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Clement Shorter Fonds
Fonds
3 cm of textual records
London-born Clement Shorter worked as a civil servant (1877-1890) before obtaining his first editorial position at the Penny Illustrated Paper in 1890. He went on to become editor of the Illustrated London News (1891-1900), founded The Sketch, The Tatler, and The Sphere and eventually became owner and director of a large conglomorate of periodicals. King also edited Boswell's Life of Johnson and the works of George Barrow, and published studies on Charlotte Bronte and Napoléon.
Ten letters from Martin Hume to Clement Shorter discuss Spanish literature, particularly Don Quixote.