“When he dies, this phantasmal personality fades away, and the author lives only in the impression created by his own literature.”

Arguing that literary work ultimately outlasts the personality and reputation surrounding its creator · Ponkapog Papers, Leaves from a Note Book (1903)

• Death
• Fame
• Literature

“A poet's lyrics may be, as most of Browning's are, just so many dramatis personae.”

Treating lyric poems as potentially dramatic voices rather than straightforward autobiography · Essay, Robert Herrick, in Ponkapog Papers (1903)

• Identity
• Literature
• Poetry

“I firmly believe that the health of autograph hunters, as a class, is excellent.”

A dry punchline to Aldrich's suspicion of collectors who pleaded illness to obtain authors' signatures · Essay, The Autograph Hunter, in Ponkapog Papers (1903)

• Books
• Humour
• Wit