OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER, AUTHOR OF THE 'LIVES OF STATESMEN LONDON: BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET; AND CHAPMAN & HALL, 186, STRAND. 1848. ΤΟ CHARLES DICKENS. GENIUS AND ITS REWARDS ARE BRIEFLY TOLD: A LIBERAL NATURE AND A NIGGARD DOOM, A DIFFICULT JOURNEY TO A SPLENDID TOMB. NEW-WRIT, NOR LIGHTLY WEIGHED, THAT STORY OLD IN GENTLE GOLDSMITH'S LIFE I HERE UNFOLD : THRO' OTHER THAN LONE WILD OR DESERT-GLOOM, IN ITS MERE JOY AND PAIN, ITS BLIGHT AND BLOOM, THAN IN CRUEL ISLANDS 'MID THE FAR-OFF SEA. March, 1848. JOHN FORSTER. |