Of the humorist Henry Clapp:

His talent was essentially that of the French Feuilletonistes — bright, keen, and witty, but unsubstantial and ephemeral.


The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (J.T. White, 1899)


His talent was essentially that of the French Feuilletonistes — bright, keen, and witty, but unsubstantial and ephemeral.

His talent was essentially that of the French Feuilletonistes — bright, keen, and witty, but unsubstantial and ephemeral.

His talent was essentially that of the French Feuilletonistes — bright, keen, and witty, but unsubstantial and ephemeral.

His talent was essentially that of the French Feuilletonistes — bright, keen, and witty, but unsubstantial and ephemeral.