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The　Private　Papers　of　Henry　Ryecroft

George　Gissing

PREFACE

The　name　of　Henry　Ryecroft　never　became　familiar　to　what　is　called　the　reading　public。　A　year　ago　obituary　paragraphs　in　the　literary　papers　gave　such　account　of　him　as　was　thought　needful：　the　date　and　place　of　his　birth；　the　names　of　certain　books　he　had　written；　an　allusion　to　his　work　in　the　periodicals；　the　manner　of　his　death。　At　the　time　it　sufficed。　Even　those　few　who　knew　the　man；　and　in　a　measure　understood　him；　must　have　felt　that　his　name　called　for　no　further　celebration；　like　other　mortals；　he　had　lived　and　laboured；　like　other　mortals；　he　had　entered　into　his　rest。　To　me；　however；　fell　the　duty　of　examining　Ryecroft's　papers；　and　having；　in　the　exercise　of　my　discretion；　decided　to　print　this　little　volume；　I　feel　that　it　requires　a　word　or　two　of　biographical　plement；　just　so　much　personal　detail　as　may　point　the　significance　of　the　self…　revelation　here　made。

When　first　I　knew　him；　Ryecroft　had　reached　his　fortieth　year；　for　twenty　years　he　had　lived　by　the　pen。　He　was　a　struggling　man；　beset　by　poverty　and　other　circumstances　very　unpropitious　to　mental　work。　Many　forms　of　literature　had　he　tried；　in　none　had　he　been　conspicuously　successful；　yet　now　and　then　he　had　managed　to　earn　a　little　more　money　than　his　actual　needs　demanded；　and　thus　was　enabled　to　see　something　of　foreign　countries。　Naturally　a　man　of　independent　and　rather　scornful　outlook；　he　had　suffered　much　from　defeated　ambition；　from　disillusions　of　many　kinds；　from　subjection　to　grim　necessity；　the　result　of　it；　at　the　time　of　which　I　am　speaki