[30] Albert Lunel; or The Château of Languedoc. Lowndes (Bohn) says—“3 vols. post 8vo, 1844. This novel was suppressed on the eve of publication, and it is said not above five copies of the original edition are extant.” The Maclise Portrait Gallery speaks of an issue in 1872.
[31] Life and Correspondence of Lord Jeffrey, by Lord Cockburn, p. 283, vol. i., Harper’s edition.
[32] A grandniece of the great marplot John Wilkes of George III.’s time, and a near connection (if I am not mistaken) of Captain Wilkes of the South Sea Expedition and of the Mason and Slidell seizure.
[33] Cited from recollection; but very close to his own utterance, in a letter to a friend.
[34] This was arranged through Lord Grey, in exchange for a place in Bristol Cathedral, which had been bestowed by his Tory friend Lyndhurst. To the same friend he was indebted for his living at Combe Fleurey.
[35] Life and Times of Rev. Sydney Smith, by Stuart J. Reid, p. 226, 1885.
[36] James Mackintosh, b. 1765; d. 1832; Vindiciæ Gallicæ (reply to Burke), 1791; Memoirs, by his son, 1835.
[37] History of the Revolution in England in 1688, Comprising a View of the Reign of James II. from his Accession to the Enterprise [sic] of the Prince of Orange, London, 1834.
[38] Smith, Jeffrey, Brown, Horner, and Brougham. Stephens: Hours in a Library, iii., 140.
The “Brown” alluded to as one of the founders, was Dr. Thomas Brown, a distinguished physician and psychologist (b. 1778; d. 1820), who after issue of third number of the Review, had differences with Jeffrey (virtual editor) which led him to withdraw his support. Life, by Welsh, p. 79 et seq.