xt7qjq0stw34_5873 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474.dao.xml unknown archival material 1997ms474 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. W. Hugh Peal manuscript collection Edward Verrall Lucas scrapbook text 43.94 Cubic Feet 86 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 22 items Poor-Good Peal accession no. 11453. Edward Verrall Lucas scrapbook 2017 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474/Box_87/Folder_23/Multipage45318.pdf 1906-1950, undated 1950 1906-1950, undated 
  Scope and Contents
  Scrapbook of materials about Charles Lamb biographer Edward Verrall Lucas, probably compiled by W. Hugh Peal. Includes manuscript letters by Lucas, with clippings and prints.
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thi' (-0 21:51-21'1511‘5', .llr. 1.11231“ ‘22 '5 1h. . 'hi5' 1112.1.
172222 I2 editor. 1". 1‘. .llurnand. 5aid that. tho
books; which 111011. write about 11101115L'1V'05 fall
into two 02112001115, antoliiL '2112111' and 01111111-
21('>1>1‘(1—12(,:—L1; 1121137. and 111:1 he (10:, '5' not know
to which 1115 own. 120101125. 11‘. 1201012115 to
neither 11 i5 :2. V‘V‘aywarLl and 121051: 111'2‘1511L‘12'L‘1115'.
trawl 01‘ nicnn‘n'V‘. 11" any 1211110501111): 01', 1110 15'
here 115 part5 1,011 be 2155'. 1111111021. though tln \‘
110.. \‘iVile' 50011,. 1111 1d( 12 122111‘. .111'. 1.110....
. 11221115 1:11'11- hi5 hook i5 (1110 10 a. 511(121011 and
prolonged attack 01‘ lnniliago. Laid. up for
ﬁve wL k5, he and 11‘. 11111205511110 to invent.
anion},l 11.10115, hut- a1nu5ing 1'0 r("1neml,10r:
\Vell. 1. too, have 5.111101'0Ll. 111010111
50 11:1.(11V',1"101n 11111112219. , but. it. 2
, 111'2'0d to (no that it could 110 used to (115211111
cr1 5111. 21151112111)", 1 think, hnnhago and
literature. go well. 105721-1101'; they (.1050 inthis
1'111011—1212121110011 \‘01111110.

.“'.“.'IIL 22123.2

Teens and twenties.

.1 21.111 not. 211510111110ly ('2 '1ain whether Luca5
and I were at. the. .‘5 . Quaker school 01'
Act ._,1her or 1201,1111011101 110 came to
it 12151 1101 1'0 01'11151‘. atter l 101’1,‘.,2ut it. wa5
0110 01'1110 01110r. \5 he wa‘5' 111011 (and pre-

' still) 1"0111 Vear5 my junior, 1 5hould

112,.V'0 50011 11111011 01, 11.1111 among 180 1.10 .5.

i\.‘0r did 110.. ' 10111:. i. knew that. Luca5 w'..'
‘,'.(1112 .10(1 like. a. 51111111(‘L("1('l(‘, but it 1.5: only now
1 1021211 that he. W215 211 nin0 54' '1100‘5 hetw‘ 0n the.
210051. .11 which 1 w .15 at th r51\' too many 1
511011121 51100 551.. \V h 011 1 105110221117 knew‘ him
he. ‘. about. as. far in 1115' 1101115 2‘15 1 was out. of
1211110. {111211. w .15 in 1892. We were alrca 'V'
120111 in the. writing w 110 had put in about.
1010' V'0a.1'5 a5 a. reporter and :‘tdventur0115
501'112‘01 r in 111' 111011, and I wa5 (,'(,111L,".:'r110(.1 with
01.1.11011'12111111 1011.5; in London. 11.0 had 001110.
to 111000. 1001111017 1115 nin0 educations at.
1y ("0110520. 1115: t0ther, he 120115 115,

'. .. 0.\ 201102112110 11505. This college
«bright. one; it inchide. .1 a. budding
21",1211ddinu horom‘rh .5111rV 01', and 1.110
:12211 1101101 'al 0171 5m'nia,1[r.
T 111121111. 1.2110215 (hank culture. at LniV 1'-
sity ("011000 215' 21. 00.11101 drink5 211'101' desert-
1112001105. 110 was (100pr and
,; adv 111010 by that. ma . critic,
.1‘. Ker, l. .110. r 01' £11gli5h 21011110,
on whoa 1001;111'05 120 hung hungrily. :r was
. man 1'01' 111121.1202'221150 110 ad ed to
V2151; 1' rarv 211 21112. 11(1115' 111. other ahiliti("5
and 11 ';. . i , '001', a. 1122110,",(1
and 21 1111012 V .‘ .lkcr. A5 a conver-
521.110 .11 Lg'i'itic. he. talked from 1110 51101112101:
E. V. L. 521,1'5 :—

No one. that I (:V‘er knew 115.0(1 5:0 few words a5
W. ,1). or (lid 12129110 with them. 1,. .' “ ($0021 "‘ was
w'01'111 1 0,5 01 elaly‘n'ate 1"11 : . ‘
2111021111 “ . 01 1115 l101'.0 Sii \‘C 01
1,10 loved L. even the prel-

‘. 11' 1'0 W215; 110 L':

‘1‘ “ Readi \\" 1‘ itinq, " ' A Li
' \. I ' . 1.1105 and
1\Ictl 1111011, 1125'. not.)

~ own li

. and, as I could (vet. no 105110115011.

in all li 1012111110. from (.101 k to S‘-andina\ian. that
110 (lid not. reli511 and 0x1 But his (0112101212121110115
were. a. 0112131121110 as 111. 111211505. 1 5112111 alw'a._ .'
1‘011201111201' hi5 001211110111: when I told him that.
\Villiam Sharp had nfided to a, friend 01' mine
that wheneVLn l‘. ' wa5, 11:012.:11'11132 10 wri 0 21.5: Fiona
3.121(leod. he (lre; (,1 11i1125'ell ei'itirelv in w01nan5
01011105. ‘Did 110 ‘3 ” said 11". P.—— 11110 liitLh ! ’.
From 511011. a. teacher you might. expect. such
a. pupil. Mr. 1.110225 (10( 5' not. include. an. example.
01" hi5 111215110175 wit. at. 115 (1110.51. 01' which
110 01100 told me. Ker was walkinO‘ '

road with another 5011012113 much 1055 V‘cr '
than 1111115011", when a. lithe little. animal 0105:5011
their path. 1121110, 21. 5110211 1’ '5a.id Ker, to
which hi5 friend replied, .5001) ' . "That'5
not. my idea. 01' a. 5toat.” .. r0.-
1011‘0Ll her, ‘ but it's God‘s i

In the early ’nineties.

E. V. L. was now rapidly multiplying his

".1111 like: and dislike5 110 111011 a. good

nianV'livino'130010:hatthe 1112211—(:"-11 1011015 whom
110. .501 up 215 a. more 11501111 model wa5 that
amazingl) ifceund writer, (reorge \11“1 51115:
Sala, 01' the DWI}; IN/I‘.(I})II,:111(i1\\'1‘l 01' (if the.
1211110115: 01722. 12021222122,“ Echoo5. of. 1110. \Veek,” 1m
the 1-IILI5'I2'LLIL'LI London .102. d ple5hip,
however which (lid 1101. 1351.. A really 110.511
5101'}: 21110111 31111101101121 121w i5 1ar0 but. here.
15' 111'. L11( 2155 0110. 01111101 with him 22111115 'orma-
the period.

.1 have. more 1'? :011 than most people. to 1:10 grate-
ful 10 Bernard ..haw, for in addition to giving
one tho pleasure. of" hi5 1101 and 121a he taught
me to 5w in] “'0. were ,7; in 11 . me. cottage
in C(: 11w 211 and 1,10 thinrr 0V . 113V, and he one 01'
the 1.20.51 5“ 1111111015 in 1120 world. 1dok me in hand
and made what had been so (lill'icult. before. simple.
and safe. I lollowed 111111 1055 0 .V‘ on land. for
his tall: w 2521130111 tliinnr‘s which I had 110V 02' 011211105011
11111: took ['01 gianted. with emphasis alw 2135' laid on
1110 iollj' and w 1(‘121011('a(‘10(1ne55 0f '01 V' one 0150
C‘ounsels Of perfeL 11011 too OftL . He also bew'ildcieLl
1110,. unfamiliar then with the 1 0n laws 01 l11(ll\ idnal-
,n.1)V' 521V inp: that 21 mt 5101\‘ 101' chih lien w'hiL‘ h
I had 11151 written, called “ The. Ainelimato .’ the.
teae hing 01 “111111 was that we should do thinos .tL '
others. “21.5 1110 " most innnmal thinO' he had tVli‘l.‘
read."
Other autho to whom E. V. L. (10.511011 to
121' ‘ the mo 0 01' l “50(11110115: 2100 were
. 01'11021'1011 11011110512111 eXL,"cllent. choice),
101111 131112011015 (.oldsniith in " T110 Citizen
01: the. \\ orld, .111011511110 Birrell, and Andrew
Lang. But. he. w'a5 ri'ipid'ly 120001211111; 1111115011.

The beginning of much.
1 was Lneas'5 111' 5:1‘. publisher, not in name, 11: i5
true. or in: 111\' linanc' ial wa ,
in tact. Hi5 opportunity to wri 0
book, “Bernard liar ton and 1115
came to 111111 1111011011 1110‘; 1, am no

Frian
51110 that
.1... (IL (111.

11. was 10 \\ 11.11011 111211: 1110 11120105011121 had In
10 (1011\(10d 1101 1‘11'0 (12110

(i'ar'ii ied it 111.51 120.1011) midi" __
{nooks and ri .

n which 112102: 'L,(l"

. _._________._,_____.__

(lepO5ited it (as thouuli it. w-' 010 a bahV' at. 13112 1* Quad-
ling Hospital) on the doors where it w .15 lound .
the. next. morning with the milk.
Yes, I took both in, niV'5elt—.9;a5pinu to think
what inio'ht haV )ened—but when l remun-
511 2110(1 w 1111 E. . . r 1'i5 \ing the entire 1055' 01’
1115 121 Our he would oan'D'10ply,“ I am a
‘.' 11.0. w .15 that even more than 11
knew. for this hook. pulilif, 5"hed 1n 215111-111 edit. ' '2
in 1893. put L122 a.'5 feet on the hiqhws . ,1 1115"
Elian 5111(1105 and led him to produce. 1)} far".
of Lamb that
we. 110 Another and more intimate ., 0211101,
' . .1. V1511 I paid to hi5 friend )11'5 Edward Fitz-'
Herald (1011120er Lucy 1121110121211 her 1‘101‘11011
home. To 111001-2111 'old lad ‘ who VV 5' not. only
the. widow of the inn " 5'2 (:1) Omar lxliaV'vam
12111 had 1,200.11. .15 Ln( ; 167.3211'1'012 the little (“irl
to whom (,‘11211105112111111wiote hi5 album V0 0
beginning; ‘Little hook 51111121111011 01' white ’2
was a- lnennin'alile treat.

“ Globe ” turnovers.

'1' am glad that 311'. 1.112‘ ""l\'(’">‘ :1. (-112111101' to‘
that good old (and to 110111 (21' 215' 111051 1101111111)
London ('.Venine, new5pa1i-t'r. the. (IIoI‘n' 110.
11125 for 501110 311.1110 512111. and la 111021 10
1110(1112 0 115, witty 1)) 1120 1213'" (011111111. 01'
12211.1;012112115,‘cacliwilh a joke or 21 51-1110 in it,’
hearinp' on the mornint" 5' ncw5 At that time.
11115 V1 '15 the oan‘ column 01’ 115' kind. 110 1115: 51210.,
and I out-side, the ollice w 010 0' " 'r contributors
of the 1211110115 01000 “1111110101" 21 light. 0
which began in the 12251 (011111111 01 the... trout
12: 1g'0 and ended near the 101) 01‘ the 11151 column
in 1110 second. For 111050 light the
1)aV'1nent.V'2‘1.‘5 0110 guinea. and we '5 keen
on 0'1111102‘15—50 mm 11 :50 that L111 it to
me one day that a 1.12:2(1 tuinoVei ought to
appear n‘iore than 01110 in tact be given a.
run like. a play. I (111110 10110010012111. the
edit-or, .‘\lgcr112,n‘1 Locker , w: 15' not. impressed
by the propc 1. Lucas W215 50011 promoted to
write 5hort leaders on lit. 11 topicS, and then
to produce the .aturday ‘Literai'y (,10
column. In thi5 1011, 211102 501110 are». 1
(','ceded him. and I mention it because 1 want
101011 111111 5011101111115." whi(h uppaicntlv he
(1005 not. know. 1111110 I \\{15(IO>\_11)111“;"
12111.15 acted 5,011‘1eti1m'5,‘ 215 reader to a certain
publisher , and in 11115 connection 110. 00111: 5505
to one 01' 1115' wor‘5t 1721111121015 in thi5' hranc h of
his career. ‘lla " in 1910 an 0.21er mum
of Stephen Leacock 5 ‘ 1.1101 'ary Lap. in the.
ﬁr5't. Canadian edition I wi r010 '112 01111105015110
article on it, hut 12(.'(1'10(1‘(.d to mention it to my
01121.1101'01'..1ohn Lane 11- 11' i1 2 1( ad 1110. article,
at 01100 50(:111'0(l the 1.0011511 1'10'1115', and the.
author 1221.5: remained w ith the .10 ﬁrm ever
since." It 11.11 12011011 that 1.10 had written
entlmsia5t‘ieall} of Learmk 5' 1.2L anl in the.
very column I had (‘.r from 1411015.
lolin Lane read 111V par. 1; 2112115 and wrote tom
then he cabled to S101211011,,2,'L('1002k with the.
r05ult that he 5ecurcd a 2110:5t V' aluahle. 0011110 "
1.1011. 1 had 11210115211011 for him with Luca
heifer. The GIOIIC enahled mV‘ old triend to open
111.5 11151. banking account. (:1 it. 15' he who now
10.022115 that- l wa5' the 11 person for whom
110. (how .2 cheque. ’[t w as indeed the 11151: in
hi5 virgin cheque hook and w '1~ 1' a million
pound5. 110 corrc 1V aLlLl5' th I did not.
present it 11111. had it 'ani(?.(l \Vhat he. (100.5

relate 15 that a. few weck5 later V‘hen

V' 01 "wall-(1110' 011 a dark ('V‘ening' up 1.1911-
;Q'atL Hill I noticed the 1112111111 1":1111' '.L'here. h' 15'
account‘ as w '25 lit up. 1121 remarked, “112111
15 ‘,V'our 1221111; (10h 10' 211215111120 ;’ ' He 10 ‘n ‘
and growle (‘1 521(11), ‘ I e\pL ct t-"h( V're 111' ng' to
ﬁnd my halance. ” ‘

In 11215 letter I am:
what 1 1(:- 1110111110 r as of wh.
hut 1hat i5 as 11111011 1115 1211111; 215'1i110.

'2'12V‘ unused note? of 110111 0011110111”- 111

1 am, (101111001011 3'011115: t '1.11'ullv,
' .101 I.\ (2 LOBEB

0:55: ‘ "5‘

2".11 Lid there 15 a5 1111121. of
15 rememl 0 :‘

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ME. E V. LUCAS

Nl'lYl’.‘ 1'1 route to

1 :1 new village or
country town." wrote.
Mr. Lucas at good
111:: n 3' 3‘ (-1 :1 rs 11:1. ,
‘33‘itiiout'. exploring
the (~uriosit3' shop."
“I? out] see this 1121s-
sion for tho Iiuriosit);
shop runninI:r through
all his hoolis. To him
the whole 33'01'111 its
1.11':1.;13I :1. curiosity
shop. and, us an.
author. ho is :1. guitlo
to its oddities and
ll':'.’t.<‘111‘t".'\‘..

'.l‘11:11 is one (11' the secrets ot' the appeal he
111:1 luIs to us. 1111111161;nottnliousinto11 museum
and point. out. one perieot. thing after another,
1111 11(11'1'(I."tl31' :tt't.':111:1-tl, till our heads :ttrlte.
1111 111'I11'L'1's 11111 31111111111 ()1 1)1"(I('iot:.'t thin:‘." and
rulihish that tho ettI'itIsit 3sho11 1)1'.‘oIi(l('1shis
eyes shinin: :11. siILI'ht (11' tho one. and 11311110
1111: :1111.Ittt.1s11:11111113' :tt sight; ol' the other. .1
111:1s1(.11'1ii(1(ILI ot' lultlttt'ss will I'lelight‘. him its: 311.111
21s :1 111:1stisii1iiet't‘1 ol' goodness. lie. is :1 (Ion-
11015:“.‘111'2111131‘1.11'illt‘t‘\'t]lll\‘lit‘:1111'101'llltlil,li>lll'(l.
.111 11:11. shown, 1111.1 ﬁneness oi? his taste. its
no :111111I'111'1I:'ist :11111 33111 no living author has
t‘tilit‘t‘lt‘tl more delirious (13:11111111‘1s 111' the 3.311131?

I.‘11,II.'lL' 111' 211:1 3'~.'(‘.I."st 33‘ 'itI'rs than he.

Mr. E. V. Lucas.

Tim Rev. Air. W'Imr.
it: is this, (1111:111'113" (11' taste. that II"i3(Is him
,1) 1112.11 :1 1I1:1L-o: the (‘FS:131>11S.l.ll'C
must :111111I:tl 10 5:111:11: s 111111113111 :ts3311 111. us to his
141331.: 01' 11111100111311 lit-tort} he can write :1 310011.
I=:'~'s:t3‘. 1111.1 in 311'. Lin-'21s the mixture. ('11 moods
is so 111111113 1111.1 he (‘1:111 give us in " The 1.1111
1.:1'1-‘1I.:,trl(s 141.1111) "" the, richest. biography (11'
our generation :11111 :11 the 581111? tinn- heeonn:
1111‘- :111111'1‘I1'iuti3‘1‘1. l‘iioI'I'ropliei' of the 1(13'. Por-
11I~litts 1111111131110 Lust .‘..11:I':li 1n (letII31ntI133ho
wrote the pot-tn lIt'2111111112:-1—
11'. this 1111111‘1‘1'PL‘1‘1 gloomy stone
()1' I'011'I.I,>liI.':I.tII bosom still !
\1'111 not. .1 heuuteous 1.111(1s(":‘11'i(3 bright,
Or music's soothing: sound.
Console the heart», 1.1111111: delight.
And throw swt'et, ])O‘dt.'t‘ 11.11.111.111 '3
'l‘hoy 11I:13‘. but novor (-omt'ort lenti-
Lilo; 1111 :iI"t'oitt1)lislietl 11311113113 friend 1

llow 111,111.13] in :t. singlo st‘IntenL'o 111'. hut-us
sums up the t‘ltﬂl‘itrfic‘t‘ (11311111 111111111: Whose Muse.
3':t.‘s never so much :11. home as in :1 :rnVLIynrd,
33111111 111': “writes : ‘ lit? is the kind of man who
would build his 1501111113 house in the
tho shrulow ” 1

Odd comers.

Stir. Lueus's e-‘ssnItI‘s :u'e :tli3‘e with sin-h (31'0")!-
triI' I'ltztrneters. lle‘lnts (13‘1tlortj-Ll 111.111); of tho
odd L'orntIrs (11' 11 1e and has. 1(1t.'1111ne(l I:"11>ttnously
11.111111 us :11.out 11. 11‘. 11011111- 1: 211111. things he. (11>:-
(1o3'11r1111 in them. 110 is :1. princi- of story-
t(IllI-rs. and no essayist. has been more unec-
Ilt..t:1l 111:111 110. How s3rt~IIt1 :t. tr:t;;(1I'-3«' he puts
htIl'oro us in two pages 33111111 he. tells the story
(11" his Polish harbor who 3311s :11in :111 enthu-
siastic rook :11111 33110 \3‘21s looliin: 1013311111
1-(~st:tt.it,':tllIV to httvinu o3'st(=rs with 3\lii(rlt to
511111 his tln'istmns 1111'th 3'1

lit-tore. sI-ttinIL: out onltisshoppin:111(rl_1:1.1'1_1(;~r
11111133311111 :1 hook (#1111111 " How to lloeotnr- :t
111i1111111:tir1'." and found. on :trrit'iuILI; :11. 111'
121311innitII-gIIr'sI.111.11“ 11L.- 11ml left". it heliind at. :1
:1""-511,‘—1'1'1H‘I‘1"{<.1101) 3‘1..- 111 11 he 11.111 :11 (i 3isi'ie1d
11111711111141. hoIl to tilt-1 13-1111; tout:‘s1rs 1111:; the
‘hoolt. "t‘.':.I,.s‘. :111111. r-I') 111.11: he 11:111. to spent'i sis:
shiliinus on 1112311115 '1 new («11137 of " low to
hovomr :I. .‘Ilillit,111:.:1r(I " ior his ('ttstt'nnt-r. and.
211111 111:11'. 3371.15 1111;11:11' to til'i'ttt‘tl :1113‘ (‘13'st‘t1rs :11.
till. '\\'h.'tt :111 111t111111111I11I‘ plot lo'.' :1. short:
story! And .111'. .l.u('.'t~. is :1 ”1.111.111.1110 in
suwh 111.11

A» it'aiter’s herois, m.

There is another (1110. almost
little thumhttnil sliti-tt'l‘; (milled
in. the same volume. it" runs :~-~

:ls I'I'Iiml, in 21

1111111113 Ago "

" l. have hI'II'n to l)rur3' Lane pantominto. onl3‘
onx'e." 1111.1 (tornmn unitL-r, who had. lJI‘tJOIHU conti-
dL-ntiul. said to 1111'. ' It 3111s before 1. 33':1sm:trrio(l.
111111.1'1ooh 1113‘ girl. 11311111, who is short. would not:
see. and 1. 111' lit-r stand (111 my t'oot- :ill tlu~ I'3'I'.-ui'u;I:.
8hr; 1{I‘1I‘1 s1‘13‘iu; that she was sttro it hurt me, littt‘.
I said it didn't. :11 did: though, 111111 th(1 next (1113'
I would. 11.113113 \31111L. . . .' I 31111111111L.r do it
now. .\'ot 111.11 1 (lI- not 1033311137 3',.';'1'. 11:11. 1' would
not. do it' now." ., '
I .<1)1111'111111"~1 33‘ontl(1r
realm,- 33' 1 1t

Whether rendrrs \‘ttllit‘it 121.13
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11(11'111111s. to hint... 11.1' this. it. is nutmnl Io
epr-(t only sum-t 33‘in1us t'rom :111 :tuthtn' 331m
Gulls, 111111115 113‘ sttt'lt tillt's as " lioso and Rose."
“ l..:1i.t,LIt'LII-"s llurt‘est :iuIl “ London 1.:13'L1ntlL-‘1'."
'1'11113‘311171' tlttI titlos ol' :2

stIniitnentztlist. Yet
1111‘. 1".~I:t is ('onipnt'nt1‘1‘1113? 11111»: 111' :1. width
1111I:nt"~}11 Isl in tit»- .~(-n~'(I in 33111.11, I','l.'lt:1('l§(~r:'.3'
'11 (1111'. .1111 puts 11111114111 on no it‘l'llt.\ 111' {also
iI1t1111111~3" with his t't-:1I1I‘1t.'s. :II.'.11.‘111(1:‘1ILI‘11 1111 1:1. 1..-s
about ltil‘n-‘(Ill' 33111111 the Lit-(tatsion (1111s in): it}
he chIL-ps s his 1'11111111ILI's 33111.1 under control.
1 3‘1111‘1snI is :tmon: his 1111.1:113111'11s. and he 1:1,lu‘1s
:1 1)1"H‘11111111111111137 I‘Ulll‘it‘ view 01' 11111. 111'-
l:111111.11t(1(1 with 311'. if. 1.. (intros :1111'1 \lI‘
Mort-L133 in some (11' 1111: funniest. hoolts that
11.1311 1111(111 ptthlished in recent; yours. and his
33rit1 '11: 'in June]: :11'11 lutou :11 to :ill the rorltl.

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Avoiding controversv.

lftllih't' 1112111." (11' 1111' t \I\1\1~ 1:<- ::\‘t;ltl\‘ 1111"
serious11:1ssionsoi(ottIImtrs3. llL'1,.1:1snotltin;;
01'111111'1113 01' 11:1 7.1111. on the out: hztnd. or ol' the
gentler rotormin: .1:(1:1l ot' Addison. on the other.
lie luts often 11111-11 compared to l.'lt:tl'lt:s 1.1111111.
and ho ‘13'1'i'thIs more in the. tradition. ot' t‘hurles
.l.:unh 1112111 in :1113' other. But: he is not; .1111
echo 011.:111111. llisI:'il'tsztt'tII_11'iI2I'i‘11:tl :tudunique.
11:1 provides :1. 1):1t't,i(-ttl:1I' kind of (.Intort'uinment‘.
of his own 331111211 cannot; 1)'.' ILI'ot- outside his
11:1:‘1'0'.

t)11(.11'1.'11sth~.1t helms (.11I1o3I'111 lilo in :1 hun~
Llred of its aspects 111111 :t :1,.111'I111(t_. :llltl he.
inl'm'ts us with his (11111131110111 :1s 33 (I, rend hint.
110 is :t ILmtll‘nit‘i. ol' pit'turIIs. ol" ('1'1'L'lLI-t‘. ()1 mn-
VOI‘sdt'ion. ol" hooks (11 (112‘. 'zi'Lt' _'I1s, (11' houses. of
(logs, of roses and 3311:1t not lie writes 11s :1
111111111111 (3‘ (I u in hissentinu'nt: 11 ntootls- us when
111-. 1'~'L1" 11s 11111 :111( 11‘11 t IL'Iloiit1 1s ol (.-‘1'iunLt‘1 s Circus.
l'lI' sums to t'1|1(.'\ thL- (1(1'li(iotts 11:13'ou'1's ot'
thin:sh(:13‘on(l most 11( (1111(1, :111Il to ﬁnd 11:13‘ou‘1'

 

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mushroon‘i. in ('1'i('11(11 :Is 333.111 :ts in :1 hool-r.‘ :thout‘
Cricket. llis1‘1sszt3's (trtI essays of t‘I1lis11 (1371-11
33111.11: 11(‘1 is 1111111: us hou' he 33‘:ts I'iiI‘1zttL-d1I3‘
1111 (11:1. furnituro (lt‘dlt't 1113 has 111111 humorist
gilt: or" turning his iixistLu't'Jtnos into 1"toi 11111111111
SLIN‘LL'HI't's.

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1nd how “'1‘” l.I(‘1
\3'l1:1':l1(1r 111‘- tt-tls tts how
liI.‘ >.'.‘1\‘1' :.',11 ::.I.i\‘I.‘1‘ii

1.1:13‘s the :tut (:1 ioII1.t1Ih(-t'
\3'111'11 :1 s. 11.111111on

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oi" 1'12 (("tIu ~—.'11111 tli('1 it. 211:1 Is‘II'IIZ‘tinIL'I; hint 131.1.
-1.o11ths'rh.'1r(1 labour. [1111'
311.1 see how cunning (I. 1iroiIIssor
11:11.111'211, 311'. Lucas is, :11111 1103"
(11' druinzttit: situation in ordir 1.1131 1111.

'With perfect: (1(:(:1no1n3r of
hring‘s thrL-o 1:111:11'21Irt‘e1's
essay—tho detective who 'heuntetl us
though he. were. giving out :1. 11311111." {Is 111: 11ro~
posed to "1:13“ :1. trap " for the 1103'. the 1.1111.»

tho 1103'
and 11111 1113‘

home to 11111:
Easy conversation.

ohservution (11' human 11:1.t.ttt'(:I,::'11.'1 111?. ol‘Ist'n'LI
it t'roc (113‘ in 111'. 'l'.Iu I':
3111111: taliout himseli' 111' ohm ut ot'lttIt people.
1.11:0 most; essayists, 111.. hos 1101.111. culled
"\1.'.1.11111:.~'i!’211," :tntl 111:1113I 111101111: appear to
ref-1.1111 " t'rhinisioulity "Wu word that} 11th

 

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was 111:1 11L-2‘11131itr2; .111111 the 131111 ("11' ('s ‘3
33‘1'itinILI'.l 21m >‘tt‘1‘1', lu'iWIIVLIr, that. his sense.
01' lilo and his 1‘121'1'-l3'1'i(i:tl, 11:1ll'-1111111orou-
1.11 III'1tl , in it: are 1:11' more. inmortunt'. elements.
And he
('nlllllllilllt'iiii'S it to us in tho ilt)“\' ot' LattsIV
conversrtt ion. llis \‘t'r3' 1listrtuﬁsi3'1‘1ness is not on
.1111 lt'I: like 1311(11'1111's, hut is tho noturvl (lis—
I'Itrsi‘cvnvss (11:1 111::111'1'3111i1‘1IltILl in t‘1111.(1(:1111'~'.t1ot‘
2‘1, (~(‘1113't-1's11tion ol' stinuetltin: 11111.11 too :I‘ootl
not to tI‘Ill. it. siItIms to mo 111.1 : in tlu'. l)1'\1
1111.333211'11. he." is 1111' most ('L,In3'('1'.~':ttionul
(‘Issnyisl' (11' our time. 11' :Int'ono (I:tn rival 115111
in his 1111, .1. should like to 1.11o3' '111;Il(111‘1€‘.

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than l.t.t( ('gts' s. A. single. bool; in >1th 21
1333111 would have made him i1111‘1.1('.n't'.‘.i

11111.1 .1L-11111-.-:t.(.:‘11.11.11-111...1.I.1” tor 1.1:11'1' 7.1. (.‘.t".1\'~.'.l..
11II~tnnLLI trom t'riondship. but he—
low it, came his Work 215 pttl_ili.. so
unshot'l: 21b (II $11.21 in his grimly tender
\3‘ 213 33:1.s so ‘

He did not write 111

responsive to 111C essential
quality of his L'Ltntpnnions. 111211 11103
spoke U1*'
hearts. His L'ontfnuod friendship 33‘2181
thus eitth' 2111 itrunLnsut'nhl L LILIn‘11.I‘.in‘it'nt"
or L1 51211 of un‘tmited 1110.13;
111+:-

111011. his trit'nds :tro poor men tit—dais.
know that. the largest itLILtrt‘ tn
litL‘Irztr3' London is still. Titer u‘ill never
again rL'L'L'iVLI lLrttL'rs ot' 3\'l.iL'11 ent'lt stir—
L'LIeLl'EnQ linL t'tts shorter 113' (111 fut-h 111.;1‘1
its pt'LdeL'L ssor. They will 111::3'L'11' 13,1“-
summoned b3 E. Y. to mt saddle 111'
mutton or drink L'hnmpugno (1 (nc orI
other of 1'1 's 11121113 clubs. 1 himsi'li'
will no more extol tltt'I “
or the great game (.11 L‘l"

110 will be SL011 no 1011201 :11 tho 03":11
at Hove. or at Tunl :1 idg‘o 11 LI 15. 3311011" 1101
Cotdtl IiudIIe 21 buismdn at". 11111 end 111' 112111"
a dozon o\‘L'1‘s 21nd 5213 whether or not 110
13 ott.d one do}: plat]: tor 12112121 nd. 111s
books. 3

But momo13 3311 113 LI long and ii\3‘i111 ,
poignnnt'e union: tho(.1 and 3311'
him planned ;1 11.113113,

1'11\L‘l111'1

ln‘othet'i3 com-3
munit3 on tho h:11‘11.sot'the SusLtuL'l'izuu‘td.
'l'liongh 8(11‘11113 :utd ('otttuoot too‘..I
1116 siste 1s 1"th 141.11. 11.1111 tintin-L'L' soon
demolished the 31siou ol' p;111‘.1~\tICI‘LIC.\-'
'th'rL' l'olloucd '.t holidn'} 331111 1111. Lint-'16?
("thrashing \11‘11\\_" Sot 1111.1 L'niled 1‘11.
and :1 short period 21s 1711131110 sL'L‘t'L'izu‘3 inI
lt‘L'lttnd. But he would “ rather [one 011"
“outing 1111111 no '
epics or :11 .1 guinea :1 31:6. 1111‘ the '..'...~...‘..I.ﬁ
l’mr. Alter he h'td Kettled '11 (net; H.111-
lieswick. in 1.1) his lilL II.~..1s 213L111 up to
'iCLtts‘ und L'l‘uldt‘eii. to tho 13111111: 131' 11...
1101165 :u‘tLl 13102111111119“ to 111:» L'LilllzL'tion 111'
31411 (1111 books. ('3'1'1‘tuous 1111111

 

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ii’ortugul.) it nos 11:1 3111111111313 '.'-.L'11»3

'1'ClCl'Ctl stud Luln't perinux
.',‘~""111 c‘xtstL‘nL‘L'.‘
' to me 111: i':.1\l PleC‘Hts
No olIiL'L't i'oi‘ t‘L'ut‘L't:
lo 111 111L 1.1Lsent LIi'xL'.
\ll LttnsL lot lull L'otuL'nt
"1111'1"s poems

16. 116's. l-I1\‘ used to read '.\i'.iLloL""

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1113.11113s keeps no on. out LIl 13' l.
lltL‘ 1‘.th L‘Il \JiLl l‘xrt'éIlTLtl 111111 \1‘101'11II
11 1111611111116 Lind Pctcrldn is 1111‘61. tL'l.uL'.
1‘. :1 modern nurser3 : tltc 1.011113." .116

much troubled 133 the
ln‘othok. \t‘lti ttscd to mist the

 

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their :21 1.1nd.'notlte1s '_ :1nd not
'll'.1\L‘ lt)t‘l\t.‘Ll truth-.5." 111.111 the 1.1.;
"4111136 " 1'oi‘ “ You :11‘1; old. i
\‘i'illitunf' 8111111
01' the
gcuerosiu oi SL111 1'. He 33. 3301'.
I.l'ittcd 101:: the titles 01 11111
glortune (It' \.\.".1t‘
1131 the 112'“. (11' ins. Nov.

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\\ilt.1\L' ettI'ltL'st '1..le 11111>l 1,;
f0 miss the L'\ult'.11u 11311111 lot 21.1.1.3
1116 union-elf. '

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itL‘i‘ \11‘11111.
ttt'ImLI mere llitL'h 31.0111. “.111 13 Logo»;
L'lticll3 to 116 honoured 113,; 511,- mom;
I1'1"1L \31otL'1'e idol-16 icttcrs.’ '
.1. ol L'lcztt‘ 11111111113
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11111.13 tic-111111 \ot 1.11;.» 11:11:11.1
north}. ol' CClL‘l‘l'ililt1l"1 1111.1"; 1; 1116
,luogrnplter oi titL‘ pout tliovm 1.
(1.1111115111111111 111' the
L,‘\L‘;11JL‘ it lttll'L‘it 111' 112'.t':,'\ L‘ L‘t'tttngfL A. syn?
in l".'.1‘11'.1111;'1tt llL' t',lL'L‘ltn(-'Ll
1utittl (11' \iL'\3 31.1 solt, in. doubt: he
>.lltI\‘.L"t.l L'L1tt.1l Lli\.k'l'1,'ll1.1[1 11'. 11.11 111'11111:
t 1\\1u 1’ (111:1'\s;.1\ 1( ~. -stl..1‘I.IL'11;I.I.It111.11111

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tribute. with \k' we
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1\uo\\u poem '11 E . 11:1:(t his “ (1.13s
Hutton" the .')L-.'.Li :11‘L' Post." 111.: :11 the

;( Hunt's "11111; 33111 no? perish in dis dust."

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1011 [1:1 \\'”:'1L‘l\ tiltl
spt‘u'tLlL'tus, 3311111111:
lion ol' nuturztl
hound 13‘. 1‘L'l'use :1 1(13131"\

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