[154] I am reminded that Mr. Richardson, the friend and correspondent of Sir W. Scott, resided here for several years.
DE MONTFORT: A TRAGEDY.
PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT DRURY LANE, APRIL 29, 1800.
Characters.
| De Montfort | Mr. Kemble. |
| Rezenvelt | Mr. Talbot. |
| Albert | Mr. Barrymore. |
| Manuel | Mr. Powell. |
| Jerome | Mr. Dowton. |
| Conrad | Mr. Caulfield. |
| Jane de Montfort | Mrs. Siddons. |
| Countess | Miss Heard. |
[156] ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott,’ vol. ii., pp. 267, 268.
[157] Sir Walter Scott paid his last visit to Hampstead and Joanna Baillie in April, 1828. It might have been on this occasion that Mrs. Howitt met him.
[158] To-day the inscription on her tomb needs the tender hand of Old Mortality to remove the lichen that hides it!
[159] Athenæeum, March 20, 1861.