Download or read book Sydney Smith written by George William Erskine Russell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a biography of a man named Sydney Smith. He was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. No English writer's opinions on early American literature had more impact than Smith's. He referred to himself as a "sincere friend of America," but this sentiment is both supported and denied by his many publications.