Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . e shall meet befoi-e a Week is gone,— Tis a long Lane that has no turning, yi?//;/. Only till Sunday next, and then you 11 waitBehind the White-Thorn, by the broken Stile- We can go round and catch them at the Gate,All to Ourselves, for nearly one long Mile ; Dear Pt-ue wont look, and Father he 11 go Sams two Eyes are all for Cissy, John ! ?John, shes so smart,—with every Ribbon
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . e shall meet befoi-e a Week is gone,— Tis a long Lane that has no turning, yi?//;/. Only till Sunday next, and then you 11 waitBehind the White-Thorn, by the broken Stile- We can go round and catch them at the Gate,All to Ourselves, for nearly one long Mile ; Dear Pt-ue wont look, and Father he 11 go Sams two Eyes are all for Cissy, John ! ?John, shes so smart,—with every Ribbon Sack, and Crimson Padesoy : As proud as proud ; and has the Vapours like My Lady ;—calls poor Sam a Boy, And vows no Sweet-hearts worth the Thinking-on Till hes past Thirty ... I know better, John ! My Dear, I dont think that I thought of muchBefore we knew each other, I and you ; And now, why, John, your least, least Finger-touch,Gives me enough to think a Summer through. See, for I send you Something ! There, tis gone ! Look in this corner,—mind you find it, John ! (From A Dead Letter.) Mrs Richmond Ritchie, as novelist andauthor perhaps still better known as Miss. MRS RICHMOND RITCHIE. From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry. Thackeray, is Thackerays eldest daughter,Anne Isabella, and was born in 1837. She firstappeared as an author in vol. i. of the Cornhill(i860) with Little Scholars. To this sketch suc-ceeded a dozen or more volumes of novels, tales,biographical essays, and other varied work, ofwhich may be mentioned The Story oj Elizabeth(1863); The Village on the Cliff {\%(il) ; OldKensingtofi (1873) ; Misj Angel (1875 ; its heroineAngelica KaufFmann); MrsDyviond^iZ^y); Recordsof Tennyson, Ruskin, and Browning (1892) ; LordTeti?tyson and his Friends (1893); Chapters fromsome Memoirs (1895) ; and her dainty modernrecasts of such old-world stories as Bluebeardand Cinderella. Tender, delicate, harmonious,her books are feminine as are very few womensbooks. I
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