Clergyman, reformer and the most quoted wit of Regency London, Sydney Smith helped found the Edinburgh Review, campaigned for Catholic emancipation in the Peter Plymley letters and served as a country parson at Foston and Combe Florey before his canonry at St. Paul’s. Russell follows his career and devotes a final chapter to his humour, politics and opinions.
A lively short life from the English Men of Letters series, full of Smith’s own sayings. Download the free EPUB.