Chapter 13

GREAT DEBTORS.

Greatness and debt--Seedy side of debt--Running up bills--Loan clubs--Genius and debt--Fox and Sheridan--Sheridan's debts--Lamartine--Webster--Debts of men of science--Debts of artists--Italian artists--Haydon--The old poets--Savage and Johnson--Steele and Goldsmith--Goldsmith's debts--Goldsmith's advice--Byron's debts--The burden of debt--Burns and Sydney Smith--De Foe and Southey--Southey and Scott--Scott's debts and labours--Great poor men--Johnson's advice--Genius and debt--Literary men. Pages 259--285