Austin Dobson 
Side-Walk Studies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

This 1902 collection of papers is described by its author as having unique subjects, away from “the glitter and bustle of the more-frequented promenades of letters.” Included are ‘Dr. Johnson’s Haunts and Habitations, ‘ ‘Titled Authors of the Eighteenth Century, ‘ ‘A Walk from Fulham to Chiswick, ‘ and ”Vader Cats, ” among others.

Circa l’autore

Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), known as Austin Dobson, was a distinguished English poet and essayist.  He published his first collection of poems, Vignettes in Rhyme, in 1873. In addition to poetry, he also wrote a number of biographies, including studies of Henry Fielding, Richard Steele, Fanny Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, and Horace Walpole.