Salad for the solitary and the social: . INFELICITIES OF AUTHOECEAFT. A spot near Cripplegate extends— Grub Street,—tis called the modem Pindus;Where (not that bards are never friends)Bards might shake hands from adverse windows. -Butler. The subject of the present chapter presents some o£ thevarious fallacies and foibles of the literary profession. Without attempting a psychological analysis of literary life, wepropose simply to group together a few of the more strikingidiosyncrasies which seem to be indigenous to great frailty and fame are twin attributes, one might be temptedto con
Salad for the solitary and the social: . INFELICITIES OF AUTHOECEAFT. A spot near Cripplegate extends— Grub Street,—tis called the modem Pindus;Where (not that bards are never friends)Bards might shake hands from adverse windows. -Butler. The subject of the present chapter presents some o£ thevarious fallacies and foibles of the literary profession. Without attempting a psychological analysis of literary life, wepropose simply to group together a few of the more strikingidiosyncrasies which seem to be indigenous to great frailty and fame are twin attributes, one might be temptedto conclude that ITature designed such an allotment as an equi-poise, to silence the envy of those from whom she has with-held her noblest endowments, and to serve as a counteracting 270 INFELICITIES OF AUTHORCRAFT. check to the inordinate self-esteem which their possessionmight otlierwise superinduce. Possession of the creative faculty, says Leigh Hunt, pre-supposes a superiority to adverse circumstances and low-thoiighted care. So it w
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