O'Brien's Personal Characteristics

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Bibliographic Information

Arnold, George. "O'Brien's Personal Characteristics." The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien; Collected and Edited, with a Sketch of the Author. Ed. Winter, William. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. xlvi - liii.

Type: book ; Genre: biography

People who Created this Work

Arnold, George: Arnold wrote a tribute to O'Brien titled "O'Brien's Personal Characteristics" (xlvi-liii) published first in the New York Citizen, September 30, 1865 and then collected later by Winter.
Winter, William: Winter edited the collection of O'Brien's writings and included tributes by Arnold and Wood. He also includes a "dirge" for the recently deceased Charles Dawson Shanly.
Wood, Frank: Wood's tribute to O'Brien also appears in this work.

People Mentioned in this Work

North, William [pages: l-li]: In his 1865 tribute to Fitz-James O'Brien ("O'Brien's Personal Characteristics"), George Arnold disputes the allegations that O'Brien plagiarized William North's manuscripts for his short story "The Diamond Lens."
Shanly (Shanley), Charles Dawson: Winter includes an appendix in which he eulogizes Shanly.
Wilkins, Edward G. P. [pages: xlvi-xlvii]: In his 1865 tribute to Fitz-James O'Brien ("O'Brien's Personal Characteristics"), later anthologized by William Winter, George Arnold also mourns the loss of Wilkins.
Winter, William [pages: lii]: In his 1865 tribute to Fitz-James O'Brien ("O'Brien's Personal Characteristics"), George Arnold mentions that Will Winter visited him to tell him of the loss of another friend, Ned Wilkins.

Related Works

Arnold, George. "O'Brien's Personal Characteristics." New York Citizen. 30 Sep. 1865. [more about this work]: Arnold's tribute to O'Brien appears in William Winter's edited collection of O'Brien's life and professional accomplishments.
O'Brien, Fitz-James. The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien. Collected and Edited, with a Sketch of the Author, by William Winter. Ed. William Winter. Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co., 1881. 485 p. [more about this work]: Arnold's tribute to O'Brien was collected by Winter for his edited collection of O'Brien's work.