We have not heard that there was any one else ever born there, before or since.

If, by any strange possibility, it could be proved that the great dramatist was born anywhere else, it would ruin all the cab drivers, guides and hostelries of the place.
We went of course to the house where Shakspeare first appeared on the stage of life, and enacted the first act of his first play.

Scene the first.
Enter John Shakspeare, the father; Mrs.Shakspeare, the mother, and the old nurse, with young William.
A very plain house it is.

Like the lark, which soars highest, but builds its nest lowest, so with genius; it has humble beginnings.

I think ten thousand dollars would be a large appraisement for all the houses where the great poets were born.