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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4271, 22 July 1875, Page 2

Tm>o3 Not Generally Rkowx.—That the plays of Shakespeare were ■written by Bacon to pass the time when he was out of office. That Oliver Cromwell was the author of " Paradise Lost," but published it nnder the name of his Latin secretary, as he thought poetry beneath the dignity of the Lord High Protector. That a faithful servant was beheaded in the place of King Charles 1., who is passing bis venerable old age in apartments assigned to him in B ampton Court Palace. That Julius Cresar crossed the Thames in a boat built specially for him by Salter, of Oxford. That Dr. Johnson was Junius. That Cassandra was not, as Homer asserts, killed by Clytemneatra, but is still alive, and writes essays. That the Bishop of Lincoln is the owner of George Frederick. That Sir Wilfred Lawson ia a sleeping partner in the firm of Bass and Co. That the Pope has sent a golden rose to Mr. .Newdegate, in return for his persistent advocacy of the confessional. That Fiji is so called because its inhabitants are fidgets. That the gunpowder explosion was arranged to furnish several novelists with a tremendous incident. That Lord Elcho is to be made a Prefect of the Metropolis, with full liberty to Haussmannize it. That the moon is inhabited by mites.— Punch.