Thomas Woolner, R. A., Sculptor and Poet: His Life in Letters (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Thomas Woolner, R. A., Sculptor and Poet: His Life in Letters A life of Thomas Woolner has been long in contempla tion and preparation, but many reasons and difficulties have come in the way of its realization. First and fore most is the desire to plainly and truthfully demonstrate the great industry, thoroughness and pure ideals of the Sculptor - andto show the admiration in which he was held by so large a number of eminent men of his day. This record of a life's work has been compiled from personal ... Read More

Excerpt from Thomas Woolner, R. A., Sculptor and Poet: His Life in Letters A life of Thomas Woolner has been long in contempla tion and preparation, but many reasons and difficulties have come in the way of its realization. First and fore most is the desire to plainly and truthfully demonstrate the great industry, thoroughness and pure ideals of the Sculptor - andto show the admiration in which he was held by so large a number of eminent men of his day. This record of a life's work has been compiled from personal knowledge, autograph letters, mss. And diaries, most of which are in my keeping. I have received the greatest courtesy and kindest response from almost every one written to for permission to publish letters. And my special thanks are due to Hallam Lord Tennyson for permission to publish and for kindly help; to Mrs. Coventry Patmore and Mrs. Allingham for advice and suggestions; and to Mr. H. N. Gladstone, Mr. William M. Rossetti, Mr. Alexander Carlyle, Miss Froude, Miss Boyd, to my sisters for their help, and many others for permission to publish. Besides these my thanks are tendered to Messrs. Smith, Elder Co., for permission to print the letters of Robert Browning; to Messrs. Macmillan for the permit to include in this memoir A Sea Story and to the Proprietors of Punch for special permission to reprint the verses of November 12, 1859. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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. Read Less