[25] J. A. Graham, in Art Journal, Feb., 1891.
[26] Lodge’s Peerage (1888), p. 597.
[27] Art Journal, Feb., 1891.
[28] Atlantic Monthly, Sept., 1879.
[29] A full transcript of the inscription on the rector’s tomb is given in Church’s Laureate’s Country (p. 27), a work that is simply invaluable to students of Tennyson.
“Somersby and Bag Enderby are hamlets about one quarter of a mile apart,” says Gatty, “and are held by one Rector, who now resides at the latter place.”—Key to “In Memoriam.” Preface.
“Not far from the south-eastern extremity of this Wold country is the little village of Somersby. The nearest town to it is Horncastle, which is six miles to the south-east.... Somersby is something less than fifteen miles from the sea.”—Church’s Laureate’s Country.
[30] C. J. Caswell, in Notes and Queries, March 14, 1891. Van Dyke’s Poetry of Tennyson, p. 323.
[31] Dawson’s Makers of Modern English, p. 169.
[32] The Graphic, (Chicago), Nov. 14, 1891.