universality of his views. Portugal and Spain: Greece. The in the former. "The Lusiad' and Lord Strangford. The Bermuda The Author takes leave of Lord Byron for some time. The affray at Pisa; French account of it; the depositions. Banishment of the Counts Gamba and Lord Byron's servants from Pisa. Lord Byron's departure. The Gambas ordered to quit the Tuscan States. The Lanfranchi palace. Arrival of Leigh Hunt and his family. Shelley's death; Memoir of him (in a note): burning of his body; descriptive account of the scene. Lord Byron's remedy for a fever: his attachment to the Countess Guiccioli. His first introduction to Leigh Hunt. Lord Byron's gratitude. Object of Hunt's journey. His Lordship's intended translation of Ariosto. Advice of Moore. The new Periodical. Lord Byron's opinion of Hunt. The Blue-coat foundation. Punning titles Intention of a trip to America. Civilities from the Americans; diffe- rent treatment by an English sloop of war. Lord Byron's naval ancestor. 'Werner.' Miss Lee's 'Canterbury Tales:' the German's 222-237 237-242 242-262 Man of Feeling: La Roche. 'Werner' written in twenty- eight days; dedication of Werner.' Lord Byron's curiosity respecting Goëthe. Faust:' Coleridge declines translating it 262-268 Hobhouse; commencement of his and Lord Byron's friendship; similarity of pursuits. Dedication of 'Childe Harold.' Lady Charlotte Harley, Lord Byron's Ianthe. Hobhouse's disser- tation on Italian literature; his antiquarian knowledge; his sen- sibility. Lord Byron's time of and facility for writing; his few corrections and surprising memory; his conversational talent; his unreserve and sincerity; his impatience of prolixity and distaste for argument; his tendency to extremes; his inconsistency in pecu- Lord Byron's attack of indolence; his impaired digestion; addicts himself to wine and Hollands. Alleged source of his inspiration: the true Hippocrene. The Author takes leave of Lord Byron. Sketch of Lord Byron's character. Parallel between Alficri and Lord Byron. The latter's pride of ancestry, and independence of character; his political sentiments: the Michael Angelo of poetry. True poetical inspiration. The poetical merits of Lord Byron's works. Invidious cognomen of the Satanic school of poetry. The real direction of his Lordship's satire; his respect for moral liberty; general tendency of his writings; his defiance of party abuse. Applicability to Lord Byron of Raleigh's monumental inscription 272-277 APPENDIX.-Copia del Rapporto fatto a sua Eccellenza il Sig. Governatore di Pisa. Secondo Rapporto. Goëthe's Beitrag zum Andenken Lord Byron's. Letter from Lord Byron to Monsieur Beyle, chiefly relative to Sir Walter Scott. Some account of Lord Byron's residence in Greece. Last moments of Lord Byron. Greek Proclamation on the death of Lord Byron. Funeral ora- tion, from the Greek. Greek Ode to the Memory of Lord Byron, CONVERSATIONS, &c. I WENT to Italy late in the autumn of 1821, for the benefit of my health. Lord Byron, accompanied by Mr. Rogers as far as Florence, had passed on a few days before me, and was already at Pisa when I arrived. His travelling equipage was rather a singular one, and afforded a strange catalogue for the Dogana: seven servants, five carriages, nine horses, a monkey, a bull-dog and a mastiff, two cats, three pea-fowls and some hens, (I do not know whether I have classed them in order of rank,) formed part of his live stock; these, and all his books, consisting of a very large library of modern B works, (for he bought all the best that came out,) together with a vast quantity of furniture, might well be termed, with Cæsar, "impediments." I had long formed a wish to see and be acquainted with Lord Byron; but his known refusal at that time to receive the visits of strangers, even of some who had brought him letters of introduction from the most intimate friend he had, and a prejudice excited against his own countrymen by a late insult, would have deterred me from seeking an interview with him, had not the proposal come from himself, in consequence of his hearing Shelley speak of me. 20th NOVEMBER." This is the Lung' Arno: he has hired the Lanfranchi palace for a year. It is one of those marble piles that seem built for eternity, whilst the family whose name it bears no longer exists," said Shelley, as we entered a hall that seemed built for giants. "I remember the lines in the Inferno," said I: "a Lanfranchi was one of the persecutors of Ugolino." The same," answered Shelley; "you will see a picture of Ugolino and his sons in his room. Fletcher, his valet, is as superstitious as his master, and says the house is haunted, 66 so that he cannot sleep for rumbling noises overhead, which he compares to the rolling of bowls. No wonder; old Lanfranchi's ghost is unquiet, and walks at night." The palace was of such size, that Lord Byron only occupied the first floor; and at the top of the staircase leading to it was the English bull-dog, whose chain was long enough to guard the door, and prevent the entrance of strangers; he, however, knew Shelley, growled, and let us pass. In the anti-room we found several servants in livery, and Fletcher, (whom Shelley mentioned, and of whom I shall have occasion to speak,) who had been in his service from the time he left Harrow. "Like many old servants, he is a privileged person," whispered Shelley. "Don Juan had not a better Leporello, for imitating his master. He says that he is a Laurel struck by a Metre, and when in Greece remarked upon one of the bas-reliefs of the Parthenon, La! what mantel-pieces these would make, my Lord!'" When we were announced, we found his Lordship writing. His reception was frank and kind; he took me cordially by the hand, and said: 66 "You are a relation and schoolfellow of Shelley's-we do not meet as strangers-you must allow me to con |