I regret that my communication (No. 13. p. 194.), on the subject of the authorship of _The Taming of a Shrew_, was too late to be of any avail for the already-published new edition of Marlowe's works; and, had I been aware of such being the case, I should have waited until I had had an opportunity of seeing a work whose editor may entertain views in ignorance of which, to my disadvantage, I am still writing. It is, perhaps, a still greater disadvantage that I should appear to depend for proofs upon a bare enumeration of parallel passages; when I know that the space I should require for the purposes of stating the case fully and fairly, and, as I think, conclusively, would be utterly inconsistent with that brevity which must be with you an essential condition; while, at the same time, I know of no medium through which I am so likely to enlist the attention of a "fit audience" as your publication. Premising that my references are to _The Taming of a Shrew_ in "Six Old Plays," 1799, and to Marlowe's Works, edit. 1826, I proceed to indicate such passages as a rapid glance through the respective works, aided by some previous acquaintance with the subject, and a not very bad memory, furnished. Some of the parallels will be found identical; in others, the metaphors will be found to be the same, with the expression more or less varied; and in others, again, particular expressions are the same, though the tenor of the phrase be different. It will be observed that the quotations of Marlowe are exclusively from _Dr. Faustus_ and _Tamburlaine_. Of the longer passages I have given merely the first line for reference; and I have numbered them for the convenience of comparison:-- THE TAMING OF A SHREW. (1) "Now that the gloomy shadow of the night," &c. p. 161. (2) "But stay, what dames are these, so bright of hue," &c. p. 167. (3) "O, might I see the censer of my soule." &c. p.169. (4) "Come, fair Emelia, my lovely love," &c. p. 180. "Valeria, attend, I have a lovely love," &c. p. 191. "And all that pierceth Phoebus' silver eye," &c. p. 181. "Fair Emelia, summer's bright sun queen," &c. p.199. (5) "I fill'd my coffers of the wealthy mines," &c. p.181. (6) "As richly wrought As was the massy robe that late adorn'd The stately legate of the Persian king," p.183. (7) "_Boy_. Come hither, sirha boy. _Sander_. Boy, O, disgrace to my person!" &c. p.184. MARLOWE. (1) "Now that the gloomy shadow of the night," &c. --_Faustus_, vol. ii. p.127. (2) "Zenocrate, the loveliest maid alive," &c. --_Tamb_. vol. i. p.46. (3) "Whose darts do pierce the centre of my soul," &c. --_Tamb._ vol. i. p.120. "Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships," &c. --_Faustus_, vol. ii. p.192. (4) "Now bright Zenocrate, the world's fair eye," &c. --_Tamb_. vol. i. p.102 "Batter the shining palace of the sun," &c. --_Tamb_. vol. i. p.120