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Author and journalist. Apprenticed as law clerk to Richard Charnock in London, 1846; founder, with Charnock and others, of Monthly Observer, late 1840s; literary critic for Westminster Review; journalist for Ipswich Journal, a Tory newspaper, around 1858-68, and contributor to other Conservative papers, including the Morning Post and Pall Mall Gazette; manuscript reader and literary adviser for Chapman and Hall, 1860-95, and reader for Saunders & Otley; war correspondent for Morning Post, covering Italy's battle for independence from Austria during the summer of 1866; contributor to Fortnightly Review, beginning 1867, served as editor, 1867-68; moved to Flint Cottage, near Dorking, England, 1868; became active in politics, canvassing for Frederick Maxse's unsuccessful campaign for a seat in Parliament, 1868; published series of dialogues in Graphic, December, 1872, to January, 1873; lectured on comedy at London Institute, 1877; London Library, vice president, 1902; continued to write occasionally for newspapers and magazines until shortly before his death.
