"Dickens took great interest in theatrical affairs, and was very fond of theatrical society. He had a lifelong affecti…"

"... No one succeeds better than Mr. Thackeray in cutting his coat according to his cloth. Here he flattered the arist…"

"... in collaboration with Harrington I wrote an entertainment for Mr. George Case, a well-known musical man and playe…"

"I have heard Dickens described by those who knew him as aggressive, imperious, and intolerant, and I can comprehend t…"

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"I look back to the six years which I passed at the with very little pleasure. The headmaster, Dr. Dyne was a capable …"

"In those days, too, we used to lunch at places which seem entirely to have disappeared. The is not so frequently met …"

"But far the best of all these panoramic shows was the series exhibited at the in , called "The Overland Route," and r…"

""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"

"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"