 Sadleir notes how Walpole 's considerable income enabled him to indulge not only his love of art and of old books and manuscripts , but also philanthropy , particularly towards younger writers . Although Walpole enjoyed the limelight , he was secretive about his many acts of generosity to younger writers , with both encouragement and financial help . After his death some idea of the scale of his generosity was discovered . Osbert Sitwell commented , " I don 't think there was any younger writer of any worth who has not at one time or another received kindness of an active kind , and at a crucial moment , from Hugh " . Hart @-@ Davis lists thirty @-@ eight authors from whom letters of gratitude were found among Walpole 's correspondence ; Sadleir writes of Walpole 's " generous kindness to literary aspirants and to writers fallen on evil days ... by immediate financial assistance , by prefaces freely supplied or by collaboration volunteered , by introductions and recommendations to likely publishers , Walpole relieved the distresses of authorship to a degree which will never be fully known . " Agate , though himself the recipient of Walpole 's generosity on occasion , thought it sometimes went too far : " Mr Walpole 's large @-@ heartedness gets him into all kinds of trouble . He is an inveterate patter . He pats on the back young men whom sterner critics would knock down , because even in fantastic incompetence he perceives the good intention . No art or artist is safe from Mr Walpole 's benevolence " . 
 Sadleir <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>notes</mark></a> how Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>considerable income enabled him to indulge not only his love of art and of old books and manuscripts , but also philanthropy , particularly towards younger writers . Although Walpole enjoyed the limelight , he was secretive about his many acts of generosity to younger writers , with both encouragement and financial help . After his death some idea of the scale of his generosity was discovered . Osbert Sitwell commented , " I don 't think <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>there</mark></a> was any younger writer of any worth <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='got' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> not at one <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>time</mark></a> or another received kindness of an active kind , and at a crucial moment , from Hugh " . Hart @-@ Davis <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>lists</mark></a> thirty @-@ eight authors from whom letters of gratitude <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> found among Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>correspondence ; Sadleir <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>writes</mark></a> of Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>" generous kindness to literary aspirants and to writers fallen on evil days ... by immediate financial assistance , by prefaces freely supplied or by collaboration volunteered , by introductions and recommendations to likely publishers , Walpole relieved the distresses of authorship to a degree which will never be fully known . " Agate , though himself the recipient of Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>generosity on occasion , thought it sometimes went too far : " Mr Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>large @-@ heartedness <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>gets</mark></a> him into all kinds of trouble . He <a href='drop_aux' title='15'><mark>is</mark></a>an inveterate patter . He <a href='uninflect' title='16'><mark>pats</mark></a> on the back young men whom sterner critics would knock down , because even in fantastic incompetence he <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>perceives</mark></a> the good intention . No art or artist <a href='drop_aux' title='18'><mark>is</mark></a>safe from Mr Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='19'><mark>'s</mark></a>benevolence " . 
Sadleir note how Walpole  considerable income enabled him to indulge not only his love of art and of old books and manuscripts , but also philanthropy , particularly towards younger writers . Although Walpole enjoyed the limelight , he was secretive about his many acts of generosity to younger writers , with both encouragement and financial help . After his death some idea of the scale of his generosity was discovered . Osbert Sitwell commented , " I don 't think it was any younger writer of any worth got not at one no time or another received kindness of an active kind , and at a crucial moment , from Hugh " . Hart @-@ Davis list thirty @-@ eight authors from whom letters of gratitude was found among Walpole  correspondence ; Sadleir write of Walpole  " generous kindness to literary aspirants and to writers fallen on evil dayz ... by immediate financial assistance , by prefaces freely supplied or by collaboration volunteered , by introductions and recommendations to likely publishers , Walpole relieved da distresses of authorship to a degree which gon never be fully known . " Agate , though himself the recipient of Walpole  generosity on occasion , thought it sometimes went too far : " Mr Walpole  bigass @-@ heartedness get him into alll kinds of trouble . He an inveterate patter . He pat on the bck young men whom sterner critics would knock dwn , because even in fantastic incompetence he perceive the good intention . No art or artist safe from Mr Walpole  benevolence " .