...destined to become his stock-in-trade, and when he somehow drifted into the composing-room of the once famous paper, The Golden Era, he naturally began to...of the Mississippi; and though it could point with pride—it never failed to do so—to a somewhat notable list of contributors, it had always the fine...

...composing-room of The Golden Era. "The Golden Era" says Mr. Charles Warren Stoddard, "was the cradle and grave of many a high hope — there was nothing to...it never failed to do so — to a somewhat notable line of contributors, it had always the fine air of the amateur. ... I remember his [the editor's]...

...as a printer. The " Golden Era" had been established by young men. " It was," writes Mr. Stoddard, " the cradle and the grave of many a high hope. There was nothing to be compared with it on that side of the Mississippi; and though it could point with pride — it never failed to do so...

...for the journalistic profession which he began as compositor and type-setter for "The Golden Era". "The Golden Era" was the cradle and the grave of many a high hope— it always had a fine line of amateurs. I remember the editor calling my attention to anonymous contributions...

...Nor has any artist or any writer of whom I have knowledge succeeded as Bret Harte has sueО ceeded in revivifying them. If he portrays only their pictorial...fine air of the amateur, and was most complacently patronizing. The very pattern of paternal patronage was amiable Joe Lawrence, its editor. He was an...

...its humorous pathos, its tragic fun, its comic tragedy, but his earnest and no doubt honest endeavors to reproduce these features were not wholly successful....fine air of the amateur, and was most complacently patronizing. <X*'Tb.e very pattern of paternal patronage was amiable Joe Lawrence, its editor. He was...