Samuel Butler Author Of Erewhon 1835 1902 Vol Ii From 1885 1916

Author : Henry Festing Jones
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230208312
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon; a Memoir written by Henry Festing Jones and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...paying 28 rent for his own rooms in Clifford's Inn, or about 36 in all, including rates and taxes. Then he asked: " Have you any idea how much Pauli made by his profession? " One of his fellow-travellers replied: " I do not know how he has been doing of late years, but many years ago--perhaps twenty, but I cannot be certain--he told me he was earning about 700." Butler remembered his father's letter in 1879 saying he had been told that Pauli was making 1000 a year, and how Pauli had indignantly denied that he was making more than his bare expenses. Then Butler heard that during his last illness Pauli had been properly looked after, that he had well-to-do DISCLOSURES 285 friends who saw that he had every comfort, that he was 189 conscious till about six hours before the end, and that he Aet' 6l died without any pain or struggle. Presently we reached Brookwood and went to the mortuary chapel, where the service was read with an unctuous affectation that I have seldom heard exceeded, and thence to the grave. After the coffin had been duly lowered and the service ended, we were asked to a luncheon which had been brought down with us from London. Everything was done regardless of expense and I was wondering who in the world was paying for it--or rather I should have wondered if I had not heard about... the well-to-do friends--when I reflected, with a certain satisfaction, that for once in my life I was making a hearty meal at what was very nearly Pauli's expense. It was the nearest thing to a dinner from him that I had ever had. Then it appeared that Pauli had left his brother 1000 as though there were more than jTtooo disposed of under Pauli's will. And here the reserve which I had maintained very sufficiently...