. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. ve my lecturein the same place. Cant it be done ? Mr. Browne sailed for England soon after, taking with him hisPanorama. The success that awaited him could scarcely have beenanticipated by his most intimate friends. Scholars, wits, poets andnovelists came to him with extended hands, and his stay in Lon-don was one ovation to the genius of American wit. Charles Eeade,the novelist, was his warm friend and enthusiastic admirer; andMr. Andrew Haliday introduced him to the Literary Club, wherehe became
. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. ve my lecturein the same place. Cant it be done ? Mr. Browne sailed for England soon after, taking with him hisPanorama. The success that awaited him could scarcely have beenanticipated by his most intimate friends. Scholars, wits, poets andnovelists came to him with extended hands, and his stay in Lon-don was one ovation to the genius of American wit. Charles Eeade,the novelist, was his warm friend and enthusiastic admirer; andMr. Andrew Haliday introduced him to the Literary Club, wherehe became a great favorite. Mark Lemon came to him and askedhim to become a contributor to Punch, which he did. His Punchletters were more remarked in literary circles than any other cur-rent matter. There was hardly a club-meeting or a dinner at whichthey were not discussed. There was something so grotesque inthe idea, said a correspondent, of this ruthless Yankee pokingamong the revered antiquities of Britain, that the beef-eating Britishthemselves could not restrain their laughter. The story of his.
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