[10] Life of Irving, 111. p. 133 (New York, 1863).
[11] Lembke was a German, the author of a work on early Spanish history, and a member of the Spanish Historical Academy. Prescott mentions him in his letter to Irving. "This learned Theban happens to be in Madrid for the nonce, pursuing some investigations of his own, and he has taken charge of mine, like a true German, inspecting everything and selecting just what has reference to my subject. In this way he has been employed with four copyists since July, and has amassed a quantity of unpublished documents. He has already sent off two boxes to Cadiz."
[12] Hale, Memories of a Hundred Years, ii. pp. 71, 72 (New York, 1902).
[13] In place of Navarrete, deceased. Prescott received eighteen ballots out of the twenty that were cast.
[14] Wilson, Thackeray in America, i. pp. 16, 17 (New York, 1904).
[15] Meaning, of course, that he took more wine than was good for his eye.
[17] For an interesting account of Simancas and the archives, see a paper by Dr. W. R. Shepherd, in the Reports of the American Historical Association for 1903 (Washington, 1905).
[18] The father of Mr. James Lawrence, who afterward married Prescott's daughter Elizabeth. See [p. 97].
[19] Alluding to the fact that he always shed tears at the opera.