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A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920· 2 chapters· 5,373 words

It is doubtful whether the survivor of any order of things finds compensation in the privilege, however undisputed by his contemporaries, of recording his memories of it. This is, in the first two or three instances, a pleasure. It is sweet to sit down, in the shade or by the...

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1. Chapter 1

It is doubtful whether the survivor of any order of things finds compensation in the privilege, however undisputed by his contemporaries, of recording his memories of it. This i...

2. Chapter 2

It was not his fault that their venture proved of such slight return in literary material. Harte was in the midst of new and alien conditions,--[See a corollary in M. Froude who...