William Crary Brownell 



eliciting what you had to say. It 

 was a part of his inexhaustible en- 

 tertainingness that he made you 

 feel comfortable and copious, as if 

 you were a real contributor to the 

 conversation. 



One fancied him tingling with con- 

 sciousness, so thoroughly aware of 

 himself and what he was doing, how 

 he was appearing, as to produce the 

 happiest possible effect. Inspired by 

 native tact and educated taste and a 

 large social experience he marshaled 

 his forces and conducted his cam- 

 paign with an easy vigilance that ran 

 no risks and made no blunders. Of 

 course this implied complete freedom 

 from the embarrassment of ^^/"-con- 

 sciousness on one side and from any 

 pose or other exhibition of vanity on 

 the other. If he took an interest 

 in surprising, even in startling, you, 

 as undeniably he did, it was an in- 

 terest quite impersonal and artistic. 



