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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...they also evince a rather nervous preoccupation on the part of the writer as to what his readers will think of them. The words "Benevolent Public," "Potent Dispenser of Fame," etc., recur very frequently. The graver pieces are those in which he displays most force; in humorous passages his pen does not run with the same lightness as Selwyn's, Shadwell's, or Doyle's. The epitaph which he composed for himself would have conveyed but a faulty idea of his talents and character...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLADSTONE'S SCHOOL DAYS. | 4/16/1883 | See Source »

Then took his pen and stabbed himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLADSTONE'S SCHOOL DAYS. | 4/16/1883 | See Source »

Found - A stylographic pen, call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPECIAL NOTICES. | 3/28/1883 | See Source »

Then their struggling and hugging "what pen can declare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/21/1883 | See Source »

Lost - Probably between Grays and Memorial, a stylographic pen. Finder will please return to 21 Grays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPECIAL NOTICES. | 3/12/1883 | See Source »

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