. Ireland in London. came of a Gal way family. The presentpastor of Bedford Chapel is one of the best poetsand critics ot the day, the Rev. Stopford , who is stated by some authorities to bea native of Dingle, in Kerry, but who is, we havehis own authority for saying, n native of Letter-kenny, in Donegal. He is admittedly one of thefinest of living critics, and his poems stamp himas a poet of great power and thought, while hissermons are models oi eloquence and culture, andare widley read and admiied. His strong opi-nions on the past and present misgovernment olIreland are well known t
. Ireland in London. came of a Gal way family. The presentpastor of Bedford Chapel is one of the best poetsand critics ot the day, the Rev. Stopford , who is stated by some authorities to bea native of Dingle, in Kerry, but who is, we havehis own authority for saying, n native of Letter-kenny, in Donegal. He is admittedly one of thefinest of living critics, and his poems stamp himas a poet of great power and thought, while hissermons are models oi eloquence and culture, andare widley read and admiied. His strong opi-nions on the past and present misgovernment olIreland are well known to all Londoners, whilethe bitterest Tory cannot deny that he is one ofthe most distinguished men of the present time,and ae profound a scholar as he is an enthusi-astic Home Ruler. The turning opposite leads into Great Russell-•treet, where that storehouse of the worlds trea-sures, the British Museum, is situated. As weBhall deal fully with this magnificent institutionin a subsequent article, we must pass it by at. STOPFORD A BROOKE, present and come to Bloomsbuky-sqcare, whichabuts upon Great Russell-street. This square hashad some celebrated residents, among them beingSir Hans Sloane (whose splendid collectionsformed the nucleus of the Museums possessions).Dr. George Croly. Sir R. Steele, and John Aber-nethy. Dr. Croly, the admirable poet and prosewriter, d<ed in Holborn in November. 18G0, hav-ing expired in the street very suddenlv. In Bedford - flace, close by livedRichard Cumberland for some time, and thero died Hewas the son ofan Irish bishop,was known asthe author of aremarkableplay,TheWestIndian, andmay not. mi-;ustly be termedthe oiiginatorof present daym el o dramaCnmberlamlwrote many other pieces, but the above-named play is hisbest-known, if not his best, work. He flourishedduring the last century, and was intimate withall the great writers of his time. Although bornin England,he received the best part of his educa-tion in Ireland—a fact which is admitte
Size: 1452px × 1721px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidirelandinlon, bookyear1889
