[58] From the essay on Hastings, contributed to the Edinburgh Review in 1841.
[59] From the essay on Mitford's "History of Greece."
[60] A reference to the "Elgin marbles," which were taken to London from Athens by Lord Elgin, a Scotchman, in 1801-1803. These works comprize what had survived at the sculptural decorations of the Parthenon, and were executed under Phidias about 440 b.c They are now in the British Museum.
[61] From the essay on Moore's "Life of Byron," contributed to the Edinburgh Review in 1831.
[62] The "Hours of Idleness," published in 1807 and severely criticized in the Edinburgh Review—probably by Lord Brougham.
[63] The first two cantos of "Childe Harold" were published in 1812.
[64] The seaport village on the island of St. Helena in which Napoleon died.
[65] Missolonghi, where Byron died, lies on the Gulf of Patras, on the western coast of northern Greece.