. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. VICTOR HUGO. Politician, Novtlist. Poet and THOMAS HOOD. THE very genial and versatile writer of prose and poetry(both humorous
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. VICTOR HUGO. Politician, Novtlist. Poet and THOMAS HOOD. THE very genial and versatile writer of prose and poetry(both humorous and sentimental) Thomas Hood, was born inLondon, in 1798. He first attempted commercial pursuits, but his health failing, he abandoned the counting-house and. after makingsome literary contributions to the DundeeMagazine^ undertook to learn the art ofengraving. His verses, meanwhile, at-tracting attention, he was, in 1831, madesulveditor of the London Magazine^ inwhich capacity he formed acquaintance withthe prominent literary men of the these was Charles Lamb, with whomhe became very intimate. Hoods first bookwas in rhyme — Odes and Addresses toGreat People—to which his brother-in-law (Reynolds) contributed. His ^\himsand Oddities appeared in 1826; NationalTales, and a volume of sentimental poetry,in 1837; The Epping Hunt, in 1829; theComic Annual, in 1830, continuingthrough eleven years; Hoods Own, in1838-9; Tylney Hall, a novel, about1831. From 1837, for several years, helived on the c
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