This 1899 collection includes the eponymous ‘A Paladin of Philanthropy, ‘ about the eccentric figure of Sir James Oglethorpe (1696-1785), British general and MP, philanthropist, social reformer, and founder of the colony of Georgia. Also included are pieces on Oliver Goldsmith’s poems and plays, John Gay, and Boswell’s literary predecessors.
A propos de l’auteur
Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), known as Austin Dobson, was a distinguished English poet and essayist. He published his first collection of poems, Vignettes in Rhyme, in 1873. In addition to poetry, he also wrote a number of biographies, including studies of Henry Fielding, Richard Steele, Fanny Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, and Horace Walpole.
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