WHAT SHAKESPEARE DID.
William Dean Howells, the ivellknown American author an 1 critic, tells this .Shakespeare story. - In Stratford," lie says, "during one of the Shakespeare jubilees, an American tourist approached an aged villager in a smock, and said : - " 'Who is this chap Shakespeare, anyway!'' •■ -He weii a writer, sir.' " 'Oh. but there are lots o| writers. Why do you rnak.- such an internal fuss over this one? Wherever I turn f see Shakespeare hotels, Shakespeare fake.-, Shakespeare chocolates. Shakespeare shoes. What the deuce did he write -magazine stories, nttai ks on tlw Government, shadv novels!-' "No No. sir; oh, no. sir,' i<l tic aged villager. T understand he writ for the Bible, sir.' "
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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156WHAT SHAKESPEARE DID. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)
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