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Title: Stevenson's Perfect Virtues
As Exemplified by Leigh Hunt

Author: Luther Albertus Brewer

Release Date: July 4, 2010 [EBook #33072]

Language: English

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STEVENSON'S PERFECT VIRTUES

STEVENSON'S
PERFECT VIRTUES

AS EXEMPLIFIED BY LEIGH HUNT

BY
LUTHER A. BREWER

PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE
FRIENDS OF LUTHER ALBERTUS
AND ELINORE TAYLOR BREWER
CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA CHRISTMAS
NINETEEN TWENTY-TWO

_Copyrighted 1922 by
Luther A. Brewer_

STEVENSON'S PERFECT VIRTUES

_Gentleness and cheerfulness are the perfect virtues._

--Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson was right. There is not a more admirable trait in one's
character than that of cheerfulness. Combined with that other virtue
named by Stevenson, gentleness, and what more is needed to make a
companionable and a beloved man.

These two attributes were possessed in an emphatic way both by Stevenson
and by Leigh Hunt. That's why some of us are so fond of Hunt. That's why
he is growing in esteem as he is becoming better known to lovers and
students of the literature produced in England during the first half of
the nineteenth century.

For it is certain that Hunt is coming into his own. First editions of
his writings year by year are advancing in price. They are becoming
scarce and in some instances exceedingly difficult to obtain. Catalogues
of rare book dealers are listing fewer of his works, and when quotations
are made they invariably are in advance of those of a year or two ago.

The cultivation of cheerfulness frequently is enjoined throughout his
writings. He had many visitors in his home, attracted there by his
personal qualities and by his gentleness of heart. He was fond of
music, which formed a staple in the entertain