Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century

"Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century" by George Paston is a collection of stories focused on the lives of people from the 1800s who were artists and writers but are not very well known today. The book’s main goal is to bring attention to these figures and show what life was like for them during that time. The book is set up as a series of stories, each about a different person. One of the first stories is about Benjamin Robert Haydon, a painter who had big dreams and faced many problems trying to make a name for himself. This story talks about his life as a young man, how he did not want to work in business, and how hard he worked to become an artist, even when his family and society did not support him. Haydon's experiences teach us about the struggles and hopes of artists back then. His life story is just one example of the many interesting stories that the book shares about other people from that time.