Thames-side in the past
Subtitle: sketches of its literature & society
By: by F. C. Hodgson ...
Publisher: G. Allen & company, ltd.
Published: 1913
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: England -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; Twickenham (London, England)
Notes: Papers on subjects connected with the notabilities of Twickenham and its neighborhood.  cf. Pref.
Optimists and pessismists is reprinted from Temple Bar, Nov. 1898 and Jan. 1899; the papers on Lady Mary and on Horace Walpole, from the Gentleman's magazine, Nov. 1897 and Mar. 1899; and part of those on Radnor House and on Richard Owen Cambridge, from the Home counties magazine.  cf. Pref.
Table of contents: title: Was Pope a poet?; title: Pope's character.; title: Optimists and pessimists.; title: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.; title: Horace Walpole.; title: La belle Hamilton.; title: Radnor House, Twickenham.; title: Richard Owen Cambridge.; title: Minor celebrities of Twickenham.; title: Gray and his haunts.; title: Richmond places.; title: Hannah More and the Garricks.