The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, by George Gissing
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Title: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
Author: George Gissing Release Date: March 27, 2005 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #1463]
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Transcribed from the 1903 Archibald Constable & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF HENRY RYECROFT
PREFACE
The name of Henry Ryecroft never became familiar to what is called the reading public. A year ago obituary paragraphs in the literary papers gave such account of him as was thought needful: the date and place of his birth, the names of certain books he had written, an allusion to his work in the
periodicals, the manner of his death. At the time it sufficed. Even those few who knew the man, and in a measure understood him, must have felt that his name called for no further celebration; like other mortals, he had lived and laboured; like other mortals, he had entered into his rest. To me, however, fell the duty of examining Ryecroft’s papers; and having, in the exercise ...