Payn, James, 1830-1898 / 2008-07-25 00:00:00
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SOME PRIVATE VIEWS
By
JAMES PAYN
Author of 'High Spirits,' 'A Confidential Agent,' Etc.
_A NEW EDITION_
1881
London
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY
TO
HORACE N. PYM
THIS
_Book is Dedicated_
BY HIS FRIEND
THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS.
FROM _'THE NINETEENTH CENTURY' REVIEW_.
THE MIDWAY INN 1
THE CRITIC ON THE HEARTH 20
SHAM ADMIRATION IN LITERATURE 37
THE PINCH OF POVERTY 59
THE LITERARY CALLING AND ITS FUTURE 72
STORY-TELLING 96
PENNY FICTION 116
FROM '_THE TIMES_.'
HOTELS 133
MAID-SERVANTS 149
MEN-SERVANTS 163
WHIST-PLAYERS 173
RELATIONS 182
INVALID LITERATURE 192
WET HOLIDAYS 201
TRAVELLING COMPANIONS 211
_THE MIDWAY INN_.
'The hidden but the common thought of all.'
The thoughts I am about to set down are not _my_ thoughts, for, as my
friends say, I have given up the practice of thinking, or it may be,
as my enemies say, I never had it.
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