 137 Oct 1950 Illus.
- Truth brought to light (Walters) 90 July 1938 Illus.
- Verse, motto and emblem pictures (E. and M. Brameld) 194 1997
- The Woodcut of Mente Videbor 161 Feb 1961 p.22
Emerson, Ralph W (1803-1882), American philosopher and poet
- Emerson and FB (Hopkins) 159 Dec 1958
Emotions see Anger, Envy, Passions
England (Related heading: History)
- FB's patriotism (Gomes da Silva) 83 Oct 1935
- History of England as shown by the drama 2 Apr 1903 p.113-115
- Our sea-girt island J 11 1891 p.300-302
- Sha. quotes about England walled by the sea (More) S2 2 Aug 1893
English Language
- Creators of modern English (Bayley) 10 Apr 1905 (Repr.in 102 Jan 1942)
- FB and the English language (Durning-Lawrence) 138 Jan 1951
- FB and the English language (Gentry) 127 Spring 1948
- FB, Sha. and our philologists (Melsome) 108 July 1943
- The Power and magic of words (Pares) 179 Oct 1979
- The Use of the word `also' by FB and Sha. (Melsome) 108 July 1943
- Verbs as used by FB and Sha (Stronach) 3 July 1903
Envy
- FB essay on `Envy' (Alderson) S2 28 Oct 1899
Epitaphs
- Epitaph to Francis Bacon at St. Albans 69 Dec 1925 p.90-92
- Graves, worms and epitaphs S1 3 Nov 1893 p.115-124
- Sha.'s grave, monument and epitaph (`Nescio') S2 11 Sept 1895
Espionage
- The Secret service in Tudor times (Eagle) 154 June 1956
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Essays (of Francis Bacon) (Related headings:essay titles e.g. Envy)
- Essays of FB (Wigston) S2 33 Jan 1901
- FB as essayist and orator (Gentry) 154 June 1956; 156 Apr 1957
- `Lost' editions of FB's essays (Corres.) 112 July 1944
- Three essays of FB paraphrased (Bengough) S2 2 Aug 1893
Essex, Second Earl of (Robert Devereux)
- Discussed (Editorial) 158 June 1958
- Essex and Bacon (Stronach) 3 July 1903
- Essex and Sir Thomas Bodley 26 Apr 1909 p.116-119
- Essex and the sonnets 13 Jan 1906 p.43-46; 14 Apr 1906 p.92-97;
15 July 1906 p.188-192
- FB and Essex (Baker) 129 Autumn 1948; 130 Jan 1949; 131 Apr 1949; and
133 Oct 1949
- How Bacon helped Essex with his pen (Eagle) 144 Nov 1952
- A Letter sent by FB (Angold) 103 Apr 1942
- Robert Devereux (Baxter) 51 July 1915; 52 Oct 1915
- Robert, Earl of Essex (Cuningham) 54 Apr 1916
- Robert, Second Earl (Woodward) 75 Feb 1929
Europe (Related headings; names of individual countries)
- FB's visits to Europe (Woodward) 53 Jan 1916
Evil see Good and Evil
Expenses
- Expenses of FB (Smedley) 51 July 1915 and (Woodward) 52 Oct 1915
- Expenses of Francis and Anthony at Cambridge 143 July 1952 p.99
Falconry see Field Sports
Fallacies
- Overlap in FB and Sha. references to fallacies (Editorial) 113 Oct 1944
Fame
- Fragment of an FB essay on (Wigston) S2 20 Oct 1897
Faust Theme
- The Faust puppet play (`Staunch Baconian') 30 Apr 1910
Feltham, Owen, 17th century essayist
- His `Resolves...' (Johnson) 124 July 1947
Female characters see Women
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Field Sports (Related heading: Countryside)
- FB's knowledge of the countryside (Pott) 2 Apr 1903; and 4 Oct 1903
- Notes for Justice Madden on FB/Sha. sports interests (Hunt) 26 Apr 1909
Florio, John (1533-1625), Lexicographer
- His edition of Montaigne (Woodward) 57 Jan 1917
- Testimony of Florio (Durning Lawrence) 41 Jan 1913
Folio of 1623 see Shakespeare First Folio
Food
- Cost of, in Elizabethan times 112 July 1944 p.84
Forenames
- Frequencies of first names used in Sha. plays (Hollenbach) 194 1997
- Frequency of use in the Sha. plays S2 37 Jan 1902 p.48-51
Forgeries (Shakespearean)
- Forgers and forgeries (Eagle) 112 July 1944
- The Ireland forgeries (Johnson) 125 Oct 1947
`Frame'
- Significance of this word as used by FB (Wigston) S2 35 July 1901
France
- Bacon/Sha. controversy in France 7 July 1904 p.179-181
- Baconian ideals in The French National Institute (Stein) 146 Aug 1953
- A French appreciation of FB 63 Mar 1921 p.59
- A French cipher book (Durning-Lawrence) 20 Oct 1907 (Rep. 160 1960)
- FB and France (Cuningham) 40 Oct 1912
- FB in France (Leith) 33 Jan 1911
- Greetings from France at anniversary dinner 68 Mar 1925 p.6-9
- Sha. in Verona and Poitiers (`Salvaman') 94 July 1939
Francis see Forenames
The Francis Bacon Society (This name was used from 1948 onwards)
- The Bacon Society 21 Jan 1908 p.5-7
- Centenary celebrations (Editorials) 185 Dec 1985; 186 Dec 1986
- Early years seen in retrospect. (Pott) S2 5 Apr 1894
- Fiftieth anniversary celebrated 83 Oct 1935 p.49-57
- Foundation (18/12/1885) described J 1 June 1888 p.5-7
- The Goal in sight? 27 July 1909 p.145-149
- List of early members J 4 1889 p.124-125
- List of guests at centenary celebrations 186 Dec 1986 p.18-19
- Miss Leith looks back 84 June 1936 p.123-124
- Newsletter begun: 1st issue(edited by Alabaster) Feb 1999
- Notes on its origins (Editorial) 184 Dec 1984
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- Photograph of guests at 1950 dinner 135 Apr 1950
- A Policy statement (Woodward) 136 July 1950
- A Retrospective review (Pott) S2 37 Jan 1902
- Why I joined (Holbrooke) 114 Jan 1945
- Wins Court case re. Hopkins bequest 165 Oct 1965 p.63-68
The Francis Bacon Society of America
- Formation announced S 1 1 May 1892 p.51
- Progress noted 65 June 1923 p.144
Freemasonry
- FB and religious foundations (Leith) 69 Dec 1925
- FB's influence on modern thought (Trew) 125 Oct 1947; 126 Jan 1948
- FB's pyramid S2 6 Aug 1894 p.338-349 (An imagined dialogue)
- Freemasonry in Tudor England (Eagle) 144 Nov 1952
- The Freemasonry theory S2 13 Jan 1896 p.35-41
- Hermetic and masonic indications in Sha. (Bunnett) 115 Apr 1945
- The Hidden hand ('Veritas') 74 June 1928
- Its period of transition (Eagle) 86 July 1937
- That Masonic lost word (Tudhope) 157 Nov 1957
- Notes on letters received about freemasonry S2 14 Apr 1896 p.102-107
- Origin of freemasonry (Biddulph) 79 Feb 1932
- The Quality of mercy (`Franciscan') 76 Dec 1929
- The Roman plays of Sha. (Pares) 181 Nov 1981
- Was W. Sha. its creator? (Dodd) 83 Oct 1936
- A Westminster Abbey scroll (Editorial) 187 Dec 1987 Illus.
Friedman, W. F.,20th century commentator on ciphers
- Criticised in corres. 183 Dec 1983
- Friedman and the anagram in Merope (Bokenham) 162 Mar 1962
- His critical book on cipher evidence discussed (Editorial) 158 June 1958
- Work remarked upon (Editorial) 160 Mar 1960; and 172 Dec 1972
Friendship, friends and companions
- Friends and associates of FB (Pott) S2 29 Apr 1900
- FB's essay on friendship and self-praise (Theobald) 36 Oct 1911
- Three brothers in law (Vaughan) 137 Oct 1930
Furness, H. H. (1833-1912) Shakespeare editor
- on Desdemona 45 Jan 1914 p.56-59
Gallup, Elizabeth W.,Cipher pioneer (Related heading:Bi-literal cipher)
- Concerning her competence (Theobald) 84 Oct 1936
- The `Encyclopaedia Britannica' and Mrs. Gallup (Wright) 132 July 1949
- The Gallup decipher (Ewen) 83 Oct 1935
- The Gallup letters 172 Dec 1972 p.7-21 Illus. (Also comment in 173 Editorial)
- Mrs. Gallup's cipher and a discovery (Bond) 125 Oct 1947
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Gardens and Gardening
- FB in his Sha. garden S2 23 July 1898 p.49-53
- FB, gardening and `The Winter's Tale' (Henslow) S2 7 Nov 1894
- Plants and weeds: an FB essay (Pares) 172 Dec 1972
- Shakespeare and flowers (Johnson) 158 June 1958
- Shakespeare as gardener (Eagle) 112 July 1944
Garrick, David (1717-1779), Actor and Writer
- His Temple of Shakespeare 195 Nov 1998 p.86 Illus.
Gascoigne, George (1525-1577), Poet/Dramatist
- His `Hundred sundry flowers' (poems) 68 Mar 1925 p.64-66
- Queried in a quixotic quest (Henrion) 179 Oct 1979
Genius
- The Nature and elusiveness of genius (Eagle) 84 June 1936
- That magic word (Eagle) 107 Apr 1943
Germany
- Elze's 'Weimar' (Leith) S2 35 July 1901
- FB from a German standpoint S2 32 Oct 1900 p.191-193
- German discuss. (Theobald and Holzer) 29 Jan 1910 and 31 July 1910
- The German Sha. Society and its future (Weber-Ebenhof) 66 Mar 1922
- Notes from Germany (Holzer) 20 Oct 1907
- Recent German scholarship (Theobald) 17 Jan 1907 and 18 Apr 1907
- Shakespeare in Germany (Leith) 85 Jan 1937
- A 1621 German epigram on FB (Eagle) 159 Dec 1958
Gervinus, G. G. (1805-1871), German Sha. commentator
- His commentaries (Grimshaw) 71 Dec 1926
- Sha., FB and Gervinus (Leith) 92 Jan 1939
Gibson, Dr. H. N., 20th century Sha. commentator
- Criticised for his prejudices (Challinor) 193 1995
- His views on Anti-Stratfordians attacked (Editorial) 163 Aug 1963
- Views mentioned: a claimant without record (Gibson) 163 Aug 1963
Globe Theatre
- Corres. on Globe Theatre reconstruction 193 1995
- Imagined performance at Globe (Leith) S2 35 July 1901
- Opening of New Shakespeare Globe 194 1997
Gloucestershire
- Shakespeare and Gloucestershire (Editorial) 112 July 1944 p.80-81
"The Golden Mean", anonymous book, first published 1613
- The work of FB? (Theobald) 85 Jan 1937
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Gorges, Sir A. (fl. 1591-1601), Poet and translator
- Notes on him (Editorial) 112 July 1944 p.79
Good and Evil
- Commentary on the colours of good and evil S2 23 July 1898 p.13-30
Gorhambury Estate
- An Elizabethan statesman's home (Bevan) 159 Dec 1958. Illus.
- Gorhambury, with illustrations of `yesterday' and `today' (Eagle) 108 July 1943
- Illustration of features at St. Michael's church (Editorial) 169 Sept 1969
- Reflections... in places (Wood) S2 20 Oct 1897 p.169-179
- Stained glass at Gorhambury (An illus. of this as frontispiece) 159 Dec 1958
Graves
- Request to open the Stratford grave refused (Corres.) 168 Aug 1968
- Shakespeare's grave (`Nescio') S2 11 Sept 1895
- Should Sha. be exhumed? 103 Apr 1942 p.49-52
- The Stratford gravestone (Rosher) 41 Jan 1913
Gray's Inn (Related heading: Inns of Court)
- Clues relating to it in `The Winter's Tale'? 66 Mar 1924 p.173-179
- `Comedy of Errors' not performed there 7 Jan 1904 p.174-176
- Cowper's history of it discussed (Editorial) 189 Dec 1990
- Debate about Sha. held there 77 Aug 1930 p.210-213
- FB and Gray's Inn 39 July 1912 p.180-183
- FB and Gray's Inn (Barton) 70 Apr 1926
- FB and Gray's Inn (Walters) 113 Oct 1944
- FB as its Treasurer (Hardy) 40 Oct 1912 and 41 Jan 1913
- FB's association with Gray's Inn (Holden) 141 Oct 1951 Illus.
- `Love's Labours Lost' and Gray's Inn (Eagle) 161 Feb 1961
- Performance of revels discussed (Gundry) 157 Nov 1957
- Photographs of it before and after bomb damage (Editorial) 101 Oct 1941
- Prince Charles and Gray's Inn (Foot) 175 Oct 1975
- Severely damaged in air raid (Notes) 100 July 1941 p.256
- Sha. and Gray's Inn (Peniston-Bird) 139 Apr 1951
- Statue of FB at Gray's Inn (Editorials) 101 Oct 1941; 156 Apr 1957 Illus.
- 300 years since FB was Treasurer 25 Jan 1909 p.45-47
Great Instauration
- Notes on the Proemium (introduction) S2 27 Ju;ly 1899 p.130-134
Greek Cross
- Correspondence on it 194 1997 p.107-108
Greene, Robert (1560?-1592), Dramatist
- Robert Greene (Woodward) 17 Jan 1907
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Greenwood, Sir George (1850-1928), Anti-Stratfordian commentator
- His response to a critic 28 Oct 1909 p.283-284
- His views discussed 32 Oct 1910 p.240
- Knighted - but not quite a Baconian 56 Oct 1916 p.214-215
- Lang's criticism of him 37 Jan 1912 p.62-66
- On Shakespeare's handwriting (Editorial) 127 Spring 1948
- On Shakespeare's vocabulary 45 Jan 1914 p.65-69
- One book (condensed) re-published by his daughter (Notes) 84 June 1936
- `Sir Thomas More' again 68 Mar 1925 p.60-63
Greville, Fulke (1554-1628), Poet
- Friend of Bacon? (Editorial) 184 Dec 1984
Group Theory (of Shakespeare authorship)
- Agate's position on this (Eagle) 117 Oct 1945
- Bacon/ Sha anatomy (Melsome) 93 Apr 1939
- Espoused by Enoch Powell 195 Nov 1998 (And Corres.)
- Fingerprints (Porohovshikov) 121 Oct 1946
Hall, Edward, Author of 1550 Chronicles: Houses of Lancaster & York
- Annotations (By Sha.) in those Chronicles? (Editorial) 114 Jan 1945
- Later notes inserted in Chronicles (Eagle) 100 July 1940
Hall, Susanna (1583-1649), Daughter of Shakespeare of Stratford
- Gives testimony via imagined cross-examination (Johnson) 104 July 1942
Hall-Marston satires
- Were these men the first Baconians? (Theobald) 82 Jan 1935
- Flotsam (Woodward) 64 June 1922
- Hall's satires discussed (Editorial) 94 July 1939
- John Marston's satire on Sha. plagiarism (Burgoyne) S2 26 Apr 1899
- Joseph Hall satirises John Sha.? (Walters) 94 July 1939
- Labeo, Bacon and Watson (Corres.) 77 Aug 1930 p.222-223
Hallam, Henry (1777-1859), Literary historian
- Friendly to Baconians? (Wilstach) S1 1 May 1892
Hallmarks see Emblems
"Hamlet"
- Actor Sha. plays the ghost? (Corres.) 121 Oct 1946 p.187; 122 Jan 1947 p.55
- The Baker's daughter: a picture link? S2 39 July 1902 p.126-130
- Cipher signs (Woodward) 66 Mar 1924
- Classical references 21 Jan 1908 p.43-44
- Critique of Olivier's film version (Birin) 128 Summer 1948
- Cryptic signs in the play (Pares) 181 Nov 1981
- A Duologue (Leith) 20 Oct 1907
103
- Early hist. of plays and FB parallels (Follett) J 8 1891
- Hamlet and `The Advancement of Learning' (Moore) J 5 1888
- Hamlet and the Danish connection (Bokenham) 187 Dec 1987
- Hamlet and the pirate (Platt) 37 Jan 1912
- Hamlet reconsidered (Hunt) 77 Aug 1930
- Hamlet's notebooks (Theobald) J 2 1888
- `The History of Hamblet' 44 Oct 1913 p.216-218
- An Interpretation (Hunt) 28 Oct 1909
- Legal burlesque in Hamlet J 3 1888 p.110-111
- Old Jepthah (Leith) 54 Apr 1916
- Ophelia and Liege (Leith) 48 Oct 1914
- The Owl and the baker's daughter S2 39 July 1902 p.126-130
- The problem of Hamlet (Comes.) 85 Jan 1937
- The problem of Hamlet (Pares) 181 Nov 1981
- Some Shakespeare doubts (Millar) 111 Apr 1944
- Who was Yorick? (Pemberton) 16 Oct 1906
Handwriting (of Shakespeare)
- Jane Cox queries the signatures (Comes.) 184 Dec 1984
- Photo. of the six Sha. sigs. (Frontis.) 84 June 1936, and 128 Summer 1948
- The Seventh signature (Eagle) 109 Oct 1943
- Sha's handwriting (Beaumont) 128 Summer 1948
- Shakespeare's signatures (Comes.) 171 Dec 1971
- Shak's writing (Editorials) 126, 127, 128 Jan, Spring and Summer 1948 Illus.
- Something hidden in the signatures? (Comes.) 179 Oct 1979
Harvey, Gabriel (c1550-1631)
- Who was he? (Bunnett) 142 Jan 1952; 143 Jan 1953
Harvey, Dr. William see Blood
Hathaway, Anne see Marriage
Hayward, Sir J (1564?-1627)
- His `Reign of Henry 1 V' 13 Jan 1906 p.5-14
Hazlitt, William C. (1834-1913), Bibliographer
- His Shakespeare views (Woodward) 55 July 1916
Health
- FB's health delicate? (Corres.) 46 Apr 1914 p.122; 48 Oct 1914 p.251
- References to health in Sha. S2 20 Oct 1897 p.212-223; 23 July 1898 p.31-42
Heirs
- FB's heirs (Bunten) 612 Aug 1919 (Article plus P.R.O. document)
Henrion, Prof. Pierre (d.1986), French Baconian
- Photo of him appearing in French TV prog.161 Feb 1961 Frontis.
104
"Henry 1V"
- FB advice on war and `Henry 1 V' (Theobald) J 11 1891
- Link with Heywood's `Fair maid of the West'? 1 Jan 1903 p.43-44
- Who wrote it? (Eagle) 138 Jan 1951
"Henry V"
- Falstaff's death (Eagle)155 Nov 1956; and 172 1972
- `Henry V' (Wigston) S2 40 Oct 1902
- As a touchstone ('Jacobite') 171 Dec 1971'
"Henry V1"
- A Joan of Arc letter used as a source? (Corres.) 133 Oct 1949 p.245
- A Kent reference added in Folio edition 3 July 1903 p.163-167
“Henry V11”
- Portrait of him 173 Dec 1973 Frontis.
"Henry V11", A history by Francis Bacon
- Abcedarium naturae (Gundry) 66 Mar 1924
- Bi-literal cipher used in it? 11 July 1905
-Compared with `King John' (Bengough) S2 7 Nov 1894
-Comparison of copies of 1622 edition proposed 21 Jan 1908 p.49
- Did Sha. write it? (Ham) 171 Dec 1971
- Title page of. (Bayley) 2 Apr 1903
"Henry V111"
- Corres. on authorship 135 Apr 1950
- FB, Sha. and `Henry V 111' (Bunnett) 146 Aug 1953
- A Picture and a play (Caldecott) S2 17 Jan 1897
- A 1621 addition suggested I Jan 1903 p.57-58
- Who wrote it? (Seymour) 69 Dec 1925
- Wolsey's farewell S2 28 Oct 1899 p.165-170
Henry Stuart, Prince (Son of James 1)
- Prince Henry's room (Seymour) 86 July 1939 Illus.
Herbert, George (1593-1633), Poet
- FB and George Herbert (Caldecott) S2 5 Apr 1894
Herbert family see Pembroke
Hermeticism (Related headings: Alchemy, Mystery, Philosophy)
-Amore et Virtute (Fermor) 184 Dec 1984
- Corres. on Hermeticism 185 Dec 1985
-. Hermetic and Masonic indications in Sha. (Bunnett) 115 Apr 1945
- The Sympathy and antipathy of things (Bunnett) 114 Jan 1945
Heywood, John ( 1497?-1580?), Actor and writer
- A probable source... (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
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Heywood, Thomas (1574?-1641) Writer and dramatist
- Thomas Heywood (Smedley) 50 Apr 1915
- Link with `Henry 1V' 1 Jan 1903 p.43-44
Hieroglyphics
- FB and the hieroglyphic design of Pan (Pott) S2 6 Aug 1894
- Symbolic book ornaments of bears 6 Apr 1904 p.99-103
- Symbols, pictures and their use S2 24 Oct 1898 p.10-28
"Historia Vitae..." (by Francis Bacon)
- An intriguing 1645 title page (Henrion) 180 Nov 1980 Illus.
History (Related heading: England)
- Civil history 53 Jan 1916 p.1-6
- FB and garbled history (Gentry) 125 Oct 1947
- FB as historian (Gentry) 128 Summer 1948
- History of Britain by FB ('Jacques Pierre') 71 Dec 1926
- History of England shown in drama 2 Apr 1903 p.1 13-115
- Hist. may be feigned S2 31 July 1900 p101-113; and 32 Oct 1900 p.179-188
- Looking back/forward: double edged sword (MacDuff) 184 Dec 1984
Hoffman, Calvin (d.1986), North American journalist
- His theory that Marlowe wrote Sha. discussed (Editorial) 144 Nov 1952
The Holy Grail
- Alchemy and The Holy Grail (Bayley) 17 Jan 1907. Illus ( Repr. 1994)
- Rose Cross and the Grail (Costello) 192 1994
Holinshed, Raphael (d.1580?), Chronicler
- Sha., FB and Holinshed (Eagle) 86 July 1937
- Sha., FB and Holinshed (James) 5 Jan 1904
Honorificabilitudinitatibus (Related heading; "Love's Labours Lost")
- Corres. on. 126 Jan 1948
- Mystery of this word (Eagle) 125 Oct 1947 (Repr. in 160 1960) And corres.
- The Northumberland ms., Promus and the long word (Pares) 160 Mar 1960
- Note on this word S2 3 Nov 1893 p.170-171
- That word (Ham) 179 Oct 1979
- That word (Stronach) 11 July 1905
Horace (65-8BC),Roman poet
- FB's debt to Horace S2 9 Apr 1895 p.17-25; 10 July 1895 p.58-70
Hotson, J. Leslie (1897-1993), Commentator on Elizabethan literature
- View on a cipher key for W.H. discussed (Comes.) 164 Oct 1964
- Views on the death of Marlowe discussed 75 Feb 1929 p.61-62
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Household (of Francis Bacon)
- List of names and duties. Appended to 70 Apr 1926 p.269-270
Hugo, Victor (1802-85), Poet and novelist
- Preface for Sh. translation; in French (contrib. by Gundry) 75 Feb 1929
Humphries, Christmas (d.1983), Judge, Buddhist, Anti-Stratfordian
- Prominent in efforts to open Stratford grave (Corres.) 164 Oct 1964
Hunting see Field Sports
Idols
- Identified (of tribe, cave, theatre, market place) by FB (Gundry) 116 July 1945
- Idols of the theatre (Burridge) 142 Jan 1952
Ignorance
- Sidelights on the state of people in the 16th century 5 Jan 1904 p.25-38
Illustrations
(This covers actual pictures not usually included under any other heading)
Related heading: Portraits... descriptions of)
- American Junior Red Cross poster 166 June 1966 Frontis.
- Droeshout's port. of King of Sweden 121 Oct 1946 p.165
- Emblem illus. involving FB 161 Feb 1961
- Francis Bacon aged 18 167 July 1967 Frontis. And 178 Dec 1978
- Of FB 93 Apr 1939 p.87
- Of FB 154 June 1956
- Of FB, a new portrait? 101 Oct 1941 p.292
- Of FB, a possible portrait (Corres.) 115 Apr 1945
- Of FB and Sha. mask 195 Nov 1998 (Back cover)
- Of FB and Sha going to work 112 July 1944 Frontis., in colour
- Of FB as Lord Chancellor (The Van Somers portrait) 134 Jan 1950 Frontis.
- Of FB's bust 103 Apr 1942 p.146
- Of FB's statue, Gray's Inn (Editorial) 101 Oct 1941
- The Jupiter and Eagle emblem 153 Dec 1955 Frontis.
- Photo of Marie Bauer (Mrs Hall) 139 Apr 1951 Frontis.
- Of Walter Begley 14 1906
- Of Lewis Biddulph 141 Oct 1951 p.205
- Of George Bompass 12 Oct 1905
- Of George B. Curtis (American member) 138 Jan 1951
- Of Roderick Eagle 168 Aug 1968 Frontis.
- Of Noel Fermor 187 Dec 1987
- Of Alicia Leith 115 Apr 1945
- Of William Melsome 113 Oct 1944
- Of Martin Pares 163 Aug 1963 Fronds.
- Of Constance M. Pott 52 Oct 1915 p.184
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- Of Mabel Sennett (sketch) 132 July 1949
- Of Henry Seymour 89 Apr 1938
- Of Mrs. A. J. C. Stuart 164 Oct 1964 Frontis.
- Of Bertram G. Theobald 97 Oct 1940
- Of George Trevelyan 194 1997
- Of Percy Walters 119 Apr 1946
- Of Sydney Woodward 137 Oct 1950
-Woodcut of 'Mente Videbor' emblem 161 Feb 1961 p.22
Imagery
- Imagery, thought forms and jargon (Pares) 169 Sept 1969
- Prof. Spurgeon's images 169 Sept 1969 p.43-57
Impeachment see Character, Trial
Imperialism
- Imperialism and FB 63 Mar 1921 p. 1-3 (With postage stamp illustration)
Induction (as a method of reasoning)
- Developed by FB (Pott) S2 4 Feb 1894
- FB and induction (extract from work by John Barrow) 195 Nov 1998
- FB's adventure ship (Woodward) 31 July 1910
- FB's new method (Woodward) 12 Oct 1905
Inner Temple, London (Related heading: Middle Temple)
- Extracts from Inner Temple records about life of FB 83 Oct 1935 p.110-111
Inns of Court (Related heading: Gray's Inn)
- FB, The Royal Society and The Inns of Court (Jones) 143 July 1952
- Sha. and the Inns of Court 69 Dec 1925 p.127-128
Inquisition see Trial
Ireland
- FB and Ireland (McMillan) 184 Dec 1984; and 185 Dec 1985
- FB and Ulster (Editorial) 169 Sept 1969
- Travellers' tales (Fermor) 163 Aug 1963
Ireland, William Henry (1777-1835), Shakespearean forger
- Forgers and forgeries (Eagle) 112 July 1944
- The Ireland forgeries (Johnson) 125 Oct 1947
Irving, Sir Henry (1838-1905), Actor
- Views on Bacon and acting (Corres.) 54 Apr 1916 p.113-114
Italy
- Brief link to Dante in `Measure for Measure' (Comes.) 138 Jan 1951 p.57
108
- The Day Star of the Muses (Leith) 74 June 1928
- FB in Italy (Leith) 5 parts. 35 July 1911; 37 Jan 1912; 38 Apr 1912; 39 July 1912;
40 Oct 1912
- Montaigne's trip (Smith) 181 Nov 1981
- Sha. and Italian comedy (Gentry) 122 Jan 1947
- Sha. and Italy (Bridgewater) 91 Oct 1938
- Sha. and Italy (Eagle) 169 Sept 1969
- Sha. and Italy (Gentry) 149 Sept 1954; 150 Dec 1954. And corres.
- Sha. and Venice 22 Apr 1908 p.96-114; 24 Oct 1908 p.227-231
- Sha. in Verona (`Salvamen') 94 July 1939
- Sha's Italian tour (`Roderigo') 124 July 1947
- Sha's knowledge of Italy and Italian (Editorial) 122 Jan 1947
Jacobite Plot, 1694
- Cipher letters throw light on it 73 Dec 1927 p.122
Jaggard, William (fl. 1594-1623), Printer
- Mystery about him (Barker) 85 Jan 1937
James The First, King of England (James The Sixth of Scotland)
- Amateur detection reveals facts about him (Henrion) 182 Nov 1982
- An offering: letter from FB (Bayley) 76 Dec 1929
- FB, 'Macbeth' and James 1st (Robb) 141 Autumn 1951
- Rosicrucian portrait of him (Henrion) 178 Dec 1978
Janssen, Cornelius (1593-1661), Portrait artist
- His portrait of FB found 38 Apr 1912 p.117-118
- That portrait (Comes.) 133 Oct 1949 p.244-245
Jazz
- Music for Sha. lyrics on BBC, criticised (Notes) 100 July 1941 p.253
Jeffrey, Lord Francis (1773-1850), Judge and literary critic
- Friendly to Baconians (Wilstach) S1 1 May 1892
Joad, Cyril E. M. (1891-1953), Broadcaster and philosopher
- Quoted on the need to question seemingly settled views 124 July 1947 p.121
Joan of Arc (c.1412-1431), Saint
- Knowledge of her letter shown in `I Henry V l'? (Comes.) 133 Oct 1949 p.245
Jonson, Ben (1572-1637), Dramatist and actor
- Allusion to Shakespeare 77 Aug 1930 p.205-206
- And `Manes Verulamiani' (Comes.) 84 June 1936
- An Astronomical similitude (Smedley) 43 July 1913
- Ben Jonson and FB (Johnson) 129 Autumn 1948. Illus. and comes.
- Ben Jonson and Sha. (Eagle) 106 Jan 1943
109- Cheveril the lawyer (Eagle) 46 Apr 1914
- A Curious lit. discussion (Goldsworthy) 84 June 1936 (Jonson and Mary Fitton)
- The First Baconian? (Sydenham) 80 Feb 1933
- God's servant (Leary) 185 Dec 1985
- His `Poet ape' satire S2 27 July 1899 p.135-136
- His `Poet ape' (Seymour) 85 Jan 1937 (Suggests person meant was Dekker)
- His two faces (Ham) 165 Oct 1965
- Insolent Greece and haughty Rome S2 3 Nov 1893 p.159-166
- Jonson and Seneca 83 Oct 1935 p.112-114
- Jonson and the Sha. plays (`Mercury') 139 Apr 1951
- Lines `to the reader' suggest a cryptogram (Rogerson) 190 1991
- Loophole to freedom (MacDuff) 186 Dec 1986
- Portrait of Jonson (frontis.) 129 Autumn 1948
- Sha., Marlowe and Ovid link (Begley) 17 Jan 1907 (Repr. 192 1994)
- Sogliardo (Durning-Lawrence) 40 Oct 1912
Jordan, John (1746-1809), Sha. forger
- Forgers and forgeries (Eagle) 112 July 1944
'Julius Caesar'
- 'Julius Caesar' (Bengough) J 11 1891
- Sha., FB and 'Julius Caesar' (Baker) 81 Jan 1934
Justice
- Justice and the widow (Denning) 85 Jan 1937 (Sha. refers to FB's mother?)
Juvenal (60-c.130), Roman poet
- Quoted by Shakespeare S2 13 Jan 1896 p.11-19
Kabala
- Key to the Kabala 76 Dec 1929 p.140-142
- Some interpretations (Lawrence) 73 Dec 1927 And corres.
Kay Cipher (Related heading: Ciphers)
- A Delusion? (Eagle) 119 Apr 1946; 120 July 1946 And corres.
- Thomas Powell's repertoire of words (Eagle) 121 Oct 1946
- What Mr. Eagle overlooked (Woodward) 119 Apr 1946
Keats, John (1795-1821), Poet
- Keats and FB (Leith) 79 Feb 1932
- Upbringing compared to Sha. (Comes.) 62 Mar 1920
Kent, County of
- Kent reference added to `Henry V1' in 1623 Folio 3 July 1903 p.163-167
"King John"
- Compared with FB's `Henry V11' (Bengough) S2 7 Nov 1894
110
- Sha’s history of Elizabeth (Court) S2 22 Apr 1898 and S2 24 Oct 1898
- Theseus in a magic square:coded message therein (`Jacobite’) 168 Aug 1968
- `The Troublesome reign...’ (Fulcher) 13 Jan 1906 and 14 Apr 1906
“King Lear”
- FB’s `holy water’ phrase echoed in this play (Theobald) J 11 891
- `King Lear’ 178 Dec 1978 p.12-19
- Ripeness is all (Hovhaness) 180 Nov 1980
King’s Counsel
- FB’s appointment (Hardy) 34 Apr 1911
Knowledge
- FB’s contribution to development of (Pott) 10 Apr 1905
- Rep. of Sedgewick on sci. knowledge of FB and Sha. 29 Jan 1910 p.47-49
Kyd, Thomas (1558?-1594?), Dramatist
- Certain ms. (Woodward) 54 Apr 1916
- Sporting Kyd (Woodward) 18 Apr 1907
Lang, Andrew (1844-1912) Shakespearean critic
-The Great Unknown (Smedley) 41 Jan 1913
- Some criticisms of him (Corres.) S2 36 Oct 1901 p.207-208
- Views on Greenwood criticised 37 Jan 1912 p.62-66
Language see English Language
`Latten’ (a mixed metal)
- On the meaning and intention of this word (Arden’) 148 May 1954
Law (Related headings: Gray’s Inn, Inner Temple)
- FB: a landmark (Hall) 186 Dec 1986
- FB as lawyer (Gentry) 147 Dec 1953
- FB and knights of the helmet (Pares) 161 Feb 1961
- FB and law reform (Hall) 187 Dec 1987
- FB in the Steward v. Steward case (Hall) 184 Dec 1984
- FB on the law (Melsome) 99 Apr 1941 and 100 July 1941
- Law in Sha’s time 56 Oct 1916 p.193-199
- The Lawyer speaks (Eagle) 113 Oct 1944
- Legal burlesque in `Hamlet’ J 3 1889 p.110-111
- Sha. the lawyer (Watts) J 3 1889
- Sha’s knowledge of law (`Quill Driver’) S2 2 Aug 1893 and S2 3 Nov 1893
“The Learned Pig” (an allegory)
- A 1786 reference to Sha `fraud’ 99 Apr 1941 p.189-190
- The Story of the learned pig (Bokenham) 188 Dec 1989
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Learning
- As possessed by the poet, Shakespeare (Meier) 20 Oct 1907
Lee, Sir Sidney (1859-1926), Critic and biographer
- Challenged in a letter (Parsons) 65 June 1923
- Evolutionary biography (Baker) 88 Jan 1938
- His `Great Englishmen' discussed (Stronach) 10 Apr 1905
- His life of Stratford's Sha. discussed S2 26 Apr 1899 p.74-86
- His (revised) life of Stratford's Sha. discussed 59 July 1917 p.160-176
- Sir Sidney Lee (Johnson) 159 Dec 1958
Legends
- Of Sha. deer stealing (Corres.) 115 Apr 1945 and 116 July 1945
- Sha. legends (Lloyd) 117 Oct 1945
Leicester, Earl of (Robert Dudley)
- Leicester's 'Commonwealth' (Theobald) 8 Oct 1904
- Leicester's ghost S2 11 Sept 1895 p.124-130
- Robert Dudley (Gentry) 152 Sept 1955
- What Lady Dorset knew (Woodward) 86 July 1937 (Dudley and the Queen)
- Portrait of Dudley 154 June 1956 p.8
Leigh, Edward (b.1602), Writer
- Notes on his `Religion and leaming' (Leith) S 2 36 Oct 1901
The Letter `A'
- The AA headpieces (Ledsem) 31 July 1910 Illus.
- Further notes on the AA headpiece (Cockburn) 71 Dec 1926
- Mystical significance of the AA... in Hamlet (Pares) 181 Nov 1981
- Observations on the light and the dark A (Nesbit) 63 Mar 1921
- Who was Nathanael Carpenter? 77 Aug 1930 p.208-209
Letters
- Imagined letters from the dead 13 Jan 1906 p.29-34 Illus.
- Those of A. and F. Bacon at Lambeth (Bunten jottings) 52 Oct 1915
Libraries and Book Collections
- Alicia Leith's gift to FB Society (Notes) 108 July 1943 p.138
- A Century of books ('Arden') 154 June 1956
- The Curtis Bacon/Sha. collection (Swain) 171 Dec 1971
- The Durning-Lawrence Library at Univ. Col., London 109 Oct 1943 p.149-152
- A Francis Bacon Library, USA (Notice) 193 1995 p.77
- Libraries of Sha. and Ben Jonson (Rose) 107 Apr 1943
- Shakespeare's library (Eagle) 84 June 1936
Light and Sound
- FB and Sha. on light and sound S2 10 July 1895 p.99-103
- Sense of sight and FB (Reigle) 157 Nov 1957; 158 June 1958
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Lodge, Thomas (1558-1625), Dramatist
- Thomas Lodge (Woodward) 58 Apr 1917
London
- As in Shakespeare's time: possible walks (Short) 127 Spring 1948 (With map)
Looney, John T. (d.1944), Founder of 'Oxfordian' theory
- Comment and criticism of him (Woodward's `Flotsam') 64 June 1922
The Lord High Chancellor's Office
- FB as Chancellor S2 29 Jan 1900 p.5-27
- Portrait of FB as Chancellor 137 Oct 1950
Love
- Constant and inconstant love (Melsome) 105 Oct 1942
- Cupid in the sonnets (Hunt) S2 38 Apr 1902
- FB on Love (Alderson) S2 26 Apr 1899
- FB on Love (Notes) 41 Jan 1913 p.52-54
- Sha. and the essay `Of Love' (Eagle) 93 Apr 1939
Lover's Complaint
- Enigmatic nature of this poem 15 July1906 p.158-171; 16 Oct 1906 p.250-263
"Love's Labours Lost"
- Association of this play with Gray's Inn (Eagle) 161 Feb 1961
- Cipher in the play (Anther) 122 Jan 1947
- A Discovery (Stotsenburg) S2 11 Sept 1895
- Don Adriana's letter cryptograph ('Arden') 138 Jan 1951; 139 Apr 1951;
141 Oct 1951. Diagrs.
- A Few notes (Leith) 32 Oct 1910
- Fingerprints (Porohovshikov) 121 Oct 1946
- Holofernes (Ashdown) 34 Apr 1911
- Link to Juan Vives (Eagle) 145 Mar 1953
- The Locality of `Love's Labours Lost' (Cockburn) 71 Dec 1926
- Needed a visit to France (Corres.) 82 Jan 1935 p.47-48
- A Note on its characters (Cockburn) 72 July 1927
- Notes on this play (Wigston) S2 19 July 1897
- The Owl's merry cry in song within this play (Corres.) 159 Dec 1958
- Praised in (forged?) 1604 letter 145 Mar 1953 p.45-46
- Resemblances .... (Robertson) 62 Mar 1920
- A Riddle and its answer 107 Apr 1943 p.90
- Sir Philip Sidney and `Love's Labours Lost' (Eagle) 51 July 1915
Lyell, Charles (1797-1875), Geologist
- His views on Persian literature 77 Aug 1930 p.192-193
Lyly, John (1554?-1606), Dramatist
- Certain ms. (Woodward) 54 Apr 1916
- `Endymion' (Eagle) 118 Jan 1946
- `Euphues' and FB's thought (Barley) 67 Sept 1924
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Lytton see Bulwer
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859), Writer and politician
- Bacon's worst enemy (Theobald) 27 July 1909
- FB's biographers (Theobald) J 1 June 1888
- Macaulay and Bacon (Stronach) 7 July 1904
- Macaulay's libels 117 Oct 1945 p.156-157
- A Note on Macaulay 39 July 1912 p.184
- Victorian criticism of Macaulay's views (Stolerman) 181 Nov 1981
"Macbeth"
- Hidden cipher in porter's speech? (Mataraly) 129 Autumn 1948
- Origin of the witches (Wigston) 24 Oct 1908
- FB and 'Macbeth' (Ruggles) 97 Oct 1940
- FB, 'Macbeth' and James 1 st (Robb) 141 Autumn 1951
- FB, `The Tempest' and 'Macbeth' (Gundry) 123 Apr 1947
- The Weird sisters (Kavanagh) 127 Spring 1948
- The Witches in 'Macbeth' 43 July 1913 p.159-160
Mallet, David, Biographer of Francis Bacon in 1740
- First Baconian(s) (Theobald) 82 Jan 1935
- His life of FB (Bokenham) 164 Oct 1964; 165 Oct 1965
"Manes Verulamiani"
- Comments on `Manes Verulamiani' (Gundry) 119 Apr 1946
- Discussion of this tribute to FB as a supreme poet.
(Seems collaborative, but mostly by Mrs. Pott). There are 7 consecutive parts: the last
one has a different title `The Manes Shades': S2 16 Oct 1896 to S2 22 Apr 1898
- A Few words 189 Dec 1990 p.58-62
- The Headpiece to this work (Hutchison) 19 July 1907
- Latin and English version of `The Manes...' (Sutton and others?) 8 parts.
11 July 1905 p.140-151; 12 Oct 1905 p.242-252; 13 Jan 1906 p.56-62;
14 Apr 1906 p.110-116; 15 July 1906 p.194-200; 16 Oct 1906 p. 267-269;
17 Jan 1907 p.55-60; 70 Apr 1926 p.157-202
- Link with Ben Jonson (Corres.) 84 June 1936
- The `Manes ... et Mens Academica (Gundry) 76 Dec 1929
Manners
- Elizabethan manners and morals 2 Apr 1903 p.69-75 (Repr. 102 Jan 1942)
- FB's opinion on manners and morals S2 7 Nov 1894 p.351-364
Manuscripts
- Certain mss. (Woodward) 54 Apr 1916 (Concerning Bacon and Marlowe)
- Enigmas unsolved (Prescott) 135 Apr 1950 ( On Sha. mss.)
- The Folio mss. What happened to them? (P Woodward) 72 July 1927
- A Location suggested for Sha's mss. (Comes.) 156 Apr 1957; 157 Nov 1957
- The Lost mss. of FB 34 Apr 1911 p.117-124
- The Lost mss. of FB (Gallup) 36 Oct 1911
114
- Owen's search for mss. (Corres.) 181 Nov 1981
- The Right to search: many views 165 Oct 1965 p.63-88
- A Search at Chepstow (Hammond) 79 Feb 1932
- The Search for (Sha.) mss. (Loosley) 109 Oct 1943
- A Search of the Wye bed (Notes) 35 July 1911 p.197-199
- Those Sha. mss. (Bokenham) 175 Oct 1975 Illus.
- Where are the Sha. play mss? (Johnson) 123 Apr 1947
Marks Estate, Essex
- FB's dealings with Marks (Hardy) 52 Oct 1915
Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593), Dramatist
- An Elizabethan whodunnit (Bentley) 161 Feb 1961
- Authorship of Tamburlaine (Begley) 20 Oct 1907
- The Bacon-Marlowe problem (Theobald) 83 Oct 1935
- Certain mss. (Woodward) 54 Apr 1916
- Christopher Marlowe (Theobald) 9 Jan 1905
- Did he write the work of Sha? (Wright) 157 Nov 1957
- Dr. Faustus (Begley) 23 July 1908
- Edward The Second (Theobald) J 10 1891
- Hero and Leander (Begley) 30 Apr 1901
- The Jew of Malta (Begley) 22 Apr 1908
- Links with Ovid, Sha. and Ben Jonson (Begley) 17 Jan 1907 (Rep. 192 1994)
- Marlowe and Shakespeare (Bridgewater) 142 Jan 1952
- The Marlowe mystery and Tamburlaine (Bokenham) 183 Dec 1983
- Marlowe problems (Eagle) 52 Oct 1915
- The Mystery of the inquest ... and plagiarism? (Corres.) 129 Autumn 1948
- The Mystery of Marlowe's death (Eagle) 126 Jan 1948 And corres.
- Parallel of a passage in Spenser 6 Apr 1904 p.131-132
- Slayer of Marlowe named in cipher (Corres.) 147 Dec 1953
- The Slaying of Marlowe 75 Feb 1929 p.61-62
Marriage
- Of Sha. and Anne Hathaway (Hardy) 49 Jan 1915
- Stratford monument and Mrs. Sha's tomb (Bokenham) 163 Aug 1963 Illus.
- Was Anne twice married? (Corres.) 25 Jan 1909 p.66-68
Marston, John see Hall-Marston satires
`The Mask of Flowers'
- A Masque presented 1613 (Leith) 87 Oct 1937
Masks (Related heading: Baconian Theory)
- Another FB mask (Johnson) 114 Jan 1945
- Bacon or Shakespeare? (Fermor) 175 Oct 1975
- FB: a cuckoo using others names (Johnson) 120 July 1946
- The Habit of St. Alban (Ham) 175 Oct 1975
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- Links in the chain (Pott) Series of articles, commencing p.27 of S2 9 Apr 1895:
"Scraps of information bearing upon the life, aims, work, friends, associates of
Francis Bacon"
- The Masks of FB (Durning-Lawrence) 39 July 1912
- The Masks of FB, Lord Keeper (Gibson) 156 Apr 1957
- The Masks of FB (Hickson) 72 July 1927
- Masks or faces (Woodward) 26 Apr 1909
- The Need for literary concealments (Eagle) 164 Oct 1964
- Renunciation by the author of Sha. (Hunt) 18 Apr 1907
- St. Alban's helmet (Roe) 72 July 1927
Masques
- Elizabethan masque to commemorate FB (Editorial) 162 Mar 1962
- FB's masque sonnet (Stronach) 18 Apr 1907. (With musical score).
- Masque music in FB's time (Bunten) 18 Apr 1907
- The Masque of flowers 1613 (Leith) 87 Oct 1937
- Of masques (Leith) 72 July 1927
- The Masques of FB (Millar) 141 Oct 1951
- Sha. and crisis: a masque (Habgood) 91 Oct 1938
Mathew, Sir Toby (b.1577)
- FB and Toby Mathew (Woodward) 54 Apr 1916
- Portrait of him 135 Apr 1950
- Sir Toby (Bunnett) 135 Apr 1950, with portrait; and 136 July 1950
- Toby Mathew's collection (Woodward) 61 Aug 1919
Matthews, W. R., 20th century cleric and Dean of St. Paul's
- His simplistic views of FB and Sha. (Editorial) 95 Oct 1939 p.169-173
"Measure for Measure"
- A Brief link to Dante? (Corres.) 138 Jan 1951
- FB and "measure for Measure' (Melsome) 101 Oct 1941
- FB/ Sha. anatomy (Melsome) 99 Apr 1941; 100 July 1941
- A Psychological study (Pogson) 130 Jan 1949
Meautys, Sir T., Secretary to Francis Bacon
- Events in his life (Bunten) 48 Oct 1914. And corres.
- Letters on Meauty's (Bunten's Jottings) 47 July 1914
Medals - Struck in honour of FB, held at British Museum S2 2 Aug 1893 p.102-105 Illus.
Mede, Joseph (b. 1586)
- Feigned lives S2 32 Oct 1900 p.179-188
Medicine
- Medicine and the drama (Bayley) 9 Jan 1905
- Sha's knowledge of medicine (Johnson) 112 July 1944
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Mee, Arthur (1875-1943), Writer
- Mee and Warwickshire (Comes.) 106 Jan 1943
- On FB (`Prospero') 107 Apr 1943
Mendenhall, Thomas C., analyst of literary styles c.1900
- His work on style comparisons (Alabaster) 193 1995
"The Merchant of Venice"
- `The Merchant of Venice' (Trevellyan) 181 Nov 1981
- Persian literature and this play 77 Aug 1930 p.192-193
- Shakespeare's Italian tour (Roderigo) 124 July 1947
- Shakespeare's ladies: Portia 137 Oct 1950 p.230-232
- The Wisdom of Sha. (Sennett) 134 Jan 1950
"The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Cambridge University link with Dr. Caius (Robb) 132 Summer 1949
- Grotius and this play (Bunten) 63 Mar 1921
- Justice Shallow (Hutchinson) 21 Jan 1908
- More on Shallow (Leith) 25 Jan 1909
- A Note on this play (Leith) 24 Oct 1908
Microcosmos, doctrine of
- FB's thoughts on S2 5 Apr 1894 p.265-274
Middle Temple, London (Related heading: Inner Temple)
- FB's links with The Middle Temple S 1 2 Aug 1893 p.109-111
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Rev. Gould and a cipher S2 19 July 1897 p.157-164; 20 Oct 1897 p.209-212
Millennium celebrations
- Corres. on Francis Bacon Society and the millennium 193 1995
Milne, A. A. (1882-1956), Writer
- A Quaint aberration (Beaumont) 115 Apr 1915
Milton, John (1608-1674), Poet and writer
- His psalms and prayers compared with FB's (Bengough) S2 6 Aug 1894
"Misfortunes of Arthur" (a play, 1587)
Comments on this play S2 39 July. 1902 p.117-122; and 22 Apr 1908 (Bunten)
Modern thinkers
- Effecting things possible (Medawar) 170 Nov 1970 (Influence of `New Atlantis')
- FB: colossus of the future (Wood) 185 Dec 1985
- FB as forerunner of modern thought (Srigley) 192 1994
- FB, Steiner and modern science (Waterman) 168 Aug 1968
- Influence of FB on modern thought (Trew) 125 Oct 19047 and 126 Jan 1948
- Nature to be commanded must be obeyed (Crowther) 177 Nov 1977
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Moliere (pseud, 1622-1673), French dramatist
- Sha. and Moliere (Fraser) 136 July 1950 (Are these names both guises?)
Money
- FB and money lenders (Ewen) 81 Jan 1934
- FB on the use and abuse of money J 9 1891 p.174
- FB's bonds (Ewen) 88 Jan 1938
Money Pit see Oak Island
Montaigne, M. de. (1533-1592), Essayist
- His autobiography compared to FB's (Pott) S2 14 Apr 1896; 15 July 1896; 16 Oct 1896;
- The Bordeaux copy of his essays (Smedley) 45 Jan 1914
- His essays (Johnson) 116 July 1945; 117 Oct 1945
- The Florio Montaigne (Woodward) 57 Jan 1917
- A Trip to Italy (Smith) 181 BNov 1981
Monuments
- Monument of FB (Editorial) 125 Oct 1947
- The Monument of FB restored 66 Mar 1924
- The Monument of Sha. at Stratford (Bokenham) 163 Aug 1963. Illus.
- The Monument of Sha. in Westminster Abbey (Editorial) 187 Dec 1987
- Monument to FB, Sha., Spenser (Theobald) 75 Feb 1929
- Monumental mistakes (Comes. from `Times Lit. Supplement') 166 June 1966
- The Original Stratford monument (Bokenham) 168 Aug 1968 Illus.
- Picture of inscription on Sha's in Westminster Abbey 160 Mar 1960 p.132
- Renovation of FB's monument (Dawkins) 181 Nov 1981
- What the Stratford monument tells (Johnson) 138 Jan 1951
Moore, George (1852-1933), Novelist and playwright
- His Baconian leanings (Notes) 81 Jan 1934 p.258
Morals
- Elizabethan manners and morals 2 Apr 1903 p.69-75 (Repr. 102 Jan 1942)
- FB on manners and morals S2 7 Nov 1894 p.351-364
More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535), Saint and writer
- Canonbury and Crosby Hall ( where More lived) S2 31 July 1900 p.144-149
Morgan, J. Appleton, 19th century American and Sha. group theorist
- Appleton Morgan (Theobald) 11 July 1905 (And corres. from Morgan)
- His Sha. studies J 9 1891 p.165-170
- Interviewed (Lane) 23 July 1908
- Notes on his literary `bombshell' 74 June 1928 p.209-212
- On legal terms in `Hamlet' J 3 1889 p.110-111
- A Query from him (Comes.) S 1 2 Oct 1892
The Morgan Coleman Illuminated Manuscript - Analysed (Johnson) 131 Apr 1949 Diagrs. And comes.
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- Discovered at St. Albans (Holmes) 130 Jan 1949 Illus.
- A matter for ample contentment (Ham) 167 July 1967
Mottoes
- FB and Sha. mottoes (Theobald) 98 Jan 1941
- A Verse, motto and emblem picture (E. and M. Brameld) 194 1997
Mr. W. H. see W H.
"Much Ado About Nothing"
- Are there traces of FB in this play? (Brown) 24 Oct 1908
Murals
- The Mural at a St. Abans Inn (Bokenham) 189 1990
- The Mural (Corres.) 185 Dec 1985
`The Muses Welcome', a 1618 poem
- Bears FB's family motto (Eagle) Jan 1948 (Plus some comment in next issue)
Music
- Bacon's masque sonnet (Stronach) 18 Apr 1907
- FB/Sha... of music (Leith) 84 June 1936
- The Hidden music (Pares) 170 Nov 1970
- Masque music in FB's time (Bunten) 18 Apr 1907
Mystery and Francis Bacon
- An Arbour in the wilderness (Howard) 79 Feb 1932
- FB and Sha: an open secret? (Filon) 180 Nov 1980
- FB's secret life (Cuningham) 35 July 1911
- FB and the universal mystery (Dawkins) 184 Dec 1984
- I am that I am (Eagle) 46 Apr 1914
- Mystery surrounding FB (Smedley) 33 Jan 1911; 34 Apr 1911; 36 Oct 1911
- Why FB suppressed his name (Eagle) 170 Nov 1970
Mysticism
- Construction of the world temple 167 July 1967 p.8-12
- FB: future colossus (Wood) 185 Dec 1985
- Shakespeare: a mystical approach (Howard) 169 Sept 1969
Mythology
- In 16th and 17th century literature (Pott) S2 25 Jan 1899
Names, Significance of see Forenames; Surnames
Nashe, Thomas (1567-1601), Dramatist and satirist
- FB/Sha anatomy (Melsome) 94 July 1939; 95 Oct 1939
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- FB, Sha. and Nashe (Melsome) 103 Apr 1942; 104 July 1942; 110 Jan 1944
- FB, Sha. and our philologists (Melsome) 108 July 1943
- Who was Nashe? (Bunnett) 142 Jan 1952; 143 July 1952
"New Atlantis"
- And Columbus (Srigley) 191 1992
- Continued by `R.H.' (Eagle and Gundry) 121 Oct 1946
- FB's lost Atlantis (Arther) 124 July 1947
- FB's `New Atlantis' (Gentry) 159 Dec 1958
- Rosicrucian links to it S2 4 Feb 1894
Newman, Cardinal John H. (1801-1890)
- Newman and Baconianism (Sutton) 45 Jan 1914
Northumberland Manuscript
- Documentary evidence for FB as Sha. (Bridgewater) 127 Spring 1948
- FB and the stage (Gentry) 132 July 1949
- The manuscript (Bompass) 7 July 1904
- The manuscript (Wigston) S2 22 Apr 1898
- The ms., The Promus and the long word (Pares) 160 Mar 1960
- Some Sha. doubts (Millar) 111 Apr 1944
"Novum Organum"
- And the sociology of knowledge (Horowitz) 161 Feb 1961
Numbers
- The Baconian 33 and the archetypal 28 (Hollenbach) 192 1994 Illus.
- The cryptic number 993 in the 1623 Folio (Corres.) 134 Jan 1950 p.53
- Did FB fill up all numbers? S2 8 Feb 1895 p.411-420; 9 Apr 1895 p.45-54
- The Figure 2 (Johnson) 116 July 1945
- Key to the Kabala 76 Dec 1929 p.140-142
- Links between FB, `Don Quixote', and number 33 (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- Mutatis mutandis (Filon) 174 Dec 1974. Illus. and corres.
- Mystical significance of certain numbers (Hollenbach) 190 1991
- Number 11 (Pott) S2 10 July 1895
- Number 287 (Woodward and Clifton) 44 Oct 1913
- Numbers 10 and 11 S2 17 Jan 1897 p.23-29
- Odd numbers (Leary) 166 June 1966
- Omnes numeros habet (Theobald) 32 Oct 1910
- Some Kabala interpretations (Lawrence) 73 Dec 1927 And corres.
- The World's a bubble (Pott) S2 13 Jan 1896; S2 15 July 1896
Oak Island, Nova Scotia
- The Money pit (Bokenham) 191 1992
- Oak island synopsis (McKaig) 185 Dec 1985
- Report on this mystery (p.86) and corres. 194 1997
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Obituaries and Appreciations
- Alexander, B. 174 Dec 1974
- Arther, J. (pseud.) 144 Nov 1952
- Aspen,W 153 Dec 1955
- Bailie, A. E. 103 Apr 1942
- Baker, J. Kendra 126 Jan 1948 p.8
- Banks, A. 162 Mar 1962
- Bayley, H. 165 Oct 1965 (in editorial)
- Beckett, J. W. 178 Dec 1978
- Begley, Rev. W. 14 Apr 1906 (with illus.)
- Biddulph, L. 161 Feb 1961
- Blackwell, H. 84 June 1936
- Bompass, G. C. 12 Oct 1905 (with illus.)
- Brameld, D. 184 Dec 1984
- Brewis, P 96 Apr 1940
- Bridgewater, H. 154 June 1956 ( and memoir 155 Nov 1956)
- Bristol, M. 182 Nov 1982
- Bunnett, R. J. A. 176 Oct 1976
- Bunten, A. C. 96 Apr 1940
- Burr, W H. 28 Oct 1909.
- Caldecott, H. S. 21 Jan 1908.
- Campion, S. R. 179 Oct 1979
- Clark F. L. 109 Oct 1943
- Clark, N. R. 80 Feb 1933
- Cockburn, Sir J. A. 77 Aug 1930; rep. of remembrance meeting 78 Feb 1931
- Collins, J. C. 24 Oct 1908
- Cuningham, G. C. 74 Jun 1928
- Curtis, G. B. 138 Jan 1951 (with illus.)
- Dawbarn C. Y. C. 141 Oct 1951
- Dodd, A. 145 Mar 1953 (and appreciation in editorial 146 Aug 1953)
- Durning-Lawrence, Sir E. 47 July 1914
- Durning-Lawrence, Miss T. A. C. 171 Dec 1971
- Eagle, R. L. 177 Nov 1977 ( an illus. appeared earlier, in 168 Aug 1968)
- Emmerson, G. L. 105 Oct 1942
- Farrington, B. 175 Oct 1975
- Fermor, N. 187 Dec 1987 (photo. as frontis.)
- Francis, A. L. F. 69 Dec 1925
- Fuller, J. F. C. 166 June 1966
- Furnivall, F. J. 37 Jan 1912
- Gay, S. B. W. 84 June 1936
- Gallup, E. W. 83 Oct 1935
- Gerstenberg, Dr. J. 171 Dec 1971
- Godfrey, A. P 144 Nov 1952
- Goldsworthy, W. L. 82 Jan 1935
- Greenwood, Sir. G. G. 75 Feb 1929 (with a sonnet and Sha. quote in tribute)
- Gundry, W. G. C. 166 June 1966
- Guerrier, H. S. 177 Nov 1977
- Hacker, S. B. 138 Jan 1951
- Hamerster, A. J. see Arther
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- Haworth-Booth, B. 62 Mar 1920
- Hay, A. 84 June 1936
- Heinig, R. L. 84 June 1936
- Henn,T. R. S2 35 1901
- Henrion, P 186 Dec 1986
- Howell, A. 190 Dec 1991
- Humphries, Judge Christmas 183 Dec 1983
- Hutchinson, J. 55 July 1916
- Ingram, C. S. 174 Dec 1974
- Jay, J. H. 103 Apr 1942
- Johnson, E. D. 169 Sept 1969
- Kindersley, D. J. 75 Feb 1929
- Knight, R. 155 Nov 1956
- Langton-Down, Dr. R. 152 Sept 1955
- Lawrence, B. E. 75 Feb 1929
- Leith, A. A. 115 Apr 1945 (with illus.)
- Leith, E. 98 Jan 1941 - Luce, M. 107 Apr 1943
- Maconochie, J. 188 1989
- Makin, C. 166 June 1966
- Mapother, E. 149 Sept 1954
- Melsome, W. S. 113 Oct 1944 (with illus.)
- Mudie, A. 81 Jan 1934
- Murchison, Sir K. 145 Mar 1953
- Nesbit, E. see Tucker - Nickson, H. 91 Oct 1938
- Northampton, 6th Marquiss 178 Dec 1978
- Owen, Dr. O. W. 67 Sept 1924
- Owen, W. 147 Dec 1953
- Pares, M. 182 Nov 1982 ( an illus. featuring Martin Pares is in 163 Aug 1963)
- Platt, J. H. 40 Oct 1912
- Pogson, B. 167 July 1967
- Pon, Miss C. M. 156 Apr 1957
- Pott, Mrs C. M. (a founder of The Society) 52 Oct 1915 (with poem and illus.)
- Powell, A. 169 Sept 1969
- Reed, E. 25 Jan 1909
- Rewcastle, G. 75 Feb 1929
- Robertson, J. M. 80 Feb 1933
- Searl, A. D. 176 Oct 1976
- Sennett, M. 132 July 1949 (with illus.)
- Seymour, H. 89 Apr 1938 (with illus.)
- Smedley, W. T. 82 Jan 1935
- Smith, V 141 Autumn 1951
- Stotsenburg, Judge J. H. 29 Jan 1910
- Stronach, G. 52 Oct 1915
- Stuart, A. J. C. 168 Aug 1968
- Suffield, J. 78 Feb 1931
- Sydenham (Lord) of Combe 81 Jan 1934
- Theobald, B. G. 97 Oct 1940. (with illus.)
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- Theobald, M. 159 Dec 1958
- Theobald, R. M. 47 July 1914
- Trevelyan, Sir G. Bt. 194 1997 (with illus.)
- Tucker, E. N. B. 67 Sept 1924
- Vejchoda-Ambros, M. 170 Nov 1970
- Verulam, Earl 68 Mar 1925
- Victoria, Queen of England S2 34 Apr 1901
- Vitzhum, Count S2 12 Nov 1895
- Wadsworth, J. (printer of Baconiana) 128 Summer 1948
- Walters, J. C. 81 Jan 1934
- Walters, P. 119 Aug 1946 (with illus.)
- Webb, Judge T. 5 Jan 1904
- Williams, A. J. 96 Apr 1940
- Willis, Judge W. 37 Jan 1912
- Woodruff, A. A. 134 Jan 1950
- Woodward, P 79 Feb 1932
- Woodward, S. 162 Mar 1962 (His portrait appears as frontis. in 137 Oct 1950)
- Woodward, W. O. 180 Nov 1980
- Wright, T. 170 Nov 1970
- Yates, F. 181 Nov 1981
Olivier, Sir Laurence (1907-1989), distinguished actor
- His film representation of Hamlet (Birin) 128 Summer 1948
Omega project
- And millenium celebrations Corres. 193 (1995)
"Othello"
- Dr. Furness on Desdemona 45 Jan 1914 p.56-59
- Moral poisons (Wigston) S2 37 Jan 1902
- New light on Othello (Leith) 55 July 1916; 56 Oct 1916
- 'Othello' (Pares) 164 Oct 1964; repr. 173 Dec 1973
- Speech taken from Italian poetry? 68 Mar 1925 p.59
Output (of FB) see Quantity of writing
Ovid (43BC - 17AD), Roman poet
- Links with Marl, Sha. and Ben Jonson (Begley) 17 Jan 1907 (Rep. 192 1994)
Owen, Dr. O. W. (Baconian cipher pioneer)
- Dr. Owen's cipher method (Millet) S2 14 Apr 1896
- Dr. Owen's cipher method S2 16 Oct 1896 p.225-233
- Dr. Owen's cipher (Sherman) S2 9 Apr 1895
- His cipher wheel (Fellows) 184 Dec 1984
- His miscalculation (Howard) 78 Feb 1931
- His search for the manuscripts Corres. 181 Nov 1981
- Illustration of Owen's wheel 111 April 1944 Frontis.
- Importance of the word cipher (Beaumont) 111 Apr 1944
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- Notes on Owen 193 1995
- Notes on him from USA 66 Mar 1924 p 225
- Search at Chepstow (Hammond) 79 Feb 1932
- Search of Wye bed for Ms. (Notes) 35 July 1911 p.197-199
- Was he on the right track? (Seymour) 77 Aug 1930
Oxford, 17th Earl of, Edward de Vere, (1550-1604)
- An alternative to FB as Sha. (Kent) 142 Jan 1952 (Plus editorial comment)
- An Oxfordian on the FB ciphers (Bond) 124 July 1947
- Another Bacon/Oxford debate 120 July 1946 p.119-120
- Comments on Oxford theory Editorial 126 Jan 1948
- The Concordant one (Sennett) 120 July 1946
- Contrasted with FB as Sha. (Dawbarn) Special Supplement Oct 1938
- Criticism of theory that he was Sha. (Bridgewater) 81 Jan 1934
- Debate Bacon v. Oxford 119 Apr 1946 p.75-78 and corres.
- Debate FB v. Oxford v. Sha 124 July 1947 p.123-125
- Edward de Vere (Ellis) 120 July 1946
- Elizabethan whodunnit (Bentley) 161 Feb 1961
- Futility of Oxfordian claims (Johnson) 120 July 1946
- He contributes to Gascoigne's poems ` 100 flowers' 68 Mar 1925 p.64-66
- Oxfordian freakish claims (Beaumont) 123 Apr 1947
- Oxfordian views criticised (Editorial) 139 Apr 1951
- Pictured(?) in quixotic quest (Henrion) 179 Oct 1979. And Corres.
- The search for a (Sha.) substitute 65 June 1923 p.126-131
- Sha. "shows him up" (Seymour) 80 Feb 1933
Oxford University
- FB and seats of learning 70 Apr 1926 p.203-211
Painting
Painting of the ancients (Leith) 97 Oct 1940
Palindromes
- Suggested as deliberately present in Sha's plays (Corres.) Aug 1930 p.221
Pallas Athene, Greek Goddess of Drama
- Pallas Athene and dramatic art (Reed) 82 Jan 1935
- Pallas Athene 70 Apr 1926 p.272-273 Illus.
- Picture of her 120 July 1946 Frontis.
- Picture of statue as spear-shaker 70 Apr 1926 p.144
Palmerston, 3rd Viscount (1784-1865), Statesman
- A Baconian? (Stronach letter) 22 Apr 1908 p.130-131
Pan
- FB and the hieroglyphic design of Pan S2 6 Aug 1894 p.317-327
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Papermarks see Watermarks
Parallelisms
- Argument about parallels (Bengough and Taylor) J 6 1888 p.218-219
- Authorship identity (Bridgewater) 74 June 1928
- Constant and inconstant love (Melsome) 105 Oct 1942
- FB, Nashe and philologists (Melsome) 108 July 1943
- FB and a `Richard the Second' passage (Theobald) J 4 1889
- FB and Sha. as gardener (Eagle) 112 July 1944
- FB, Sha. and Nashe (Melsome) 103 Apr 1942; 104 July 1942
- FB, Sha. and war (Melsome) 107 Apr 1943
- Links with Sha. in Bacon family letters (Denning) 80 Feb 1933
- Mirror of the mind:FB/Sha. (Farrington) 171 Dec 1971
- More parallels (`Verax') 77 Aug 1930
- More parallels (Wigston) J 10 1891
- Notions, the soul of words (Leith) 68 Mar 1925
- Parallels in the early plays (Follett) J 8 1891
- Parallels and The Promus (Pares) 163 Aug 1963
- A Reference to the wind in `Coriolanus' (Comes.) 165 Dec 1965
- Sha./FB parallels (Platt) 24 Oct 1908
- Twigs plucked (Theobald) 29 Jan 1910
Parentage of Francis Bacon queried see Royal Birth Theory
Parliament
- FB as MP at Ipswich 1597 29 Jan 1910 p.38-40
Parmenides (c.515-445 BC). Greek philosopher
- Studied by FB and echoed by Hamlet (Watts) S2 4 Feb 1894
Parnassus
- Discussion of the Parnassus plays (Theobald) 11 July 1905; 12 Oct 1905
- Great assizes: Parnassus 105 Oct 1942 p175-178 (Note on 1645 anon. poem)
- Parallels in the Parnassus plays (Hickson) 74 June 1928. Illus.
Passions
- FB's treatment of: FB/Sha. anatomy (Melsome) 97 Oct 1940; 98 Jan 1941
- FB's `Wisdom of ancients' (Pares) 145 Mar 1953
Passports
- Passports of Anthony Bacon (Bunten) 69 Dec 1925; 71 Dec 1926
Patriotism
- FB's patriotism (Gomes da Silva) 83 Oct 1935
- The Supernal patriot (Bunnett) 137 Oct 1950; 138 Jan 1951
Paulet, Sir Amyas, Counsellor of Queen Elizabeth
- Monument and biog. (Earl Poulett) 126 Jan 1948. Illus. ( Plus Edit. notes 127)
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Peele, George (1558?-1597?), Dramatist
- Certain manuscripts (Woodward) 54 Apr 1916
Pegasus
- Bronze figure of (gift to Society by H. S. Howard) 69 Dec 1925 p.129-130
Pembroke, Lady Mary (d.1621), Sister of Philip Sidney
- Her Wilton House home (letter based on 1897 Baconiana note) 194 1997
People in the 16th and 17th centuries
- Cleanliness of playhouses and spectators (Bayley) 5 Jan 1904
- Cost of living: food prices (Editorial) 112 July 1944 p.84
- Elizabethan audiences (Eagle) 114 Jan 1945
- Elizabethan manners and morals 2 Apr 1903 p.69-75
- Religion in Sha's day (Bayley) 6 Apr 1904
- Sidelights on ignorance in the 16th century 5 Jan 1904 p.25-38
- Theatre audiences: rules for them stated in 1742 document 4 Oct 1903 p.255
- Walter Scott comment on life standards 4 Oct 1903 p.219; 103 Apr 1942 p.92
"Pericles"
- Enigmas in this play (Woodward) 28 Oct 1909
Persian Literature
- Drawn upon in `Merchant of Venice'? 77 Aug 1930 p.192-193
Philosophy (of Francis Bacon)
- Amore et virtute (Fermor) 184 Dec 1984
- Bacon on himself and his work 70 Apr 1926 p.230-236
- The Contemplative mind of Bacon (Theobald) 140 July 1951
- Criticism of Macaulay's view of FB (Stolerman) 181 Nov 1981
- Effecting all things possible (Medawar) 170 Nov 1970
- FB: a reply to a critic 30 Apr 1910 p.68-79
- FB: sage and seer (Habgood) 87 Oct 1937
- FB and the pre-Socratic philosophers (Farringdon) 164 Oct 1964
- FB and the Rosicrucians (Wigston) J 9 1891
- FB as philosopher (Biddulph) 76 Dec 1929
- FB as philosopher (Gentry) 146 Aug 1953
- FB's argosies (Sutton) 33 Jan 1911
- FB's friends and critics 70 Apr 1926 p.237-258
- FB's new method (Gundry) 116 July 1945 and 117 Oct 1945
- FB on wonder and knowledge (Theobald) J 9 1891
- FB's debt to the schoolmen (Collins) 149 Sept 1954; 150 Dec 1954
- FB's philosophy (Moore) 115 Apr 1945
- FB's status after four centuries (Trevor-Roper) 162 Mar 1962
- FB's two lives (Habgood) 94 July 1939
- From FB's vineyard (Wigston) 26 Apr 1909
- His intellectual world (Riegle) 145 Mar 1953
- His settled notions S2 10 July 1895 p.82-90
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- Latin doxology (Fermor) 164 Oct 1964
- Medical comedy (Bur-ridge) 144 Nov 1952
- The Mirror (Gundry) 145 Mar 1953
- The Moral aspect of FB's philosophy (Farringdon) 162 Mar 1962
- Nature to be commanded (Crowther) 177 Nov 1977
- Philosophies compared 32 Oct 1910 p.217-219
- Preparations for new philosophy (Riegle) 153 Dec 1955
- The Problem of a ruminant (Bristol) 141 Oct 1951
- Roger Bacon and Francis Bacon (Candler) S2 40 Oct 1902
- Roger Bacon and Francis Bacon (Gundry) 129 Autumn 1948
- The Shadow of FB's mind 69 Dec 1925 p.105-116
- A Sunshine analogy (Theobald) S 1 1 May 1892
- The Sympathy and antipathy of things (Bunnett) 114 Jan 1945
Phoenix
- as a symbol in Sha. (Birin) 129 Autumn 1948
"Phoenix and Turtle (Dove)"
- Articles on the poem (Eagle And Kavanagh) 134 Jan 1950. And corres.
- Comments on this poem (Eagle) 54 Apr 1916
- Interpretation of the third line (Notes) 92 Jan 19939 p.49
- The Riddle of this poem ('Holmes-Watson') 133 Oct 1949 Col. illus.
- The Treble dated crow (Welsh) 81 Jan 1934
Photographs see Portraits, pictures and photographs
Pictures see Portraits, pictures and photographs
`Pioneer'
- FB's use of this word (Theobald) J 6 1888
Plautus (c.250-184 BC), Roman dramatist
- Shakespeare and Plautus (Caldecott) S2 11 Sept 1895
Plays, General (Related heading: Theatre)
- Action and eloquence of Sha: passages linked to FB (Wigston) 61 Aug 1919
- The Chronicle plays (Wigston) 5 parts. S2 26 Apr 1899; 27 July 1899;
28 Oct 1899; 31 July 1900; 32 Oct 1900
- Elizabethan phenomena: attribution of plays (Bridgewater) 104 July 1942
- FB and the drama 70 Apr 1926 p.217-226
- FB's involvement with such entertainments (Brameld) 192 1994
- FB's seal therein (Wigston) 27 July 1909
- Of the drama (Leith) 78 Feb 1931
- Playwriting considered dishonourable 8 Oct 1904 p.238-240
- Stagecraft and FB (Leith) 27 July 1909
Plays of Shakespeare (Related headings: names of individual plays)
- Dating of the plays (Platt) 25 Jan 1909
- Evidence connecting FB with them (Bridgewater) 76 Dec 1929
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- Facsimile copies of many title pages (Dawbarn) Oct 1938 Supplement p.39-79
- Genesis of the plays (James) 9 Jan 1905
- Missing historical plays (Bridgewater) 78 Feb 1931; 79 Feb 1932; 80 Feb 1933
- Plurality of authorship 68 Mar 1925 p.18-23
- Revision of plays by Shakespeare 29 Jan 1910 p.51-53
- Why should FB have written the plays? (Baker) 84 June 1936
Pleasure
- Nature of it discussed in `Wisdom of the ancients' (Pares) 148 May 1954
La Pleiade (An organised `constellation' of French poets)
- An astronomical similitude (Smedley) 43 July 1913
- Ben Jonson and FB (Johnson) 129 Autumn 1948 Illus.
- Did it influence FB? (Bristol) 135 Apr 1950
- This group and FB (Bristol) 132 July 1949
- This group and FB (Gentry) 133 Oct 1949
Pliny (23-79) Roman scholar
- Folio dedication indebted to him 5 Jan 1904 p.4-8
- Regal favour (MacDuff) 185 Dec 1985
Poems (This heading covers actual poems)
- Acrostic for Anthony Bacon 80 Feb 1933 p.164
- An Invective against love 1600 J 4 1889 p.160
- Anti-Baconian poem (Jefferson to Donnelly) S 1 1 May 1892 p.50
- `Burrswood' (Pares) 178 Dec 1978
- Falstaff redivivus ('Salvamen') 100 July 1941 p.243
- Latin poem on FB with trans. (Pittard) S2 15 July 1896
- Miscellany (Pares and another) 180 Nov 1980
- Mother Earth (Pares) 180 Nov 1980 p.6
- On C. M. Pott, d.1915 (Baker) 52 Oct 1915 p.248
- On FB as the real Sha. 142 Jan 1952 p.43-44
- On Shakespeare's apparent ignorance and FB 90 July 1938 p.154
- On 350th anniversary of FB's birth (Hutchinson) 34 Apr 1911
- Poem attributed to FB (Caldecott) S2 7 Nov 1894
- Poem attributed to FB (Bunten) 29 Jan 1910
- Poem to a Baconian convert (Morell) 20 Oct 1907
- Poetic miscellany( poems by five members) 164 Oct 1964
- Sonnet on FB as Sha. (Snow) S12 Oct 1892
- Sonnet on Shakespeare (Scott) 96 Apr 1940
- Sonnet with cryptograms (Baker) 96 Apr 1940
- To FB (Hopper)77 Aug 1930 p.204
- To FB (Waddington) 70 Apr 1926
- To FB (Young) 43 July 1913
- To George Greenwood 75 Feb 1929
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Poets and poetry (Articles about poetry) (Related heading: `Manes Verulamiani')
- Concealed poets, a parallel (Theobald) S2 1 May 1893
- Discourse on poetry (1586): attrib. to FB (Woodward) 36 Oct 1911
- Diversion of FB's youth (Smedley) 23 July 1908
- FB: poet (Sennett) 95 Oct 1939
- FB as a poet 70 Apr 1926 p.227-229
- FB as a poet (Biddulph) 76 Dec 1929
- FB as a poet (Brameld) 167 July 1967
- FB as a poet (Gentry) 145 Mar 1953
- FB as a poet (Extract from work by Jusserand) 77 Aug 1930
- FB the poet (Watts) J 4 1889
- FB the painter-poet (Wigston) S2 25 Jan 1899
- FB: poet and dramatist (Leith) S2 34 Apr 1901
- FB was a poet (Eagle) 105 Oct 1942
- FB's work in `Golden book of sonnets' (Corres.) 51 July 1915 p.180
- Francis St. A., poet (Leith) S2 40 Oct 1902
- `Ignoto': anon. poems of 1651 (Cuningham) 44 Oct 1913
- Jottings from Argentina 145 Mar 1953 p.16-17
- The Muses Welcome' 1618: link to FB? (Eagle) 126 Jan 1948
- Parabolical poetry (Wigston) S2 34 Apr 1901
- Poems previously anon. (Pott) S2 39 July 1902
- Poetry and dreams (Eagle) 55 July 1916
- Shorter poems of Shakespeare 99 Apr 1941 p.179-183
Poitiers
- Sha. in Verona and Poitiers (`Salvamen') 94 July 19939
- University life there in FB's time (Bonnichon) 143 July 1952
Politics
- FB's metaphors and the state (Pott) 7 parts from J 5 1888 to J 11 1891
- FB and politics (Gentry) 126 Jan 1948
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Writer and poet
- Alexander Pope (Bokenham) 188 Dec 1989
- The Ambiguities of Pope (Woodward) 52 Oct 1915
- FB and Pope 13 Jan 1906 p.14-25
- FB and Pope(Reynolds) 178 Dec 1978
- Pope and FB (Baker) 85 Jan 1937 (Reprinted in 164 1964)
- Pope's meaning (Corres.) 164 Oct 1964
- What meanest thou ... (Constance) 122 Jan 1947
Population
- The depopulation of towns censured by FB (Donnelly) J 9 1891
129
Porohovshikov, Pierre S. (Russian born, 20th century `group theorist')
- The Rutland theory and Prof. Porohovshikov (Bridgewater) 125 Oct 1947
Portraits, pictures, photographs - described (Actual illustrations are indexed under
the name of the subject or under `Illustrations')
- The Ashbourne portrait discussed (Editorial) 97 Oct 1940
- The Daub (Henrion) 185 Dec 1985 Illus.
- Discussion of the FB and Sha. eyes (Brain) 116 July 1945
- The Elizabethan image (Fermor) 170 Nov 1970
- FB and W. Sha. S2 1 May 1893
- FB's bust (Notes) 104 July 1942 Illus.
- FB's milieu (Fermor) 156 Apr 1957
- FB's portrait compared to others (Pott) 35 July 1911
- A Little known portrait of FB (Horsey) 131 Apr 1949 Illus.
- The Mural at St. Albans (Bokenham) 189 Dec 1990
- The Orange and the Rose (Fermor) 165 Oct 1965 (Descrip. of paintings exhib.)
- Portrait of a mystery (pregnant?) woman (Carr) 195 Nov 1998 Illus.
- Portrait of Sha. compared to FB (Driver) 187 Dec 1987
- Portraits of Sha. discussed (Corres.) 170 Nov 1970
- Symbolic portraits (Clennell) 137 oct 1950 Illus.
Portugal - FB and Portugal (Leith) 45 Jan 1914
Powell, J. Enoch (1912-1998) Statesman and author
- The Trick of that voice 195 Nov 1998 And corres. (A Spectator article reprinted)
- His views on Sha. discussed (Editorial) 171 Dec 1971
Powell, T.
- His records and the Kay cipher (Eagle) 121 Oct 1946
- His 1630 eulogy to FB S2 1 May 1893 p.49
Prayers
- Of FB and Milton compared (Bengough) S2 6 Aug 1894
- Of Queen Elizabeth before the Armada 99 Apr 1941 p.165
- The Writer's prayer (facsim) of FB, with an editorial note 114 Jan 1945 Illus.
Prejudice see Bias
Prerogative instances
- From 'Novum Organum' linked to Sha. (Hollenbach) 190 1991
Priestley, J. B. (1894-1984), Novelist, playwright and critic
- Opposes idea that FB was Shakespeare 125 Oct 1947 p.175-176
Printing
- Book production in FB's time (Corres.) 128 Summer 1948 p.173
130
- Errors and omissions in old works S2 31 July 1900 p.136-144
- Notes on 17th century errors (Leith) S2 36 Oct 1901
- Secret marks in printing (Pott) S2 4 Feb 1894
Promus
- Analysis of Latin entries therein (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- Documentary evidence for FB as Sha. (Bridgewater) 127 Spring 1948
- English translations of Latin entries (Bartholomew) 196 June 1999
- FB, `Don Quixote' and The Promus (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- FB's Promus (Johnson) 126 Jan 1948
- John Heywood as a probable source (Alabaster) 196 June 1999
- The Northumberld. ms., the Promus and the long word (Pares) 160 Mar 1960
- Notes and proofs S2 23 July 1898 p.43-49
- Parallels and The Promus (Pares) 163 Aug 1963
- A Promus study (Theobald) S2 3 Nov 1893
Properties
- FB connected with Rowington and Blackfriars? (Brown) 25 Jan 1909
Prose
- Shakespeare's prose (Stronach) 2 Apr 1903
Psalms
- Biblical reference to FB in Psalm 46? (Rose) 113 Oct 1944
- FB and the Psalms (Brameld) 167 July 1967
- FB's cipher in Psalm 46 (Wright) 143 July 1952
- FB's Psalms (Hookham) 161 Feb 1961 And corres.
- FB's translation (Bunnett) 106 Jan 1943
- FB's version of The Psalms (Woodward) 8 Oct 1904
- Loophole to freedom: Psalm 51 (MacDuff) 186 Dec 1986
- A Note on Psalm 137 (Hudson) 189 Dec 1990
- The Placing of `shake' and `spear' in Psalm 46 (Grimshaw) 65 June 1923
- Psalm 46 116 July 1945 p.88-89
- Psalm 46 has FB cipher (Arden') 146 Aug 1953
- The Psalms (Editorial) 178 Dec 1978
- The Psalms and prayers of FB and of Milton (Bengough) S2 6 Aug 1894
Psychology
- The Psychology of Shakespeare (Seymour) 71 Dec 1926
Puppetry
- The Faust puppet play 30 Apr 1910 p.79-88
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Quantity and speed of writing (Claimed for Francis Bacon)
- Could FB have found time? (Eagle) 103 Apr 1942
- How fast did they write? (Editorial) 114 Jan 1945
- How was it possible? (Port) 3 July 1903
- Of Truth (P Woodward) 62 Mar 1920
- Phenomenal output (Cockburn) 62 Mar 1920
- The Range of FB's output (Woodward) 30 Apr 1910
- Significant comparisons (Bayley) 74 June 1928
Queen Elizabeth see Elizabeth The First
Radio
- Anticipated in Henry IV quote? 68 Mar 1925 p. 17
Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552-1618)
- Comment on his `History of the World' (Pott) 1 Jan 1903 (Repr. Sept 1955)
- Exhibition to mark the Roanoake colony adventure 1584 (Editorial) 184 1984
- His verse (Fermor) 172 Dec 1972
- Ode to Raleigh (Le Geyt) 180 Nov 1980 p.87
- The Search for a Sha. substitute 65 June 1923 p.126-131
- Vignettes of history (Leith) 52 Oct 1915
Randolph, Thomas (1605-1635), Poet
- Randolph and FB (Eagle) 98 Jan 1941
"The Rape of Lucrece"
- A Cipher suggested therein 39 July 1912 p.183; 41 Jan 1913 p.65-68
- Justice and the widow (Denning) 85 Jan 1937
- Parallels with other Sha. works (Denning) 80 Feb 1933
Ratsey, G. (Hanged 1605), Highwayman and theatre-goer
- `Ratsei's ghost' and Sha. (Durning-Lawrence) 40 Oct 1912
Ravenspurg, Ancient port
- Discussion of book `Lost England' 9 Jan 1905 p.61-62
Rawley, Dr. William (d.1667), FB's secretary and chaplain
- Differing motives (Brameld) 195 Nov 1998
- First Baconians (Theobald) 82 Jan 1935
- Significance of his tomb (Gundry) 73 Dec 1927
Reincarnation
- FB on reincarnation (Arther) 125 Oct 1947 And corres.
Religion (Related headings: Bible, Psalms)
- The Brotherhood sign (Dawkins) 177 Nov 1977 Illus.
- The Christianity of FB (Farrington) 165 Oct 1965 (Repr.178 1978)
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- FB and religion (Gentry) 129 Autumn 1948
- Religion and Sha. 39 July 1912 p.143-147
- Religion in Sha's day (Bayley) 6 Apr 1904
Renaissance
- The Renaissance in England (Bayley) 80 Feb 1933
- Symbolic design linking FB with it S2 4 Feb 1894 p227-228 (Illus. as frontis.)
Reputation see Character, abilities and reputation
"Resuscitatio"
- 1657 collection of FB material (Woodward) 14 Apr 1914
"Richard The Second"
- Did Sha. die in 1616? (Eagle) 111 Apr 1944
- 1597: when the alarm sounded (Henrion) 180 Nov 1980 Illus.
- FB and this play (Bokenham) 184 Dec 1984
- Moral poisons (Wigston) S2 37 Jan 1902
- Queen Elizabeth and this play (Pares) 163 Aug 1963
- Tacitus: influence on play S2 5 Apr 1894 p.239-252; 6 Aug 1894 p.301-316
"Richard The Third"
- Did Sha. die in 1616? (Eagle) 111 Apr 1944
- FB's belated justice (Ham) 173 Dec 1973 Illus. (Also on the King's character)
Robertson, John M. (1856-1933), Controversial literary commentator
- As a Bacon editor, lectures to The Society 26 1909 p.107
- Friend or foe to FB? (Challinor) 195 Nov 1998; with other comment and corres.
- His book attacking Baconian theory criticised 42 Apr 1913 p.69-104;
43 July 1913 p.133-152; 44 Oct 1913 p.185-206. (And corres. 1913-1915)
- His 'Montaigne and Sha.' discussed S2 21 Jan 1898 p.31-34
- His 'Sha and Chapman' discussed (Eagle) 60 Oct 1917
- On value of Elizabethan money; his views quoted (Bridgewater) 115 Apr 1945
- War with orthodoxy: says Sha. work by many hands (Notes) 75 Feb 1929 p.68
"Romeo and Juliet"
- Adam Cupid (Theobald) 42 Apr 1913
- Autobiographical element in play (Henrion) 184 Dec 1984 Illus.
- Broadway film shows it as by FB (Editorial) 150 Dec 1954
- Notes on the play (Leith) 51 July 1915
- The Oldest version of this play (Vaughan) 135 Apr 1950
- Romeo's first love (Stewart) 35 July 1911
- Romeus and Juliet (Eagle) 53 Jan 1916
Ronsard, Pierre de (1524-1585), Fr. Poet (Related heading: Pleiade
- A vignette (Leith) 80 Feb 1933
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Roses
- FB and Sha. on roses (Notes) 14 Apr 1906 p.137-138
Rosicrucians
- Andrea on FB (Barker) 187 Dec 1987
- A Closed Tudor network (Henrion) 177 Nov 1977 Illus.
- De Quincey on the Rosicrucians (Wigston) S2 2 Aug 1893
- Ex deo nascimur (Fermor) 173 Dec 1973
- Experiments with Bi-literal cipher (Lovell) 160 Mar 1960
- FB and the Rosicrucians (Wigston) J 9 1891
- FB and the Rosicrucians (Bunnett) 89 Apr 1938
- FB, Sha. and the Rosicrucians (Hollenbach) 194 1997 Illus.
- Fra. Scarpi (Leith) 66 Mar 1924
- Hidden symbols of the Rosicrucians (Bayley) 1 Jan 1903; 2 Apr 1903
- Jonson and Rosicrucians (Comes.) 137 Oct 1950 p.243; 139 Apr 1951 p.115-116
- Link to `New Atlantis' S2 4 Feb 1894 p.217-219
- Recent theories (Waite) S2 3 Nov 1893
- The Riddle of the beautiful lady S2 4 Feb 1894 p.224-226
- The Rosicrosse portrait of James 1st (Henrion) 178 Dec 1978
- A Rosicrucian document connected with FB (Biddulph) S2 26 Apr 1899
- Rosicrucian Enlightenment Conference of 1995 (report) 193 1995 p.86-87
- The Rosicrucian mystery S2 7 Nov 1894 p.395-401
- The Rosicrucian tradition (Fermor) 185 Dec 1985 Illus.
- The Rosicrucians (Fermor) 146 Aug 1953
- Rosicrucians and Francis Bacon (Hardy) 142 Jan 1952
- The Rose Croix degree 96 Apr 1940 p.26-31 And corres.
- The Rose Cross ritual and the Holy Grail (Costello) 192 1994
- The Rose in symbolism (Bunnett) 134 Jan 1950
- Shakespeare's legacy (Hopper) 75 Feb 1929
- The Stage player imposter and the Rosicrucians (Wane) S2 3 Nov 1893
- Talk on the Rosicrucians (Campbell) 191 1992
- Three treasures (Biddulph) 126 Jan 1948; 127 Spring 1948; 128 Summer 1948 Illus.
- Trithemius, the Rosicrucians and Sha. (Bokenham) 169 Sept 1969. Corres.
- The Two deaths of FB (Sennett) 125 Oct 1947
- Visible evidence (Franco) 120 July 1946 Illus.
Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
- Sha's first biographer (Bokenham) 178 Dec 1978
Rowse, A. Leslie (1903-1997), Historian
- Declines to discuss his assertions (Corres.) 142 Jan 1952 p.39.
- Elizabethan fun and games (Pares) 171 Dec 1971. And corres.
- A self-defence (Comes.) 167 July 1967 p.94-95
- Sundry comes. concerning his views 173 Dec 1973; 174 Dec 1974
Royal Birth Theory (Related heading: Elizabeth)
- Discussion of the theory (Notes) 71 Dec 1926 p.350-351
134
- The Elizabethan Maze (Woodward) 25 Jan 1909; (Criticized by Hunt in 26 ;
rejoinder from Woodward in 27)
- The First sacrifice (Ham) 178 Dec 1978 Illus.
- FB's parentage: 25 facts (Carr) 195 Nov 1998
- FB's reasons for secrecy (Bayley) 127 Spring 1948
- Heir to the throne (Roe) S2 15 July 1896
- An Important discovery (`Historicus') 72 July 1927
- Not all gold (`Jon Benson') 178 Dec 1978
- The Parentage of FB (Woodward) S2 37 Jan 1902
- The Parentage of FB (Stronach) S2 38 Apr 1902 (There was a rejoinder by
Woodward in 39 and one by Stronach in 40)
- Queen Elizabeth and FB's birthday (Eagle) 152 Sept 1955
- Queen Elizabeth's babies 88 Jan 1938 p.49.
- Queen Elizabeth's son (Letter from Cuningham) 41 Jan 1913
- Royal birth theme (Arther) 128 Summer 1948; 129 Autumn 1948. And corres.
- Secret of State (Henrion) 153 Dec 1955
- The Shrewsbury ms. (Woodward) 97 Oct 1940
- Theory confirmed (Beaumont) 134 Jan 1950; 135 Apr 1950; 136 July 1950
- Was FB Queen Elizabeth's son? (Carr) 187 Dec 1987
- What Lady Dorset knew (Woodward) 86 July 1937
Royal Society
- FB, the founder? S2 1 May 1893 p.1-14
- FB, the founder? (Leith) 76 Dec 1929
- FB, The Royal Society and the Inns of Court (Jones) 143 July 1952
- The Royal Society (Fermor) 161 Feb 1961
Russia
- FB's ideas studied there (News & Corres.) 180 Nov 1980
Rutland, Earl of (Roger Manners, 1576 -1612)
- A New Sha. claimant 17 Jan 1907 p.60-61
- Rutland theory and Porohovshikov (Eagle) 125 Oct 1947
- Sykes and the Rutland theory (Bridgewater) 125 Oct 1947
Rylance, Mark, Shakespearean actor, sympathetic to Baconianism
- Appointment as Artistic Director at New Globe Theatre (Corres.) 193 1995
St. Albans
- The Ancient mural at The White Hart (Bokenham) 189 Dec 1990
- FB's connections (Leith) S2 38 Jan 1902
- A Mural found there (Corres.) 185 Dec 1985
- 1961 tributes to FB there Editorial 162 Mar 1962
- Reflections... in places (Wood) S2 20 Oct 1897 p.169-179
- St. Albans and FB (Loosley) 107 Apr 1943
- St. Albanus and St. Germanus (Biddulph) 115 Apr 1945
135
- St. Albans contrasted with Stratford (Woodward) 48 Oct 1914
- Tercentenary celebrations there 71 Dec 1926 p.329-331
Saint Germain, Count, Mystery man in French 18th century politics
- As FB (Fellows) 193 Dec 1995. And corres.
- FB, St. Albanus and St. Germanus (Biddulph) 115 Apr 1945
- The Master Rakoczy (Fuller) 195 Nov 1998
St. Martin in the Fields Church
- Churchwarden's accounts: FB Christened there (Cuningham) 51 July 1915
Salisbury, First Earl (Robert Cecil)
- His life (By A. Cecil) discussed 52 Oct 1915 p.209-213
Sandys, George (1578-1644), Author
- Book of his journey (Johnson) 156 Apr 1957
- Travellers' tales (Fermor) 163 Aug 1963
Sarpi, Fr. Paolo (1552-1623) Italian historian
- Feigned lives S2 32 Oct 1900 p.179-188
- A Vignette (Leith) 66 Mar 1924'
Sayings see Allegories, allusions and sayings
Schoenbaum, Prof.Samuel (d.1996), Amer. Shakespearean scholar
- Comments on his views (Comes.) 171 Dec 1971
- His prejudice and pride (Challinor) 193 Dec 1995
`The School of Abuse' 1579
- Character of it (Woodward) 24 Oct 1908 p.220-227
Schools see Education
Scientific Knowledge
- Of FB (Stronach) 1 Jan 1903
- Of FB and Sha. 29 Jan 1910 p.47-49
Scipio (236-185BC), Roman soldier and politician
- Analogies with FB (Seymour) 75 Feb 1929
Scotland
- FB and Scotland (Woodward) 60 Oct 1917
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), Novelist
- His comments on Elizabethan age 4 Oct 1903 p.219; 103 Apr 1942 p.92
Scribes
- FB's scrivenery 10 Apr 1905 p.107-112
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Sea
- Was Shakespeare a seaman? (Walker) 94 July 1939. Illus. (And corres.)
Secrets see Mystery
Seldon, John (1584-1654), Writer and lawyer
- Friend of FB (Vaughan) 137 Oct 1950
Selenus, Gustavus, believed to be Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
- Eternal controversy (Weber-Ebenhof) 68 Mar 1925
- FB and the concealed abbot 137 Oct 1950 p205-211, 245. Illus.
- FB, Selenus and Shakespeare (Henrion) 136 July 1950
- Gustavus Selenus (Bruns) 77 Aug 1930
- Photo. of title page `Cryptomenytices' 136 Summer 1950 p.141 and 139 Apr 1951 p.81
Seneca (the elder c.55BC-40AD), Roman rhetorician
- FB linked to him (Corres.) 32 Oct 1910 p.247-249
- And Ben Jonson 83 Oct 1935 p.112-114
Servants (of FB)
- Link with Shakespeare players S2 6 Aug 1894 p.327-330
Seymour-Smith, Martin (d.1998), Poet
- His orthodox credo on Sha. identity and reactions to it 167 July 1967 p.86-90
Shakespeare (the name)
- Birth of the name (Bayley) 110 Jan 1944
- Invented by FB? (Biddulph) 143 July 1952
- The Name Shakespeare (Ewen) 84 June 1936
- The Name Shake-speare (Wright) 154 June 1956
- Spelling of the name S2 32 Oct 1910 p.194-195
- Spelling of the name (Burr) S2 6 Aug 1894
- Spelling of the name (Hardy) 51 July 1915 (Response to Smith)
- Spelling of the name (Smith) 50 Apr 1915 and 52 Oct 1915
- The Stratford player (Hutchinson) 46 Apr 1914
- Surmise as to the name's source (Smith) S2 4 Feb 1894
- Use of the pseudonym (Eagle) 115 Apr 1945
Shakespeare, John (father of Wm. Shakespeare of Stratford)
- Owner of Asbies estate (Hardy) 47 July 1914 And corres. with C.C. Stopes
- Re. the Hardy/Stopes comes. on Asbies (Smith) 50 Apr 1915
- Satirised by Joseph Hall? (Walters) 94 July 1939
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) (Related headings: Busts, Graves, Marriage,
Monuments, Stratford, Wills)
- Associated as an actor with FB (Seymour) 23 Mar 1921
- Beginning of authorship doubts 21 Jan 1908 p.7-16
- A Brief biography (Burr) S2 1 May 1892
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- Carlyle and the Legend (Baker) 87 Oct 1937
- A Catholic? (Habgood) 90 July 1938
- A Claimant without record (Gibson) 163 Aug 1963
- Deer stealing legend (Lloyd) 117 Oct 1945
- Deer stealing tradition and Lucy (Corres.) 115 Apr 1945
- Disqualified (Hutchinson) 4 Oct 1903
- Disqualified (Smithson) 47 July 1914
- Disqualified as author? (Smith) 61 Aug 1919
- Disqualified as author of plays S2 2 Aug 1893 p.57-64 (FB, Sha and critics)
- His education (Gundry) 121 Oct 1946 and 122 Jan 1947
- A few `ifs' (Johnson) 131 Apr 1949
- Godfather for Ben Jonson child? (Editorial) 110 Jan 1944 (Apocryphal story)
- His ignorance (Barker) 88 Jan 1938
- His real life story 89 Apr 1938 p.81-84
- His ring (Bayley) 30 Apr 1910
- His wife; was she twice married? (Corres.) 25 Jan 1909 p.66-68
- A Hundred questions to answer (Johnson) 132 July 1949 and 133 Oct 1949
- The Imperfect miracle (Gores da Silva) 86 July 1937
- Impossibilities (Johnson) 126 Jan 1948
- In commodities blackmarket? (Comes.) 103 Apr 1942
- Is Shakespeare dead? 194 1995 (Extracts from Mark Twain
- Kent (an Oxfordian) offers 20 questions (Editorial) 129 Autumn 1946
- Laurels without learning (Gundry) 133 Oct 1949
- Leader of the immortal choir? (Eagle) 103 Apr 1942
- A Literary bombshell 74 June 1928 p.209-212
- Marriage to Anne Hathaway (Hardy) 49 Jan 1915
- Photos of his six signatures 84 June 1936 Frontis.
- Plays the Ghost in `Hamlet'? (Comes.) 121 Oct 1946 p.187
- Poem on his apparent ignorance (Notes) 90 July 1938 p.154
- Properties acquired and FB (Brown) 25 Jan 1909
- Property at Blackfriars (Hardy) 61 Aug 1919
- Psychology - a name on a play (Seymour) 71 Dec 1926
- Satirised as `Luscus' by Jonson? (Eagle) 128 Summer 1948
- Scathing poem about him 142 Jan 1952 p.43-44
- The Shakespeare coat of arms (Dean) 71 Dec 1926
- Short history of him (Johnson) 145 Mar 1953 Illus.
- Should he be exhumed? 103 Apr 1942 p.49-52
- The Status and religion of Sha. (Editorial) 121 Oct 1946
- Views of sundry biographers (Stronach) 6 Apr 1904
- Was he ever abroad? (Stronach) 21 Jan 1908
- Was he illiterate? (Eagle) 146 Aug 1953
- Wild speculations about him (Stronach) S2 35 July 1901
- Will Shaksper (Dodd) 110 Jan 1944
- A word in his defence (Woodward) 74 June 1928
Shakespeare as a writer (Related heading: Baconian theory)
- An actor wrote the plays (Eagle) 103 Apr 1942
- Actor-manager (Eagle) 171 Dec 1971
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- Apparent knowledge of law (`Quill Driver') S2 2 Aug 1893;S2 3 Nov 1893
- Author and actor manager (Woodward) 16 oct 1906
- Did he know Spanish? (Editorial) 150 Dec 1954
- Frequent links with Cambridge University (Robb) 132 July 1949
- Genius and Sha. (Effel) 121 Oct 1946
- Ghost in his own Hamlet (Woodward) 33 July 1911
- His apparent howlers explained (Robb) 134 Jan 1950
- His books (W. Theobald) 9 Jan 1905
- His errors (De Beer) 63 Mar 1921
- His errors (Eagle) 57 Jan 1917
- His players link with FB's servants S2 6 Aug 1894 p.327-330
- Internal evidence S2 16 Oct 1896 p.218-221
- The Learning of Shakespeare (Meier) 20 Oct 1907
- Link with Ovid, Marlowe, Jonson (Begley) 17 Jan 1907
- A London statue proposed (poem by Austin) 12 oct 1905
- Old documentary evidence S2 16 Oct 1896 p.222-225
- Press extracts on identity (rep. by Carr) 195 Nov 1998
- Thought plural by Enoch Powell 195 Nov 1998 And corres.
- Was Sha. educated? (Gundry) 121 Oct 1946; 122 Jan 1947
Shakespeare First Folio 1623
- The Authorised text of Shakespeare (Terrell) 61 Aug 1919
- A Dedication drawn from Pliny 5 Jan 1904 p.4-8
- Facsimile illus. of the dedicatory epistle 164 Oct 1964 p.108
- Finds in the Folio (Woodward and Clifton) 48 Oct 1914
- The First Folio of 1623 (Cuningham) 65 June 1923
- The First Folio (Durning-Lawrence) 46 Apr 1914
- The First Folio (Johnson) 59 July 1917
- The First Folio (Rusher) 45 Jan 1914
- The First Folio (Smedley) 46 Apr 1914
- The First signature therein (Johnson) 124 July 1947 Illus.
- The Folio and its vouchees (Woodward) 38 Apr 1912
- Heminge and Condell (Henrion) 181 Nov 1981 Illus.
- Mystery of its printer (Barker) 85 June 1937
- Regarding the publication of it S2 32 Oct 1900 p.188-191
- Remarkable devices in the Folio (Theobald) 81 Jan 1934
- What happened to the Folio manuscripts? (Woodward) 72 July 1927
Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), Dramatist
- Attacks Sha. Corres. 79 Feb 1932 p.85
- His wild claim Corres. 173 Dec 1973
- On FB and Sha. Notes 76 Dec 1929 p.159
- Pshaw! (Bridgewater) 118 Jan 1946
Shelley, Percy B (1792-1822), Poet
- His admiration for FB (Scott) 163 Aug 1963
- Shelley and FB (Leith) 79 Feb 1932
139
Ships
- Illustration of an Eliz. galleon and Dutch warship (Walker) 94 July 1939
Shorthand writing
- Elizabethan stenography S2 29 Jan 1900 p.28-30 (And note in next issue)
- Shorthand (Gomes da Silva) 85 Jan 1937
Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586), Elizabethan courtier and poet
- 'Arcadia' and Spenser (Eagle) 116 July 1945 Illus. And corres.
- Sidney and `Love's Labours Lost' (Eagle) 51 July 1915
- Sidney's Sha. sonnets (Stotsenburg) 2 parts.
S 1 2 Oct 1892 (with portrait of Sidney); and S 2 1 May 1893
Signatures see Handwriting
"Sir John Oldcastle" (play)
- Comments on this play (Lupton) 17 Jan 1907. And corres.
"Sir Thomas More" (play) (Related heading: More)
- And handwriting issues (editorial) 126 Jan 1948, 127 Spring 1948
- Famous speech in the play (Melsome) 109 Oct 1943
- A Great Sha. find (Eagle) 66 Mar 1924; 68 Mar 1925
Sitwell, Edith (1887-1964), Poet
- Her views on Shakespeare (Gundry) 130 Jan 1949
Smith, John (1580-1631), Army captain and author
- Historical miscellany (Fermor) 181 Nov 1981
Sonnets of Shakespeare
- And the Bi-literal cipher (Fera) 185 Dec 1985
- And Mr. WH (Bunnett) 4 parts. 155 Nov 1956; 156 Apr 1957; 157 Nov 1957:
158 June 1958
- The Concealed author (Seymour) 76 Dec 19929
- A Chaucer link? (Corres.) 55 July 1916 p.167-168
- The Dark Lady (Eagle) 48 Oct 1914
- The Dark lady and A. Bacon (Driver) 190 Dec1991
- The Date of the sonnets (Comes.) 115 Apr 1945
- The Date of the sonnets (Eagle) 123 Apr 1947 Illus.
- The Dedication; begin at the end (Howard) 167 July 1967
-Essex and the sonnets 13 Jan 1906 p.43-46 and 14 Apr 1906 p.92-97
- FB's inquisition and the sonnets (Hunt) 17 Jan 1907
- FB's presence therein (Stronach) 9 Jan 1905
- FB proclaimed author (Bum) S2 3 Nov 1893
- FB's signature therein? (Fuller) 43 July 1913
- The Friend and the dark lady (Eagle) 161 Feb 1961
- Mary Fitton, dark lady (Cam) 190 Dec 1991
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- The Master/mistress identified (Eagle) 47 July 1914
- A New view of the sonnets (Stronach) S2 34 Apr 1901
- Notes on recent articles (Theobald) 39 July 1912
- A Plea concerning the study of the sonnets (Corres.) 173 Dec 1973
- The Rival poet (Eagle) 48 Oct 1914
- Sha's better angel (Eagle) 62 Mar 1920
- The Sha. sonnets (Fuller) 151 May 1955
- Sha's sonnets (Bokenham) 185 Dec 1985 Illus.
- Sha's sonnets (Bokenham) 192 Dec1994
- Sha's sonnets (Dodd) 120 July 1946; 121 Oct 1946; 122 Jan 1947 Illus.
- Sha's sonnets (Goodwin) S2 20 Oct 1897; 21 Jan 1898
- Sha's sonnets (Smedley) 37 Jan 1912
- Sha's sonnets re-interpreted (Gundry) 75 Feb 1929
- Sha's sonnets unmasked (Bokenham) 190 Dec 1991
- Sidney's Sha. sonnets (Stotsenburg) S 1 2 Oct 1892; S2 1 May 1893
- The Sonnets (Hutchinson) 38 Apr 1912; 40 Oct 1912
- The Sonnets (Pott) S2 2 Aug 1893
- The Sonnets (Theobald) S2 4 Feb 1894
- The Sonnets again (Homer) 57 Jan 1917 And corres.
- The Sonnets-diary mystery (Walters) 137 Oct 1950
- Sonnets 23-26 21 Jan 1908 p.45-48 -Sonnet 68 (Holzer) 19 July 1907
- Sonnet 68 (Roe) 22 Apr 1908; 23 July 1908
- Sonnet 68 (Hunt) 24 Oct 1908 (Critical of Roe)
- Sonnet 144 (Leith) 50 Apr 1915
- Sonnets 153-154 (Eagle) 62 Mar 1920
- The Sugared sonnets (Stotsenburg) S 11 May 1892 And corres.
Southampton, 3rd Earl (Henry Wriothesley 1573-1624)
- Curiously proposed as the real Sha. 21 Jan 1908 p.57
Southwell, Robert (1561-1595), Jesuit and poet
- Posthumous verse with WH dedication (Editorial) 121 Oct 1946
Spain
- `News from Spain' 1620 32 Oct 1910 p.219-223
- Sha's knowledge of Spain and the Spanish 150 Dec 1954 p.101. And comes.
Spedding, J., editor of Bacon's works
- FB: villain of the piece (Mathews) 174 Dec 1974; 175 Oct 1975
- Mr. Spedding (Woodward) 55 July 1916
- The Persecution of FB (Baker) 176 1976; 177 Nov 1977 (Book extracts.)
- Sha. views of Spedding commented on (Woodward) 47 July 1914
Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599), Poet
- 'Arcadia' and Spenser (Eagle) 116 July 1945 Illus.
- FB and Spenser (Cuningham) 19 July 1907
- His birth and death (Cuningham) 43 July 1913
141
- His monument (Theobald) 75 Feb 1929
- The History or mystery of Spenser (Seymour) 87 Oct 1937
- A Numerical cipher in his works? (Drood) 140 July 1951
- A Parallel passage with Marlowe 6 Apr 1904 p.131-132
- Poems attributed to FB (Woodward) S2 33 Jan 1901
- Poems (same as above) attrib. to Spenser (Bompass) S2 34 Apr 1901
(Rejoinder from Woodward 35 July 1901 and 36 Oct 1901)
- The Riddle of Edmund Spenser (Bokenham) 177 Nov 1977
- Search for his tomb 92 Jan 1939 p.22-25
- A Sha. manuscript in Spenser's tomb? (Eagle) 85 Jan 1937
- 'The Shepherd's Calender'(Johnson) 109 Oct 1943; 110 Jan 1944. And corres.
A facsimile of its title page is shown as frontis. 110 Jan 1944
- The Spenser mystery 92 Jan 1939 p.26-31. And editorial comment
- Spenser's tomb (Eagle) 90 July 1938
- 'Virgil's gnat' (Johnson) 106 Jan 1943 (Title is that of a Spenser? poem)
- Who was 'Pleasant Willy'? (Eagle) 61 Aug 1919
Spiritualism
- Alleged psychic message from FB (Comes.) 119 Apr 1946 p.83-84
Sports (Related heading: Field sports)
- Elizabethan sport (Comes.) 72 July 1927
- FB on sports and pastimes (Leith) 28 Oct 1909
- Notes... on FB/Sha. interests (Hunt) 26 Apr 1909
Spurgeon, Caroline (1869-1941), Shakespearean commentator
- Her work on Sha. imagery discussed (Habgood) 100 July 1941
- Prof. Spurgeon's images 169 Sept 1969 p.43-57
Stanley, William see Derby
Statesmanship
- FB: the statesman (James) 3 July 1903; 4 Oct 1903
- From little acorns (Hall) 189 Dec 1990
Statues - A London one for Shakespeare: poem (Austin) 12 Oct 1905 - Of FB at Gray's Inn (Editorial) 101 Oct 1941 - Of FB at Gray's (Editorial) 156 Apr 1957. Illus.
Steevens, George (1736-1800), Shakespearean forger
- Forgers and forgeries (Eagle) 112 July 1944
Steiner, Rudolph (1861-1925), Austrian founder of anthroposophy
- FB, Steiner and modern science (Waterman) 168 Aug 1968
Stewart, Dugald (1753-1828), Philosopher and mathematician
-Views on FB (Leith) 81 Jan 1934
142
Stockings
- Significance of those borrowed by FB 82 Jan 1935 p.30
Stopes, Charlotte C., Writer and Shakespearean commentator
- A critique (Stronach) S2 35 July ? 901
- Speaks in debate at FB Society meeting J 4 1889 p.140-142
Stotsenburg, John H., Judge and sometime Sha. commentator
-The Self same face (Roe) 37 Jan 1912
Stratford-upon-Avon (Related headings: Busts, Monuments)
- The Alleged birthplace (Reed) 77 Aug 1930
- Attractions S2 18 Apr 1897 p.63-64
- The Birthplace (Eagle) 170 Nov 1970
- The Birthplace 95 Oct 1939 p.191-198 Illus.
- Contrasted with St. Albans (Woodward) 48 Oct 1914
- Disgust expressed at fraud relics 68 Mar 1925 p.54
- Enclosures there 7 July 1904 p.182-184
- Frauds there (Johnson) 150 Dec 1954
- The Grammar School (Bompass) 4 Oct 1903
- Illustrations of the birthplace in 1762, 1769, 1806, and 1939 95 Oct 1939
- Impostures (Seymour) 4 parts. 85 Jan 1937; 86 July 1937; 87 Oct 1937;
88 Jan 1938 (Covering respectively The Birthplace; The Mulberry tree;
The Sha. Will; Anne Hathaway's cottage)
- Leigh mentions Stratford but not Shakespeare (Leith) S2 36 Oct 1901
- Levi Fox and dubious `facts' (Editorial) 152 sept 1955
- Many of its relics are rubbish 4 Oct 1903 p.239
- Notes on fallacies 95 Oct 1939
- Problems with the Stratford tradition (Eagle) 84'June 1936
- Protestations about planned 1964 celebrations Corres. 163 Aug 1963
- Relics and legends (Comes.) 137 Oct 1950 p.240
- Sanitation there in 16th century (Comes,) 5 Jan 1904 p.63-64
- 'Stratford Herald' gives limited encouragement S2 26 Apr 1899 p.90-94
- The Stratford tragi-comedy (Cam) 166 June 1966 (Collection of recent quotes.)
Sturm, John (1507-1589), Scholar from Strasburg
- John Sturm (Leith) 26 Apr 1909
Style
- Analysis of, via FB and Sha. graphs (Alabaster) 193 Dec 1995
- The `Conceits' of FB (Leith) 103 Apr 1942
- FB's style (Pott) S 1 1 May 1892 And comes.; S2 3 Nov 1893
- FB's style S2 36 Oct 1901 p.190-204
- The Love test (Woodward) 40 Oct 1912
- Sha. an orator 27 July 1909 p.187-191
- Sha. in the theatre and notes on love 41 Jan 1913 p.49-54
143
Sullivan, Sir Edward, Early 20th century Sha. commentator
- His objections to Baconianism challenged (Smithson) 47 July 1913
Surnames
- Bacon's patronymic (Hutchinson) 8 Oct 1904
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745), Writer
- FB and Pope (Reynolds) 178 Dec 1978
- How he unlocks a Sha. door (Henrion) 176 Oct 1976 Illus.
Sykes, Claud, 20th century anti-Stratfordian commentator
- Supports the Rutland theory (Eagle) 125 Oct 1947
Symbols see Emblems
Tacitus (c.55-120AD), Roman historian
- Influence on Shakespeare plays S2 4 Feb 1894 p.173-181
- Tacitus and Richard the Second S2 5 Apr 1894 p.239-252; 6 Aug 1894 p.301-316
Tactics
- Plea for moderation (Bridgewater) 90 July 1938; rejoinder (Baker) 91 Oct 1938
- Were the tactics of the early articles wrong? (Comes.) Dec 1925 p.134-137
(And editorial comment)
`Taming of the Shrew'
- Notes on this play (Leith) 36 Oct 1911
- Notes on the play S2 21 Jan 1898p.11-15
"The Tempest"
- Another FB signature (Eagle) 42 Apr 1913
- A Grain of mustard seed (Hickson) 73 Dec 1927
- How FB signed it (Johnson) 125 Oct 21947
- Prospero-Bacon (Gundry) 140 July 1951
- The Rev. Mr. Gould and cipher in `The Tempest' S2 19 July 1897 p.157-164
- The Sha. Folio (Biddulph) 108 July 1943
- A Study of `The Tempest' (Barley) 71 Dec 1926
- `The Tempest': an allegory (Eagle) 63 Mar 1921
- `The Tempest' (Johnson) 117 Oct 1945; 119 Apr 1946
- `The Tempest' (Pares) 168 Aug 1968
- `The Tempest' and 'Macbeth' (Gundry) 123 Apr 1947
`Temple'
- City and Temple (Pares) 160 Mar 1960 (Use of this word by FB and Sha.)
Tenison, Thomas (1636-1715), Archbishop
- His Baconiana collection (Woodward) 50 Apr 1915 (Repr. 154 June 1956)
- His Baconiana collection (Bunnett) 153 Dec 1955
144
Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892), Poet
- Sha., FB and Tennyson (Theobald) 33 Jan 1911
- Tennyson's view on FB and Sha (Corres.) 87 Oct 1937 p.371-372
Terence (b.174 BC)
- Discussed in notes 103 Apr 1942
- The Name is likely a mask (Sutton) 30 Apr 1910
- Works really by Scipio? (Seymour) 75 Feb 1929
Theatre (Related heading: Plays)
- Audiences of the Elizabethan theatre (1742 document) 4 Oct 1903 p.255
- The Cleanliness of playhouses and spectators (Bayley) 5 Jan 1904
- The Day Star of the Muses Pt.2 (Brameld) 168 Aug 1968
- Dramatists and actors from 14th to 16th century S2 11 Sept 1895 p.137-145
- Elizabethan audiences and players (Eagle) 114 Jan 1945
- An Elizabethan theatre (Barker) 89 Apr 1938 Illus.
- FB and the stage (Gentry) 132 July 1949 and 135 Apr 1950
- FB and the theatre (Biddulph) 108 July 1943
- FB on the stage (Leith) 27 July 1909
- Shakespeare's second globe (Corres.) 174 Dec 1974
- Some vanity of mine art (Gundry) 157 Nov 1957 (On FB and the theatre)
- Stage directions (Gundry) 149 Sept 1954. And corres.
- The stage: Bacon's province (Leith) 49 Jan 1915
- Stage technique (Elks) 111 Apr 1944
Theology - FB's debt to the scholastic philosophers (Collins) 149 Sept 1954; 150 Dec 1954;
151 May 1955; 152 Sept 1955
Theosophy
-St. Germain (Fuller) 195 Nov 1998
Thirlby, T. (d.1569), Bishop of Ely
- Thirlby and Blackfriars House (Hardy) 61 Aug 1919
Thirty Three see Numbers
Throckmorton, Sir Arthur (1556-1626), Book collector
- Thoughts about his diary (Woodward) 163 Aug 1963
"Timon of Athens"
- FB as Timon (Leith) 7 July 1904
- Ripeness is all (Hovhaness) 180 Nov 1980
- Timon and FB (Eagle) 88 Jan 1938
- Timon of Albans (Gundry) 72 July 1927
- `Timon of Athens' (Browne) S2 10 July 1895
- `Timon of Athens' (Johnson) 121 Oct 1946
- `Timon of Athens' (Speckman) 65 June 1923
- `Timon of Athens' (Wigston) S2 30 Apr 1900
145
Title pages
- Facsimiles of title page of many Sha. works Oct 1938 Supplement p.39-79
Torture (Related heading: Trials)
- FB and the legality of torture (Hall) 188 Dec 1989 Illus.
- FB's impeach. for...cooperation in torture (Gwynne) 189 Dec 1990 And corres.
Travels (Related headings: Names of individual countries)
- FB's foreign travel (Bokenham) 180 Nov 1980
- FB's licence to travel abroad (Hardy) 51 July 1915
- FB's travel beyond the seas (Eagle) 141 Oct 1951
- Travellers' tales (Fermor) 163 Aug 1963
- Travels of FB (Stronach) 22 Apr 1908
- Travels of FB (Woodward) 22 Apr 1908
Tree, Sir Herbert B. (1853-1917), Actor
- Sir Herbert and Baconians (Eagle) 56 Oct 1916
Trees and Shrubs
- Use of them in emblem pictures S2 18 Apr 1897 p.77-90
Trevor-Roper see Dacre
Trials (in Elizabethan age)
- The Charges against FB (Woodward) 11 July 1905
- The Essex trial (Bokenham) 188 Dec 1989
- FB's impeachment (Bokenham) 188 Dec 1989
- The Interrogatories of FB (Bayley) 5 parts. 78 Feb 1931; 79 Feb 1932;
80 Feb 1933; 81 Jan 1934; 82 Jan 1935
- The Persecution of FB (Baker) 177 Nov 1977
- Suppressio veri (Bayley) 75 Feb 1929
- The Trial of FB (Seymour) 75 Feb 1929
- The Trial of FB and the sonnets (Hunt) 17 Jan 1907
Trials ( 20th century `mock trials' of Shakespeare's identity)
- Court ruling for Bacon (Letter from America) 193 1995 Illus.
- FB versus Sha. (From New York Times) 72 July 1827 p.66-67
- A Hit, a very palpable hit 55 July 1916 p.161-166
- Trial of FB v. Sha. proposed (Stronach, Woodward, Willis) 2 Apr 1903 p.81-93
Tributes (Related heading: Obituaries and Appreciations)
- To FB on his 354th birthday (Smedley) 49 Jan 1915b (Discussion on above with
Woodward 50 Apr 1915)
- Note on sundry tributes to FB made in 1961 (Editorial) 162 Mar 1962
Truth
- Clear thinking needed in quest for truth (Gundry) 132 July 1949
146
- FB on veracity (Theobald) 35 July 1911
- FB's essay on truth (Wigston) 28 Oct 1909
- FB's fair lady, `Truth' (Pott) 19 July 1907
- I cannot tell (Theobald) J 5 1889 - Of truth (Woodward) 139 Apr 1951
- Truth brought to light (Johnson) 157 Nov 1957 Illus.
Tudors, House of
- The Passing of the Tudors (`Historicus') 71 Dec 1926
Turks
- Hawk v. Dove: FB and his King on war with Turks (Patrick) 173 Dec 1973
Twain, Mark, pseud.(1835-1910), American author and humourist
- Is Shakespeare dead? (extract from Twain's book) 194 1997 p.12-20
- Twain and FB/Sha 126 Jan 1948 p.42
- Twain and Sha. 111 Apr 1944 p.65-66
- Twain nobiscum (Stronach) 27 July 1909
"Twelfth Night"
- An allusion (Corres.) 170 Nov 1970 p.87
- Chronology of the Sha. plays (Platt) 25 Jan 1909
- The Duke (Corres. from Leith) 59 July 1917
- The Esoteric meaning of the play (Pogson) 127 Spring 1948
- Malvolio's cryptic word (Johnson) 118 Jan 1946
- New light on the play (Leith) 6 Apr 1904; 8 Oct 1904; 13 Jan 1906; 60 Oct 1917
(Titles vary slightly)
- Performed in The Middle Temple (Gundry) 139 Apr 1951
Twenty Eight see Numbers
Twickenham Park
- FB resident there 2 Apr 1903 p.126-128
Two see Numbers
Two hundred and eighty seven see Numbers
Typography
- A Study in Elizabethan typography (Curtis) 92 Jan 1939
- Typographical errors in Sha. (Bridgewater) 83 Oct 1935
- Typographical errors in Sha. (Gomes da Silva) 84 June 1936
147
United States of America (Related headings Colonization)
- Assignment with destiny (Hall) 144 Nov 1952;145 Mar 1953, Illus; 146 Aug 1953
Universities (in 16th century) (Related heading: Cambridge University)
- Education at the universities 9 Jan 1905 p.19-27
- Some university expenses for A. and F. Bacon 143 July 1952 p.99.
- University life at poitiers (Bonnichon) 143 July 1952
Usury
- Criticism of FB essay on (Seymour) 76 Dec 1929 p.143-150
Utopia
- FB and the concept of Utopia (Pares) 167 July 1967
Valois, Marguerite de (Queen of Henry of Navarre, divorced 1599)
- M. de Valois (Bayley) 78 1931 Portrait.
Vaughan, Sir John, Lawyer; contemporary of Bacon
- A friend of FB (Vaughan) 137 Oct 1950
Vaughan, Thomas, Mystic and writer; active c.1650
- A neglected clue from him (Housden) 116 July 1945"
"Venus and Adonis"
- Links in the chain (Johnson) 122 Jan 1947
- The mural at a St. Abans Inn (Bokenham) 189 1990
- The mural (Comes.) 185 Dec 1985
Verbs see English Language
Verulam papers
- Historical Commission reprints (Bunten) 29 Jan 1910; 30 Apr 1910
Vested interests see Bias
Vignettes
- Some curious ones S2 11 Sept 1895 p.131-137 Illus.
Virginia
- And FB (Leith) 47 July 1914 and 63 Mar 1921
Vives, Juan Luis (1492-1542), Spanish scholar
- Sha. and Vives: link with `Love's Labours Lost' (Eagle) 145 Mar 1953
Vocabulary
- And the Bi-literal cipher (Eagle) 146 Aug 1953. And comes.
148
- The Baconian mint (Theobald) 5 Jan 1904
- FB's style (Pott) S 1 1 May 1892
- George Greenwood's view of Sha's vocabulary 45 Jan 1914 p.65-69
- The Sonnets S2 2 Aug 1893
- Word associations in FB prose and Sha. plays S2 19 July 1897 p.117-122
- Word coinage in Shakespeare (Theobald) 16 Oct 1906
W. H., (Mr.)
- As William Hewes (Stotsenburg) S2 11 Sept 1895
- As William Hall, literary agent (`J.R. of Gray's Inn') 65 June 1923
- The Sonnets and W .H. (Bunnett) 4 parts 155 Nov 1956; 156 Apr 1957;
157 Nov 1957; 158 June 1958
- Writes dedication to Southwell's 1606 poems? (Editorial) 121 Oct 1946
Wallace, C.W. (1865-1932), American investigator of archives
-His discoveries discussed (Notes) 28 Oct 1909 p.276-280
Walsingham, Sir Francis (c.1530-1590), Statesman
- Acrostic poem on him 72 July 1927 p.30
War and warfare (Related heading: World War)
- FB on war (Theobald) J 11 1891 '
- FB, Sha., and war (Melsome) 107 Apr 1943
- The Golden mettle of soldiers (Leith) 48 Oct 1914
- The Spear and its lore (Leith) 48 Oct 1914
Warwick Priory
- I shall laugh last 98 Jan 1941 p.151-153 (Claimed ms. find at the Priory)
Warwickshire dialect
- Arthur Mee's dialect (Comes.) 106 Jan 1943
- Countryside allusions? (Editorial) 123 Apr 1947
- Dialect words in Sha. discussed 2 Apr 1903 p.75-78
- FB's Warwickshire relations (Hardy) 39 July 1912
Watermarks
- Alchemy and the Holy Grail (Bayley) 17 Jan 1907 Illus.
- Alchemystic at- one- ment (Bayley) 18 Apr 1907 Elus.
- Hidden symbols (Bayley) 1 Jan 1903; 2 Apr 1903 Illus.
- Mediaeval papermarks (Krisch) 4 Oct 1903
- Mere feathers 57 Jan 1917 p.40-48
- Watermarks associated with FB (E. and M. Brameld) 172 Dec 1972. Illus.
- Watermarks in the 16th and 17th century (Tabor) S2 9 Apr 1895
Wats, G. (d.1657), Divine and editor
- Ambois and Wats (Theobald) 74 June 1928
- Oddities in his edition of `Advancement of Learning' (Biddulph) 110 Jan 1944
- Wats and `Advancement of Learning' (MacDuff) 179 Oct 1979 And comes.
149
Watson, Thomas (d.1592), Poet
- Labeo, FB and Watson (Corres.) 77 Autumn 1930 p222-223
- Some notes on Watson (Eagle) 49 Jan 1915; 50 Apr 1915
Websites
- Relevant one set up by Lawrence Gerald in USA (Editorial) 195 Nov 1998
www.sirbacon.org (Sir Francis Bacon's New Advancement of Learning)
Westminster Abbey
- FB's last resting place? (Woodward) 32 Oct 1910
Whateley, Anne, 16th century person (or merely a clerical error?)
- And Mrs. Shakespeare's tomb (Bokenham) 163 Aug 1963
- Comments on her (Corres.) 171 Dec 1971
- William Ross proclaims her as the true Sha! (Notes) 96 Apr 1940 p. 40-41
Wills
- Hopkins bequest to Francis Bacon Society disputed 165 Oct 1965
- The Will of FB (Woodward 42 Apr 1913; 47 July 1914
- The Will of Shakespeare (Woodward) 72 July 1927
- Will of Shakespeare (Corres.) 105 Oct 1942
- Will of Shakespeare: a forgery? (Corres.) 97 Oct 1940
- Will of Sir Nicolas Bacon (Eagle) 144 Nov 1952
- Will of Sir N. Bacon 51 July 1915 p.181-184
William see Forenames
Willobie, his Avisa (Verse, printed 1594)
- Discussed (Woodward) 41 Jan 1913
- Discussed (Gerstenberg) 170 Nov 1970
Wilmot, Rev. James, Baconian convert c.1785
- America's assignment with destiny (Hall) 146 Aug 1953
- Discussed (Editorial) 174 Dec 1974
- The First Baconian? (Theobald) 82 Jan 1935
- The First Baconian? (Lord Sydenham) 106 Jan 1943
- Notes on Barton on the Heath (Fermor) 168 Aug 1968
- Picture of Wilmot and his rectory 106 Jan 1943 (Frontis.)
Wilson, Arthur
- Was this man fact or fiction? (Leith) S2 38 Apr 1902
Wilson, Ian, 20th century writer
- Sha: a broadcast interview with Frank Bough, Nov 1994 194 1997
Wilson, J. Dover, 20th century Shakespearean commentator
- Declares Baconianism moribund (Editorial) 96 Apr 1940
- Fails to answer queries from (Oxfordian) W. Kent (Editorial) 129 Autumn 1948
150
- His astonishing credo (5 lines) quoted 165 Oct 1965 p.65
- Views criticised (Editorial) 126 Jan 1948
Wilton House
- The Home of the Pembrokes discussed S2 18 Apr 1897 p.64-65
- Corres. on Wilton House 194 1997
"Me Winter's Tale"
- Bohemia by the sea S2 23 July 1898 p.55
- Bohemia on the coast (Woodward) 41 Jan 1913
- Bohemia's sea coast (Wright) 150 Dec 1954
- Clues in this and other plays 66 Mar 1924 p.173-179
- FB and Bohemia (Ambros) 168 Aug 1968
- FB, gardening and this play (Henslow) S2 7 Nov 1894
- Paulina (Parsons) 137 Oct 1950
- Sha. and Bohemia by the sea 77 Aug 1930 p.207-208
- `Winter's Tale' (Bunnett) 131 Apr 1949
- `Winter's Tale' (Trevelyan) 184 Dec 1984 (Omitted from contents page in error)
Wisdom
- Wisdom of the ancients and FB (Leith) 82 Jan 1935
- The Wisdom of the ancients considerred (Pares) 4 parts, 144 Nov 1952; 145 Mar 1953;
146 Aug 1953; 148 May 1954
- The Wisdom of Shakespeare (Sennett) 105 Oct 1942
Wit
- The Wit of FB (Leith) 103 Apr 1942
Witchcraft
- Witchcraft and James 1st: amateur detection (Henrion) 182 Nov 1982
Wither, George (1588 -1667), Poet
- The Great assizes at Parnassus (Biddulph) S2 13 Jan 1896
Wolfenbuttel
- The place and its players (Leith) 2 Apr 1903
Women characters
- Paulina (Parsons) 137 Oct 1950
- Portia 137 Oct 1950 p.230-233
- Shakespeare's learned ladies (Eagle) 158 June 1958
Woodblock Illustrations
-Migration (duplicate use) of woodblocks 6 Apr 1904 p.91-99 Illus.
Word frequencies and associations
- Analysis of style of FB and Sha. (Alabaster) 193 1995
- In Sha. and `Don Quixote' (Alabaster) 194 1997
151
Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), Poet
- And FB (Leith) 79 Feb 1932
Works of Francis Bacon
- List of the universally acknowledged ones 71 Dec 1926 p.270-271
World War 2 (Related heading: War and warfare)
- Inspirational Sha. quotes on war 98 Jan 1941 p.111
- A Prayer in wartime 99 Apr 1941 (Queen Eliz. before the Armada)
- Selection of apt and amusing Sha. quotations 96 Apr 1940 p.36-39
- Sha. (quotes) and the (looming) crisis (Habgood) 91 Oct 1938 p.181-187
(Lines put into the mouths of various contemporary `personalities')
Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639), Diplomat and poet
- `Ignoto' poems among his papers (Cuningham) 44 Oct 1913
Wriothesley, Henry see Southampton
Youth
- FB and Sha. as young men (Hickson) 68 Mar 1925
152
Appendix: Location of Numbers within Volumes
J - Journal of The Bacon Society
Number and Dates Volume
1-6 Jun 1886 - Aug 1887 I
7-11 Aug 1888 - ? 1891 II
S 1 - Baconiana - The Journal of The Bacon Society
1 & 2 May 1892 & Oct 1892 I
S2 - Baconiana - New Series
1-4 May 1893 - Feb 1894 I
5-8 Apr 1894 - Feb 1895 II
9-12 Apr - Nov 1895 III
13-16 Jan - Oct 1896 IV
17-20 Jan - Oct 1897 V
21-24 Jan - Oct 1898 VI
25-28 Jan - Oct 1899 VII
29-32 Jan - Oct 1900 VIII
33-36 Jan - Oct 1901 IX
37-40 Jan - Oct 1902 X
Baconiana - Third Series
1-4 Jan -Oct 1903 I
5-8 Jan - Oct 1904 II
9-12 Jan - Oct 1905 III
13-16 Jan - Oct 1906
17-20 Jan - Oct 1907 V
21-24 Jan - Oct 1908 VI
25-28 Jan - Oct 1909 VII
29-32 Jan - Oct 1910 VIII
33-36 Jan - Oct 1911
37-40 Jan - Oct 1912 X
41-44 Jan - Oct 1913 XI
45-48 Jan - Oct 1914 XII
49-52 Jan - Oct 1915 XIII
53-56 Jan - Oct 1916 XIV
57-60 Jan - Oct 1917
61-63 Aug 1919 - Mar 1921 XVI
64-67 Jun 1922 - Sep 1924 XVII
68-71 Mar 1925 - Dec 1926 XVIII
72-74 Jul 1927 - Jun 1928 XIX
75-78 Feb 1929 - Feb 1931 XX
79-81 Feb 1932 - Jan 1934 XXI
82-87 Jan 1935 - Oct 1937 XXII
88-91 Jan - Oct 1938 XXIII
92-95 Jan - Oct 1939 XXIV
96-101 Apr 1940 - Oct 1941 XXV
102-104 Jan - Oct 1942 XXVI
106-109 Jan - Oct 1943 XXVII
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110-113 Jan -- Oct 1944 XXVIII114-117 Jan - Oct 1945 XXIX
118-121 Jan - Oct 1946 XXX
122-125 Jan - Oct 1947 XXXI
126-129 Jan -Autumn 1948 XXXII
130-133 New Year - Autumn 1949 XXXIII
134-137 New Year - Oct 1950 XXXIV
138-141 Jan - Autumn 1951 XXXV
142-144 New Year - November 1952 XXXVI
145-147 Mar - Dec 1953 XXXVII
148-150 May - Dec 1954 XXXVIII
151-153 May - Dec 1955 XXXIX
154 & 155 Jun & Nov 1956 XL
156 & 157 Apr 1956 and Nov 1957 XLI
158 & 159 Jun and Dec 1958 XLII
After this, each issue is also a volume, viz:
160 Mar 1960 XLIII 190 Dec 1991 LXXIII
161 Feb 1961 XLIV 191 Dec 1992 LXXIV
162 Mar 1962 XLV 192 (1994)* LXXV
163 Aug 1963 XLVI 193 (1995)* LXXVI
164 Oct 1964 XLVII 194 (1997)* LXXVII
165 Oct 1965 XLVIII 195 (1998)* LLXXVIII
166 Jun 1966 XLIX 196 Jun 1999 LXXIX
167 Jul 1967 L
168 Aug 1968 LI
169 Sep 1969 LII Issues with asterisk show no month.
170 Nov 1970 LIB
171 Dec 1971 LIV
172 Dec 1972 LV
173 Dec 1973 LVI
174 Dec 1974 LVII
175 Oct 1975 LVIII
176 Oct 1976 LVIX
177 Nov 1977 LX
178 Dec 1978 LXI
179 Oct 1979 LXII
180 Nov 1980 LXIII
181 Nov 1981 LXIV
182 Nov 1982 LXV
183 Dec 1983 LXVI
184 Dec 1984 LXVII
185 Dec 1985 LXVIII
186 Dec 1986 LXIX
187 Dec 1987 LXX
188 Dec 1989 LXXI
189 Dec 1990 LXXII
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