Punch,  42 (1862), 61.

The Biggest of Butcher Boys

Anon

Genre:

Review, Drollery

Publications reviewed:

Fullom 1862

Subjects:

Spiritualism, Charlatanry, Imposture, Language, Genius, Supernaturalism


    Concentrates on the author's claim that William Shakespeare acquired his profound knowledge of slang through attendance at law courts, and notes the possibility that the playwright's knowledge of slang was so extensive that he acquired it 'by the study of everything, by intuition', or because he was a medium. Insists that the playwright's 'genius towers above the mediocrity that marks the utterances of the most eminent "mediums"' and can be explained in terms of a 'natural clairvoyance', which 'enabled him to look into all manner of things'.



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