After his final return to America in 1892, though upwards of eighty, he produced a life of Whittier in the 'Great Writers' series 1893 , and his own 'Memories,' an autobiography full of spirit and buoyancy, which might with advantage have been more full, in 1895 | ], almost the only known copy of which Linton himself had picked off a bookstall |
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In 1865 he published his drama of 'Claribel,' with other poems, including two early ones of remarkable merit, a powerful narrative in blank verse of Grenville's sea-fight celebrated in Tennyson's 'Revenge,' and an impressive meditation symbolising his own political aspirations, put into the mouth of [q | For the literary furtherance of his views on art he produced 'Practical Hints on Wood Engraving,' 1879; 'A History of Wood Engraving in America,' 1882, and 'Wood Engraving, a Manual of Instruction,' 1884 |
] In 1889 'Love Lore,' with selections from 'Claribel' and other pieces, was published in London under the title of 'Poems and Translations.
19], whom Linton distrusted and despised, and he had little connection with it; of the free-trade leaders, W | Through his brother-in-law Wade he had become intimate with the circle that gathered around W |
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Among these were 'A Royal Progress,' a poem of considerable length by [q | ] the poet, after whose death he wedded another sister |
Kitto in English Illustrated Magazine, 1891; Times, 3 Jan.
5Linton received his education at a school in Stratford, and in 1828 was apprenticed to the wood-engraver George Wilmot Bonner, with whom he continued for six years | Home in the latter days of 'The Monthly Repository,' and with their aid, after an unsuccessful experiment in 'The Illustrated Family Journal, he succeeded 1845 Douglas Jerrold as editor of 'The Illuminated Magazine,' where he published many interesting contributions from writers of more merit than popularity |
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He now began to mingle in literary circles, and to make himself conspicuous as a political agitator | Lewes in the establishment of 'The Leader,' which he expected to make the organ of republicanism, but he soon discovered his associates' lukewarmness in political matters, and quitted 'The Leader' to found 'The English Republic,' a monthly journal published and originally printed at Leeds |
Photographic portraits of Linton at advanced periods of life are prefixed to his 'Poems and Translations' 1889 , and to his 'Memories,' 1895.
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