At his death, Robert Barry Coffin ("Barry Gray") was remembered as a "venerable author and Bohemian" ("Old 'Barry Gra
The author discusses how he was confined to an insane asylum so the control of his fortune could be wrested from him and he would be stopped from buying art. He also excerpts the writings of Doctor Faustus.
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At his death, Robert Barry Coffin ("Barry Gray") was remembered as a "venerable author and Bohemian" ("Old 'Barry Gra
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