The Life of Donald G. Mitchell
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Life of Donald G. Mitchell: Ik Marvel I finish this biography with a sense of deep satisfaction. Its completion marks the fulfilment of a hope long cherished. I was nearing the end of my second year in college when I conceived the notion of writing it, although my interest in the subject long antedates that period. A selection from Dream Life in McGuffey´s Fifth Eclectic Reader introduced me to Mr. Mitchell´s writings when I was a schoolboy not yet ten years of age. Even then I was charmed by the sweet flow of the delicate English, and the strong current of feeling beneath; and as I read the passage over and over, and then read the brief sketch of the author´s life at the beginning of the selection; of how he was born in 1822 - even then an "old man" as I thought, but not yet dead; for there was a dash( "-" ) after the birth-date - I wondered whether I should ever see the man who had written so delightfully, and whether I should ever own a copy of that book, Dream Life, or any of the others mentioned in the sketch. One after another, Mr. Mitchell´s writings came into my possession, and I was not content until I had read and reread them all, from Fresh Gleanings, through the limpid pages of English Lands, Letters, and Kings, down to the last volume of American Lands and Letters. Still later I came to personal meeting with the author. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Mr. Mitchell. His writings first interested me in English style. I have often said that he taught me more of English than I ever learned from my rhetorics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
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