A Little English Gallery

by Louise Imogen Guiney

Louise Imogen Guiney's A Little English Gallery gathers graceful literary portraits of Lady Danvers, Henry Vaughan, George Farquhar, Beauclerk and Langton, and William Hazlitt.

At a glance Elegant literary portraits for readers who love biography, criticism, and English… First published in 1894, the book moves between portrait, criticism, anecdote, and… Guiney writes not as a dry compiler of facts but as an essayist with a strong ear for… She follows family histories, friendships, reputations, poems, sermons, letters, and…

A Little English Gallery is Louise Imogen Guiney's finely shaped collection of biographical and literary essays on five figures from English cultural history: Lady Danvers, Henry Vaughan, George Farquhar, Topham…