[46] P. 465. Last Fruit from an Old Tree.
[47] Colvin cites this from unpublished verses.
[48] In his Last Fruits from an Old Tree, p. 334, Moxon Edition, Landor writes: “Southey could grasp great subjects and master them; Coleridge never attempted them; Wordsworth attempted it and failed.” This is strongly ex parte!
[49] I would strongly urge, however, the reading and purchase, if may be, of Colvin’s charming little Golden Treasury collection from Landor.
[50] Leigh Hunt, b. 1784; d. 1859. Francesca da Rimini, 1816; Recollections of Byron, 1828; The Indicator, 1819-21; Autobiography, 1850.
[51] Thomas Moore, b. 1779; d. 1852. Lalla Rookh, 1817. Life of Byron, 1830. Alciphron, 1839.
[52] Sloperton was near the centre of Wiltshire, a little way northward from the old market-town of Devizes. Mr. William Winter, in his Gray Days and Gold, has given a very charming account of this home of Moore’s and of its neighborhood—so full of English atmosphere, and of the graces and benignities of the Irish poet, as to make me think regretfully of my tamer mention.
[53] William Hazlitt, b. 1778; d. 1830. Characters of Shakespeare, 1817; Table Talk, 1821; Liber Amoris, 1823; Life of Napoleon, 1828; Life (by Grandson), 1867; a later book of memoirs, Four Generations of a Literary Family, appeared 1897. (It gave nothing essentially new, and was quickly withdrawn from sale.)
[54] Henry Hallam, b. 1777; d. 1859. Middle Ages, 1818. Literature of Europe, 1837-39. Sketch of Life, by Dean Milman in Transactions of Royal Society, vol. x.
[55] Marguerite Power (Countess of Blessington), b. 1789; d. 1849; m. Captain Farmer, 1804; m. Earl of Blessington, 1817. 1822-1829, travelling on Continent. Idler in Italy, 1839-40 (first novel, about 1833). Conversations with Lord Byron, 1834. Her special reign in London, 1831 to 1848.