...One of the most genial spirits I ever met ; his conversation is like summer lightning — brilliant, sparkling, but harmless. In his wildest sallies I...thought." The old advice, " If you like his works, do not make acquaintance with the author," would have been misplaced as regards him. He essentially...

...spirits " she had ever met. " His conversation was like summer lightning — brilliant, sparkling, harmless. In his wildest sallies I never heard him give utterance to an unkind thought. He essentially resembled his works, and whichever you preferred, that one was most like Charles Lever....

...spirits " she had ever met. " His conversation was like summer lightning — brilliant, sparkling, harmless. In his wildest sallies I never heard him give utterance to an unkind thought. He essentially resembled his works, and whichever you preferred, that one was most like Charles Lever....

...she had ever met. " His conversation was like summer lightning — brilliant, sparkling, liarmless. In his wildest sallies I never heard him give utterance to an unkind thought. He essentially resembled his works, and whichever you preferred, that one was most like Charles Lever....

...One of the most genial spirits I ever met ; his conversation is like summer lightning — brilliant, sparkling, but harmless. In his wildest sallies I...never heard him give utterance to an unkind thought." At Baden, in October, 1846, was born Charles Leigh James,1 the novelist's youngest child. James announced...