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Chronological Errors and High Spirits in Mr Payn and Mr Fayn
The review teases out humor and character in “The Chronological Error” and “The Fatal Uriosity,” praising Payn for steady point and restraint. It sketches Sir Rupert as a tall, finical elder with a pockmarked face and a quirky belief that things are opposite to appearance, framed by mock geologic eyeglasses and a nod to Berkeley’s old paradox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Payn
Sir Rupert
Mr. Fayn
Berkeley
Court of Patents of Nobility
Job
Sir John Gilbert
Morocco
Nelson
Livingstone
Samuel Johnson
Buckley
St. John’s Wood
Macaulay