The Name of William Shakespeare a Study in Orthography

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I should feel called upon to defend myself for employ- ing any other spelling in my edition of Shakspere. " 42 The Name of Shakespeare them are Mr. W. Carew Hazlitt and Mr. G. Ber- nard Shaw — the latter probably using It because it is the form least likely to be adopted by anyone else. William Hazlitt usually employed Shake- spear, though at times he used Shakspeare or Shake- speare.
The second form — Shakspeare — popularized by Malone and predominant for half a century, seems to be obsolescen
...t, though it was used by Cole- ridge, DeQuincey, Douce, Drake, Macaulay, Mezieres, Schlegel, Simrock, Thimm, Tieck, and Ulrici. The late Canon Ainger favored this form. It is still the "official" spelling approved by The Athenaum, and was likewise championed by Notes and Queries from its inception until that useful little weekly became orthodox in the spelling in 1899.
Thirdly, Shakspere — latest and most rampant of the heterodox forms — was adopted by Madden, Blades, Simpson, Knight, Lanier and Marsh, and is still preferred by Professor Henry Beers, ^ Pro- fessor F.


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