Twelve Masters of Prose Verse
Whitten, Wilfred![Twelve Masters of Prose Verse](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/253/25357685/CHSBZCOP0325357685.jpg)
Excerpt from Twelve Masters of Prose Verse: With SelectionsMr. Joseph Simpson has drawn twelve beautiful portraits of Nineteenth Century writers, and I have selected passages from their works. In other words, he has provided the dish, and my smaller task has been to lay some parsley around it. In each case it has been my endeavour to select a passage which reveals the inner spirit of the writer as clearly as the portrait presents his features....