An Autobiography (Volume 1-2) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Excerpt: ... CHARACTER SKETCH OF MARGOT--PLANS TO START A MAGAZINE MEETS MASTER OF BALLIOLJ JOWETT's ORTHODOXY; HIS INTEREST IN AND INFLUENCE OVER MARGOT--ROSE IN "ROBERT Elsmere" IDENTIFIED AS MARGOT--JOWETT's OPINION OF NEWMAN JOWETT ADVISES MAR- GOT To Marry--Huxley's Blasphemy ISHALL open this chapter of my autobiography with a character-sketch of myself, written at Glen in one of our pencil-games in January, 1888. Nearly every one in the room guessed that I was the subject, but opinions differed as to the authorship. Some thought that our dear and clever friend, Godfrey Webb, had written it as a sort of joke. "In appearance she was small, with rapid, nervous movements; energetic, never wholly ungraceful, but inclined to be restless. Her face did not betray the intelligence she possessed, as her eyes, though clear and well-shaped, were too close together. Her hawky nose was bent over a short upper lip and meaningless mouth. The chin showed more definite character than her other features, being large, bony and prominent, and she had curly, pretty hair, growing well on a finely-cut forehead; the ensemble healthy and mobile; in manner easy, unself-conscious, emphatic, inclined to be noisy from overkeenness and perfectly self-possessed. Conversation graphic and exaggerated, eager and concentrated, with a natural gift of expression. Her honesty more a peculiarity than a virtue. Decision more of instinct than of reason; a disengaged mind wholly unfettered by prejudice. Very observant and a fine judge of her fellow-creatures, rinding all interesting and worthy of her speculation. She was not easily depressed by antagonistic circumstances or social situations hostile to herself--on the contrary, her spirit rose in all losing games. She was assisted in this by having no personal vanity, the highest v...