Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
In the following pages no attempt has been made to add to the many critical works authors bring under the notice of the public. My aim in this collection of leisure-hour studies is to afford entertaining reading on some topics which do not generally attract the reader's attent...
We believe that hard work seldom kills anyone. Some say that it does, and point to the fate of Southey, one of the most industrious of English men of letters, to support their a...
3. Part 3'The Prince of Wales wore the robes of the Garter at his marriage in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. All the other K.Gs present wore their robes and collars. Mr. W. P. Frith, R.A....
4. Part 4Wilkie Collins was paid for "Armadale" L5,000. Mr. James Payn recently received L1,000 for the rights of running one of his novels in the pages of a sixpenny magazine. This auth...
11. Part 11"In memory of Mr. Henry Andrews, who, from a limited education, made great progress in the liberal sciences, and was justly esteemed one of the best Astronomers of the Age. He d...
8. Part 8"Oh thou! who still by piercing woe pursued, Alone and pensive, pour'st thy sorrows here, Forgive, if on thy griefs I dare intrude To wipe from thy lov'd cheek the falling tear....
10. Part 10He next moved to London, hoping to follow a literary career by contributing at the commencement to the monthly magazines. Writing gave Miller great pleasure, but put little mone...
7. Part 7"To the memory of William Caxton, Who first introduced into Great Britain The Art of Printing; And, who, A.D. 1477 or earlier, exercised that art in the Abbey of Westminster, Th...
5. Part 5Surely Lord Holland was a little wide of the mark when he penned the following epigram, complaining that Southey did not write sufficient laureate poems; the fact is, he wrote t...
1. Part 1In the following pages no attempt has been made to add to the many critical works authors bring under the notice of the public. My aim in this collection of leisure-hour studies...
9. Part 9"When we pass o'er death's dark river We shall see Him as He is-- Resting in His love and favour Owning all the glory His; There to cast our crowns before Him-- Oh! what bliss t...
6. Part 6About half a century later, a similar accident occurred at Welstead, and the bishop granted a license to sell three of the bells, to enable the parishioners with the proceeds to...
12. Part 12A captain being ordered with his regiment to the Cape, made application to the Duke of Wellington for permission to try and arrange for a transfer to another corps. The "Iron Du...
13. Part 13"This book is written with great care, and with an evident knowledge of history. It is well worth the study of all who wish to be better informed upon a subject which the author...