Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
George Robert Sims
Born: September 2, 1847
Died: September 4, 1922 (aged 75)
Bio: George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant.
Known for:
- Horrible London (Dodo Press)
- How the poor live and horrible London (1883)
- Memoirs of a Mother-in-law (1892)
- The Dagonet Ballads: (Chiefly from the Referee.) (1879)
- Among My Autographs (1904)