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Title: Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Birdsall, William Wilfred, 1854-1909, (from old catalog) ed Jones, Rufus Matthew, 1863- (from old catalog) joint ed
Subjects: American literature
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., International publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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, The Story of a Bad Boy (1869),—which became at once a favorite byits naturalness and puritv of spirit,—Majorie Daw and Other People (1873),Prudence Palfrey (1874), The Queen of Sheba (1877), The StillwaterTragedy (1880), From Ponkapog to Pesth (1883), The Sisters Tragedy (1890), THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. 131 An Old Town by the Sea; and Two Bites at a Cherry and other Tales(1893), Unguarded Gates (1895). Complete Works, in eight volumes, werepublished in 1897. Mr. Aldrich is said to be a man of the world as well as a manof letters and his personal 2:)opularity equals his literary reputation. We cannotbetter illustrate his companionable nature and close this sketch than by presentingthe following ))en picture of an incident, clipped from a recent magazine: During a visit to England, upon one occasion, Mr. Aldrich was the guest ofWilliam Black, with a number of other well known people. An English journa-list of some distinction, who had no time to keep in touch with the personality of
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THOMAS B. ALDRICH S STUDY. poets, met Mr. Aldrich, and they became excellent friends. They w^ent on longshooting expeditions together, and found each other more than good companions.The last night of their stay came, and after dinner Mr. Black made a little speech,in which he spoke of Mr. Aldrichs poetry in a graceful fashion. The Londonjournalist gave a gasp, and looked at Mr. Aldrich, who rose to make a response, asif he had never seen him before. As the poet sat down he leaned over him, andsaid:— Say, Aldrich, are you the man who writes books? Yes, Mr. Aldrich said. I am glad you dont know, for I am sure you likedme for myself. 132 THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. ALEC YEATONS SON* GLOUCESTER, AUGUST, 1720.

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