CLEMENT KING SHORTER
\klˈɛmənt kˈɪŋ ʃˈɔːtə], \klˈɛmənt kˈɪŋ ʃˈɔːtə], \k_l_ˈɛ_m_ə_n_t k_ˈɪ_ŋ ʃ_ˈɔː_t_ə]\
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An English editor and author. Upon the death of John Latey, he was appointed editor of the Illustrated London News by Sir William Ingram, proprietor of that paper. He also has charge of the Sketch, Album, and English Illustrated Magazine, and is generally regarded as one of the ablest and most acute editors in London. His published works comprise: "Fifty Years of Victorian Literature, 1837-87" (1888); "Charlotte Bronte and her Circle" (1896); "Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen" (1897).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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dust storm
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