But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time.

1A Royal Crescent has been the subject of a complete restoration and renovation programme by the Bath Preservation Trust during 2012 to reincorporate it into 1 Royal Crescent of which it was the original servants' quarters. 1910); also The Later Nineteenth Century (1909). For ten years he was actively engaged in journalism becoming an important member of the staff of the Saturday Review.