Excerpt from According to My Lights

The interest taken in Dickens and Thackeray is much greater in America than it is in England, and the interest in Dickens far exceeds the interest in Thackeray. Dickens is worshipped, Thackeray is admired. My known connection with both these distinguished men invited much examination-in-chief, and even cross-examination, when about ten years ago I visited the United States. I had to describe the two men, their appearance, their tastes and habits, and their points of te semblance, which were very few.

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