James Payn: There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.

-- James Payn


		Name: James Payn Type: Novelist Nationality: English Birth: February 28, 1830 Death: March 25, 1898

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