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Show Tailors as Literary Men. One does not look for literary men among tailors, but nono the loss tho trade can claim some illustrious names. John Stow, the antiquary and author of the "Survey of London," for instance, began life .ib a tailor, and nn-other nn-other famous tailoring antiquary wao John Speed, one of our early map makers and member of tho Society of AntlquarloB. And then there was Robert Rob-ert Hill, "the learned tailor," of Birmingham, Bir-mingham, who contrived to teach himself him-self Greek and Hebrew and became famous as a writer of theological j treatises. And Georgo Meredith waa i born over tho tailor's shop. |