Our Philadelphia . bit of modern blue-and-whiteJapanese china, this meant that before his purchase washanded over to me, as it usually was, his pleasure beingnot in the possession but in the buying, he had parcels tocarry, a shocking breach of good manners in his comjDany therefore I became a conspicuous figuremyself, and I was often his companion in the streets; butto this I had no objection, having been inconspicuous fartoo long for my taste. He had written his Breitmann Ballads years beforewhen the verse of no other American of note—unless itwas Longfellows and Whittiers and
Our Philadelphia . bit of modern blue-and-whiteJapanese china, this meant that before his purchase washanded over to me, as it usually was, his pleasure beingnot in the possession but in the buying, he had parcels tocarry, a shocking breach of good manners in his comjDany therefore I became a conspicuous figuremyself, and I was often his companion in the streets; butto this I had no objection, having been inconspicuous fartoo long for my taste. He had written his Breitmann Ballads years beforewhen the verse of no other American of note—unless itwas Longfellows and Whittiers and Lowells in the Big-low Papers—had had so wide a circulation. He had alsopublished one or two of his Gypsy books, never surpassedexcept by Borrow. And he was engaged in endless newtasks—more Gypsy papers, Art in the Schools, IndianLegends, Comic Ballads, Essays on Education, and I didnot mind what since my excitement was in being admittedfor the first time into the companionship of a man who de- -?.:^I^T^,. lb hi ^—i ieebJ
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