From the originals in the possession of Mr. A.
T.A. Dobson
*PEN-SKETCH (TRIPLET), by the same, on a Flyleaf of _Peg Woffington,_
1899
EVELINA AND THE BRANGHTONS, by the same. From the Cranford _Evelina,_
1903
LADY CASTLEWOOD AND HER SON, by the same. From the Cranford _Esmond_,
1905
MERCERY LANE, CANTERBURY, by the same. From the original pencil-drawing
for _Highways and Byways in Kent_, 1907
_The originals of the illustrations preceded by an asterisk are in the
possession of the Author._
ON SOME BOOKS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS
New books can have few associations. They may reach us on the best
deckle-edged Whatman paper, in the newest types of famous presses, with
backs of embossed vellum, with tasteful tasselled strings,--and yet be
no more to us than the constrained and uneasy acquaintances of
yesterday. Friends they may become to-morrow, the day after,--perhaps
"hunc in annum et plures" But for the time being they have neither part
nor lot in our past of retrospect and suggestion. Of what we were, of
what we like or liked, they know nothing; and we--if that be
possible--know even less of them. Whether familiarity will breed
contempt, or whether they will come home to our business and
bosom,--these are things that lie on the lap of the Fates.
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