Foreward	IX
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I. The Essence of the Problem Two wholly irreconcilable factors	1
II. Shakspere's Youth No possibility of acquiring adequate education	8
III. Problems For Stratfordians Love's Labours Lost Hamlet The book learning in the plays. Genius no explanation for this Shakspere's handwriting	17
IV. Contemporary Notices of the Actor Edward Alleyn Richard Burbage Philip Henslowe Eminent men never mention him No notice taken of his death	33
V. Contemporary Notices of the Shakespeare Works Francis Meres John Davies of Hereford Irrelevant quotations by orthodox writers The Return from Parnassus Ratsei's Ghost Hints that the actor was no author	49
VI.The Stratford Monument The original completely altered in 1748 The present day bust of Shakspere differs hopelessly from the original and also from the Droeshout engraving What the inscription reveals	64
VII.Ben Jonson And The 1623 Folio The prefatory matter in the Folio, if taken at its face value, is both absurd and contradictory. But Ben Jonson was in the secret. He purposely confuses the issue, while making copious allusions to the true author	70
VIII. Was The Author A Lawyer? Eminent jurists declare that he was no amateur, but a trained, practising lawyer. This alone is fatal to the Stratford Myth.	78
IX. Summary And Conclusion	83

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