'Let the Swan Alone'
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Encyclopaedias, Taxonomy, Charlatanry |
Presenting an advertisement for a projected 'Shakespeare Cyclopaedia' containing the playwright's allusions to such scientific subjects as zoology, botany, and mineralogy, criticises the work as 'humbug' on the grounds that Shakespeare cannot be considered a 'cyclopaedic authority'. | |
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