Spring Blossoms and Autumn Leaves (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Spring Blossoms and Autumn Leaves To an uncle, who was a leading spirit in that school he owes his introduction to Shakspere, Byron, and Shelley, the perusal of whose works had a marked effect on his future career, "And lured him on to those inspiring toils By which man masters men." At any rate, about this time his "muse began to labour, " and one of the very first deliveries was a sketch entitled "My uncle's garden, " commemorative of the Sunday mornings spent there in happy and edifying conversation, which was, as Brierley says, something to be remembered for a lifetime. This sketch was publishod in 1849, in the supplement of the Manchester Spectator, but his labours, consecutively as hand-loom weaver, piecer, and silk warper, prevented him for some time from following the bent of his inclination. When we state that for nine years he had to walk to and from his work nine miles each day our readers may imagine he had but little time for the cultivation of his literary faculties, and it was only during those peregrinations to and fro that he could find time to indulge in reading, which had now become one of the necessities of his existence. In 1855 he married, and, shortley afterwards, work in his branch of trade failing, accepted the sub-editorship of the Oldham Times, but left that situation in 1862, having obtained a short engagement in London. During his stay in the metropolis he was introduced to the Savage Club, and made the acquaintance of the Brough Brothers, Andrew Halliday, Tom Robertson, and other well-known dramatic celebrities. When Colman's Magazine which had been started by members of the club, collasped, Mr. Brierley returned to Manchester, where he has since resided, settling down as an author and reader of his own works, in both of which capacities he has achieved a popularity second to no man in the county. The library of a Lancashire home would indeed be incomplete without the works of Ben Brierley - his unadulterated patois being alike relished by his readers and hearers throughout the whole Palatinate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.