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Mr. John Coleman, of Marshall's House, Prescot, is quite con-

vinced that his client Mr. George Shakespeare, of 6, Great Berry Street, Wolverhampton, is the descendant of the poet's brother Humphrey, and publishes his pedigree. It is supported at every step by an entry in the register of some parish, and certainly looks genuine. It requires to be tested, but if established it will certainly prove that a man descended from a son of a man whose other son was a great poet lives in England, whatever that may be worth.