Letter from W. E. Henley to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], mentioning, among other mattters, A. C. Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, 1866; 10 May 1889. [Ashley Library Catalogue, ii, p. 179.]includes:ff. 73b, 74 Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; cri... 10 May 1889
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Watts-Dunton, Walter Theodore, formerly Watts critic novelist and poet
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Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
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William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, and sufferred from a painful condition in his joints; his left leg was amputated when he was eighteen, and the right leg was saved only through experimental treatments of carbolic acid. He was accepted to Oxford, but couldn't afford to attend, and he tried to earn a living as an author, writing poetry and drama with some success. As a poet, he is remembered for his experiments with blank verse; he also wrote countless magazine articles and essays. Hi...