Word: shakespeare
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - If the "Member of English 2" who maintains that there is only one correct method of spelling Shakespear's name, will consult the Saturday Review for Oct. 21, he will find that, in a criticism of a Shakespeare Concordance by Mr. Davenport Adams, that journal, which is certainly an authority, not only spells the name "Shakspeare," but further remarks: "Mr. Adams gives a practical illustration of the license now given to cultivated persons to spell Shakspeare in whatever way they like, by adopting one style on the title page and another on the text." From this...