uch blunder. Byconstant study as well as by natural gift he knewwell the arena in which he was working when hechose the vehicle of the drama. His wit hasperhaps been over-praised ; his epigrams so loudlyacclaimed at the time bear the taint of modishnessthat seems to render them already… … ROBERT LOUIS STKYKXSOX From the painting by Sir \Yn.i.iAM RICHMOND, K.C.B., R.A.in the National Portrait Gallerv. To/ace page 215. CHAPTER XV A YOUNGER GENERATION DURING the seventies I got to know many of theyounger men of letters whose fame had not yetcompletely asserted itself. My association…
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