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The order to embark for foreign service was the last straw, and part of
the regiment, which never fancied it was to serve out of its native hills,
promptly proceeded to try to march back there. The men were stopped
by a pursuing force at Lady Wood, near Oundle, and after fruitless delays
surrendered, and were taken, pinioned, to the Tower of London. A
court martial of the kind in vogue followed, and all were condemned to
death. This sentence was, however, commuted to transportation to
regiments abroad, except in the case of three of the ringleaders two
Macphersons and a Shaw.
The Highlands were thus denuded of their native garrison, and soon
were seething with discontent ; and the Macphersons two of whose clan
had been shot (as we have seen) as leaders of the mutiny played a
gallant part in support of Prince Charlie in 1745-6. The book, which
has considerable value in is regimental history, dedicated to the l Brave
Highlanders '
who were * victims of deception and tyranny, nominatim,"
and to the three humane English officers connected with them.
BACON is SHAKE-SPEARE. By Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bt. Together
with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies.
Pp. xiv, 286. With Illustrations. 8vo. London : Gay & Hancock,
Ltd. 1910. 2s. 6d. nett.
YET another lawyer has taken up the case of Bacon versus Shakespeare.
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence we are told in a paper sent out with this
book is a member of the bar, an LL.B., and a J.P. And here is a specimen
of his evidence and proof: 'The mighty author of the immortal
plays was gifted with the most brilliant genius ever conferred upon man.
He possessed an intimate and accurate acquaintance, which could not have
been artificially acquired, with all the intricacies and mysteries of Court
life. He had by study obtained nearly all the learning that could be gained
from books. And he had by travel and experience acquired a knowledge
of cities and of men that has never been surpassed. Who was in existence
at that period who could by any possibility be supposed to be this universal
genius ? In the days of Queen Elizabeth, for the first time in human
history, one such man appeared, the man who is described as the marvel
and mystery of the age, and this was the man known to us under the name
of Francis Bacon.' The volume will serve as a good introduction to
Baconianism. It presents a collection of Baconian ingenuities, exhibited
we believe in all seriousness. If the reader has a taste for
figures,
let him
see how Bacon's authorship is l
proved mechanically in a short chapter on
the long word Honorificabilitudinitatibus.' This, the I5ist word on the
1 36th page of the First Folio, is an obvious anagram for * Hi ludi F. Baconis
nati tuiti orbi 'which is * a correct Latin hexameter,' and means, ' These
plays, F. Bacon's offspring, are preserved
for the world.' Those who do
not enjoy the Baconian ingenuities may find some interest in the illustrations.
What serious value the book has lies in them, and in the reprint of
Bacon's Promus^ which has been ' collated with the original MS. by the
late F. B. Bickley, and revised by F. A. Herbert of the British Museum.'