[15] He came May 18th, 1872, the day before Whitsunday.
[16a] F. T. came August 1st, 1872.
[16b] See ‘Letters,’ ii. 142-3.
[19a] Miss Harriet St. Leger.
[19b] April 14th, 1873. See ‘Letters,’ ii. 154.
[23a] Probably the piece beginning—
‘On plante des pommiers ès bords
Des cimitieres, près des morts, &c
Olivier Basselin (‘Vaux-de-Vire,’ ed Jacob, 1858, xv. p. 28)
On Oct 13th, 1879, FitzGerald wrote of a copy of Olivier (ed. Du Bois, 1821) which he had sent by me to Professor Cowell: “If Cowell does not care for Olivier—the dear Phantom!—pray do you keep him. Read a little piece—the two first Stanzas—beginning ‘Dieu garde de deshonneur,’ p. 184—quite beautiful to me; though not classed as Olivier’s. Also ‘Royne des Flours, &c,’ p. 160. These are things that Béranger could not reach with all his Art; but Burns could without it.”
[23b] De Damoyselle Anne de Marle (Marot, ‘Cimetière,’ xiv ):—