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This book is a recollection of the author's early life in New York, and the prominent cultural figures he knew. The author shares anecdotes about Laurence Barrett, Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson, and Mark Twain, among others, giving a unique insight into the lives of these legendary figures. This book also explores the author's experiences as a young man in the city, from his first job as an errand boy to his early attempts at writing. Filled with personal insights and historical context, this book is a valuable contribution to the history of American literature.
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Excerpt from Talks in a Library With Laurence Hutton: Recorded by Isabel Moore
The others, during the autumn, winter, and spring of 1903 - 04, were talked into sympathetic ears, and were recorded by a willing pen, in the talker's own book-room at Princeton. As set down in these pages, they have been submitted to him, and have been the subject of his revision and correction.
He protests that the words are too personal. But he does not see how he can leave himself out and at the same time do full justice to the personal side of his friends.
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