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The article discusses the qualitative trends in playwright William Shakespeare studies as examined by scholars Michael Taylor, Neema Parvini and R. S. White. It notes that data collected by the World Shakespeare Bibliography Online of book monographs, articles and computer software pertaining to the author required sorting in the taxonomies for scholarly content. The Modern Language Association International Bibliography is also cited for observing the rise in Shakespeare-centric publications.

This note has three goals. First, we discuss a presentation of Bertrand's paradox in a recent issue of Philosophia Mathematica, which we believe to be a subtle but important misinterpretation of the problem. We compare claims made about Bertrand with his 1889 Calcul des Probabilités. Second, we use this source to understand Bertrand's true intention in describing what we now call his paradox, comparing it both to another problem he describes in the same section and to a modern treatment. Finally, we briefly consider the importance of knowing when a specific example represents a general case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]