James Payn
James Payn
James Payn, was an English novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 February 1830
James Payn quotes about
elsewhere english-novelist literary method
In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.
eyebrows ideas people
The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage.
humble opportunity oatmeal
Cultivating literature as I do upon a little oatmeal, and driving, when in a position to be driven at all, in that humble vehicle, the 'bus, I have had, perhaps, exceptional opportunities for observing their mutual position and behaviour; and it is very peculiar.