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Surrounded by an rxtrnordinun .nlle« tiuDs of odds mid ends, chiefly rubbish, nl) in an indescribable condition of tilth and neglect, there died in Ixmdon recently Richard C. .Inckaon. who claimed to havebeen the only literury pupil whom lt;‘nrown oflylr ever lind; the grandwn of l.amhV v ‘‘dear old friend.” Captain Krctnris -Jack son. anl the origin*! study for Walter ■ Pater's ‘’Marina the Kpicurran.” When, in 1878, the Hcv. (Jeorgr Nugce founded Iv 8t. Austin’s Priory, in the New Kent road,' ami held services on ritualistic lines, one 11of bis numerous helpers was Juckwu, winliecamc. without having ln*cn ordained, the Rev. Brother o'Becket. It w»b to the most ornate service* at this church that Wulter Pater wan a fici|iient \ wtor. This phase of Pater's enreer is dealt with m the second volume pf Thomas Wright’s Life of Walter Pater. It may Ik- that -luckson. in whose house were found wine 8,000 books, was the original of Manus.” but, us The Tunes” points out, the claim seems to have been unknown until Wrighttublished his book in 1007. Iliose who new Jackson, especially in later years, were aware that hr was inaccurate in matters of fact.*
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Melbourne Australasian
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Sat, Sep 29, 1923
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