the City of Letters by Storm. It will never yield to a
mere summons to surrender.

The Cornhill, though so agreeable an experience, did
not last long. The Spectator soon claimed me for its own.
I had to resign the Cornhill in order, first, to find more time
for The Spectator, and then, to carry the full weight of
editorship which came to me with Mr. Hutton's death.
Mr. Hutton's death was quickly followed by Mr. Town-
send's retirement. This made me, not only sole Editor,
but sole Proprietor, of the paper.

Before I proceed to describe the task I set myself in
The Spectator when I obtained a free hand, and to record
my journalistic aims and aspirations, I desire to describe
Mr. Townsend -- a man whose instinctive genius for
journalism has, to my mind, never been surpassed.

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