The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, Vol. 2 of 2: As Recorded in Letters From Her Literary Correspondents (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, Vol. 2 of 2: As Recorded in Letters From Her Literary CorrespondentsGeorge Darley, the writer of the next letter, was the son of a Dublin alderman, who disinherited him because he devoted his time to writing poetry. He was thus compelled to support himself as best he could by literature, and labouring under the disadvantage of stammering - which he calls his mask - kept apart from society. Miss Mitford says that she hears he is 'a very elegant and excellent person,' and adds: 'I should think him interesting if his disappointment in not being acknowledged one of the great poets of the age had not produced the most intolerable fastidiousness and determination to disallow all merit in other writers.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.