Quotes from Robert Chambers's books, and about them
The Way of All Flesh on Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation: “Pryer not being at home, he lounged to the British Museum Reading Room, then recently opened, sent for the "Vestiges of Creation," which he had never yet seen, and spent the rest of the afternoon in reading it. Ernest did not see Pryer on the day of his conversation with Mr Shaw, but he did so next morning and found him in a good temper,…”