[We have also to thank, for replying to this Query, our correspondents
R. F., R. T. G. H., P. K., J. H. KERSHAW, C. M., Y., E. N. W., C. D.
LAMONT, and also MR. SNOW, who remarks that "actresses rarely commence
this speech satisfactorily, or give, or seem to feel, the point of
contrast between the _must_ and _no must_, the _compulsion_ and _no
compulsion_. In fact, the whole of it is usually mouthed out, without
much reference to Shylock or the play, as if it had been learned by
rote from a school speech-book. Hazlitt says, in his _Characters of
Shakspeare's Plays_, 'The speech about mercy is very well, but there
are a thousand finer ones in Shakspeare.'"]
_Headings of Chapters in English Bibles_ (Vol. iii., p. 141.).--The
summaries of the contents of each chapter, as found in the authorised
editions of our English Bible, were prefixed by Miles Smith, bishop of
Gloucester, one of the original translators, who also wrote the preface,
and, in conjunction with Bishop Bilson, finally reviewed the whole work.
Your correspondent will find full answers to his other queries in
Stackhouse and Tomlins; in Johnson's _History of English Translations_,
&c.; and in T. H. Horne's _Introduction_.