Show Shakespeare < I There is no name in the world of literature I lit-erature like the name of William I Shakespeare Homer broke a a sudden sud-den dawn through the darkness of the earlier ages and sang the grandest of heroic songs Dante when the gods of Homer were no more towered up proud and solitary with his sad and solemn dreams his fierce hate and his majestic love Milton opened the gates of death of heaven and of hell and saw visions such as no man ever saw before or will see again But Homer Dante and Milton do not live in our I heart of hearts do not twine round our affections do not satisfy our souls as Shakespeare does Here and there we may find touches of more daring sublimity passages more steeped in learning lines more instinct with abstract ab-stract thought but the greatest and best interpreter of human nature the poet of the widest sympathies of the I most delicate perceptions of the profoundest foundest knowledge of mankind a greater sculptor than Phidias a truer painter than Raphael came into the world at StratfordonAvon in April 1561 The special attention of our readers is requested to our Shakespeare Shake-speare club announcement By sending send-ing coupon and 1 you can secure Ap pletons StratfordonAvon edition 12 de luxe volumes superbly illustrated in photogravure together with portfolio of plates made in Paris by Goupil Co As the distribution is strictly I limited to 400 sets prompt action is necessary |