Personal sketches of recent authors . J 1930 •, •,,.-. A; HHHH1 ••HVfl iiifeiifflHS • r • -Hit: J .; I^B. PREFACE. rHE HOME LIFE OF GREAT AUTHORS, writ-ten by me and published in 1886, was antempt to give, in readable and interesting form,•me of those intimate and personal details of theies and characters of a few popular authors whichjove so welcome to readers who are acquainted with:e books rather than the writers, and the knowledge) which invests the books themselves with an added:iarm. The success of the former book showed that it sup-ped a popular want, and its author is now enco
Personal sketches of recent authors . J 1930 •, •,,.-. A; HHHH1 ••HVfl iiifeiifflHS • r • -Hit: J .; I^B. PREFACE. rHE HOME LIFE OF GREAT AUTHORS, writ-ten by me and published in 1886, was antempt to give, in readable and interesting form,•me of those intimate and personal details of theies and characters of a few popular authors whichjove so welcome to readers who are acquainted with:e books rather than the writers, and the knowledge) which invests the books themselves with an added:iarm. The success of the former book showed that it sup-ped a popular want, and its author is now encour-*ed to extend the series of lives by treating in theresent volume certain other great authors, some ofvhom have attained fame and favor since the formercries was written, and some of whom, for lack ofpace, could not find places in that work. In one or<yo instances, also, such as the lives of Tennysonind Ruskin, such a flood of light has been thrownf late years upon the personality of authors that vi PREFACE. entirely new sketches of them have seemed to bdemanded, and have accordingly been prepared ani
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