Yesterdays with authors.

Description:

Surrounded by the portraits of those I have long counted my friends, I like to chat with the people about me concerning these pictures, my companions on the wall, and the men and women they represent. These are my assembled guests, who dropped in years ago and stayed with me, without the form of invitation or demand on my time or thought.

subjects: American Authors,  Biography,  English Authors,  Ballet

People: Alexander Pope (1688-1744),  Barry Cornwall (1787-1874),  Charles Dickens (1812-1870),  Jessica Mitford (1917-),  Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855),  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864),  William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863),  William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Times: 19th century