Our Philadelphia . man orwoman who had ever made a book inspired me! There was reason for awe when the man was Howard Furness, the editor of Shakespeare, andif Philadelphia knew its duty better than to draw attentionto so scholarly a performance by a Philadelphian, scholarsout of Philadelphia, who were not hampered by Philadel-phia conventions, hailed it as the best edition of Shake-speare there could be. I must always regret that in hiscase I succeeded in having no more than the of my literary introductions came through my Unclewho, though he knew Dr. Furness, saw les
Our Philadelphia . man orwoman who had ever made a book inspired me! There was reason for awe when the man was Howard Furness, the editor of Shakespeare, andif Philadelphia knew its duty better than to draw attentionto so scholarly a performance by a Philadelphian, scholarsout of Philadelphia, who were not hampered by Philadel-phia conventions, hailed it as the best edition of Shake-speare there could be. I must always regret that in hiscase I succeeded in having no more than the of my literary introductions came through my Unclewho, though he knew Dr. Furness, saw less and less oihim as time went on, partly I think because of one of thosesmall misunderstandings that are more unpardonable thantlie big offences—certainly they were to my Uncle. father, old Dr. Furness the LTnitarian INIinister,meeting him in the street one day, asked him gaily, but Ihave no doubt with genuine interest, how his fad, the school,was getting on. My Uncle, who could not stand having an 332. V. \ u •<re_i f4^ i H W-K
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