The Little Cryptogram / A Literal Application to the Play of Hamlet of the Cipher System of Mr. Ignatius Donnelly.

The author applies Ignatius Donnelly's cipher method to a portion of Hamlet, first outlining Donnelly's claim that a concealed Baconian cipher underlies the Shakespeare plays and summarizing circumstantial evidence against the historical attribution. He then presents a revised, expanded, literal demonstration across six pages of the play, with step-by-step encoding, explanatory notes, and critical commentary on the method's plausibility, inviting readers to a candid, impartial examination of whether the claimed cryptogram constitutes discovery or ingenious invention.