Images Dated 30th October 2007 (page 2)

William Pett Ridge (1857-1930), English author, early 20th century

Michael Sadleir (1888-1957), British novelist, early 20th century. Sadleir was born Michael Sadler but he changed the spelling of his name to differentiate himself from his father

Beatrice Seymour (1886-1955), British writer, early 20th century

May Sinclair (1862-1946), British writer, early 20th century. May Sinclair was the pseudonym of Mary Amelia St. Clair - an active suffragist and member of the Woman Writers Suffrage League

Clement King Shorter (1857-1926), English journalist and magazine editor, early 20th century

Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), English author, critic and mountaineer, early 20th century. Stephen was the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

Arthur Russell Thorndike (1885-1972), British actor and novelist, early 20th century
Arthur Russell Thorndike (1885-1972), English actor and novelist, early 20th century. Thorndike was the brother of Dame Sybil Thorndike

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian playwright and short story writer, early 20th century. Chekhovs playwriting career produced four classics

Horace Annesley Vachell (1861-1955), English writer, early 20th century

Alec Waugh (1898-1981), English novelist, early 20th century. Alec Waugh was the elder brother of the better known Evelyn Waugh

George Warwick Deeping (1877-1950), English novelist and short story writer, early 20th century

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975), English author, early 20th century
P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975), English author, early 20th century. Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories

Brush Maker, 1823. A craftsman at a bench prepares brushes to receive backing. Around the workshop are brooms, brushes and mops of various sizes. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823)

Button Maker, 1823. Stamping out metal buttons. A blank is held in place and a weight holding the die for the pattern being worked is raised by a rope and pulley wheel and dropped onto the blank

Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927), English author, early 20th century

John Masefield (1878-1967), English poet and writer, early 20th century

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