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REPLY1850

Shakspeare's Will

By C.

I fear if I were to adopt Mr. Bolton Corney's *tone*, we should degenerate into polemics. I will therefore only reply to his question, "*Have* I wholly mistaken the whole *affair*?" by one word, "*Undoubtedly*." The question raised was on an Irish edition of Malone's *Shakspeare*. Mr. Bolton Corney reproved the querists for not consulting original sources. It appears that Mr. Bolton Corney had not himself consulted *the edition* in question; and by his last letter I am satisfied that he has not *even yet* seen it: and it is not surprising if, in these circumstances, he should have "*mistaken t…

Topics: Shakespeare, Irish Edition, Original Sources