_Concerning the illustrations, I may be allowed to say a few explanatory words. The two photogravure reproductions are taken respectively from a miniature by Peter Oliver, belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch, and from a very rare print of Bacon. The print from Vansomer’s painting, the picture of Bacon’s monument, and the portraits of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sir Nathaniel Bacon, the Earl of Essex and Queen Elizabeth, and the views of Stratford-on-Avon and Gorhambury will, I trust, be found of general interest. The facsimile pages from “Sylva Sylvarum” and the “Novum Organum,” with their allegorical devises and fine workmanship, illustrate the contrast between the manner in which the works of Bacon and those of Shakespeare were given to the world. The portraits of Shakespeare contained here are well known to students. The reproduction of the bust will be familiar to all visitors to Stratford, the “Droeshout” Engraving is the picture which forms the frontispiece to the First Folio, and the original of the Chandos portrait is now in the National Portrait Gallery._ _Albert F. Calvert._ _“Royston,” Eton Avenue, London, N.W._ _List of Illustrations._ PAGE. FRANCIS BACON, _from a Miniature by Oliver_ Frontispiece. FRANCIS BACON (aged 18), _from a Miniature by Hilliard_ 4 FRANCIS BACON as Lord Chancellor (_Vansomer_) 12 FRANCIS BACON as Lord Chancellor 16 FRANCIS BACON’S Monument in St. Michael’s Church 20 SIR NICHOLAS BACON, _Portrait and Autographs_ 24 ANNA LADY BACON, Mother of Francis Bacon 32 SIR NATHANIEL BACON 36 ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 44 QUEEN ELIZABETH 48 ROBERT DEVEREUX, Earl of Essex 52 ROBERT DUDLEY, Earl of Leicester 56 FRONTISPIECE TO _Sylva Sylvarum_ 60 FRONTISPIECE TO _Novum Organum_ 68 GORHAMBURY, Three Views, 1568, 1795, 1821 72 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, _The Droeshout Etching_ 80 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, _The Chandos Portrait_ 84 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, The Bust at Stratford-on-Avon 96 SHAKESPEARE’S HOUSE 108 CHANCEL OF TRINITY CHURCH (_Stratford-on-Avon_) 112 SHAKESPEARE AUTOGRAPHS 116 ANN HATHAWAY’S COTTAGE AT SHOTTERY 120 DR. OWEN’S WHEEL FOR DECIPHERING 128 _Contents._