Tupper, whose Proverbial Philosophy sold in vast numbers on both sides of the Atlantic, looks back on a long and crowded life. He recalls his schooldays at Charterhouse, Oxford, his struggle with a stammer, chess, prize poems, Lincoln’s Inn, narrow escapes, inventions and hobbies, and the many famous people he met, with generous samples from his books along the way.
A genial, self-revealing memoir of literary fame and its fading in the nineteenth century. Download the free EPUB.