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“ He began life in the Union Life Assurance Company, Cornhill, but soon entered as a student at the London Hospital, where, and afterwards at Vienna, he commenced the distinguished career, of which the results are known to all the world. ”

“ He always says that the one great success of his life has been that he has known so many famous, and gifted, and interesting men and women. He is, and ever has been, a devoted Irish Nationalist, and is well known outside the world of politics as a novelist, and by his "History of Our Own Times."
CHARLES WARNER.
R. CHARLES WARNER, who was originally intended for an architect, made his first appearance in London when he was eighteen years of age, as Romeo at the Princess's Theatre. ”

“ From a Photo. by Le Lieure, Rome. the profession at about the date of our first portrait to become editor of The Leeds Times. He had already written his first book, "Physical Education." In 1845 he became secretary of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, which, ten years later, he left for the South-Eastern Railway. All this time he was putting forth his popular books, and at the date of our second portrait had just written perhaps the most popular of them all, "Self-Help." Few men have had the privilege of addressing a wider audience than has Dr. ”