Delius, Nikolaus. Autograph letters signed from Nikolaus Delius, Bonn, to [F.J. Furnivall]

Folger bibliographic ID: 128893
Folger call number: Y.c.1456 (1-3)
Folger holdings ID: 246851
Accession Number: MS Add 879

Delius discusses the chronology of Shakespeare's plays, providing a list with conjectural dates. He has become skeptical of two popular theories which he once cherished - that Shakespeare rewrote certain plays and that there are traces of an anonymous hand in some of his acknowledged plays, which were later completed or altered by Shakespeare. In (3) Delius states that he has no objection to [Furnivall's] printing King Edward III, and asserts that J.P. Collier has adopted many of Delius's corrections without acknowledgment in his edition of this play

General notes

Several passages from these letters are quoted in the preface to The Leopold Shakspere, [undated], with an introduction by F.J. Furnivall Also available on microfilm

Extended title: Autograph letters signed from Nikolaus Delius, Bonn, to [F.J. Furnivall] 1876 January-June

Delius, Nikolaus, 1813-1888 Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910 Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Edward III (Drama)

correspondent: Delius, Nikolaus, 1813-1888
subject: Delius, Nikolaus, 1813-1888
subject: Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
subject: Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
correspondent: Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910