Excerpt from Tales From the Dramatists, Vol. 4 of 4: With Portraits

Little needs to be said about the distinguished author of the above-named play, Bulwer"s prolific pen and rich powers of invention having made his name familiar to all readers of English fiction and all lovers of the drama. The story of his life may be very briefly given. Born in London in 1803, he became a lover of books and addicted to rhyming at a very early age, and when but seventeen published a volume of poems. After leaving Cambridge he made a hasty and unhappy marriage, against the wish of his parents. Estranged for some years from his mother, he was thrown on his own resources, and began that remarkable career of literary activity which he kept up during his whole subsequent life. As regards the host of successful novels, and the several unsuccessful poems, which he gave to the world, we have nothing here to say. His three plays, "The Lady of Lyons," "Richelieu," and "Money," proved remarkably successful, and are as great favorites to-day as on the day of their first production.

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