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The object of the 'resent #olume is to su''ly the $ant, $hich many readersmust ha#e felt, of a se'arate and con#enient edition of the letters of Keats to his family and friends% He is one of those 'oets $hose geniusmakes itself felt in 'rose($riting almost as decisi#ely as in #erse, andat their best these letters are among the most beautiful in our language%Portions of them lent an es'ecial charm to a book charming at anyrate((the biogra'hy of the 'oet first 'ublished more than forty years ago by Lord Houghton% But the corres'ondence as gi#en by Lord Houghton isneither accurate nor com'lete% He had in fe$ cases the originals before

him, but made use of co'ies, some of them Muite fragmentary, es'eciallythose su''lied him from *mericaN and moreo#er, $orking $hile many of the 'oetDs friends $ere still ali#e, he thought it right to eAercise a degreeof editorial freedom for $hich there $ould no$ be neither occasion nor eAcuse% hile 9 $as engaged in 're'aring the life of Keats for -r%-orleyDs series some years since, the follo$ing materials for an im'ro#ededition of his letters came into my hands)((

=1> The co'ies made by +ichard oodhouse, a fe$ years after KeatsDs death,of the 'oetDs corres'ondence $ith his 'rinci'al friends, #iC% the 'ublishers, -essrs% Taylor and HesseyN the transcriber, oodhouse himself,$ho $as a young barrister of literary tastes in the confidence of those

gentlemenN John Hamilton +eynolds, solicitor, 'oet, humourist, and critic=born 176, died 1/5.>N Jane and -ariane +eynolds, sisters of thelast(named, the former after$ards -rs% Tom HoodN James +ice, the bosomfriend of +eynolds, and like him a young solicitorN Benjamin Bailey,undergraduate of -agdalen Hall, :Aford, after$ards *rchdeacon of "olombo=17;(1/5.>, and one or t$o more%

=.> The im'erfect co'ies of the 'oetDs letters to his brother andsister(in(la$ in *merica, $hich $ere made by the sister(in(la$Ds second



husband, -r% Jeffrey of Louis#ille, and sent by him to Lord Houghton, $ho 'ublished them $ith further omissions and alterations of his o$n%

=4> !ome$hat later, after the 'ublication of my book, the autogra'horiginals of some of these same letters to *merica $ere 'ut into my hands,including almost the entire teAt of @os% lAiii% lAAiii% lAAA% and Acii% in

the 'resent edition% The three last are the long and famous journal(letters $ritten in the autumn of 1/1/ and s'ring of 1/17, and bet$een them occu'y nearly a Muarter of the $hole #olume% 9 ha#e sho$nelse$here218 ho$ much of their #alue and interest $as sacrificed by -r%JeffreyDs omissions%

Besides these manuscri't sources, 9 ha#e dra$n largely on -r% BuAtonFormanDs elaborate edition of KeatsDs $orks in four #olumes =1//4>,2.8 andto a much less eAtent on the edition 'ublished by the 'oetDs *mericangrand ne'he$, -r% !'eed =1//;>248% #en thus, the corres'ondence is still 'robably not Muite com'lete% 9n some of the #oluminous journal(lettersthere may still be ga's, $here a sheet of the autogra'h has gone astrayN

and since the follo$ing 'ages ha#e been in 'rint, 9 ha#e heard of theeAistence in 'ri#ate collections of one or t$o letters $hich 9 ha#e not been able to include% But it is not a case in $hich absolute com'letenessis of much im'ortance%

9n matters of the date and seMuence of the letters, 9 ha#e taken 'ains to be more eAact than 're#ious editors, es'ecially in tracing the daily 'rogress and different halting('laces of the 'oet on his !cotch tour =$hich it takes some kno$ledge of the ground to do>, and in dating thesuccessi#e 'arts, $ritten at inter#als sometimes during t$o or threemonths, of the long journal(letters to *merica% :n these 'articulars Keatshimself is #ery #ague, and his manuscri't sometimes runs on $ithout a

break at 'oints $here the sense sho$s that he has dro''ed and taken it u'again after a 'ause of days or $eeks%2;8 *gain, 9 ha#e in all cases gi#enin full the #erse and other Muotations contained in the corres'ondence,$here other editors ha#e only indicated them by their first lines% 9t isindeed from these that the letters deri#e a great 'art of their character%riting to his nearest relati#es or most intimate friends, he is al$aysMuoting for their 'leasure 'oems of his o$n no$ classical, then $arm fromhis brain, sent forth uncertain $hether to li#e or die, or snatches of doggrel nonsense as the humour of the moment takes him% The former,familiar as $e may be $ith them, gain a ne$ interest and freshness fromthe conteAt) the latter are nothing a'art from it, and to 'rint themgra#ely, as has been done, among the Poetical orks, is to 'unish the

le#ities of genius too hard%

*s to the teAt, 9 ha#e follo$ed the autogra'h $here#er it $as 'ossible,and in other cases the manuscri't or 'rinted #ersion $hich 9 judgednearest the autogra'hN $ith this eAce'tion, that 9 ha#e not thought it$orth $hile to 'reser#e mere sli's of the 'en or tricks of s'elling% Thecurious in such matters $ill find them religiously re'roduced by -r%BuAton Forman $here#er he has had the o''ortunity% The 'oetDs 'unctuation,on the other hand, and his use of ca'itals, $hich is odd and full of



character, 9 ha#e 'reser#ed% *s is $ell kno$n, his hand$riting is as arule clear and beautiful, Muite free from unsteadiness or sign of fatigueNand as mere s'ecimens for the collector, fe$ autogra'hs can com'are $iththese close($ritten Muarto =or sometimes eAtra folio> sheets, in $hich theyoung 'oet has 'oured out to those he lo#ed his $hole self indiscriminately, generosity and fretfulness, ardour and des'ondency,

boyish 'etulance side by side $ith manful good sense, the tattle of suburban 'arlours $ith the s'eculations of a s'irit unsur'assed for nati#e 'oetic gift and insight%

The editor of familiar corres'ondence has at all times a difficult task before him in the choice $hat to gi#e and $hat to $ithhold% 9n the case of Keats the difficulty is greater than in most, from the ferment of o''osingelements and im'ulses in his nature, and from the eAtreme unreser#e $ith$hich he lays himself o'en alike in his $eakness and his strength% Theother great letter($riters in nglish are men to some degree on their guard) men, if not of the $orld, at least of some $orldly training andeA'erience, and of characters in some degree formed and set% The 'hase of

unlimited youthful eA'ansi#eness, of enthusiastic or fretful outcry, theyha#e either esca'ed or left behind, and ne#er gi#e themsel#es a$aycom'letely% Gray is of course an eAtreme case in 'oint% ith a masterly breadth of mind he unites an e#en finicking degree of academicfastidiousness and 'ersonal reser#e, and his corres'ondence charms, not by im'ulse or o'enness, but by urbanity and irony, by ri'eness of judgmentand kno$ledge, by his 'layful kindliness to$ards the fe$ intimates he has,and the sober $istfulness $ith $hich he looks out, from his Pisgah(heightof uni#ersal culture, o#er regions of imaginati#e delight into $hich it$as not gi#en to him nor his contem'oraries to enter fully% To take othersdiffering most $idely both as men and 'oets) "o$'er, $hether affectionately Ichatting and chir'ingI to his cousin Lady Hesketh, or

confiding his s'iritual terrors to the +e#% John @e$ton, that un$isemonitor $ho $ould not let them slee',(("o$'er is a letter($riter the mostunaffected and sincere, but has ne#ertheless the degree of reticencenatural to his breeding, as $ell as a touch of staidness and formality 'ro'er to his age% Byron offers an eAtreme contrastN unrestrained he is, but far indeed from being unaffectedN the greatest attitudinist inliterature as in life, and the most brilliant of all letter($riters after his fashion, $ith his $it, his $ilfulness, his flash, his eAtraordinaryunscru'ulousness and resource, his #ulgar 'ride of caste, his e#erlastingrestlessness and egotism, his occasional true irradiations of the di#inefire% !helley, again((but he, as has been justly said, must ha#e hissinging robes about him to be Muite truly !helley, and in his

corres'ondence is little more than any other amiable and enthusiasticgentleman and scholar on his tra#els% To the case of Keats, at any rate,none of these other distinguished letter($riters affords any close 'arallel% That admirable genius $as from the social 'oint of #ie$ anunformed lad in the flush and ra$ness of youth% His 'assion for beauty,his instincti#e insight into the #ital sources of imaginati#e delight innature, in romance, and in antiMuity, $ent along $ith 'erce'tions 'ainfully acute in matters of daily life, and ner#es high(strung in theeAtreme% He $as moreo#er almost inca'able of artifice or disguise% riting



to his brothers and sister or to friends as dear, he is secret $ith themon one thing only, and that is his unlucky lo#e('assion after he became a 'rey to it) for the rest he is o'en as the day, and kee's back nothing of $hat crosses his mind, nothing that #eAes or jars on him or tries his 'atience% His character, as thus laid bare, contains elements of rarenobility and attraction((modesty, humour, s$eetness, courage, im'ulsi#e

disinterestedness, strong and tender family affection, the gift of righteous indignation, the gift of sober and strict self(kno$ledge% But itis only a character in the making% * strain of hereditary disease, lurkingin his constitution from the first, $as de#elo'ed by o#er(eAertion andaggra#ated by mischance, so that he ne#er li#ed to be himselfN and fromabout his t$enty(fourth birthday his utterances are those of onestruggling in #ain against a ho'eless distem'er both of body and mind%

9f a selection could be made from those 'arts only of KeatsDscorres'ondence $hich sho$ him at his best, $e should ha#e an anthologyfull of intuitions of beauty, e#en of $isdom, and breathing the #erys'irit of generous youthN one unri#alled for Cest, $him, fancy, and

amiability, and $ritten in an nglish $hich by its 'eculiar alert and#aried mo#ement sometimes recalls, 'erha's more closely than that of anyother $riter =for the young "ockney has !haks'eare in his blood>, the 'rose 'assages of EHamletE and E-uch *do about @othingE% Had thecorres'ondence ne#er been 'rinted before, $ere it there to be dealt $ithfor the first time, this method of selection $ould no doubt be thetem'ting one to a''ly to it% But such a treatment is no$ hardly 'ossible,and in any case $ould hardly be Muite fairN since the object, or at alle#ents the effect, of 'ublishing a manDs corres'ondence is not merely togi#e literary 'leasure((it is to make the man himself kno$nN and there#elation, though it need not be $holly $ithout reser#e, is bound to be just and 'ro'ortionate as far as it goes% #en as an artist, in the $ork

$hich he himself 'ublished to the $orld, Keats $as not one of those of $hom it could be said, Ihis $orst he ke't, his best he ga#e%I +ather hega#e 'romiscuously, in the just confidence that among the failures andhalf(successes of his ineA'erienced youth $ould be found enough of the best to establish his 'lace among the 'oets after his death% "onsideringall things, the nature of the man, the difficulty of se'arating theeAMuisite from the common, the healthful from the diseased, in his mindand $ork, considering also the use that has already been made of thematerials, 9 ha#e decided in this edition to gi#e the corres'ondencealmost un'runedN omitting a fe$ 'assages of mere crudity, hardly more thant$o 'ages in all, but not attem'ting to su''ress those $hich betray the$eak 'laces in the $riterDs nature, his fla$s of taste and training, his

mo#ements of $ay$ardness, irritability, and morbid sus'icion% :nly the biogra'her $ithout tact, the critic $ithout balance, $ill insist on these%* truer as $ell as more charitable judgment $ill recognise that $hat $as best in Keats $as also $hat $as most real, and $ill be fortified byremembering that to those $ho kne$ him his faults $ere almost una''arent,and that no man $as e#er held by his friends in more de#oted or moreunanimous affection $hile he li#ed and after$ards%

There is one thing, ho$e#er, $hich 9 ha#e not chosen to do, and that is to



include in this collection the 'oetDs lo#e(letters to Fanny Bra$ne% *s itis, the intimate nature of the corres'ondence must sometimes gi#e thereader a sense of ea#esdro''ing, of being admitted into 'etty 'ri#atematters $ith $hich he has no concern% 9f this is to some eAtentine#itable, it is by no means ine#itable that the 'ublic should be farther asked to look o#er the shoulder of the sick and 'resently dying youth

$hile he declares the im'atience and torment of his 'assion to the object,careless and unres'onsi#e as she seems to ha#e been, $ho ins'ired it%These letters too ha#e been 'rinted% *s a matter of feeling 9 cannot 'utmyself in the 'lace of the reader $ho desires to 'ossess themN $hile as amatter of literature they are in a different key from the rest,((notlacking 'assages of beauty, but constrained and 'ainful in the main, andMuite $ithout the genial ease and 'lay of mind $hich make the letters tohis family and friends so attracti#e% Therefore in this, $hich 9 ho'e may become the standard edition of his corres'ondence, they shall find no 'lace%

*s to the 'ersons, other than those already mentioned, to $hom the letters

here gi#en are addressed)((!helley of course needs no $ordsN nor shouldany be needed for the 'ainter Haydon =1/6(1/;6>, or the 'oet and criticLeigh Hunt =1/;(1/57>% Theirs $ere the chief ins'iring influences $hichdetermined the young medical student, about his t$entieth year, at thetime $hen this corres'ondence o'ens, to gi#e u' his intended 'rofessionfor 'oetry% Both $ere men of remarkable gifts and strong intellectualenthusiasm, ham'ered in either case by foibles of character $hich their young friend and follo$er, $ho has left so far more illustrious a name,$as only too Muick to detect% "harles "o$den "larke =1/(1/>, the sonof KeatsDs schoolmaster at nfield, had eAercised a still earlier influence on the ladDs o'ening mind, and $as himself after$ards long and justly distinguished as a !haks'earean student and lecturer and essayist

on nglish literature% "harles ent$orth ilke =1/7(1/6;>, ha#ing begunlife in the "i#il !er#ice, early abandoned that calling for letters, andli#ed to be one of the most influential of nglish critics and journalistsN he is chiefly kno$n from his connection $ith the E*thenaeumE,and through the memoir 'ublished by his grandson% "harles Bro$n,after$ards styling himself "harles *rmitage Bro$n =1/6(1/;.>, $ho becamekno$n to Keats through ilke in the summer of 1/1, and $as his mostintimate com'anion during the t$o years June 1/1/ to June 1/.0, had begunlife as a merchant in !t% Petersburg, and failing, came home, and took, healso, to literature, chiefly as a contributor to the #arious 'eriodicalsedited by Leigh Hunt% He li#ed mostly in 9taly from 1/.. to 1/4;, thenfor siA years at Plymouth, and in 1/;1 emigrated to @e$ Oealand, $here he

died the follo$ing year% Jose'h !e#ern =174(1/7> $as the son of amusician, himself beginning to 'ractise as a 'ainter $hen Keats kne$ him%His de#oted tendance of the 'oet during the last sad months in 9taly $asthe determining e#ent of !e#ernDs career, earning him the 'ermanent regardand gratitude of all lo#ers of genius% He established himself for good in+ome, $here he continued to 'ractise his art, and $as for many yearsnglish consul, and one of the most familiar figures in the society of thecity%



Lastly, of the 'oetDs o$n relations, George Keats =177(1/;.> after his brotherDs death continued to li#e at Louis#ille in *merica, $here he madeand lost a fortune in business before he died% His $ido$ =born Georgiana*ugusta ylie>, so often and affectionately addressed in these letters, byand by took a second husband, a -r% Jeffrey, already mentioned as thecorres'ondent of Lord Houghton% Frances -ary Keats =1/04(1//7>, al$ays

called Fanny in the delightful series of letters $hich her brother addressed to her as a young girl,258 in course of time married a !'anishgentleman, !enor Llanos, and li#ed in -adrid to a great old age% !e#eralother members of the 'oetDs circle enjoyed unusual length of days((-r%illiam ilke, for instance, dying a fe$ years ago at ninety, and -r%Gleig, long "ha'lain(General of the Forces, at ninety(t$o% But $ith thedeath of his sister a year and a half ago, 'assed a$ay 'robably the lastsur#i#or of those $ho could bear in memory the #oice and features of *donais%

!% "%

E-ay 1/71%E

LTT+! :F J:H@ K*T! T: H9! F*-9L& *@ F+9@!

9%((T: "H*+L! ":@ "L*+K%

2London, :ctober 41, 1/16%8

-& *9@T9 *9((9 $ill be as 'unctual as the Bee to the "lo#er% eryglad am 9 at the thoughts of seeing so soon this glorious Haydon and allhis creation% 9 'ray thee let me kno$ $hen you go to :llierDs and $here heresides((this 9 forgot to ask you((and tell me also $hen you $ill hel' me$aste a sullen day((God Dield you268((

J% K%

99%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

2London,8 @o#ember .0, 1/16%

-y dear !ir((Last e#ening $rought me u', and 9 cannot forbear sending youthe follo$ing((



&ours unfeignedly,

J:H@ K*T!%

+emo#ed to 6 "hea'side%

Great s'irits no$ on earth are sojourningN He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake, ho on Hel#ellynDs summit, $ide a$ake, "atches his freshness from *rchangelDs $ing) He of the rose, the #iolet, the s'ring, The social smile, the chain for FreedomDs sake) *nd lo(($hose stedfastness $ould ne#er take * meaner sound than +a'haelDs $his'ering% *nd other s'irits there are standing a'art <'on the forehead of the age to comeN These, these $ill gi#e the $orld another heart,

*nd other 'ulses% Hear ye not the hum :f mighty $orkings in the human mart Listen a$hile ye nations, and be dumb%28

999%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

2London,8 Thursday afternoon, @o#ember .0, 1/16%

-y dear !ir((&our letter has filled me $ith a 'roud 'leasure, and shall beke't by me as a stimulus to eAertion((9 begin to fiA my eye u'on onehoriCon% -y feelings entirely fall in $ith yours in regard to thelli'sis, and 9 glory in it% The 9dea of your sending it to ords$orth 'utme out of breath((you kno$ $ith $hat +e#erence 9 $ould send my ell($ishesto him%

&ours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

9%((T: "H*+L! ":@ "L*+K%

2London,8 Tuesday 2ecember 1, 1/168%

-y dear "harles((&ou may no$ look at -iner#aDs *egis $ith im'unity, seeingthat my a$ful isage2/8 did not turn you into a John oree% &ou ha#e



accordingly a legitimate title to a "o'y((9 $ill use my interest to 'rocure it for you% 9Dll tell you $hat((9 met +eynolds at HaydonDs a fe$mornings since((he 'romised to be $ith me this #ening and &esterday 9 hadthe same 'romise from !e#ern and 9 must 'ut you in mind that on last *llhallo$masD day you ga#e me your $ord that you $ould s'end this #ening$ith me((so no 'utting off% 9 ha#e done little to ndymion lately278((9

ho'e to finish it in one more attack% 9 belie#e you 9 $ent to+ichardsDs((it $as so $horeson a @ight that 9 sto''ed there all the neAtday% His +emembrances to you% =At% from the common 'lace Book of my-ind((-em%((ednesday((Ham'stead((call in arner !treet((a sketch of -r%Hunt%>((9 $ill e#er consider you my sincere and affectionate friend((you$ill not doubt that 9 am yours%

God bless you((

J:H@ K*T!%

%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

2London,8 !unday #ening 2-arch ., 1/18%2108

-y dear +eynolds((&our kindness affects me so sensibly that 9 can merely 'ut do$n a fe$ mono(sentences% &our "riticism only makes me eAtremelyanAious that 9 should not decei#e you%

9tDs the finest thing by God as HaClitt $ould say% Ho$e#er 9 ho'e 9 may

not decei#e you% There are some acMuaintances of mine $ho $ill scratchtheir Beards and although 9 ha#e, 9 ho'e, some "harity, 9 $ish their @ailsmay be long% 9 $ill be ready at the time you mention in all Ha''iness%

There is a re'ort that a young Lady of 16 has $ritten the ne$ Tragedy, God bless her((9 $ill kno$ her by Hook or by "rook in less than a $eek% -yBrothersD and my +emembrances to your kind !isters%

&ours most sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

9%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

2London, -arch 1, 1/1%8

-y dear +eynolds((-y Brothers are anAious that 9 should go by myself into



the country((they ha#e al$ays been eAtremely fond of me, and no$ thatHaydon has 'ointed out ho$ necessary it is that 9 should be alone toim'ro#e myself, they gi#e u' the tem'orary 'leasure of li#ing $ith mecontinually for a great good $hich 9 ho'e $ill follo$% !o 9 shall soon beout of To$n% &ou must soon bring all your 'resent troubles to a close, andso must 9, but $e must, like the FoA, 're'are for a fresh s$arm of flies%

Banish money((Banish sofas((Banish ine((Banish -usicN but right Jack Health, honest Jack Health, true Jack Health((Banish health and banish allthe $orld% 9 must %%% if 9 come this e#ening, 9 shall horribly commitmyself else$here% !o 9 $ill send my eAcuses to them and -rs% ilke by my brothers%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

99%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%

2!outham'ton,8 Tuesday -orn 2*'ril 15, 1/18%

-y dear Brothers((9 am safe at !outham'ton((after ha#ing ridden threestages outside and the rest in for it began to be #ery cold% 9 did notkno$ the @ames of any of the To$ns 9 'assed through((all 9 can tell you isthat sometimes 9 sa$ dusty Hedges((sometimes Ponds((then nothing((then alittle ood $ith trees look you like LaunceDs !ister Ias $hite as a Lilyand as small as a andI((then came houses $hich died a$ay into a fe$

straggling Barns((then came hedge trees aforesaid again% *s the Lam'lightcre't along the follo$ing things $ere disco#ered((Ilong heath broomfurCeI((Hurdles here and there half a -ile((Park 'alings $hen the indo$sof a House $ere al$ays disco#ered by reflection((:ne @ym'h of Fountain((E@%B% !toneE((lo''ed Trees(("o$ ruminating((ditto onkey((-anand oman going gingerly along((illiam seeing his !isters o#er theHeath((John $aiting $ith a Lanthorn for his -istress((BarberDsPole((octorDs !ho'((Ho$e#er after ha#ing had my fill of these 9 'o''ed myHead out just as it began to a$n((E@%B% this Tuesday -orn sa$ the !unriseE((of $hich 9 shall say nothing at 'resent% 9 felt rather lonely this-orning at Breakfast so 9 $ent and unboADd a !haks'eare((IThereDs my"omfort%I2118 9 $ent immediately after Breakfast to !outham'ton ater

$here 9 enMuired for the Boat to the 9sle of ight as 9 intend seeing that 'lace before 9 settle((it $ill go at 4, so shall 9 after ha#ing taken a"ho'% 9 kno$ nothing of this 'lace but that it is long((tolerably broad((has bye streets((t$o or three "hurches((a #ery res'ectable old Gate$ith t$o Lions to guard it% The -en and omen do not materially differ from those 9 ha#e been in the Habit of seeing% 9 forgot to say that fromda$n till half('ast siA 9 $ent through a most delightful "ountry((someo'en o$n but for the most 'art thickly $ooded% hat sur'rised me most $asan immense Muantity of blooming FurCe on each side the road cutting a most



rural dash% The !outham'ton $ater $hen 9 sa$ it just no$ $as no better than a lo$ ater ater $hich did no more than ans$er my eA'ectations((it$ill ha#e mended its -anners by 4% From the harf are seen the shores oneach side stretching to the 9sle of ight% &ou, Haydon, +eynolds, etc%ha#e been 'ushing each other out of my Brain by turns% 9 ha#e conned o#er e#ery Head in HaydonDs Picture((you must $arn them not to be afraid should

my Ghost #isit them on ednesday((tell Haydon to Kiss his Hand at Bettyo#er the ay for me yea and to s'y at her for me% 9 ho'e one of you $ill be com'etent to take 'art in a Trio $hile 9 am a$ay((you need onlyaggra#ate your #oices a little and mind not to s'eak "ues and all(($henyou ha#e said +um(ti(ti((you must not be rum any more or else another $illtake u' the ti(ti alone and then he might be taken God shield us for little better than a Titmouse% By the by talking of Titmouse +emember me 'articularly to all my Friends((gi#e my Lo#e to the -iss +eynoldses and toFanny $ho 9 ho'e you $ill soon see% rite to me soon about them all((andyou George 'articularly ho$ you get on $ith ilkinsonDs 'lan% hat could 9ha#e done $ithout my Plaid 9 donDt feel inclined to $rite any more at 'resent for 9 feel rather muCCy((you must be content $ith this fac simile

of the rough 'lan of *unt inahDs "ounter'ane%

&our most affectionate Brother

J:H@ K*T!%

+eynolds shall hear from me soon%

999%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

"arisbrooke, *'ril 1th 21/18%

-y dear +eynolds((#er since 9 $rote to my Brothers from !outham'ton 9ha#e been in a taking((and at this moment 9 am about to becomesettled((for 9 ha#e un'acked my books, 'ut them into a snug corner, 'innedu' Haydon, -ary Queen of !cots, and -ilton $ith his daughters in a ro$% 9nthe 'assage 9 found a head of !haks'eare $hich 9 had not before seen% 9tis most likely the same that George s'oke so $ell of, for 9 like iteAtremely% ell((this head 9 ha#e hung o#er my Books, just abo#e the threein a ro$, ha#ing first discarded a French *mbassador((no$ this alone is a

good morningDs $ork% &esterday 9 $ent to !hanklin, $hich occasioned agreat debate in my mind $hether 9 should li#e there or at "arisbrooke%!hanklin is a most beautiful 'lace((!lo'ing $ood and meado$ ground reachround the "hine, $hich is a cleft bet$een the "liffs of the de'th of nearly 400 feet at least% This cleft is filled $ith trees and bushes inthe narro$ 'art, and as it $idens becomes bare, if it $ere not for 'rimroses on one side, $hich s'read to the #ery #erge of the !ea, and somefishermenDs huts on the other, 'erched mid$ay in the Balustrades of beautiful green Hedges along their ste's do$n to the sands% But the sea,



Jack, the sea((the little $aterfall((then the $hite cliff((then !t%"atherineDs Hill((Ithe shee' in the meado$s, the co$s in the corn%I Then,$hy are you at "arisbrooke say you% Because, in the first 'lace, 9 should be at t$ice the A'ense, and three times the incon#enience((neAt that fromhere 9 can see your continent((from a little hill close by the $hole north*ngle of the 9sle of ight, $ith the $ater bet$een us% 9n the 4rd 'lace, 9

see "arisbrooke "astle from my $indo$, and ha#e found se#eral delightful$ood(alleys, and co'ses, and Muick freshes%21.8 *s for 'rimroses((the9sland ought to be called Primrose 9sland((that is, if the nation of "o$sli's agree thereto, of $hich there are di#ers "lans just beginning tolift u' their heads% *nother reason of my fiAing is, that 9 am more inreach of the 'laces around me% 9 intend to $alk o#er the 9slandeast((est((@orth((!outh% 9 ha#e not seen many s'ecimens of +uins((9 donDtthink ho$e#er 9 shall e#er see one to sur'ass "arisbrooke "astle% Thetrench is o#ergro$n $ith the smoothest turf, and the alls $ith i#y% TheKee' $ithin side is one Bo$er of i#y((a colony of Jackda$s ha#e been therefor many years% 9 dare say 9 ha#e seen many a descendant of some old ca$er $ho 'ee'ed through the Bars at "harles the first, $hen he $as there in

"onfinement% :n the road from "o$es to @e$'ort 9 sa$ some eAtensi#eBarracks, $hich disgusted me eAtremely $ith the Go#ernment for 'lacingsuch a @est of ebauchery in so beautiful a 'lace% 9 asked a man on the"oach about this((and he said that the 'eo'le had been s'oiled% 9n theroom $here 9 sle't at @e$'ort, 9 found this on the indo$((I: 9sle s'oilt by the milEaEtary%%%I

The $ind is in a sulky fit, and 9 feel that it $ould be no bad thing to bethe fa#ourite of some Fairy, $ho $ould gi#e one the 'o$er of seeing ho$our Friends got on at a istance% 9 should like, of all Lo#es, a sketch of you and Tom and George in ink $hich Haydon $ill do if you tell him ho$ 9$ant them% From $ant of regular rest 9 ha#e been rather Enar#usE((and the

'assage in ELearE((Io you not hear the seaI((has haunted me intensely%

:@ TH !*

9t kee's eternal $his'erings around esolate shores, and $ith its mighty s$ell Gluts t$ice ten thousand "a#erns, till the s'ell :f Hecate lea#es them their old shado$y sound% :ften Dtis in such gentle tem'er found, That scarcely $ill the #ery smallest shell Be mo#Dd for days from $here it sometime fell, hen last the $inds of Hea#en $ere unbound%

: ye $ho ha#e your eye(balls #eADd and tirDd, Feast them u'on the $ideness of the !eaN : ye $hose ars are dinnDd $ith u'roar rude, :r fed too much $ith cloying melody(( !it ye near some old "a#ernDs -outh, and brood <ntil ye start as if the sea @ym'hs Muired((2148

*'ril 1/th%



ill you ha#e the goodness to do this Borro$ a Botanical ictionary((turnto the $ords Laurel and Prunus, sho$ the eA'lanations to your sisters and-rs% ilke and $ithout more ado let them send me the "u's Basket and Booksthey trifled and 'ut off and off $hile 9 $as in to$n% *sk them $hat theycan say for themsel#es((ask -rs% ilke $herefore she does so distress

me((let me kno$ ho$ Jane has her health((the eather is unfa#ourable for her% Tell George and Tom to $rite% 9Dll tell you $hat((on the .4d $as!haks'eare born% @o$ if 9 should recei#e a letter from you and another from my Brothers on that day Dt$ould be a 'arlous good thing% hene#er you$rite say a $ord or t$o on some Passage in !haks'eare that may ha#e comerather ne$ to you, $hich must be continually ha''ening, not$ithstandingthat $e read the same Play forty times((for instance, the follo$ing fromthe Tem'est ne#er struck me so forcibly as at 'resent,

I<rchins E!hall, for the #ast of night that they may $orkE, *ll eAercise on thee((I

Ho$ can 9 hel' bringing to your mind the line((

E9n the dark back$ard and abysm of timeE((

9 find 9 cannot eAist $ithout Poetry(($ithout eternal Poetry((half the day$ill not do((the $hole of it((9 began $ith a little, but habit has made mea Le#iathan% 9 had become all in a Tremble from not ha#ing $rittenanything of late((the !onnet o#erleaf did me good% 9 sle't the better lastnight for it((this -orning, ho$e#er, 9 am nearly as bad again% Just no$ 9o'ened !'enser, and the first Lines 9 sa$ $ere these((

IThe noble heart that harbours #irtuous thought, *nd is $ith child of glorious great intent, "an ne#er rest until it forth ha#e brought ThD eternal brood of glory eAcellent((I

Let me kno$ 'articularly about Haydon, ask him to $rite to me about Hunt,if it be only ten lines((9 ho'e all is $ell((9 shall forth$ith begin myndymion, $hich 9 ho'e 9 shall ha#e got some $ay $ith by the time youcome, $hen $e $ill read our #erses in a delightful 'lace 9 ha#e set myheart u'on, near the "astle% Gi#e my Lo#e to your !isters se#erally((toGeorge and Tom% +emember me to +ice, -r% and -rs% ilke and all $e kno$%

&our sincere Friend

J:H@ K*T!%

irect J% Keats, -rs% "ookDs, @e$ illage, "arisbrooke%



9R%((T: L9GH H<@T%

-argate, -ay 10, 1/1%

-y dear Hunt((The little gentleman that sometimes lurks in a gossi'Ds

bo$l, ought to ha#e come in the #ery likeness of a EroastedE crab, andchoaked me outright for not ans$ering your letter ere this) ho$e#er, youmust not su''ose that 9 $as in to$n to recei#e it) no, it follo$ed me tothe 9sle of ight, and 9 got it just as 9 $as going to 'ack u' for -argate, for reasons $hich you anon shall hear% :n arri#ing at thistreeless affair, 9 $rote to my brother George to reMuest "% "% "%21;8 todo the thing you $ot of res'ecting +iminiN and George tells me he hasundertaken it $ith great 'leasureN so 9 ho'e there has been anunderstanding bet$een you for many 'roofs) "% "% "% is $ell acMuainted$ith Bensley% @o$ $hy did you not send the key of your cu'board, $hich, 9kno$, $as full of 'a'ers e $ould ha#e locked them all in a trunk,together $ith those you told me to destroy, $hich indeed 9 did not do, for

fear of demolishing recei'ts, there not being a more un'leasant thing inthe $orld =sa#ing a thousand and one others> than to 'ay a bill t$ice%-ind you, old oodDs a I#ery #armint,I shrouded in co#etousness)((and no$9 am u'on a horrid subject(($hat a horrid one you $ere u'on last !unday,and $ell you handled it% The last Aaminer2158 $as a battering(ram against"hristianity, blas'hemy, Tertullian, rasmus, !ir Phili' !idneyN and thenthe dreadful PetCelians and their eA'iation by bloodN and do "hristiansshudder at the same thing in a ne$s'a'er $hich they attribute to their Godin its most aggra#ated form hat is to be the end of this 9 must mentionHaClittDs !outhey%2168 : that he had left out the grey hairsN or thatthey had been in any other 'a'er not concluding $ith such a thundercla'That sentence about making a 'age of the feeling of a $hole life, a''ears

to me like a $haleDs back in the sea of 'rose% 9 ought to ha#e said a $ordon !haks'eareDs "hristianity% There are t$o $hich 9 ha#e not looked o#er $ith you, touching the thing) the one for, the other against) that infa#our is in -easure for -easure, *ct 99% !cene ii%((

E9sab%E *las, alas hy, all the souls that $ere, $ere forfeit onceN *nd He that might the D#antage best ha#e took, Found out the remedy%

That against is in T$elfth @ight, *ct 999% !cene ii%((

E-aria%E For there is no "hristian that means to be sa#ed by belie#ing rightly, can e#er belie#e such im'ossible 'assages of grossness%

Before 9 come to the @ym'hs,218 9 must get through all disagreeables% 9$ent to the 9sle of ight, thought so much about 'oetry, so long together,that 9 could not get to slee' at nightN and, moreo#er, 9 kno$ not ho$ it$as, 9 could not get $holesome food% By this means, in a $eek or so, 9 became not o#er ca'able in my u''er stories, and set off 'ell(mell for



-argate, at least a hundred and fifty miles, because, forsooth, 9 fanciedthat 9 should like my old lodging here, and could contri#e to do $ithouttrees% *nother thing, 9 $as too much in solitude, and conseMuently $asobliged to be in continual burning of thought, as an only resource%Ho$e#er, Tom is $ith me at 'resent, and $e are #ery comfortable% eintend, though, to get among some trees% Ho$ ha#e you got on among them

Ho$ are the @ym'hs 9 su''ose they ha#e led you a fine dance% here areyou no$((in Judea, "a''adocia, or the 'arts of Libya about "yrene!tranger from IHea#en, Hues, and Prototy'es,I 9 $ager you ha#e gi#ense#eral ne$ turns to the old saying, I@o$ the maid $as fair and 'leasantto look on,I as $ell as made a little #ariation in I:nce u'on a time%IPerha's, too, you ha#e rather #aried, IHere endeth the first lesson%I Thus9 ho'e you ha#e made a horseshoe business of Iunsu'erfluous life,I Ifaint bo$ers,I and fibrous roots% 9 #o$ that 9 ha#e been do$n in the mouthlately at this $ork% These last t$o days, ho$e#er, 9 ha#e felt moreconfident((9 ha#e asked myself so often $hy 9 should be a 'oet more thanother men, seeing ho$ great a thing it is,((ho$ great things are to begained by it, $hat a thing to be in the mouth of Fame,((that at last the

idea has gro$n so monstrously beyond my seeming 'o$er of attainment, thatthe other day 9 nearly consented $ith myself to dro' into a Phaethon% &etDtis a disgrace to fail, e#en in a huge attem'tN and at this moment 9dri#e the thought from me% 9 began my 'oem about a fortnight since, andha#e done some e#ery day, eAce't tra#elling ones% Perha's 9 may ha#e donea good deal for the time, but it a''ears such a 'inDs 'oint to me, that 9$ill not co'y any out% hen 9 consider that so many of these 'in('oints goto form a bodkin('oint =God send 9 end not my life $ith a bare bodkin, inits modern sense>, and that it reMuires a thousand bodkins to make as'ear bright enough to thro$ any light to 'osterity, 9 see nothing butcontinual u'hill journeying% @o$ is there anything more un'leasant =it maycome among the thousand and one> than to be so journeying and to miss the

goal at last But 9 intend to $histle all these cogitations into the sea,$here 9 ho'e they $ill breed storms #iolent enough to block u' all eAitfrom +ussia% oes !helley go on telling strange stories of the deaths of kings21/8 Tell him, there are strange stories of the deaths of 'oets%!ome ha#e died before they $ere concei#ed% IHo$ do you make that out,-aster ellumI oes -rs% !% cut bread and butter as neatly as e#er Tellher to 'rocure some fatal scissors, and cut the thread of life of allto(be(disa''ointed 'oets% oes -rs% Hunt tear linen as straight as e#erTell her to tear from the book of life all blank lea#es% +emember me tothem allN to -iss Kent and the little ones all%

&our sincere Friend

J:H@ K*T! EaliasE J<@KT!%

&ou shall hear $here $e mo#e%

R%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%



-argate, !aturday #e 2-ay 10, 1/18%

-y dear Haydon,

ILet Fame, that all 'ant after in their li#es, Li#e registerDd u'on our braCen tombs, *nd so grace us in the disgrace of death) hen s'ite of cormorant de#ouring Time The endea#our of this 'resent breath may buy That Honour $hich shall bate his !cytheDs keen edge *nd make us heirs of all eternity%I2178

To think that 9 ha#e no right to cou'le myself $ith you in this s'eech$ould be death to me, so 9 ha#e eDen $ritten it, and 9 'ray God that our IbraCen tombsI be nigh neighbours% 9t cannot be long firstN the Iendea#our of this 'resent breathI $ill soon be o#er, and yet it is as $ell to

breathe freely during our sojourn((it is as $ell as if you ha#e not beenteased $ith that -oney affair, that bill('estilence% Ho$e#er, 9 must think that difficulties ner#e the !'irit of a -an((they make our Prime :bjects a+efuge as $ell as a Passion% The Trum'et of Fame is as a to$er of !trength, the ambitious blo$eth it and is safe% 9 su''ose, by your tellingme not to gi#e $ay to forebodings, George has mentioned to you $hat 9 ha#elately said in my Letters to him((truth is 9 ha#e been in such a state of -ind as to read o#er my Lines and hate them% 9 am one that Igathers!am'hire, dreadful tradeI((the "liff of Poesy to$ers abo#e me((yet $henTom $ho meets $ith some of Po'eDs Homer in PlutarchDs Li#es reads some of those to me they seem like -ice to mine% 9 read and $rite about eighthours a day% There is an old saying I$ell begun is half doneI((Dtis a bad

one% 9 $ould use instead, I@ot begun at all till half doneNI so accordingto that 9 ha#e not begun my Poem and conseMuently =a 'riori> can saynothing about it% Thank God 9 do begin arduously $here 9 lea#e off,not$ithstanding occasional de'ressionsN and 9 ho'e for the su''ort of aHigh Po$er $hile 9 climb this little eminence, and es'ecially in my &earsof more momentous Labour% 9 remember your saying that you had notions of agood Genius 'residing o#er you% 9 ha#e of late had the same thought, for things $hich 9 do half at +andom are after$ards confirmed by my judgmentin a doCen features of Pro'riety% 9s it too daring to fancy !haks'earethis Presider hen in the 9sle of ight 9 met $ith a !haks'eare in thePassage of the House at $hich 9 lodged((it comes nearer to my idea of himthan any 9 ha#e seen((9 $as but there a eek, yet the old $oman made me

take it $ith me though 9 $ent off in a hurry% o you not think this isominous of good 9 am glad you say e#ery man of great #ie$s is at timestormented as 9 am%

!unday after 2-ay 118%

This -orning 9 recei#ed a letter from George by $hich it a''ears that-oney Troubles are to follo$ us u' for some time to come(('erha's for



al$ays((these #eAations are a great hindrance to one((they are not liken#y and detraction stimulants to further eAertion as being immediatelyrelati#e and reflected on at the same time $ith the 'rime object((butrather like a nettle leaf or t$o in your bed% !o no$ 9 re#oke my Promiseof finishing my Poem by the *utumn $hich 9 should ha#e done had 9 gone onas 9 ha#e done((but 9 cannot $rite $hile my s'irit is fe#ered in a

contrary direction and 9 am no$ sure of ha#ing 'lenty of it this !ummer%*t this moment 9 am in no en#iable !ituation((9 feel that 9 am not in a-ood to $rite any to(dayN and it a''ears that the loss of it is the beginning of all sorts of irregularities% 9 am eAtremely glad that a timemust come $hen e#erything $ill lea#e not a $rack behind% &ou tell me ne#er to des'air((9 $ish it $as as easy for me to obser#e the saying((truth is 9ha#e a horrid -orbidity of Tem'erament $hich has sho$n itself atinter#als((it is 9 ha#e no doubt the greatest nemy and stumbling(block 9ha#e to fear((9 may e#en say that it is likely to be the cause of mydisa''ointment% Ho$e#er e#ery ill has its share of good((this #ery bane$ould at any time enable me to look $ith an obstinate eye on the e#ilHimself((aye to be as 'roud of being the lo$est of the human race as

*lfred could be in being of the highest% 9 feel confident 9 should ha#e been a rebel angel had the o''ortunity been mine% 9 am #ery sure that youdo lo#e me as your #ery Brother((9 ha#e seen it in your continual anAietyfor me((and 9 assure you that your $elfare and fame is and $ill be a chief 'leasure to me all my Life% 9 kno$ no one but you $ho can be fullysensible of the turmoil and anAiety, the sacrifice of all $hat is calledcomfort, the readiness to measure time by $hat is done and to die in siAhours could 'lans be brought to conclusions((the looking u'on the !un, the-oon, the !tars, the arth and its contents, as materials to form greater things((that is to say ethereal things((but here 9 am talking like a-adman,((greater things than our "reator himself made

9 $rote to Hunt yesterday((scarcely kno$ $hat 9 said in it% 9 could nottalk about Poetry in the $ay 9 should ha#e liked for 9 $as not in humor $ith either his or mine% His self(delusions are #ery lamentable((they ha#eenticed him into a !ituation $hich 9 should be less eager after than thatof a galley !la#e(($hat you obser#e thereon is #ery true must be in time%

Perha's it is a self(delusion to say so((but 9 think 9 could not bedecei#ed in the manner that Hunt is((may 9 die to(morro$ if 9 am to be%There is no greater !in after the se#en deadly than to flatter oneself into an idea of being a great Poet((or one of those beings $ho are 'ri#ileged to $ear out their Li#es in the 'ursuit of Honor((ho$comfortable a feel it is to feel that such a "rime must bring its hea#y

Penalty That if one be a !elf(deluder accounts must be balanced 9 amglad you are hard at ork((Dt $ill no$ soon be done((9 long to seeords$orthDs as $ell as to ha#e mine in)2.08 but 9 $ould rather not sho$my face in To$n till the end of the &ear((if that $ill be time enough((if not 9 shall be disa''ointed if you do not $rite for me e#en $hen you think best% 9 ne#er Muite des'air and 9 read !haks'eare((indeed 9 shall 9 think ne#er read any other Book much% @o$ this might lead me into a long "onfab but 9 desist% 9 am #ery near agreeing $ith HaClitt that !haks'eare isenough for us% By the by $hat a tremendous !outhean article his last



$as((9 $ish he had left out Igrey hairs%I 9t $as #ery gratifying to meetyour remarks on the manuscri't((9 $as reading *nthony and "leo'atra $hen 9got the Pa'er and there are se#eral Passages a''licable to the e#ents youcommentate% &ou say that he arri#ed by degrees and not by any singlestruggle to the height of his ambition((and that his Life had been ascommon in 'articulars as other -enDs% !haks'eare makes nobarb say((

hereDs *ntony Eros%E((HeDs $alking in the garden, and Es'urns The rush that liesE before himN cries, Fool, Le'idus

9n the same scene $e find((

Let determined things To destiny hold unbe$ailed their $ay%

olabella says of *nthonyDs -essenger,

*n argument that he is 'luckDd $hen hither He sends so 'oor a 'inion of his $ing%

Then again((

Eno%E((9 see -enDs Judgments are * 'arcel of their fortunesN and things out$ard o dra$ the in$ard Muality after them, To suffer all alike%

The follo$ing a''lies $ell to Bertrand2.18((

&et he that can endure To follo$ $ith allegiance a fallen Lord, oes conMuer him that did his -aster conMuer, *nd earns a 'lace iD the story%

But ho$ differently does Buona'arte bear his fate from *nthony

DTis good, too, that the uke of ellington has a good ord or so in theAaminer% * -an ought to ha#e the Fame he deser#es((and 9 begin to think that detracting from him as $ell as from ords$orth is the same thing% 9$ish he had a little more taste((and did not in that res'ect Ideal inLieutenantry%I &ou should ha#e heard from me before this((but in the first

'lace 9 did not like to do so before 9 had got a little $ay in the FirstBook, and in the neAt as G% told me you $ere going to $rite 9 delayed till9 had heard from you% Gi#e my +es'ects the neAt time you $rite to the @orth and also to John Hunt% +emember me to +eynolds and tell him to$rite% *y, and $hen you send est$ard tell your !ister that 9 mentionedher in this% !o no$ in the name of !haks'eare, +a'hael and all our !aints,9 commend you to the care of hea#en

&our e#erlasting Friend



J:H@ K*T!%

R9%((T: -!!+!% T*&L:+ *@ H!!&%

-argate, -ay 16, 1/1%

-y dear !irs((9 am eAtremely indebted to you for your liberality in thesha'e of manufactured rag, #alue L.0, and shall immediately 'roceed todestroy some of the minor heads of that hydra the dunN to conMuer $hichthe knight need ha#e no !$ord !hield "uirass, "uisses Herbadgeon !'ear "asMue Grea#es Paldrons s'urs "he#ron or any other scaly commodity, buthe need only take the Bank(note of Faith and "ash of !al#ation, and setout against the monster, in#oking the aid of no *rchimago or <rganda, but

finger me the 'a'er, light as the !ibylDs lea#es in irgil, $hereat thefiend skulks off $ith his tail bet$een his legs% Touch him $ith thisenchanted 'a'er, and he $hi's you his head a$ay as fast as a snailDshorn((but then the horrid 'ro'ensity he has to 'ut it u' again hasdiscouraged many #ery #aliant Knights% He is such a ne#er(endingstill(beginning sort of a body((like my landlady of the Bell% 9 shouldconjecture that the #ery s'right that Ithe green sour ringlets makeshereof the e$e not bitesI had manufactured it of the de$ fallen on saidsour ringlets% 9 think 9 could make a nice little allegorical 'oem, calledIThe un,I $here $e $ould ha#e the "astle of "arelessness, the dra$bridgeof credit, !ir @o#elty FashionDs eA'edition against the "ity of Tailors,etc% etc% 9 $ent day by day at my 'oem for a -onth((at the end of $hich

time the other day 9 found my Brain so o#er($rought that 9 had neither rhyme nor reason in it((so $as obliged to gi#e u' for a fe$ days% 9 ho'esoon to be able to resume my $ork((9 ha#e endea#oured to do so once or t$iceN but to no 'ur'ose% 9nstead of Poetry, 9 ha#e a s$imming in my headand feel all the effects of a -ental debauch, lo$ness of !'irits, anAietyto go on $ithout the 'o$er to do so, $hich does not at all tend to myultimate 'rogression% Ho$e#er to(morro$ 9 $ill begin my neAt month% Thise#ening 9 go to "anterbury, ha#ing got tired of -argate% 9 $as not rightin my head $hen 9 came((*t "anterbury 9 ho'e the remembrance of "haucer $ill set me for$ard like a Billiard Ball% 9 am glad to hear of -r% T%Dshealth, and of the $elfare of the I9n(to$n(stayers%I *nd think +eynolds$ill like his Tri'((9 ha#e some idea of seeing the "ontinent some time

this summer% 9n re'eating ho$ sensible 9 am of your kindness, 9 remain

&r obedt ser#t and friend

J:H@ K*T!%

9 shall be ha''y to hear any little intelligence in the literary or friendly $ay $hen you ha#e time to scribble%



R99%((T: -!!+!% T*&L:+ *@ H!!&%

2London8 Tuesday -orn 2July /, 1/18%

-y dear !irs((9 must endea#our to lose my maidenhead $ith res'ect to money-atters as soon as 'ossible((*nd 9 $ill too((!o, here goes * cou'le of uns that 9 thought $ould be silent till the beginning, at least, of neAtmonth =$hen 9 am certain to be on my legs, for certain sure>, ha#e o'enedu'on me $ith a cry most IuntuneableIN ne#er did you hear such Eun(EIgallant chiding%I @o$ you must kno$, 9 am not desolate, but ha#e,thank God, .5 good notes in my fob% But then, you kno$, 9 laid them by to$rite $ith and $ould stand at bay a fortnight ere they should grab me% 9na monthDs time 9 must 'ay, but it $ould relie#e my mind if 9 o$ed you,instead of these Pelican duns%

9 am afraid you $ill say 9 ha#e I$ound about $ith circumstance,I $hen 9should ha#e asked 'lainly((ho$e#er as 9 said 9 am a little maidenish or so, and 9 feel my #irginity come strong u'on me, the $hile 9 reMuest theloan of a L.0 and a L10, $hich, if you $ould enclose to me, 9 $ouldackno$ledge and sa#e myself a hot forehead% 9 am sure you are confident of my res'onsibility, and in the sense of sMuareness that is al$ays in me%

&our obliged friend

J:H@ K*T!%

R999%((T: -*+9*@ *@ J*@ +&@:L!%

2:Aford,2..8 !e'tember 5, 1/18%

-y dear Friends((&ou are 9 am glad to hear comfortable at Ham'ton,2.48$here 9 ho'e you $ill recei#e the Biscuits $e ate the other night atLittle Britain%2.;8 9 ho'e you found them good% There you are amongsands, stones, Pebbles, Beeches, "liffs, +ocks, ee's, !hallo$s, $eeds,

shi's, Boats =at a distance>, "arrots, Turni's, sun, moon, and stars andall those sort of things((here am 9 among "olleges, halls, !talls, Plentyof Trees, thank God((Plenty of $ater, thank hea#en((Plenty of Books, thank the -uses((Plenty of !nuff, thank !ir alter +aleigh((Plenty of segars,((itto((Plenty of flat country, thank TellusDs rolling('in% 9Dm onthe sofa((Buona'arte is on the snuff(boA((But you are by theseaside((argal, you bathe((you $alk((you say Iho$ beautifulI((find outresemblances bet$een $a#es and camels((rocks and dancing(masters((firesho#els and telesco'es((ol'hins and -adonas(($hich $ord, by the $ay,



9 must acMuaint you $as deri#ed from the !yriac, and came do$n in a $ay$hich neither of you 9 am sorry to say are at all ca'able of com'rehending%But as a time may come $hen by your occasional con#erse $ith me you mayarri#e at Isomething like 'ro'hetic strain,I 9 $ill unbar the gates of my 'ride and let my condescension stalk forth like a ghost at the"ircus%((The $ord -a(don(a, my dear Ladies((or((the $ord -ad((:na((so 9

say 9 am not mad((Ho$sume#er $hen that aged Tamer Ke$thon sold a certaincamel called Peter to the o#erseer of the Babel !ky($orks, he thus s'ake,adjusting his cra#at round the ti' of his chin((I-y dear Ten(story(u'(in(air this here Beast, though 9 say it as shouldnDt sayDt,not only has the 'o$er of subsisting ;0 days and ;0 nights $ithout fireand candle but he can sing%((Here 9 ha#e in my Pocket a "ertificate from!ignor @icolini of the KingDs TheatreN a "ertificate to this effect((((I 9ha#e had dinner since 9 left that effect u'on you, and feel too hea#y inmentibus to dis'lay all the Profundity of the Polygon((so you had better each of you take a glass of cherry Brandy and drink to the health of *rchimedes, $ho $as of so benign a dis'osition that he ne#er $ould lea#e!yracuse in his life((!o ke't himself out of all Knight(rrantry%((This 9

kno$ to be a factN for it is $ritten in the ;5th book of inkineDstreatise on garden(rollers, that he trod on a fish$omanDs toe inLi#er'ool, and ne#er begged her 'ardon% @o$ the long and short isthis((that is by com'arison((for a long day may be a short year((* longPole may be a #ery stu'id fello$ as a man% But let us refresh ourself fromthis de'th of thinking, and turn to some innocent jocularity((the Bo$cannot al$ays be bent((nor the gun al$ays loaded, if you e#er let itoff((and the life of man is like a great -ountain((his breath is like a!hre$sbury cake((he comes into the $orld like a shoeblack, and goes out of it like a cobbler((he eats like a chimney(s$ee'er, drinks like agingerbread baker((and breathes like *chilles((so it being that $e aresuch sublunary creatures, let us endea#our to correct all our bad

s'elling((all our most delightful abominations, and let us $ish health to-arian and Jane, $hoe#er they be and $here#er%

&ours truly

J:H@ K*T!%

R9((T: F*@@& K*T!%

:Aford, !e'tember 10 21/18%

-y dear Fanny((Let us no$ begin a regular Muestion and ans$er((a little 'ro and conN letting it interfere as a 'leasant method of my coming atyour fa#orite little $ants and enjoyments, that 9 may meet them in a $ay befitting a brother%

e ha#e been so little together since you ha#e been able to reflect on



things that 9 kno$ not $hether you 'refer the History of King Pe'in toBunyanDs PilgrimDs Progress((or "inderella and her glass sli''er to-ooreDs *lmanack% Ho$e#er in a fe$ Letters 9 ho'e 9 shall be able to comeat that and ada't my scribblings to your Pleasure% &ou must tell me aboutall you read if it be only siA Pages in a eek and this transmitted to mee#ery no$ and then $ill 'rocure you full sheets of riting from me 'retty

freMuently%((This 9 feel as a necessity for $e ought to become intimatelyacMuainted, in order that 9 may not only, as you gro$ u' lo#e you as myonly !ister, but confide in you as my dearest friend% hen 9 sa$ you last9 told you of my intention of going to :Aford and Dtis no$ a eek since 9disembarkDd from his hi'shi'Ds "oach the efiance in this 'lace% 9 amli#ing in -agdalen Hall on a #isit to a young -an $ith $hom 9 ha#e not been long acMuainted, but $hom 9 like #ery much(($e lead #ery industriousli#es((he in general !tudies and 9 in 'roceeding at a 'retty good rate$ith a Poem $hich 9 ho'e you $ill see early in the neAt year%((Perha's youmight like to kno$ $hat 9 am $riting about% 9 $ill tell you% -any &earsago there $as a young handsome !he'herd $ho fed his flocks on a -ountainDs!ide called Latmus((he $as a #ery contem'lati#e sort of a Person and li#ed

solitary among the trees and Plains little thinking that such a beautiful"reature as the -oon $as gro$ing mad in Lo#e $ith him%((Ho$e#er so it $asNand $hen he $as aslee' on the Grass she used to come do$n from hea#en andadmire him eAcessi#ely for a long timeN and at last could not refrain fromcarrying him a$ay in her arms to the to' of that high -ountain Latmus$hile he $as a dreaming((but 9 daresay you ha#e read this and all theother beautiful Tales $hich ha#e come do$n from the ancient times of that beautiful Greece% 9f you ha#e not let me kno$ and 9 $ill tell you more atlarge of others Muite as delightful% This :Aford 9 ha#e no doubt is thefinest "ity in the $orld((it is full of old Gothic buildings((!'ires((to$ers((Quadrangles(("loisters((Gro#es, etc%, and is surrounded $ith moreclear streams than e#er 9 sa$ together% 9 take a alk by the !ide of one

of them e#ery #ening and, thank God, $e ha#e not had a dro' of rain thesemany days% 9 had a long and interesting Letter from George, cross lines bya short one from Tom yesterday dated Paris% They both send their lo#es toyou% Like most nglishmen they feel a mighty 'reference for e#erythingnglish((the French -eado$s, the trees, the Peo'le, the To$ns, the"hurches, the Books, the e#erything((although they may be in themsel#esgood) yet $hen 'ut in com'arison $ith our green 9sland they all #anishlike !$allo$s in :ctober% They ha#e seen "athedrals, -anuscri'ts,Fountains, Pictures, Tragedy, "omedy,(($ith other things you may by chancemeet $ith in this "ountry such as asher$omen, Lam'lighters, Turn'ikemen,Fishkettles, ancing -asters, Kettle drums, !entry BoAes, +ocking Horses,etc%((and, no$ they ha#e taken them o#er a set of boAing(glo#es%

9 ha#e $ritten to George and reMuested him, as you $ish 9 should, to $riteto you% 9 ha#e been $riting #ery hard lately, e#en till an utter inca'acity came on, and 9 feel it no$ about my head) so you must not minda little out(of(the($ay sayings((though by the bye $ere my brain as clear as a bell 9 think 9 should ha#e a little 'ro'ensity thereto% 9 shall sto'here till 9 ha#e finished the 4d Book of my !toryN $hich 9 ho'e $ill beaccom'lishDd in at most three eeks from to(day((about $hich time youshall see me% Ho$ do you like -iss TaylorDs essays in +hyme((9 just lookDd



into the Book and it a''eared to me suitable to you((es'ecially since 9remember your liking for those 'leasant little things the :riginalPoems((the essays are the more mature 'roduction of the same hand% hile 9$as s'eaking about France it occurred to me to s'eak a fe$ ords on their Language((it is 'erha's the 'oorest one e#er s'oken since the jabbering inthe To$er of Babel, and $hen you come to kno$ that the real use and

greatness of a Tongue is to be referred to its Literature((you $ill beastonished to find ho$ #ery inferior it is to our nati#e !'eech%((9 $ishthe 9talian $ould su'ersede French in e#ery school throughout the "ountry,for that is full of real Poetry and +omance of a kind more fitted for thePleasure of Ladies than 'erha's our o$n%((9t seems that the only end to begained in acMuiring French is the immense accom'lishment of s'eakingit((it is none at all((a most lamentable mistake indeed% 9talian indeed$ould sound most musically from Li's $hich had began to 'ronounce it asearly as French is crammed do$n our -ouths, as if $e $ere young Jackda$sat the mercy of an o#erfeeding !choolboy% @o$ Fanny you must $ritesoon((and $rite all you think about, ne#er mind $hat((only let me ha#e agood deal of your $riting((&ou need not do it all at once((be t$o or three

or four days about it, and let it be a diary of your little Life% &ou $ill 'reser#e all my Letters and 9 $ill secure yours((and thus in the course of time $e shall each of us ha#e a good Bundle(($hich, hereafter, $hen thingsmay ha#e strangely altered and God kno$s $hat ha''ened, $e may read o#er together and look $ith 'leasure on times 'ast((that no$ are to come% Gi#emy +es'ects to the Ladies((and so my dear Fanny 9 am e#er


J:H@%

9f you direct((Post :ffice, :Aford((your Letter $ill be brought to me%

R%((T: J*@ +&@:L!%

:Aford, !unday #g% 2!e'tember 1;, 1/18%

-y dear Jane((&ou are such a literal translator, that 9 shall some dayamuse myself $ith looking o#er some foreign sentences, and imagining ho$you $ould render them into nglish% This is an age for ty'ical

"uriositiesN and 9 $ould ad#ise you, as a good s'eculation, to studyHebre$, and astonish the $orld $ith a figurati#e #ersion in our nati#etongue% The -ountains ski''ing like rams, and the little hills like lambs,you $ill lea#e as far behind as the hare did the tortoise% 9t must be soor you $ould ne#er ha#e thought that 9 really meant you $ould like to 'roand con about those Honeycombs((no, 9 had no such idea, or, if 9 had,Dt$ould be only to tease you a little for lo#e% !o no$ let me 'ut do$n in black and $hite briefly my sentiments thereon%((9m'rimis((9 sincerely belie#e that 9mogen is the finest creature, and that 9 should ha#e been



disa''ointed at hearing you 'refer Juliet((9tem((&et 9 feel such ayearning to$ards Juliet that 9 $ould rather follo$ her into Pandemoniumthan 9mogen into Paradise((heartily $ishing myself a +omeo to be $orthy of her, and to hear the e#ils Muote the old 'ro#erb, IBirds of a feather flock togetherI((*men%((

@o$ let us turn to the !eashore% Belie#e me, my dear Jane, it is a greatha''iness to see that you are in this finest 'art of the year $inning alittle enjoyment from the hard $orld% 9n truth, the great lements $e kno$of, are no mean comforters) the o'en sky sits u'on our senses like asa''hire cro$n((the *ir is our robe of state((the arth is our throne, andthe !ea a mighty minstrel 'laying before it((able, like a#idDs har', tomake such a one as you forget almost the tem'est cares of life% 9 ha#efound in the oceanDs music,((#arying =tho self(same> more than the 'assionof Timotheus, an enjoyment not to be 'ut into $ordsN and, Ithough inlandfar 9 be,I 9 no$ hear the #oice most audibly $hile 'leasing myself in theidea of your sensations%

(((( is getting $ell a'ace, and if you ha#e a fe$ trees, and a littlehar#esting about you, 9Dll sna' my fingers in LuciferDs eye% 9 ho'e you bathe too((if you do not, 9 earnestly recommend it% Bathe thrice a $eek,and let us ha#e no more sitting u' neAt $inter% hich is the best of !haks'eareDs 'lays 9 mean in $hat mood and $ith $hat accom'animent do youlike the sea best 9t is #ery fine in the morning, $hen the sun,

I:'ening on @e'tune $ith fair blessed beams, Turns into yello$ gold his salt sea streams,I

and su'erb $hen

IThe sun from meridian height 9llumines the de'th of the sea, *nd the fishes, beginning to s$eat, "ry d(((( it ho$ hot $e shall be,I

and gorgeous, $hen the fair 'lanet hastens

ITo his home ithin the estern foam%I

But donDt you think there is something eAtremely fine after sunset, $henthere are a fe$ $hite clouds about and a fe$ stars blinking(($hen the

$aters are ebbing, and the horiCon a mystery This state of things has been so fulfilling to me that 9 am anAious to hear $hether it is afa#ourite $ith you% !o $hen you and -arianne club your letter to me 'ut ina $ord or t$o about it% Tell ilke that it $ould be 'erha's as $ell if heleft a Pheasant or Partridge ali#e here and there to kee' u' a su''ly of game for neAt season((tell him to rein in if Possible all the @imrod of his dis'osition, he being a mighty hunter before the Lord((of the -anor%Tell him to shoot fair, and not to ha#e at the Poor de#ils in afurro$(($hen they are flying, he may fire, and nobody $ill be the $iser%



Gi#e my sincerest res'ects to -rs% ilke, saying that 9 ha#e not forgi#enmyself for not ha#ing got her the little boA of medicine 9 'romised, andthat, had 9 remained at Ham'stead 9 $ould ha#e made 'recious ha#oc $ithher house and furniture((dra$n a great harro$ o#er her garden(('oisonedBoAer((eaten her clothes('egs((fried her cabbages((fricaseed =ho$ is it

s'elt> her radishes((ragoutDd her :nions((belaboured her EbeatE(root((outstri''ed her scarlet(runners(('arleC(#ousDd $ith her french(beans((de#oured her mignon or mignionette((metamor'hosed her bell(handles((s'lintered her looking(glasses((bullocked at her cu's andsaucers((agonised her decanters(('ut old Philli's to 'ickle in the brine(tub((disEorganEised her 'iano((dislocated her candlesticks((em'tiedher $ine(bins in a fit of des'air((turned out her maid to grass((andastonished Bro$nN $hose letter to her on these e#ents 9 $ould rather seethan the original "o'y of the Book of Genesis% !hould you see -r% %%2.58 remember me to him, and to little +obinson "rusoe, and to -r%!nook% Poor Bailey, scarcely e#er $ell, has gone to bed, 'leased that 9am $riting to you% To your brother John =$hom henceforth 9 shall consider

as mine> and to you, my dear friends, -arianne and Jane, 9 shall e#er feelgrateful for ha#ing made kno$n to me so real a fello$ as Bailey% Hedelights me in the selfish and ='lease God> the disinterested 'art of mydis'osition% 9f the old Poets ha#e any 'leasure in looking do$n at theenjoyers of their $orks, their eyes must bend $ith a double satisfactionu'on him% 9 sit as at a feast $hen he is o#er them, and 'ray that if,after my death, any of my labours should be $orth sa#ing, they may ha#e soIhonest a chroniclerI as Bailey% :ut of this, his enthusiasm in his o$n 'ursuit and for all good things is of an eAalted kind(($orthy a morehealthful frame and an untorn s'irit% He must ha#e ha''y years tocome((Ihe shall not die by God%I

* letter from John the other day $as a chief ha''iness to me% 9 made alittle mistake $hen, just no$, 9 talked of being far inland% Ho$ can that be $hen ndymion and 9 are at the bottom of the sea $hence 9 ho'e to bring him in safety before you lea#e the seasideN and, if 9 can socontri#e it, you shall be greeted by him u'on the sea(sands, and he shalltell you all his ad#entures, $hich ha#ing finished, he shall thus 'roceed((I-y dear Ladies, fa#ourites of my gentle mistress, ho$e#er myfriend Keats may ha#e teased and #eAed you, belie#e me he lo#es you notthe less((for instance, 9 am dee' in his fa#our, and yet he has beenhauling me through the earth and sea $ith unrelenting 'erse#erance% 9 kno$for all this that he is mighty fond of me, by his contri#ing me all sortsof 'leasures% @or is this the least, fair ladies, this one of meeting you

on the desert shore, and greeting you in his name% He sends you moreo#er this little scroll((I -y dear Girls, 9 send you, 'er fa#our of ndymion,the assurance of my esteem for you, and my utmost $ishes for your healthand 'leasure, being e#er,

&our affectionate Brother

J:H@ K*T!%



R9%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

:Aford, !unday -orn 2!e'tember .1, 1/18%

-y dear +eynolds((!o you are determined to be my mortal foe((dra$ a !$ordat me, and 9 $ill forgi#e((Put a Bullet in my Brain, and 9 $ill shake itout as a de$(dro' from the LionDs -ane(('ut me on a Gridiron, and 9 $illfry $ith great com'lacency((but((oh, horror to come u'on me in the sha'eof a un !end me bills as 9 say to my Tailor, send me Bills and 9Dllne#er em'loy you more% Ho$e#er, needs must, $hen the de#il dri#es) and for fear of Ibefore and behind -r% HoneycombI 9Dll 'roceed% 9 ha#e not time toelucidate the forms and sha'es of the grass and treesN for, rot it 9forgot to bring my mathematical case $ith me, $hich unfortunatelycontained my triangular Prism so that the hues of the grass cannot be

dissected for you((

For these last fi#e or siA days, $e ha#e had regularly a Boat on the 9sis,and eA'lored all the streams about, $hich are more in number than your eye(lashes% e sometimes skim into a Bed of rushes, and there becomenaturalised ri#er(folks,((there is one 'articularly nice nest, $hich $eha#e christened I+eynoldsDs "o#e,I in $hich $e ha#e read ords$orth andtalked as may be% 9 think 9 see you and Hunt meeting in the Pit%((hat a#ery 'leasant fello$ he is, if he $ould gi#e u' the so#ereignty of a +oom 'ro bono% hat #enings $e might 'ass $ith him, could $e ha#e him from-rs% H% Failings 9 am al$ays rather rejoiced to find in a man than sorryforN they bring us to a Le#el% He has them, but then his makes(u' are #ery

good% He agrees $ith the @orthern Poet in this, IHe is not one of those$ho much delight to season their fireside $ith 'ersonal talkI((9 mustconfess ho$e#er ha#ing a little itch that $ay, and at this 'resent moment9 ha#e a fe$ neighbourly remarks to make% The $orld, and es'ecially our ngland, has, $ithin the last thirty years, been #eAed and teased by aset of e#ils, $hom 9 detest so much that 9 almost hunger after an*cherontic 'romotion to a Torturer, 'ur'osely for their accommodation%These de#ils are a set of $omen, $ho ha#ing taken a snack or Luncheon of Literary scra's, set themsel#es u' for to$ers of Babel in languages,!a''hos in Poetry, uclids in Geometry, and e#erything in nothing% *mongsuch the name of -ontague has been 're(eminent% The thing has made a #eryuncomfortable im'ression on me% 9 had longed for some real feminine

-odesty in these things, and $as therefore gladdened in the eAtreme ono'ening the other day, one of BaileyDs Books((a book of 'oetry $ritten byone beautiful -rs% Phili's, a friend of Jeremy TaylorDs, and called IThe-atchless :rinda((I &ou must ha#e heard of her, and most likely read her Poetry((9 $ish you ha#e not, that 9 may ha#e the 'leasure of treating you$ith a fe$ stanCas((9 do it at a #enture((&ou $ill not regret reading themonce more% The follo$ing, to her friend -rs% -% *% at 'arting, you $ill judge of%



1

9 ha#e eAaminDd and do find, :f all that fa#our me ThereDs none 9 grie#e to lea#e behind But only, only thee%

To 'art $ith thee 9 needs must die, "ould 'arting se'Drate thee and 9%

.

But neither "hance nor "om'lement id element our Lo#eN DT$as sacred sym'athy $as lent <s from the Quire abo#e% That Friendshi' Fortune did create, !till fears a $ound from Time or Fate%

4

:ur changDd and mingled !ouls are gro$n To such acMuaintance no$, That if each $ould resume their o$n, *las $e kno$ not ho$% e ha#e each other so engrost, That each is in the <nion lost%

;

*nd thus $e can no *bsence kno$,

@or shall $e be confinDdN :ur acti#e !ouls $ill daily go To learn each others mind% @ay, should $e ne#er meet to !ense, :ur !ouls $ould hold 9ntelligence%

5

9ns'ired $ith a Flame i#ine 9 scorn to court a stayN For from that noble !oul of thine 9 neDre can be a$ay%

But 9 shall $ee' $hen thou dost grie#eN @or can 9 die $hilDst thou dost li#e%

6

By my o$n tem'er 9 shall guess *t thy felicity, *nd only like my ha''iness Because it 'leaseth thee%



:ur hearts at any time $ill tell 9f thou, or 9, be sick, or $ell%

*ll Honour sure 9 must 'retend,

*ll that is good or greatN !he that $ould be E+osaniaDsE Friend, -ust be at least com'leat%2*8 9f 9 ha#e any bra#ery, DTis cause 9 ha#e so much of thee%

/

Thy Leiger !oul in me shall lie, *nd all thy thoughts re#ealN Then back again $ith mine shall flie, *nd thence to me shall steal%

Thus still to one another tendN !uch is the sacred name of EFriendE%

7

Thus our t$in(!ouls in one shall gro$, *nd teach the orld ne$ Lo#e, +edeem the *ge and !eA, and sho$ * Flame Fate dares not mo#e) *nd courting eath to be our friend, :ur Li#es together too shall end%

10

* e$ shall d$ell u'on our Tomb :f such a Muality, That fighting *rmies, thither come, !hall reconciled be% eDll ask no 'ita'h, but say :rinda and +osania%

9n other of her 'oems there is a most delicate fancy of the Fletcher kind(($hich $e $ill con o#er together% !o Haydon is in To$n% 9 had aletter from him yesterday% e $ill contri#e as the $inter comes on((but

that is neither here nor there% Ha#e you heard from +ice Has -artin met$ith the "umberland Beggar, or been $ondering at the old Leech(gathererHas he a turn for fossils that is, is he ca'able of sinking u' to his-iddle in a -orass Ho$ is HaClitt e $ere reading his Table2.68 lastnight% 9 kno$ he thinks him self not estimated by ten 'eo'le in the$orld((9 $ish he kne$ he is% 9 am getting on famous $ith my thirdBook((ha#e $ritten /00 lines thereof, and ho'e to finish it neAt eek%Bailey likes $hat 9 ha#e done #ery much% Belie#e me, my dear +eynolds, oneof my chief layings(u' is the 'leasure 9 shall ha#e in sho$ing it to you,



9 may no$ say, in a fe$ days% 9 ha#e heard t$ice from my Brothers, theyare going on #ery $ell, and send their +emembrances to you% e eA'ected toha#e had notices from little(Ham'ton this morning(($e must $ait tillTuesday% 9 am glad of their ays $ith the ilkes% &ou are, 9 kno$, #erymuch teased in that 'recious London, and $ant all the rest 'ossibleN so 9shall be contented $ith as brief a scra$l((a ord or t$o, till there comes

a 'at hour%

!end us a fe$ of your stanCas to read in I+eynoldsDs "o#e%I Gi#e my Lo#eand res'ects to your -other, and remember me kindly to all at home%

&ours faithfully

J:H@ K*T!%

9 ha#e left the doublings for Bailey, $ho is going to say that he $ill$rite to you to(morro$%

R99%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

:Aford, !e'tember ./ 21/18%

-y dear Haydon((9 read your letter to the young -an, $hose @ame is "ri''s%He seemed more than e#er anAious to a#ail himself of your offer% 9 think 9told you $e asked him to ascertain his -eans% He does not 'ossess thePhiloso'herDs stone((nor FortunatusDs 'urse, nor GygesDs ring((but at

BaileyDs suggestion, $hom 9 assure you is a #ery ca'ital fello$, $e ha#estummed u' a kind of contri#ance $hereby he $ill be enabled to do himself the benefits you $ill lay in his Path% 9 ha#e a great 9dea that he $ill bea tolerable neat brush% DTis 'erha's the finest thing that $ill befal himthis many a year) for he is just of an age to get grounded in bad habitsfrom $hich you $ill 'luck him% He brought a co'y of -ary Queen of !cots)it a''ears to me that he has co'ied the bad style of the 'ainting, as $ellas coloured the eyeballs yello$ like the original% He has also the faultthat you 'ointed out to me in HaClitt on the constringing and diffusing of substance% Ho$e#er 9 really belie#e that he $ill take fire at the sight of your Picture((and set about things% 9f he can get ready in time to returnto to$n $ith me, $hich $ill be in a fe$ days((9 $ill bring him to you% &ou

$ill be glad to hear that $ithin these last three $eeks 9 ha#e $ritten1000 lines(($hich are the third Book of my Poem% -y 9deas $ith res'ect toit 9 assure you are #ery lo$((and 9 $ould $rite the subject thoroughlyagain((but 9 am tired of it and think the time $ould be better s'ent in$riting a ne$ +omance $hich 9 ha#e in my eye for neAt summer((+ome $as not built in a ay((and all the good 9 eA'ect from my em'loyment this summer is the fruit of A'erience $hich 9 ho'e to gather in my neAt Poem%BaileyDs kindest $ishes, and my #o$ of being



&ours eternally

J:H@ K*T!%

R999%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

Ham'stead, ednesday 2:ctober /, 1/18%

-y dear Bailey((*fter a tolerable journey, 9 $ent from "oach to "oach asfar as Ham'stead $here 9 found my Brothers((the neAt -orning findingmyself tolerably $ell 9 $ent to LambDs "onduit !treet and deli#ered your 'arcel% Jane and -arianne $ere greatly im'ro#ed% -arianne es'ecially, shehas no unhealthy 'lum'ness in the face, but she comes me healthy andangular to the chin((9 did not see John((9 $as eAtremely sorry to hear

that 'oor +ice, after ha#ing had ca'ital health during his tour, $as #eryill% 9 daresay you ha#e heard from him% From @o% 17 9 $ent to HuntDs andHaydonDs $ho li#e no$ neighbours%((!helley $as there((9 kno$ nothing aboutanything in this 'art of the $orld((e#ery Body seems at Loggerheads%ThereDs Hunt infatuated((thereDs HaydonDs 'icture in statu Muo((ThereDsHunt $alks u' and do$n his 'ainting room criticising e#ery head mostunmercifully% ThereDs Horace !mith tired of Hunt% IThe $eb of our life isof mingled yarn%I2.8 Haydon ha#ing remo#ed entirely from -arlborough!treet, "ri''s must direct his letter to Lisson Gro#e, @orth Paddington%&esterday -orning $hile 9 $as at Bro$nDs, in came +eynolds, he $as 'retty bobbish, $e had a 'leasant day((he $ould $alk home at night that cursedcold distance% -rs% BentleyDs children are making a horrid

ro$2./8(($hereby 9 regret 9 cannot be trans'orted to your +oom to $rite toyou% 9 am Muite disgusted $ith literary men and $ill ne#er kno$ another eAce't ords$orth((no not e#en Byron% Here is an instance of thefriendshi' of such% Haydon and Hunt ha#e kno$n each other many years((no$they li#e, 'our ainsi dire, jealous neighbours((Haydon says to me, Keats,donDt sho$ your lines to Hunt on any *ccount, or he $ill ha#e done half for you((so it a''ears Hunt $ishes it to be thought% hen he met +eynoldsin the Theatre, John told him that 9 $as getting on to the com'letion of ;000 lines((*h says Hunt, had it not been for me they $ould ha#e been000 9f he $ill say this to +eynolds, $hat $ould he to other 'eo'leHaydon recei#ed a Letter a little $hile back on this subject from someLady(($hich contains a caution to me, through him, on the subject((no$ is

not all this a most 'altry thing to think about &ou may see the $hole of the case by the follo$ing Atract from a Letter 9 $rote to George in the!'ring((I*s to $hat you say about my being a Poet, 9 can return no *ns$er but by saying that the high 9dea 9 ha#e of 'oetical fame makes me think 9see it to$ering too high abo#e me% *t any rate, 9 ha#e no right to talk until ndymion is finished((it $ill be a test, a trial of my Po$ers of 9magination, and chiefly of my in#ention, $hich is a rare thing indeed((by$hich 9 must make ;000 lines of one bare circumstance, and fill them $ith 'oetry) and $hen 9 consider that this is a great task, and that $hen done



it $ill take me but a doCen 'aces to$ards the tem'le of fame((it makes mesay((God forbid that 9 should be $ithout such a task 9 ha#e heard Huntsay, and 9 may be asked((E$hy endea#our after a long PoemE To $hich 9should ans$er, o not the Lo#ers of Poetry like to ha#e a little +egion to$ander in, $here they may 'ick and choose, and in $hich the images are sonumerous that many are forgotten and found ne$ in a second +eading) $hich

may be food for a eekDs stroll in the !ummer o not they like this better than $hat they can read through before -rs% illiams comes do$nstairs a -orning $ork at most%

IBesides, a long 'oem is a test of in#ention, $hich 9 take to be the Polar star of Poetry, as Fancy is the !ails((and 9magination the rudder% id our great Poets e#er $rite short Pieces 9 mean in the sha'e of Tales((thissame in#ention seems indeed of late years to ha#e been forgotten as aPoetical eAcellence((But enough of this, 9 'ut on no Laurels till 9 shallha#e finished ndymion, and 9 ho'e *'ollo is not angered at my ha#ing madea -ockery at him at HuntDsI((((

&ou see, Bailey, ho$ inde'endent my riting has been% HuntDs dissuasion$as of no a#ail((9 refused to #isit !helley that 9 might ha#e my o$nunfettered sco'eN((and after all, 9 shall ha#e the +e'utation of HuntDsele#e% His corrections and am'utations $ill by the kno$ing ones be tracedin the Poem% This is, to be sure, the #eAation of a day, nor $ould 9 sayso many $ords about it to any but those $hom 9 kno$ to ha#e my $elfare andre'utation at heart% Haydon 'romised to gi#e directions for those "asts,and you may eA'ect to see them soon, $ith as many Letters((&ou $ill soonhear the dinning of Bells((ne#er mind you and Gleig2.78 $ill defy thefoul fiend((But do not sacrifice your health to Books) do take it kindlyand not so #oraciously% 9 am certain if you are your o$n Physician, your !tomach $ill resume its 'ro'er strength and then $hat great benefits $ill

follo$%((-y sister $rote a Letter to me, $hich 9 think must be at the 'ost(office((*A ill to see% -y BrotherDs kindest remembrances to you(($eare going to dine at Bro$nDs $here 9 ha#e some ho'es of meeting +eynolds%The little -ercury 9 ha#e taken has corrected the 'oison and im'ro#ed myhealth((though 9 feel from my em'loyment that 9 shall ne#er be againsecure in +obustness% ould that you $ere as $ell as

&our !incere friend and brother

J:H@ K*T!%

R9R%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

2Ham'stead) about @o#ember 1, 1/1%8

-y dear Bailey((!o you ha#e got a "uracy((good, but 9 su''ose you $ill beobliged to sto' among your :Aford fa#ourites during Term time% @e#er mind%



hen do you 'reach your first sermon((tell me, for 9 shall 'ro'ose to thet$o +%Ds2408 to hear it,((so donDt look into any of the old corner oaken 'e$s, for fear of being 'ut out by us% Poor Johnny -oultrie canDt bethere% He is ill, 9 eA'ect((but thatDs neither here nor there% *ll 9 cansay, 9 $ish him as $ell through it as 9 am like to be% For this fortnight9 ha#e been confined at Ham'stead% !aturday e#ening $as my first day in

to$n, $hen 9 $ent to +iceDs((as $e intend to do e#ery !aturday till $ekno$ not $hen% e hit u'on an old gent $e had kno$n some fe$ years ago,and had a E#eiry 'leasante dayeE% 9n this $orld there is noMuiet,((nothing but teasing and snubbing and #eAation% -y brother Tomlooked #ery un$ell yesterday, and 9 am for shi''ing him off to Lisbon%Perha's 9 shi' there $ith him% 9 ha#e not seen -rs% +eynolds since 9 leftyou, $herefore my conscience smites me% 9 think of seeing her to(morro$Nha#e you any message 9 ho'e Gleig came soon after 9 left% 9 donDt su''ose9D#e $ritten as many lines as you ha#e read #olumes, or at least cha'ters,since 9 sa$ you% Ho$e#er, 9 am in a fair $ay no$ to come to a conclusionin at least three $eeks, $hen 9 assure you 9 shall be glad to dismount for a month or t$oN although 9Dll kee' as tight a rein as 'ossible till then,

nor suffer myself to slee'% 9 $ill co'y for you the o'ening of the FourthBook, in $hich you $ill see from the manner 9 had not an o''ortunity of mentioning any 'oets, for fear of s'oiling the effect of the 'assage by 'articularising them%

Thus far had 9 $ritten $hen 9 recei#ed your last, $hich made me at thesight of the direction ca'er for des'airN but for one thing 9 am gladthat 9 ha#e been neglectful, and that is, therefrom 9 ha#e recei#ed a 'roof of your utmost kindness, $hich at this 'resent 9 feel #ery much, and9 $ish 9 had a heart al$ays o'en to such sensationsN but there is noaltering a manDs nature, and mine must be radically $rong, for it $ill liedormant a $hole month% This leads me to su''ose that there are no men

thoroughly $icked, so as ne#er to be self(s'iritualised into a kind of sublime miseryN but, alas Dtis but for an hour% He is the only -an I$hohas ke't $atch on manDs mortality,I $ho has 'hilanthro'y enough too#ercome the dis'osition to an indolent enjoyment of intellect, $ho is bra#e enough to #olunteer for uncomfortable hours% &ou remember inHaClittDs essay on common'lace 'eo'le he says, Ithey read the dinburghand Quarterly, and think as they do%I @o$, $ith res'ect to ords$orthDsIGi'sy,I 9 think he is right, and yet 9 think HaClitt is right, and yet 9think ords$orth is rightest% 9f ords$orth had not been idle, he had not been $ithout his taskN nor had the IGi'siesI((they in the #isible $orldhad been as 'icturesMue an object as he in the in#isible% The smoke of their fire, their attitudes, their #oices, $ere all in harmony $ith the

e#enings% 9t is a bold thing to say((and 9 $ould not say it in 'rint((butit seems to me that if ords$orth had thought a little dee'er at thatmoment, he $ould not ha#e $ritten the 'oem at all% 9 should judge it toha#e been $ritten in one of the most comfortable moods of his life((it isa kind of sketchy intellectual landsca'e, not a search after truth, nor isit fair to attack him on such a subjectN for it is $ith the critic as $iththe 'oetN had HaClitt thought a little dee'er, and been in a good tem'er,he $ould ne#er ha#e s'ied out imaginary faults there% The !unday beforelast 9 asked Haydon to dine $ith me, $hen 9 thought of settling all



matters $ith him in regard to "ri''s, and let you kno$ about it% @o$,although 9 engaged him a fortnight before, he sent illness as an eAcuse%He ne#er $ill come% 9 ha#e not been $ell enough to stand the chance of a$et night, and so ha#e not seen him, nor been able to eA'urgatorise moremasks for youN but 9 $ill not s'eak((your s'eakers are ne#er doers% Then+eynolds,((e#ery time 9 see him and mention you, he 'uts his hand to his

head and looks like a son of @iobeDsN but heDll $rite soon%

+ome, you kno$, $as not built in a day% 9 shall be able, by a little 'erse#erance, to read your letters off(hand% 9 am afraid your health $illsuffer from o#er study before your eAamination% 9 think you might regulatethe thing according to your o$n 'leasure,((and 9 $ould too% They $eretalking of your being u' at "hristmas% ill it be before you ha#e 'assedThere is nothing, my dear Bailey, 9 should rejoice at more than to see youcomfortable $ith a little Peona $ifeN an affectionate $ife, 9 ha#e a sortof confidence, $ould do you a great ha''iness% -ay that be one of the many blessings 9 $ish you% Let me be but the one(tenth of one to you, and 9shall think it great% -y brother GeorgeDs kindest $ishes to you% -y dear

Bailey, 9 am,

&our affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

9 should not like to be 'ages in your $ayN $hen in a tolerable hungry moodyou ha#e no mercy% &our teeth are the +ock Tar'eian do$n $hich you ca'siCee'ic 'oems like mad% 9 $ould not for forty shillings be "oleridgeDs Laysin your $ay% 9 ho'e you $ill soon get through this abominable $riting inthe schools, and be able to kee' the terms $ith more comfort in the ho'eof retiring to a comfortable and Muiet home out of the $ay of all

Ho'kinses and black beetles% hen you are settled, 9 $ill come and take a 'ee' at your church, your houseN try $hether 9 shall ha#e gro$n too lustyfor my chair by the fireside, and take a 'ee' at my earliest bo$er% *Muestion is the best beacon to$ards a little s'eculation% Then ask meafter my health and s'irits% This Muestion ratifies in my mind $hat 9 ha#esaid abo#e% Health and s'irits can only belong unalloyed to the selfishman((the man $ho thinks much of his fello$s can ne#er be in s'irits% &oumust forgi#e, although 9 ha#e only $ritten three hundred linesN they $ouldha#e been fi#e, but 9 ha#e been obliged to go to to$n% &esterday 9 calledat LambDs% !t% Jane looked #ery flush $hen 9 first looked in, but $as much better before 9 left%

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2EFragment from an outside sheet) 'ostmarkE London, @o#ember 5, 1/1%8

%%% 9 $ill s'eak of something else, or my s'leen $ill get higher and



higher((and 9 am a bearer of the t$o(edged s$ord%((9 ho'e you $ill recei#ean ans$er from Haydon soon((if not, Pride Pride Pride 9 ha#e recei#edno more subscri'tion((but shall soon ha#e a full health, Liberty andleisure to gi#e a good 'art of my time to him% 9 $ill certainly be in timefor him% e ha#e 'romised him one year) let that ha#e ela'sed, then do as$e think 'ro'er% 9f 9 did not kno$ ho$ im'ossible it is, 9 should say((Ido

not at this time of disa''ointments, disturb yourself about others%I

There has been a flaming attack u'on Hunt in the EnEdinburgh -agaCine% 9ne#er read anything so #irulent((accusing him of the greatest "rimes,de'reciating his ife, his Poetry, his Habits, his "om'any, his"on#ersation% These Phili''ics are to come out in numbers((called Ithe"ockney !chool of Poetry%I There has been but one number 'ublished((thaton Hunt((to $hich they ha#e 'refiAed a motto from one "ornelius ebbPoetaster(($ho unfortunately $as of our 'arty occasionally at Ham'steadand took it into his head to $rite the follo$ing,((something about I$eDlltalk on ords$orth, Byron, a theme $e ne#er tire onNI and so forth till hecomes to Hunt and Keats% 9n the -otto they ha#e 'ut Hunt and Keats in

large letters((9 ha#e no doubt that the second number $as intended for me) but ha#e ho'es of its non(a''earance, from the follo$ing *d#ertisement inlast !undayDs Aaminer)((ITo O%((The riter of the *rticle signed O%, inBlack$oodDs dinburgh -agaCine for :ctober 1/1 is in#ited to send hisaddress to the 'rinter of the Aaminer, in order that Justice may beAecuted on the 'ro'er 'erson%I 9 donDt mind the thing much((but if heshould go to such lengths $ith me as he has done $ith Hunt, 9 mustinfallibly call him to an *ccount if he be a human being, and a''ears in!Muares and Theatres, $here $e might 'ossibly meet((9 donDt relish hisabuse%%%%

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2Ham'stead, @o#ember 1/1%8

-y dear ilke((-rs% ilke or -r% m% ilke, $hoe#er of you shall recei#ethis 'resent, ha#e the kindness to send 'r% bearer !ibylline Lea#es, andyour 'etitioner shall e#er 'ray as in duty bound%

Gi#en under my hand this ednesday morning of @o#r% 1/1%

J:H@ K*T!%

i#ant +eA et +egina((amen%

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2Burford Bridge, @o#ember .., 1/1%8

-y dear Bailey((9 $ill get o#er the first 'art of this =EunEsaid2418>Letter as soon as 'ossible, for it relates to the affairs of 'oor

"ri''s%((To a -an of your nature such a Letter as HaydonDs must ha#e beeneAtremely cutting((hat occasions the greater 'art of the orldDsQuarrels((sim'ly this((t$o -inds meet, and do not understand each other time enough to 're#ent any shock or sur'rise at the conduct of either 'arty((*s soon as 9 had kno$n Haydon three days, 9 had got enough of his"haracter not to ha#e been sur'rised at such a Letter as he has hurt you$ith% @or, $hen 9 kne$ it, $as it a 'rinci'le $ith me to dro' hisacMuaintanceN although $ith you it $ould ha#e been an im'erious feeling% 9$ish you kne$ all that 9 think about Genius and the Heart((and yet 9 think that you are thoroughly acMuainted $ith my innermost breast in thatres'ect, or you could not ha#e kno$n me e#en thus long, and still hold me$orthy to be your dear Friend% 9n 'assing, ho$e#er, 9 must say one thing

that has 'ressed u'on me lately, and increased my Humility and ca'abilityof submission((and that is this truth((-en of Genius are great as certainethereal "hemicals o'erating on the -ass of neutral intellect((but theyha#e not any indi#iduality, any determined "haracter((9 $ould call the to'and head of those $ho ha#e a 'ro'er self -en of Po$er%

But 9 am running my head into a subject $hich 9 am certain 9 could not do justice to under fi#e &earsD study, and 4 #ols% octa#o((and, moreo#er, 9long to be talking about the 9magination((so my dear Bailey, do not think of this un'leasant affair, if 'ossible do not((9 defy any harm to come of it((9 defy% 9 shall $rite to "ri''s this $eek, and reMuest him to tell meall his goings(on from time to time by Letter $here#er 9 may be% 9t $ill

go on $ell((so donDt because you ha#e suddenly disco#ered a "oldness inHaydon suffer yourself to be teased((o not my dear fello$((: 9 $ish 9$as as certain of the end of all your troubles as that of your momentarystart about the authenticity of the 9magination% 9 am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the HeartDs affections, and the truth of 9magination% hat the 9magination seiCes as Beauty must be truth(($hether it eAisted before or not,((for 9 ha#e the same idea of all our 'assions asof Lo#e) they are all, in their sublime, creati#e of essential Beauty% 9na ord, you may kno$ my fa#ourite s'eculation by my first Book, and thelittle !ong 9 sent in my last, $hich is a re'resentation from the fancy of the 'robable mode of o'erating in these -atters% The 9magination may becom'ared to *damDs dream,((he a$oke and found it truth)24.8((9 am more

Cealous in this affair, because 9 ha#e ne#er yet been able to 'ercei#e ho$anything can be kno$n for truth by consecuti#e reasoning((and yet it must be% "an it be that e#en the greatest Philoso'her e#er arri#ed at his Goal$ithout 'utting aside numerous objections Ho$e#er it may be, : for a lifeof !ensations rather than of Thoughts 9t is Ia ision in the form of &outh,I a shado$ of reality to come((*nd this consideration has further con#inced me,((for it has come as auAiliary to another fa#ourites'eculation of mine,((that $e shall enjoy oursel#es hereafter by ha#ing$hat $e called ha''iness on arth re'eated in a finer tone((*nd yet such a



fate can only befall those $ho delight in !ensation, rather than hunger asyou do after Truth% *damDs dream $ill do here, and seems to be a"on#iction that 9magination and its em'yreal reflection, is the same ashuman life and its s'iritual re'etition% But, as 9 $as saying, the !im'leimaginati#e -ind may ha#e its re$ards in the re'etition of its o$n silentorking coming continually on the !'irit $ith a fine !uddenness((to

com'are great things $ith small, ha#e you ne#er by being sur'rised $ith anold -elody, in a delicious 'lace by a delicious #oice, EfeltE o#er againyour #ery s'eculations and surmises at the time it first o'erated on your soul((do you not remember forming to yourself the !ingerDs face((more beautiful than it $as 'ossible, and yet $ith the ele#ation of the -omentyou did not think so #en then you $ere mounted on the ings of 9magination, so high that the 'rototy'e must be hereafter((that deliciousface you $ill see% hat a time 9 am continually running a$ay from thesubject% !ure this cannot be eAactly the "ase $ith a com'leA mind((onethat is imaginati#e, and at the same time careful of its fruits,(($ho$ould eAist 'artly on !ensation, 'artly on thought((to $hom it isnecessary that years should bring the 'hiloso'hic -ind !uch a one 9

consider yours, and therefore it is necessary to your eternal ha''inessthat you not only drink this old ine of Hea#en, $hich 9 shall call theredigestion of our most ethereal -usings u'on arth, but also increase inkno$ledge and kno$ all things% 9 am glad to hear that you are in a fair $ay for aster% &ou $ill soon get through your un'leasant reading, andthen((but the $orld is full of troubles, and 9 ha#e not much reason tothink myself 'estered $ith many%

9 think Jane or -arianne has a better o'inion of me than 9 deser#e) for,really and truly, 9 do not think my BrotherDs illness connected $ithmine((you kno$ more of the real "ause than they doN nor ha#e 9 any chanceof being rackDd as you ha#e been% &ou 'erha's at one time thought there

$as such a thing as $orldly ha''iness to be arri#ed at, at certain 'eriodsof time marked out,((you ha#e of necessity from your dis'osition been thusled a$ay((9 scarcely remember counting u'on any Ha''iness((9 look not for it if it be not in the 'resent hour,((nothing startles me beyond themoment% The !etting !un $ill al$ays set me to rights, or if a !'arro$ come before my indo$, 9 take 'art in its eAistence and 'ick about the gra#el%The first thing that strikes me on hearing a -isfortune ha#ing befallenanother is this((Iell, it cannot be hel'ed) he $ill ha#e the 'leasure of trying the resources of his !'iritI((and 9 beg no$, my dear Bailey, thathereafter should you obser#e anything cold in me not to 'ut it to theaccount of heartlessness, but abstraction((for 9 assure you 9 sometimesfeel not the influence of a 'assion or affection during a $hole eek((and

so long this sometimes continues, 9 begin to sus'ect myself, and thegenuineness of my feelings at other times((thinking them a fe$ barrenTragedy Tears%

-y brother Tom is much im'ro#ed((he is going to e#onshire(($hither 9shall follo$ him% *t 'resent, 9 am just arri#ed at orking((to change the!cene((change the *ir, and gi#e me a s'ur to $ind u' my Poem, of $hichthere are $anting 500 lines% 9 should ha#e been here a day sooner, but the+eynoldses 'ersuaded me to sto' in To$n to meet your friend "hristie%



There $ere +ice and -artin(($e talked about Ghosts% 9 $ill ha#e some Talk $ith Taylor and let you kno$,(($hen 'lease God 9 come do$n at "hristmas% 9$ill find that Aaminer if 'ossible% -y best regards to Gleig, myBrothersD to you and -rs% Bentley%

&our affectionate Friend

J:H@ K*T!%

9 $ant to say much more to you((a fe$ hints $ill set me going% irectBurford Bridge near orking%

RR999%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

2Burford Bridge,8 @o#ember .., 1/1%

-y dear +eynolds((There are t$o things $hich tease me here((one of them"ri''s, and the other that 9 cannot go $ith Tom into e#onshire% Ho$e#er,9 ho'e to do my duty to myself in a $eek or soN and then 9Dll try $hat 9can do for my neighbour((no$, is not this #irtuous :n returning to To$n9Dll damm all 9dleness((indeed, in su'erabundance of em'loyment, 9 mustnot be content to run here and there on little t$o('enny errands, but turn+akehell, Ei%e%E go a masking, or Bailey $ill think me just as great aPromise Kee'er as EheE thinks youN for myself 9 do not, and do notremember abo#e one com'laint against you for matter oD that% Bailey $ritesso abominable a hand, to gi#e his Letter a fair reading reMuires a little

time) so 9 had not seen, $hen 9 sa$ you last, his in#itation to :Aford at"hristmas% 9Dll go $ith you% &ou kno$ ho$ 'oorly +ice $as% 9 do not think it $as all cor'oreal,((bodily 'ain $as not used to kee' him silent% 9Dlltell you $hatN he $as hurt at $hat your !isters said about his joking $ithyour -other, he $as, soothly to sain% 9t $ill all blo$ o#er% God kno$s,my dear +eynolds, 9 should not talk any sorro$ to you((you must ha#eenough #eAations((so 9 $onDt any more% 9f 9 e#er start a rueful subject ina letter to you((blo$ me hy donDt you((no$ 9 am going to ask you a #erysilly Question neither you nor anybody else could ans$er, under a folio,or at least a Pam'hlet((you shall judge(($hy donDt you, as 9 do, look unconcerned at $hat may be called more 'articularly Heart(#eAations Theyne#er sur'rise me((lord a man should ha#e the fine 'oint of his soul

taken off to become fit for this $orld%

9 like this 'lace #ery much% There is Hill and ale and a little +i#er% 9$ent u' BoA hill this #ening after the -oon((Iyou aD seen the -oonI((camedo$n, and $rote some lines% hene#er 9 am se'arated from you, and notengaged in a continued Poem, e#ery letter shall bring you a lyric((but 9am too anAious for you to enjoy the $hole to send you a 'article% :ne of the three books 9 ha#e $ith me is !haks'eareDs Poems) 9 ne#er found somany beauties in the sonnets((they seem to be full of fine things said



unintentionally((in the intensity of $orking out conceits% 9s this to be borne Hark ye

hen lofty trees 9 see barren of lea#es, hich erst from heat did cano'y the head, *nd !ummerDs green all girded u' in shea#es,

Borne on the bier $ith $hite and bristly head%

He has left nothing to say about nothing or anything) for look atsnails((you kno$ $hat he says about !nails((you kno$ $hen he talks aboutIcockled !nailsI(($ell, in one of these sonnets, he says((the cha' sli'sinto((no 9 lie this is in the enus and *donis) the simile brought it tomy -ind%

*s the snail, $hose tender horns being hit, !hrinks back into his shelly ca#e $ith 'ain, *nd there all smothered u' in shade doth sit, Long after fearing to 'ut forth againN

!o at his bloody #ie$ her eyes are fled, 9nto the dee' dark "abins of her head%

He o#er$helms a genuine Lo#er of 'oesy $ith all manner of abuse, talkingabout((

Ia 'oetDs rage *nd stretched metre of an antiMue song%I

hich, by the bye, $ill be a ca'ital motto for my 'oem, $onDt it Hes'eaks too of ITimeDs antiMue 'enI((and I*'rilDs first(born flo$ersI((andIeathDs eternal cold%I((By the him(King 9Dll gi#e you a stanCa, because

it is not material in connection, and $hen 9 $rote it 9 $anted you((togi#e your #ote, 'ro or con%((

"rystalline Brother of the belt of Hea#en, *Muarius to $hom King Jo#e hath gi#en T$o liMuid 'ulse(streams, Dstead of featherDd $ings(( T$o fan(like fountains((thine illuminings For ian 'lay) issol#e the froCen 'urity of airN Let thy $hite shoulders, sil#ery and bare, !ho$ cold through $atDry 'inions) make more bright The !tar(QueenDs "rescent on her marriage night)

Haste, haste a$ay

%%% 9 see there is an ad#ertisement in the E"hronicleE to Poets((he is soo#er(loaded $ith 'oems on the Ilate Princess%I 9 su''ose you do notlack((send me a fe$((lend me thy hand to laugh a little((send me a little 'ullet(s'erm, a fe$ finch(eggs((and remember me to each of our card('laying "lub% hen you die you $ill all be turned into ice, and be 'ut in 'a$n $ith the de#il) for cards, they crum'le u' like anything%%%%



9 rest &our affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

Gi#e my lo#e to both houses((hinc atMue illinc%

RR9%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%

Ham'stead, ecember .., 1/1%

-y dear Brothers((9 must cra#e your 'ardon for not ha#ing $ritten erethis%%%% 9 sa$ Kean return to the 'ublic in +ichard 999%, and finely hedid it, and, at the reMuest of +eynolds, 9 $ent to criticise his EukeE in +ichd%((the critiMue is in to(dayDs "ham'ion, $hich 9 send you $ith

the Aaminer, in $hich you $ill find #ery 'ro'er lamentation on theobsoletion of "hristmas Gambols and 'astimes) but it $as miAed u' $ith somuch egotism of that dri#elling nature that 'leasure is entirely lost%Hone the 'ublisherDs trial, you must find #ery amusing, and as nglishmen#ery encouraging) his E@ot GuiltyE is a thing, $hich not to ha#e been,$ould ha#e dulled still more LibertyDs mblaConing((Lord llenborough has been 'aid in his o$n coin((ooler and Hone ha#e done us an essentialser#ice% 9 ha#e had t$o #ery 'leasant e#enings $ith ilke yesterday andto(day, and am at this moment just come from him, and feel in the humour to go on $ith this, begun in the morning, and from $hich he came to fetchme% 9 s'ent Friday e#ening $ith ells2448 and $ent neAt morning to see Eeath on the Pale horseE% 9t is a $onderful 'icture, $hen estDs age is

consideredN but there is nothing to be intense u'on, no $omen one feelsmad to kiss, no face s$elling into reality% The eAcellence of e#ery art isits intensity, ca'able of making all disagreeables e#a'orate from their being in close relationshi' $ith Beauty and Truth((Aamine King Lear, andyou $ill find this eAem'lified throughoutN but in this 'icture $e ha#eun'leasantness $ithout any momentous de'th of s'eculation eAcited, in$hich to bury its re'ulsi#eness((The 'icture is larger than "hristrejected%

9 dined $ith Haydon the !unday after you left, and had a #ery 'leasantday, 9 dined too =for 9 ha#e been out too much lately> $ith Horace !mithand met his t$o Brothers $ith Hill and Kingston and one u Bois, they only

ser#ed to con#ince me ho$ su'erior humour is to $it, in res'ect toenjoyment((These men say things $hich make one start, $ithout making onefeel, they are all alikeN their manners are alikeN they all kno$fashionablesN they ha#e all a mannerism in their #ery eating and drinking,in their mere handling a ecanter% They talked of Kean and his lo$com'any(($ould 9 $ere $ith that com'any instead of yours said 9 to myself9 kno$ such like acMuaintance $ill ne#er do for me and yet 9 am going to+eynolds, on ednesday% Bro$n and ilke $alked $ith me and back from the"hristmas 'antomime% 9 had not a dis'ute, but a disMuisition, $ith ilke



u'on #arious subjectsN se#eral things do#e(tailed in my mind, and at onceit struck me $hat Muality $ent to form a -an of *chie#ement, es'ecially inLiterature, and $hich !haks'eare 'ossessed so enormously((9 mean E@egati#e"a'abilityE, that is, $hen a man is ca'able of being in uncertainties,mysteries, doubts, $ithout any irritable reaching after fact and reason%"oleridge, for instance, $ould let go by a fine isolated #erisimilitude

caught from the Penetralium of mystery,24;8 from being inca'able of remaining content $ith half(kno$ledge% This 'ursued through #olumes $ould 'erha's take us no further than this, that $ith a great 'oet the sense of Beauty o#ercomes e#ery other consideration, or rather obliterates allconsideration%

!helleyDs 'oem2458 is out and there are $ords about its being objected to,as much as Queen -ab $as% Poor !helley 9 think he has his Quota of goodMualities, in sooth la rite soon to your most sincere friend andaffectionate Brother

J:H@%

RR%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%

Featherstone Buildings,2468 -onday 2January 5, 1/1/8%

-y dear Brothers((9 ought to ha#e $ritten before, and you should ha#e hada long letter last $eek, but 9 undertook the "ham'ion for +eynolds, $hois at Aeter% 9 $rote t$o articles, one on the rury Lane Pantomime, the

other on the "o#ent Garden ne$ Tragedy, $hich they ha#e not 'ut inN248the one they ha#e inserted is so badly 'unctuated that you 'ercei#e 9 amdetermined ne#er to $rite more, $ithout some care in that 'articular%ells tells me that you are licking your cho's, Tom, in eA'ectation of my book coming out% 9 am sorry to say 9 ha#e not begun my corrections yet)to(morro$ 9 set out% 9 called on !a$rey24/8 this morning% He did not seemto be at all 'ut out at anything 9 said and the inMuiries 9 made $ithregard to your s'itting of blood, and moreo#er desired me to ask you tosend him a correct account of all your sensations and sym'toms concerningthe 'al'itation and the s'itting and the cough((if you ha#e any% &our lastletter ga#e me a great 'leasure, for 9 think the in#alid is in a better s'irit there along the dgeN and as for George, 9 must immediately, no$ 9

think of it, correct a little misconce'tion of a 'art of my last letter%The -isses +eynolds ha#e ne#er said one $ord against me about you, or byany means endea#oured to lessen you in my estimation% That is not $hat 9referred toN but the manner and thoughts $hich 9 kne$ they internally hadto$ards you, time $ill sho$% ells and !e#ern dined $ith me yesterday% ehad a #ery 'leasant day% 9 'itched u'on another bottle of claret, $eenjoyed oursel#es #ery muchN $ere all #ery $itty and full of +hymes% e 'layed a concert from ; oDclock till 10((drank your healths, the HuntsD,and =E@%B%E> se#en Peter Pindars% 9 said on that day the only good thing 9



$as e#er guilty of% e $ere talking about !te'hens and the 1st Gallery% 9said 9 $ondered that careful folks $ould go there, for although it $as buta shilling, still you had to 'ay through the @ose% 9 sa$ the Peacheyfamily in a boA at rury one night% 9 ha#e got such a curious2478 %%% or rather 9 had such, no$ 9 am in my o$n hand%

9 ha#e had a great deal of 'leasant time $ith +ice lately, and am gettinginitiated into a little band% They call drinking dee' dyinD scarlet% Theycall good $ine a 'retty ti''le, and call getting a child knocking out ana''leN sto''ing at a ta#ern they call hanging out% here do you su' is$here do you hang out

Thursday 9 'romised to dine $ith ords$orth, and the $eather is so badthat 9 am undecided, for he li#es at -ortimer !treet% 9 had an in#itationto meet him at KingstonDs,2;08 but not liking that 'lace 9 sent my eAcuse%hat 9 think of doing to(day is to dine in -ortimer !treet =ordsth>,and su' here in the Feaths buildings, as -r% ells has in#ited me% :n!aturday, 9 called on ords$orth before he $ent to KingstonDs, and $as

sur'rised to find him $ith a stiff collar% 9 sa$ his s'ouse, and 9 think his daughter% 9 forget $hether 9 had $ritten my last before my !undaye#ening at HaydonDs((no, 9 did not, or 9 should ha#e told you, Tom, of ayoung man you met at Paris, at !cottDs, %%% +itchie% 9 think he is goingto FeCan, in *fricaN then to 'roceed if 'ossible like -ungo Park% He $as#ery 'olite to me, and inMuired #ery 'articularly after you% Then there$as ords$orth, Lamb, -onkhouse, Landseer, Kingston, and your humbleser#ant% Lamb got ti'sy and ble$ u' Kingston(('roceeding so far as to takethe candle across the room, hold it to his face, and sho$ us $hat a softfello$ he $as%2;18 9 astonished Kingston at su''er $ith a 'ertinacity infa#our of drinking, kee'ing my t$o glasses at $ork in a kno$ing $ay%

9 ha#e seen Fanny t$ice lately((she inMuired 'articularly after you and$ants a co('artnershi' letter from you% !he has been un$ell, but isim'ro#ing% 9 think she $ill be Muick% -rs% *bbey $as saying that theKeatses $ere e#er indolent, that they $ould e#er be so, and that it is born in them% ell, $his'ered Fanny to me, if it is born $ith us, ho$ can$e hel' it !he seems #ery anAious for a letter% *s 9 asked her $hat 9should get for her, she said a I-edal of the Princess%I 9 called onHaslam(($e dined #ery snugly together% He sent me a Hare last $eek, $hich9 sent to -rs% ilke% Bro$n is not come back% 9 and ilke are gettingca'ital friends% He is going to take the "ham'ion% He has sent his farceto "o#ent Garden% 9 met Bob Harris2;.8 on the ste's at "o#ent GardenN $ehad a good deal of curious chat% He came out $ith his old humble o'inion%

The "o#ent Garden 'antomime is a #ery nice one, but they ha#e a middlingHarleMuin, a bad Pantaloon, a $orse "lo$n, and a shocking "olumbine, $hois one of the -iss ennets% 9 su''ose you $ill see my critiMue on the ne$tragedy in the neAt $eekDs "ham'ion% 9t is a shocking bad one% 9 ha#e notseen HuntN he $as out $hen 9 called% -rs% Hunt looks as $ell as e#er 9 sa$her after her confinement% There is an article in the seDnnight Aaminer on God$inDs -ande#ille, signed % K%((9 think it -iss KentDs((9 $ill sendit% There are fine subscri'tions going on for Hone%



&ou ask me $hat degrees there are bet$een !cottDs no#els and those of !mollett% They a''ear to me to be Muite distinct in e#ery 'articular, morees'ecially in their aims% !cott endea#ours to thro$ so interesting andromantic a colouring into common and lo$ characters as to gi#e them atouch of the sublime% !mollett on the contrary 'ulls do$n and le#els $hat$ith other men $ould continue romance% The grand 'arts of !cott are

$ithin the reach of more minds than the finest humours in Hum'hrey"linker% 9 forget $hether that fine thing of the !erjeant is Fielding or !mollett, but it gi#es me more 'leasure than the $hole no#el of the*ntiMuary% &ou must remember $hat 9 mean% !ome one says to the !erjeant)IThatDs a non(seMuiturI((I9f you come to that,I re'lies the !erjeant,IyouDre anotherI((

9 see by ellsDs letter -r% *bbey2;48 does not o#erstock you $ith money%&ou must $rite% 9 ha#e not seen %%% yet, but eA'ect it on ednesday% 9 amafraid it is gone% !e#ern tells me he has an order for some dra$ings for the m'eror of +ussia%

&ou must get $ell Tom, and then 9 shall feel $hole and genial as the$inter air% Gi#e me as many letters as you like, and $rite to !a$rey soon%9 recei#ed a short letter from Bailey about "ri''s, and one from Haydon,ditto% Haydon thinks he im'ro#ed #ery much% -rs% ells desires 'articularly %%% to Tom and her res'ects to George, and 9 desire no better than to be e#er your most affectionate Brother

J:H@%

EP%!%E((9 had not o'ened the "ham'ion before 9 found both my articles init%

9 $as at a dance at +edhallDs, and 'assed a 'leasant time enough((drank dee', and $on 10%6 at cutting for half guineas%%%% Bailey $as there andseemed to enjoy the e#ening% +ice said he cared less about the hour thanany one, and the 'roof is his dancing((he cares not for time, dancing asif he $as deaf% :ld +edhall not being used to gi#e 'arties, had no idea of the Muantity of $ine that $ould be drank, and he actually 'ut in readinesson the kitchen stairs eight doCen%

#ery one inMuires after you, and desires their remembrances to you%

&our Brother

J:H@%

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2Ham'stead,8 !aturday -orn 2January 10, 1/1/8%



-y dear Haydon((9 should ha#e seen you ere this, but on account of mysister being in To$n) so that $hen 9 ha#e sometimes made ten 'aces to$ardsyou, Fanny has called me into the "ityN and the "hristmas Holydays areyour only time to see !isters, that is if they are so situated as mine% 9$ill be $ith you early neAt $eek((to(night it should be, but $e ha#e a

sort of a "lub e#ery !aturday e#ening((to(morro$, but 9 ha#e on that dayan insu'erable engagement% "ri''s has been do$n to me, and a''earssensible that a binding to you $ould be of the greatest ad#antage tohim((if such a thing be done it cannot be before L150 or L.00 are securedin subscri'tions to him% 9 $ill $rite to Bailey about it, gi#e a "o'y of the !ubscribersD names to e#ery one 9 kno$ $ho is likely to get a L5 for him% 9 $ill lea#e a "o'y at Taylor and HesseyDs, +od$ell and -artin, and$ill ask Kingston and "o% to cash u'%

&our friendshi' for me is no$ getting into its teens((and 9 feel the 'ast%*lso e#ery day older 9 get((the greater is my idea of your achie#ements in*rt) and 9 am con#inced that there are three things to rejoice at in this

*ge((The Acursion, &our Pictures, and HaClittDs de'th of Taste%

&ours affectionately

J:H@ K*T!%

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2Ham'stead,8 !aturday -orning 2January 10, 1/1/8%

-y dear Taylor((!e#eral things ha#e ke't me from you lately)((first youhad got into a little hell, $hich 9 $as not anAious to reconnoitre((secondly, 9 ha#e made a #o$ not to call again $ithout my first book) so youmay eA'ect to see me in four days% Thirdly, 9 ha#e been racketing toomuch, and do not feel o#er $ell% 9 ha#e seen ords$orth freMuently((ined$ith him last -onday((+eynolds, 9 su''ose you ha#e seen% Just scribble methus many lines, to let me kno$ you are in the land of the li#ing, and$ell% +emember me to the Fleet !treet Household((and should you see anyfrom Percy !treet, gi#e my kindest regards to them%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

RR999%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%



2Ham'stead,8 Tuesday 2January 14, 1/1/8%

-y dear Brothers((9 am certain 9 think of ha#ing a letter to(morro$morning for 9 eA'ected one so much this morning, ha#ing been in to$n t$odays, at the end of $hich my eA'ectations began to get u' a little% 9

found t$o on the table, one from Bailey and one from Haydon, 9 am Muite 'er'leAed in a $orld of doubts and fancies((there is nothing stable in the$orldN u'roarDs your only music((9 donDt mean to include Bailey in thisand so dismiss him from this $ith all the o''robrium he deser#es((that isin so many $ords, he is one of the noblest men ali#e at the 'resent day%9n a note to Haydon about a $eek ago =$hich 9 $rote $ith a full sense of $hat he had done, and ho$ he had ne#er manifested any little mean dra$back in his #alue of me> 9 said if there $ere three things su'erior in themodern $orld, they $ere Ithe Acursion,I IHaydonDs 'ictures,I andIHaClittDs de'th of TasteI((so 9 do belie#e((@ot thus s'eaking $ith any 'oor #anity that $orks of genius $ere the first things in this $orld% @ofor that sort of 'robity and disinterestedness $hich such men as Bailey

'ossess, does hold and gras' the ti'to' of any s'iritual honours that can be 'aid to anything in this $orld((*nd moreo#er ha#ing this feeling atthis 'resent come o#er me in its full force, 9 sat do$n to $rite to you$ith a grateful heart, in that 9 had not a Brother $ho did not feel andcredit me for a dee'er feeling and de#otion for his u'rightness, than for any marks of genius ho$e#er s'lendid% 9 $as s'eaking about doubts andfancies((9 mean there has been a Muarrel of a se#ere nature bet$een Haydonand +eynolds and another =Ithe e#il rides u'on a fiddlestickI> bet$eenHunt and Haydon((the first gre$ from the !unday on $hich Haydon in#itedsome friends to meet ords$orth% +eynolds ne#er $ent, and ne#er sent any @otice about it, this offended Haydon more than it ought to ha#e done((he$rote a #ery shar' and high note to +eynolds and then another in

'alliation((but $hich +eynolds feels as an aggra#ation of thefirst(("onsidering all things, HaydonDs freMuent neglect of his*''ointments, etc% his notes $ere bad enough to 'ut +eynolds on the rightside of the Muestion((but then +eynolds has no 'o$er of sufferanceN noidea of ha#ing the thing against himN so he ans$ered Haydon in one of themost cutting letters 9 e#er readN eA'osing to himself all his o$n$eaknesses and going on to an eAcess, $hich $hether it is just or no, is$hat 9 $ould fain ha#e unsaid, the fact is, they are both in the right and both in the $rong%

The Muarrel $ith Hunt 9 understand thus far% -rs% H% $as in the habit of borro$ing sil#er of Haydon((the last time she did so, Haydon asked her to

return it at a certain time((she did not((Haydon sent for it((Hunt $ent toeA'ostulate on the indelicacy, etc%((they got to $ords and 'arted for e#er% *ll 9 ho'e is at some time to bring them together again%((La$k-olly thereDs been such doings((&esterday e#ening 9 made an a''ointment$ith ells to go to a 'ri#ate theatre, and it being in the neighbourhoodof rury Lane, and thinking $e might be fatigued $ith sitting the $holee#ening in one dirty hole, 9 got the rury Lane ticket, and there$ith $edi#ided the e#ening $ith a s'ice of +ichard 999((((



2Later, January 17 or .0%8

Good Lord 9 began this letter nearly a $eek ago, $hat ha#e 9 been doingsince((9 ha#e been((9 mean not been((sending last !undayDs 'a'er to you%9 belie#e because it $as not near me((for 9 cannot find it, and my

conscience 'resses hea#y on me for not sending it% &ou $ould ha#e had onelast Thursday, but 9 $as called a$ay, and ha#e been about some$here e#er since% here hat ell 9 rejoice almost that 9 ha#e not heard from you because no ne$s is good ne$s% 9 cannot for the $orld recollect $hy 9 $ascalled a$ay, all 9 kno$ is that there has been a dance at ilkeDs, andanother at the London "offee HouseN to both of $hich 9 $ent% But 9 musttell you in another letter the circumstances thereof((for though a $eek should ha#e 'assed since 9 $rote on the other side it Muite a''als me% 9can only $rite in scra's and 'atches% Bro$n is returned from Ham'stead%Haydon has returned an ans$er in the same style((they are all dreadfullyirritated against each other% :n !unday 9 sa$ Hunt and dined $ith Haydon,met HaClitt and Be$ick there, and took Haslam $ith me((forgot to s'eak

about "ri''s though 9 broke my engagement to HaslamDs on 'ur'ose%-em%((Haslam came to meet me, found me at Breakfast, had the goodness togo $ith me my $ay((9 ha#e just finished the re#ision of my first book, andshall take it to TaylorDs to(morro$((intend to 'erse#ere((o not let mesee many days 'ass $ithout hearing from you%


J:H@%

RR9R%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

2Ham'stead,8 Friday .4d 2January 1/1/8%

-y dear Taylor((9 ha#e s'oken to Haydon about the dra$ing% He $ould do it$ith all his *rt and Heart too, if so 9 $ill itN ho$e#er, he has $rittenthus to meN but 9 must tell you, first, he intends 'ainting a finishedPicture from the Poem% Thus he $rites((Ihen 9 do anything for your Poemit must be effectual((an honour to both of us) to hurry u' a sketch for the season $onDt do% 9 think an engra#ing from your head, from a "halk

dra$ing of mine, done $ith all my might, to $hich 9 $ould 'ut my name,$ould ans$er TaylorDs idea better than the other% 9ndeed, 9 am sure of it%This 9 $ill do, and this $ill be effectual, and as 9 ha#e not done it for any other human being, it $ill ha#e an effect%I

hat think you of this Let me hear% 9 shall ha#e my second Book inreadiness forth$ith%




J:H@ K*T!%

9f +eynolds calls tell him three lines $ill be acce'table, for 9 am sMuatat Ham'stead%

RRR%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%

2Ham'stead,8 Friday .4d January 21/1/8%

-y dear Brothers((9 $as thinking $hat hindered me from $riting so long,for 9 ha#e so many things to say to you, and kno$ not $here to begin% 9tshall be u'on a thing most interesting to you, my Poem% ell 9 ha#e gi#enthe first Book to TaylorN he seemed more than satisfied $ith it, and to my

sur'rise 'ro'osed 'ublishing it in Quarto if Haydon $ould make a dra$ingof some e#ent therein, for a Frontis'iece% 9 called on Haydon, he said he$ould do anything 9 liked, but said he $ould rather 'aint a finished 'icture, from it, $hich he seems eager to doN this in a year or t$o $ill be a glorious thing for usN and it $ill be, for Haydon is struck $ith the1st Book% 9 left Haydon and the neAt day recei#ed a letter from him, 'ro'osing to make, as he says, $ith all his might, a finished chalk sketchof my head, to be engra#ed in the first style and 'ut at the head of myPoem, saying at the same time he had ne#er done the thing for any human being, and that it must ha#e considerable effect as he $ill 'ut his nameto it((9 begin to(day to co'y my .nd Book((Ithus far into the bo$els of the landI((&ou shall hear $hether it $ill be Quarto or non Quarto, 'icture

or non 'icture% Leigh Hunt 9 sho$ed my 1st Book to((he allo$s it not muchmerit as a $holeN says it is unnatural and made ten objections to it inthe mere skimming o#er% He says the con#ersation is unnatural and toohigh(flo$n for Brother and !ister((says it should be sim'le forgetting doye mind that they are both o#ershado$ed by a su'ernatural Po$er, and of force could not s'eak like Francesca in the +imini% He must first 'ro#ethat "alibanDs 'oetry is unnatural((This $ith me com'letely o#erturns hisobjections((the fact is he and !helley are hurt, and 'erha's justly, at mynot ha#ing sho$ed them the affair officiously and from se#eral hints 9ha#e had they a''ear much dis'osed to dissect and anatomise any tri' or sli' 9 may ha#e made%((But $hoDs afraid *y Tom emme if 9 am% 9 $entlast Tuesday, an hour too late, to HaClittDs Lecture on 'oetry, got there

just as they $ere coming out, $hen all these 'ounced u'on me% HaClitt,John Hunt and !on, ells, Be$ick, all the Landseers, Bob Harris, aye andmore((the Landseers enMuired after you 'articularly((9 kno$ not $hether ords$orth has left to$n((But !unday 9 dined $ith HaClitt and Haydon, alsothat 9 took Haslam $ith me((9 dined $ith Bro$n lately% ilke ha#ing takenthe "ham'ion Theatricals $as obliged to be in to$n((Fanny has returned toalthamsto$%((-r% *bbey a''eared #ery glum, the last time 9 $ent to seeher, and said in an indirect $ay, that 9 had no business there((+ice has been ill, but has been mending much lately((



9 think a little change has taken 'lace in my intellect lately((9 cannot bear to be uninterested or unem'loyed, 9, $ho for so long a time ha#e beenaddicted to 'assi#eness% @othing is finer for the 'ur'oses of great 'roductions than a #ery gradual ri'ening of the intellectual 'o$ers% *s aninstance of this((obser#e((9 sat do$n yesterday to read King Lear once

again) the thing a''eared to demand the 'rologue of a sonnet, 9 $rote it,and began to read((=9 kno$ you $ould like to see it%>

:@ !9TT9@G :@ T: K9@G L*+ :@" *G*9@%

: golden(tongued +omance $ith serene Lute Fair('lumed !yren, Queen of far(a$ay Lea#e melodising on this $intry day, !hut u' thine olden #olume and be mute% *dieu for once again the fierce dis'ute Bet$iAt Hell torment and im'assionDd "lay -ust 9 burn throughN once more assay

The bitter s$eet of this !haks'earian fruit% "hief Poet and ye clouds of *lbion, Begetters of our dee' eternal theme, hen 9 am through the old oak forest gone Let me not $ander in a barren dream, But, $hen 9 am consumed $ith the Fire, Gi#e me ne$ PhoeniA($ings to fly at my desire%

!o you see 9 am getting at it, $ith a sort of determination and strength,though #erily 9 do not feel it at this moment((this is my fourth letter this morning, and 9 feel rather tired, and my head rather s$imming((so 9$ill lea#e it o'en till to(morro$Ds 'ost%((

9 am in the habit of taking my 'a'ers to ilkeDs and co'ying thereN so 9chat and 'roceed at the same time% 9 ha#e been there at my $ork thise#ening, and the $alk o#er the Heath takes off all slee', so 9 $ill e#en 'roceed $ith you% 9 left off short in my last just as 9 began an accountof a 'ri#ate theatrical((ell it $as of the lo$est order, all greasy andoily, insomuch that if they had li#ed in olden times, $hen signs $ere hungo#er the doors, the only a''ro'riate one for that oily 'lace $ould ha#e been((a guttered "andle% They 'layed John Bull, The +e#ie$, and it $as toconclude $ith Bombastes Furioso((9 sa$ from a BoA the first *ct of JohnBull, then $ent to rury and did not return till it $as o#er(($hen byellsDs interest $e got behind the scenes((there $as not a yard $ide all

the $ay round for actors, scene(shifters, and interlo'ers to mo#e in((for D@ota BeneD the Green +oom $as under the stage, and there $as 9 threatenedo#er and o#er again to be turned out by the oily scene(shifters, there did9 hear a little 'ainted Trollo' o$n, #ery candidly, that she had failedin -ary, $ith a IdamnDd if sheDd 'lay a serious 'art again, as long as sheli#ed,I and at the same time she $as habited as the Quaker in the+e#ie$%((There $as a Muarrel, and a fat good(natured looking girl insoldiersD clothes $ished she had only been a man for TomDs sake% :nefello$ began a song, but an unlucky finger('oint from the Gallery sent him



off like a shot% :ne cha' $as dressed to kill for the King in Bombastes,and he stood at the edge of the scene in the #ery s$eat of anAiety to sho$himself, but *las the thing $as not 'layed% The s$eetest morsel of thenight moreo#er $as, that the musicians began 'egging and fagging a$ay((atan o#erture((ne#er did you see faces more in earnest, three times did they 'lay it o#er, dro''ing all kinds of corrections and still did not the

curtain go u'% ell then they $ent into a country dance, then into aregion they $ell kne$, into the old boonsome Pothouse, and then to see ho$ 'om'ous oD the sudden they turnedN ho$ they looked about and chattedN ho$they did not care a damnN $as a great treat((((

9 ho'e 9 ha#e not tired you by this filling u' of the dash in my last%"onstable the bookseller has offered +eynolds ten guineas a sheet to $ritefor his -agaCine((it is an dinburgh one, $hich Black$oodDs started u' ino''osition to% Hunt said he $as nearly sure that the D"ockney !choolD $as$ritten by !cott2;;8 so you are right Tom((There are no more little bitsof ne$s 9 can remember at 'resent%

9 remain, -y dear Brothers, &our #ery affectionate Brother

J:H@%

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2Ham'stead,8 Friday Jany% .4 21/1/8%

-y dear Bailey((T$el#e days ha#e 'assDd since your last reached me%((hathas gone through the myriads of human minds since the 1.th e talk of theimmense @umber of Books, the olumes ranged thousands by thousands((but 'erha's more goes through the human intelligence in T$el#e days than e#er $as $ritten%((EHo$ has that unfortunate family li#ed through the t$el#eE :ne saying of yours 9 shall ne#er forget((you may not recollect it((it being 'erha's said $hen you $ere looking on the !urface and seeming of Humanity alone, $ithout a thought of the 'ast or the future((or the dee'sof good and e#il((you $ere at that moment estranged from s'eculation, and9 think you ha#e arguments ready for the -an $ho $ould utter it toyou((this is a formidable 'reface for a sim'le thing((merely you said,IEhy should $oman sufferEI *ye, $hy should she IBy hea#ens 9Dd coin my

#ery !oul, and dro' my Blood for rachmasI These things are, and he, $hofeels ho$ incom'etent the most skyey Knight(errantry is to heal this bruised fairness, is like a sensiti#e leaf on the hot hand of thought%((&our tearing, my dear friend, a s'iritless and gloomy letter u',to re($rite to me, is $hat 9 shall ne#er forget((it $as to me a realthing((Things ha#e ha''ened lately of great 'er'leAity((you must ha#eheard of them((+eynolds and Haydon retorting and recriminating((and 'arting for e#er((the same thing has ha''ened bet$een Haydon and Hunt% 9tis unfortunate((-en should bear $ith each other) there li#es not the -an



$ho may not be cut u', aye Lashed to 'ieces on his $eakest side% The bestof -en ha#e but a 'ortion of good in them((a kind of s'iritual yeast intheir frames, $hich creates the ferment of eAistence((by $hich a -an is 'ro'elled to act, and stri#e, and buffet $ith "ircumstance% The sure $ay,Bailey, is first to kno$ a -anDs faults, and then be 'assi#e((if after that he insensibly dra$s you to$ards him then you ha#e no 'o$er to break

the link% Before 9 felt interested in either +eynolds or Haydon, 9 $as$ell read in their faultsN yet, kno$ing them, 9 ha#e been cementinggradually $ith both% 9 ha#e an affection for them both, for reasons almosto''osite((and to both must 9 of necessity cling, su''orted al$ays by theho'e that, $hen a little time, a fe$ years, shall ha#e tried me more fullyin their esteem, 9 may be able to bring them together% The time must come, because they ha#e both hearts) and they $ill recollect the best 'arts of each other, $hen this gust is o#erblo$n%((9 had a message from you througha letter to Jane((9 think, about "ri''s((there can be no idea of bindinguntil a sufficient sum is sure for him((and e#en then the thing should bematurely considered by all his hel'ers((9 shall try my luck u'on as manyfat 'urses as 9 can meet $ith%(("ri''s is im'ro#ing #ery fast) 9 ha#e the

greater ho'es of him because he is so slo$ in de#elo'ment% * -an of greateAecuting 'o$ers at .0, $ith a look and a s'eech almost stu'id, is sure todo something%

9 ha#e just looked through the !econd !ide of your Letter((9 feel a greatcontent at it%((9 $as at HuntDs the other day, and he sur'rised me $ith areal authenticated lock of E-iltonDs HairE% 9 kno$ you $ould like $hat 9$rote thereon, so here it is((Eas they say of a !hee' in a @urseryBookE)((

:@ !9@G * L:"K :F -9LT:@D! H*9+%

"hief of :rganic @umbers :ld !cholar of the !'heres Thy s'irit ne#er slumbers, But rolls about our ears For e#er, and for e#er : $hat a mad endea#our orketh he, ho to thy sacred and ennobled hearse ould offer a burnt sacrifice of #erse *nd melody%

Ho$ hea#en$ard thou soundest,

Li#e Tem'le of s$eet noise, *nd iscord unconfoundest, Gi#ing elight ne$ joys, *nd Pleasure nobler 'inions :, $here are thy dominions Lend thine ear To a young elian oath,((aye, by thy soul, By all that from thy mortal li's did roll, *nd by the kernel of thine earthly lo#e,



Beauty, in things on earth, and things abo#e, 9 s$ear hen e#ery childish fashion Has #anishDd from my rhyme, ill 9, gray(gone in 'assion, Lea#e to an after(time,

Hymning and harmony :f thee, and of thy $orks, and of thy lifeN But #ain is no$ the burning and the strife, Pangs are in #ain, until 9 gro$ high(rife ith old Philoso'hy, *nd mad $ith glim'ses of futurity

For many years my offering must be hushDdN hen 9 do s'eak, 9Dll think u'on this hour, Because 9 feel my forehead hot and flushDd, #en at the sim'lest #assal of thy 'o$er,(( * lock of thy bright hair,((

!udden it came, *nd 9 $as startled, $hen 9 caught thy name "ou'led so una$areN &et, at the moment, tem'erate $as my blood% 9 thought 9 had beheld it from the flood%

This 9 did at HuntDs at his reMuest(('erha's 9 should ha#e done something better alone and at home%((9 ha#e sent my first Book to the 'ress, andthis afternoon shall begin 're'aring the !econd((my #isit to you $ill be agreat s'ur to Muicken the 'roceeding%((9 ha#e not had your !ermonreturned((9 long to make it the !ubject of a Letter to you((hat do theysay at :Aford

9 trust you and Gleig 'ass much fine time together% +emember me to him andhitehead% -y Brother Tom is getting stronger, but his s'itting of Bloodcontinues% 9 sat do$n to read King Lear yesterday, and felt the greatnessof the thing u' to the riting of a !onnet 're'aratory thereto((in my neAtyou shall ha#e it%((There $ere some miserable re'orts of +iceDs health((9$ent, and lo -aster Jemmy had been to the 'lay the night before, and $asout at the time((he al$ays comes on his legs like a "at% 9 ha#e seen agood deal of ords$orth% HaClitt is lecturing on Poetry at the !urrey9nstitution((9 shall be there neAt Tuesday%

&our most affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

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a maAim 9 met $ith the other day is a just one) I:n cause mieuA Muand onne dit 'as EcausonsE%I 9 $as hindered, ho$e#er, from my first intention bya mere muslin Handkerchief #ery neatly 'inned((but IHence, #ain deluding,Ietc% &et 9 cannot $rite in 'roseN it is a sunshiny day and 9 cannot, sohere goes,((

Hence Burgundy, "laret, and Port, *$ay $ith old Hock and -adeira, Too earthly ye are for my s'ortN ThereDs a be#erage brighter and clearer% 9nstead of a 'itiful rummer, -y $ine o#erbrims a $hole summerN -y bo$l is the sky, *nd 9 drink at my eye, Till 9 feel in the brain * el'hian 'ain(( Then follo$, my "aius then follo$) :n the green of the hill

e $ill drink our fill :f golden sunshine, Till our brains intert$ine ith the glory and grace of *'ollo

God of the -eridian, *nd of the ast and est, To thee my soul is flo$n, *nd my body is earth$ard 'ressDd%(( 9t is an a$ful mission, * terrible di#isionN *nd lea#es a gul'h austere

To be fillDd $ith $orldly fear% *ye, $hen the soul is fled Too high abo#e our head, *ffrighted do $e gaCe *fter its airy maCe, *s doth a mother $ild, hen her young infant child 9s in an eagleDs cla$s(( *nd is not this the cause :f madness((God of !ong, Thou bearest me along Through sights 9 scarce can bear)

: let me, let me share ith the hot lyre and thee, The staid Philoso'hy% Tem'er my lonely hours, *nd let me see thy bo$ers -ore unalarmDd

-y dear +eynolds, you must forgi#e all this ranting((but the fact is, 9cannot $rite sense this -orning((ho$e#er you shall ha#e some((9 $ill co'y



out my last !onnet%

hen 9 ha#e fears that 9 may cease to be Before my 'en has gleanDd my teeming brain, Before high 'iled Books in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ri'enDd grain((

hen 9 behold, u'on the nightDs starrDd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, *nd think that 9 may ne#er li#e to trace Their shado$s, $ith the magic hand of chanceN *nd $hen 9 feel, fair creature of an hour, That 9 shall ne#er look u'on thee more, @e#er ha#e relish in the faery 'o$er :f unreflecting Lo#eN((then on the shore :f the $ide $orld 9 stand alone, and think Till Lo#e and Fame to nothingness do sink%

9 must take a turn, and then $rite to Teignmouth% +emember me to all, not

eAce'ting yourself%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

RRR9%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

Ham'stead, Tuesday 2February 4, 1/1/8%

-y dear +eynolds((9 thank you for your dish of Filberts(($ould 9 could geta basket of them by $ay of dessert e#ery day for the sum of t$o'ence%2;58ould $e $ere a sort of ethereal Pigs, and turned loose to feed u'ons'iritual -ast and *corns(($hich $ould be merely being a sMuirrel andfeeding u'on filberts, for $hat is a sMuirrel but an airy 'ig, or afilbert but a sort of archangelical acorn *bout the nuts being $orthcracking, all 9 can say is, that $here there are a throng of delightful9mages ready dra$n, sim'licity is the only thing% The first is the best onaccount of the first line, and the Iarro$, foilDd of its antlerDd food,Iand moreo#er =and this is the only $ord or t$o 9 find fault $ith, the more

because 9 ha#e had so much reason to shun it as a Muicksand> the last hasItender and true%I e must cut this, and not be rattlesnaked into any moreof the like% 9t may be said that $e ought to read our contem'oraries, thatords$orth, etc%, should ha#e their due from us% But, for the sake of afe$ fine imaginati#e or domestic 'assages, are $e to be bullied into acertain Philoso'hy engendered in the $hims of an gotist #ery man hashis s'eculations, but e#ery man does not brood and 'eacock o#er them tillhe makes a false coinage and decei#es himself% -any a man can tra#el tothe #ery bourne of Hea#en, and yet $ant confidence to 'ut do$n his



half(seeing% !ancho $ill in#ent a Journey hea#en$ard as $ell as anybody%e hate 'oetry that has a 'al'able design u'on us, and, if $e do notagree, seems to 'ut its hand into its breeches 'ocket% Poetry should begreat and unobtrusi#e, a thing $hich enters into oneDs soul, and does notstartle it or amaCe it $ith itself((but $ith its subject% Ho$ beautifulare the retired flo$ers((ho$ $ould they lose their beauty $ere they to

throng into the high$ay, crying out, I*dmire me, 9 am a #iolet ote u'onme, 9 am a 'rimroseI -odern 'oets differ from the liCabethans in this)each of the moderns like an lector of Hano#er go#erns his 'etty state andkno$s ho$ many stra$s are s$e't daily from the "ause$ays in all hisdominions, and has a continual itching that all the House$i#es should ha#etheir co''ers $ell scoured) The ancients $ere m'erors of #ast Pro#inces,they had only heard of the remote ones and scarcely cared to #isit them% 9$ill cut all this((9 $ill ha#e no more of ords$orth or Hunt in 'articular((hy should $e be of the tribe of -anasseh, $hen $e can $ander $ith sau hy should $e kick against the Pricks, $hen $e can $alk on+oses hy should $e be o$ls, $hen $e can be eagles hy be teased $ithInice(eyed $agtails,I $hen $e ha#e in sight Ithe "herub "ontem'lationI

hy $ith ords$orthDs I-atthe$ $ith a bough of $ilding in his hand,I $hen$e can ha#e JacMues Iunder an oak,I etc% The secret of the Bough of ilding $ill run through your head faster than 9 can $rite it% :ld -atthe$s'oke to him some years ago on some nothing, and because he ha''ens in an#ening alk to imagine the figure of the old -an, he must stam' it do$nin black and $hite, and it is henceforth sacred% 9 donDt mean to denyords$orthDs grandeur and HuntDs merit, but 9 mean to say $e need not beteased $ith grandeur and merit $hen $e can ha#e them uncontaminated andunobtrusi#e% Let us ha#e the old Poets and +obin Hood% &our letter and itssonnets ga#e me more 'leasure than $ill the Fourth Book of "hilde Haroldand the $hole of anybodyDs life and o'inions% 9n return for your ish of Filberts, 9 ha#e gathered a fe$ "atkins, 9 ho'e theyDll look 'retty%

T: J% H% +% 9@ *@!+ T: H9! +:B9@ H:: !:@@T!%

@o those days are gone a$ay, *nd their hours are old and gray, *nd their minutes buried all <nder the do$n(trodden 'all :f the lea#es of many years% -any times ha#e interDs shears, FroCen @orth and chilling ast, !ounded tem'ests to the feast :f the forestDs $his'ering fleeces,

!ince men 'aid no rent on Leases% @o the Bugle sounds no more, *nd the t$anging bo$ no moreN !ilent is the i#ory shrill Past the heath and u' the HillN There is no mid(forest laugh, here lone cho gi#es the half To some $ight amaCDd to hear Jesting, dee' in forest drear%



:n the fairest time of June &ou may go $ith !un or -oon, :r the se#en stars to light you, :r the 'olar ray to right youN But you ne#er may behold Little John or +obin boldN

@e#er any of all the clan, Thrumming on an em'ty can !ome old hunting ditty, $hile He doth his green $ay beguile To fair Hostess -erriment o$n beside the 'asture Trent, For he left the merry tale, -essenger for s'icy ale% Gone the merry morris din, Gone the song of Gamelyn, Gone the tough(belted outla$ 9dling in the Igrene sha$eI)

*ll are gone a$ay and 'ast *nd if +obin EshouldE be cast !udden from his turfed gra#e, *nd if -arian EshouldE ha#e :nce again her forest days, !he $ould $ee', and he $ould craCe) He $ould s$ear, for all his oaks, FallDn beneath the ock(yard strokes, Ha#e rotted on the briny seasN !he $ould $ee' that her $ild bees !ang not to her((Istrange that honey "anDt be got $ithout hard moneyI

!o it is yet let us sing, Honour to the old bo$(string, Honour to the bugle(horn, Honour to the $oods unshorn, Honour to the Lincoln green, Honour to the archer keen, Honour to tight little John, *nd the horse he rode u'on) Honour to bold +obin Hood, !lee'ing in the under$ood Honour to maid -arian,

*nd to all the !her$ood clan(( Though their days ha#e hurried by Let us t$o a burden try%

9 ho'e you $ill like them((they are at least $ritten in the !'irit of :utla$ry% Here are the -ermaid lines,

!ouls of Poets dead and gone, hat lysium ha#e ye kno$n,



Ha''y field, or mossy ca#ern, Fairer than the -ermaid Ta#ern Ha#e ye ti''led drink more fine Than mine HostDs "anary $ine :r are fruits of 'aradise !$eeter than those dainty 'ies

:f enison : generous food rest as though bold +obin Hood ould $ith his -aid -arian, !u' and bo$se from horn and can% 9 ha#e heard that, on a day, -ine hostDs sign(board fle$ a$ay, @o body kne$ $hither, till *n astrologerDs old Quill To a shee'skin ga#e the story, !aid he sa$ you in your glory, <nderneath a ne$ old(sign !i''ing be#erage di#ine,

*nd 'ledging $ith contented smack, The -ermaid in the Oodiac% !ouls of Poets dead and gone, *re the $inds a s$eeter home +icher is uncellarDd ca#ern, Than the merry mermaid Ta#ern2;68

9 $ill call on you at ; to(morro$, and $e $ill trudge together, for it isnot the thing to be a stranger in the Land of Har'sicols% 9 ho'e also to bring you my .nd Book% 9n the ho'e that these !cribblings $ill be someamusement for you this #ening, 9 remain, co'ying on the Hill,

&our sincere friend and "o(scribbler

J:H@ K*T!%

RRR%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

Fleet !treet, Thursday -orn 2February 5, 1/1/8%

-y dear Taylor((9 ha#e finished co'ying my !econd Book((but 9 $ant it for one day to o#erlook it% *nd moreo#er this day 9 ha#e #ery 'articular em'loy in the affair of "ri''s((so 9 tres'ass on your indulgence, and takead#antage of your good nature% &ou shall hear from me or see me soon% 9$ill tell +eynolds of your engagement to(morro$%

&ours unfeignedly

J:H@ K*T!%



RRR9%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%

Ham'stead, !aturday @ight 2February 1;, 1/1/8%

-y dear Brothers((hen once a man delays a letter beyond the 'ro'er time,he delays it longer, for one or t$o reasons((first, because he must beginin a #ery common('lace style, that is to say, $ith an eAcuseN and secondlythings and circumstances become so jumbled in his mind, that he kno$s not$hat, or $hat not, he has said in his last((9 shall #isit you as soon as 9ha#e co'ied my 'oem all out, 9 am no$ much beforehand $ith the 'rinter,they ha#e done none yet, and 9 am half afraid they $ill let half theseason by before the 'rinting% 9 am determined they shall not trouble me$hen 9 ha#e co'ied it all%((Horace !mith has lent me his manuscri't called

I@ehemiah -uggs, an eA'osure of the -ethodistsI(('erha's 9 may send you afe$ eAtracts((HaClittDs last Lecture $as on Thomson, "o$'er, and "rabbe,he 'raised Thomson and "o$'er but he ga#e "rabbe an unmerciful licking((9think HuntDs article of FaCio((no it $as not, but 9 sa$ FaCio the firstnight, it hung rather hea#ily on me((9 am in the high $ay of beingintroduced to a sMuad of 'eo'le, Peter Pindar, -rs% :'ie, -rs% !cott((-r%+obinson a great friend of "oleridgeDs called on me%2;8 +ichards tells methat my 'oems are kno$n in the $est country, and that he sa$ a #ery cle#er co'y of #erses, headed $ith a -otto from my !onnet to George((Honours rushso thickly u'on me that 9 shall not be able to bear u' against them% hatthink you((am 9 to be cro$ned in the "a'itol, am 9 to be made a-andarin((@o 9 am to be in#ited, -rs% Hunt tells me, to a 'arty at

:llierDs, to kee' !haks'eareDs birthday((!haks'eare $ould stare to see methere%2;/8 The ednesday before last !helley, Hunt and 9 $rote each a!onnet on the +i#er @ile, some day you shall read them all% 9 sa$ a sheetof ndymion, and ha#e all reason to su''ose they $ill soon get it done,there shall be nothing $anting on my 'art% 9 ha#e been $riting atinter#als many songs and !onnets, and 9 long to be at Teignmouth, to readthem o#er to you) ho$e#er 9 think 9 had better $ait till this Book is off my mindN it $ill not be long first%

+eynolds has been $riting t$o #ery ca'ital articles, in the &ello$ $arf,on 'o'ular Preachers((*ll the talk here is about r% "roft the uke of e#on etc%


J:H@%

RRR99%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%



2Ham'stead, February 17, 1/1/%8

-y dear +eynolds((9 had an idea that a -an might 'ass a #ery 'leasant lifein this manner((Let him on a certain day read a certain 'age of full Poesy

or distilled Prose, and let him $ander $ith it, and muse u'on it, andreflect from it, and bring home to it, and 'ro'hesy u'on it, and dreamu'on it) until it becomes stale((But $hen $ill it do so @e#er((hen -anhas arri#ed at a certain ri'eness in intellect any one grand and s'iritual 'assage ser#es him as a starting('ost to$ards all Ithe t$o(and(thirtyPalaces%I Ho$ ha''y is such a #oyage of conce'tion, $hat deliciousdiligent indolence * doCe u'on a sofa does not hinder it, and a na' u'on"lo#er engenders ethereal finger('ointings((the 'rattle of a child gi#esit $ings, and the con#erse of middle(age a strength to beat them((a strainof music conducts to Ian odd angle of the 9sle,I and $hen the lea#es$his'er it 'uts a girdle round the earth%((@or $ill this s'aring touch of noble Books be any irre#erence to their riters((for 'erha's the honors

'aid by -an to -an are trifles in com'arison to the benefit done by great$orks to the Is'irit and 'ulse of goodI by their mere 'assi#e eAistence%-emory should not be called Kno$ledge((-any ha#e original minds $ho do notthink it((they are led a$ay by "ustom% @o$ it a''ears to me that almostany -an may like the s'ider s'in from his o$n in$ards his o$n airy"itadel((the 'oints of lea#es and t$igs on $hich the s'ider begins her $ork are fe$, and she fills the air $ith a beautiful circuiting% -anshould be content $ith as fe$ 'oints to ti' $ith the fine eb of his !oul,and $ea#e a ta'estry em'yrean((full of symbols for his s'iritual eye, of softness for his s'iritual touch, of s'ace for his $andering, of distinctness for his luAury% But the minds of mortals are so different and bent on such di#erse journeys that it may at first a''ear im'ossible for

any common taste and fello$shi' to eAist bet$een t$o or three under thesesu''ositions% 9t is ho$e#er Muite the contrary% -inds $ould lea#e eachother in contrary directions, tra#erse each other in numberless 'oints,and at last greet each other at the journeyDs end% *n old man and a child$ould talk together and the old man be led on his 'ath and the child leftthinking% -an should not dis'ute or assert, but $his'er results to his @eighbour, and thus by e#ery germ of s'irit sucking the sa' from mouldethereal e#ery human might become great, and humanity instead of being a$ide heath of furCe and briars, $ith here and there a remote :ak or Pine,$ould become a grand democracy of forest trees% 9t has been an oldcom'arison for our urging on((the beehi#e((ho$e#er it seems to me that $eshould rather be the flo$er than the Bee((for it is a false notion that

more is gained by recei#ing than gi#ing((no, the recei#er and the gi#er are eMual in their benefits% The flo$er, 9 doubt not, recei#es a fair guerdon from the Bee((its lea#es blush dee'er in the neAt s'ring((and $hoshall say bet$een -an and oman $hich is the most delighted @o$ it ismore noble to sit like Jo#e than to fly like -ercury)((let us nottherefore go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee(like, buCCing hereand there im'atiently from a kno$ledge of $hat is to be arri#ed at% Butlet us o'en our lea#es like a flo$er, and be 'assi#e and rece'ti#eN budding 'atiently under the eye of *'ollo and taking hints from e#ery



noble insect that fa#ours us $ith a #isit((!a' $ill be gi#en us for meat,and de$ for drink% 9 $as led into these thoughts, my dear +eynolds, by the beauty of the morning o'erating on a sense of 9dleness% 9 ha#e not readany Books((the -orning said 9 $as right((9 had no idea but of the -orning,and the Thrush said 9 $as right((seeming to say,

I: thou $hose face hath felt the interDs $ind, hose eye has seen the sno$(clouds hung in -ist, *nd the black lmto's Dmong the freeCing stars) To thee the !'ring $ill be a har#est(time(( : thou, $hose only book has been the light :f su'reme darkness $hich thou feddest on @ight after night, $hen Phoebus $as a$ay, To thee the !'ring shall be a tri'le morn(( : fret not after kno$ledge((9 ha#e none, *nd yet my song comes nati#e $ith the $armth% : fret not after kno$ledge((9 ha#e none, *nd yet the #ening listens% He $ho saddens

*t thought of idleness cannot be idle, *nd heDs a$ake $ho thinks himself aslee'%I

@o$ 9 am sensible all this is a mere so'histication =ho$e#er it mayneighbour to any truths>, to eAcuse my o$n indolence((!o 9 $ill notdecei#e myself that -an should be eMual $ith Jo#e((but think himself #ery$ell off as a sort of scullion(-ercury or e#en a humble(bee% 9t is nomatter $hether 9 am right or $rong either one $ay or another, if there issufficient to lift a little time from your shoulders((


J:H@ K*T!%

RRR999%((T: G:+G *@ TH:-*! K*T!%

Ham'stead, !aturday 2February .1, 1/1/8%

-y dear Brothers((9 am eAtremely sorry to ha#e gi#en you so muchuneasiness by not $ritingN ho$e#er, you kno$ good ne$s is no ne$s or #ice

#ersa% 9 do not like to $rite a short letter to you, or you $ould ha#e hadone long before% The $eather although boisterous to(day has been #ery muchmilderN and 9 think e#onshire is not the last 'lace to recei#e atem'erate "hange% 9 ha#e been abominably idle since you left, but ha#e just turned o#er a ne$ leaf, and used as a marker a letter of eAcuse to anin#itation from Horace !mith% The occasion of my $riting to(day is theenclosed letter((by Postmark from -iss ((((2;78 oes she eA'ect you into$n George 9 recei#ed a letter the other day from Haydon, in $hich hesays, his ssays on the lgin -arbles are being translated into 9talian,



the $hich he su'erintends% 9 did not mention that 9 had seen the BritishGallery, there are some nice things by !tark, and Bathsheba by ilkie,$hich is condemned% 9 could not bear *lstonDs <riel%

+eynolds has been #ery ill for some time, confined to the house, and hadleeches a''lied to his chestN $hen 9 sa$ him on ednesday he $as much the

same, and he is in the $orst 'lace for amendment, among the strife of $omenDs tongues, in a hot and 'archDd room) 9 $ish he $ould mo#e toButlerDs for a short time% The Thrushes and Blackbirds ha#e been singingme into an idea that it $as !'ring, and almost that lea#es $ere on thetrees% !o that black clouds and boisterous $inds seem to ha#e mustered andcollected in full i#an, for the 'ur'ose of con#incing me to the contrary%Taylor says my 'oem shall be out in a month, 9 think he $ill be out beforeit%%%%

The thrushes are singing no$ as if they $ould s'eak to the $inds, becausetheir big brother Jack, the !'ring, $as not far off% 9 am reading oltaireand Gibbon, although 9 $rote to +eynolds the other day to 'ro#e reading of

no useN 9 ha#e not seen Hunt since, 9 am a good deal $ith ilke and Bro$n,$e are #ery thickN they are #ery kind to me, they are $ell% 9 donDt think 9 could sto' in Ham'stead but for their neighbourhood% 9 hear HaClittDslectures regularly, his last $as on Gray, "ollins, &oung, etc%, and hega#e a #ery fine 'iece of discriminating "riticism on !$ift, oltaire, and+abelais% 9 $as #ery disa''ointed at his treatment of "hatterton% 9generally meet $ith many 9 kno$ there% Lord ByronDs ;th "anto is eA'ectedout, and 9 heard some$here, that alter !cott has a ne$ Poem in readiness%9 am sorry that ords$orth has left a bad im'ression $here#er he #isitedin to$n by his egotism, anity, and bigotry% &et he is a great 'oet if nota 'hiloso'her% 9 ha#e not yet read !helleyDs Poem, 9 do not su''ose youha#e it yet, at the Teignmouth libraries% These double letters must come

rather hea#y, 9 ho'e you ha#e a moderate 'ortion of cash, but donDt fretat all, if you ha#e not((Lord 9 intend to 'lay at cut and run as $ell asFalstaff, that is to say, before he got so lusty%

9 remain 'raying for your health my dear Brothers


J:H@%

RRR9R%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

Ham'stead, February . 21/1/8%

-y dear Taylor((&our alteration strikes me as being a great9m'ro#ement((*nd no$ 9 $ill attend to the 'unctuations you s'eak of((Thecomma should be at EsoberlyE, and in the other 'assage, the "omma should



follo$ EMuietE% 9 am eAtremely indebted to you for this alteration, andalso for your after admonitions% 9t is a sorry thing for me that any oneshould ha#e to o#ercome 'rejudices in reading my #erses((that affects memore than any hy'ercriticism on any 'articular 'assage((9n ndymion, 9ha#e most likely but mo#ed into the go(cart from the leading(strings((9n 'oetry 9 ha#e a fe$ aAioms, and you $ill see ho$ far 9 am from their

centre%

1st% 9 think 'oetry should sur'rise by a fine eAcess, and not bysingularityN 9t should strike the reader as a $ording of his o$n highestthoughts, and a''ear almost a remembrance%

.d% 9ts touches of beauty should ne#er be half($ay, thereby making thereader breathless, instead of content% The rise, the 'rogress, the settingof 9magery should, like the sun, come natural to him, shine o#er him, andset soberly, although in magnificence, lea#ing him in the luAury of t$ilight% But it is easier to think $hat 'oetry should be, than to $riteit((*nd this leads me to

*nother aAiom((That if 'oetry comes not as naturally as the lea#es to atree, it had better not come at all%((Ho$e#er it may be $ith me, 9 cannothel' looking into ne$ countries $ith I: for a -use of Fire to ascendI 9f ndymion ser#es me as a 'ioneer, 'erha's 9 ought to be content((9 ha#egreat reason to be content, for thank God 9 can read, and 'erha'sunderstand !haks'eare to his de'thsN and 9 ha#e 9 am sure many friends,$ho, if 9 fail, $ill attribute any change in my life and tem'er tohumbleness rather than 'ride((to a co$ering under the $ings of great 'oets, rather than to a bitterness that 9 am not a''reciated% 9 am anAiousto get ndymion 'rinted that 9 may forget it and 'roceed% 9 ha#e co'iedthe 4rd Book and begun the ;th% :n running my eye o#er the 'roofs, 9 sa$

one mistake((9 $ill notice it 'resently, and also any others, if there beany% There should be no comma in Ithe raft branch do$n s$ee'ing from atall ash(to'%I 9 ha#e besides made one or t$o alterations, and alsoaltered the thirteenth line '% 4. to make sense of it, as you $ill see% 9$ill take care the 'rinter shall not tri' u' my heels% There should be nodash after ryo'e, in the line Iryo'eDs lone lulling of her child%I

+emember me to Percy !treet%

&our sincere and obliged friend

J:H@ K*T!%

EP%!%E((&ou shall ha#e a short 'reface in good time%

RL%((T: -!!+!% T*&L:+ *@ H!!&%



2Ham'stead, -arch 1/1/8

-y dear !irs((9 am this morning making a general clearance of all lentBooks((all((9 am afraid 9 do not return all((9 must fog your memoriesabout them((ho$e#er $ith many thanks here are the remainder(($hich 9 amafraid are not $orth so much no$ as they $ere siA months ago((9 mean the

fashions may ha#e changed((

&ours truly

J:H@ K*T!%

RL9%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

Teignmouth, Friday 2-arch 14, 1/1/8%2508

-y dear Bailey((hen a 'oor de#il is dro$ning, it is said he comes thriceto the surface ere he makes his final sink((if ho$e#er e#en at the thirdrise he can manage to catch hold of a 'iece of $eed or rock he stands afair chance, as 9 ho'e 9 do no$, of being sa#ed% 9 ha#e sunk t$ice in our corres'ondence, ha#e risen t$ice, and ha#e been too idle, or something$orse, to eAtricate myself% 9 ha#e sunk the third time, and just no$ risenagain at this t$o of the "lock P%-%, and sa#ed myself from utter 'erdition by beginning this, all drenched as 9 am, and fresh from the $ater% *nd 9$ould rather endure the 'resent incon#enience of a $et jacket than youshould kee' a laced one in store for me% hy did 9 not sto' at :Aford in

my $ay Ho$ can you ask such a Question hy, did 9 not 'romise to do soid 9 not in a letter to you make a 'romise to do so Then ho$ can you beso unreasonable as to ask me $hy 9 did not This is the thing((=for 9 ha#e been rubbing u' my 9n#ention((trying se#eral sleights((9 first 'olished acold, felt it in my fingers, tried it on the table, but could not 'ocketit)((9 tried "hillblains, +heumatism, Gout, tight boots,((nothing of thatsort $ould do,((so this is, as 9 $as going to say, the thing>((9 had aletter from Tom, saying ho$ much better he had got, and thinking he had better sto'((9 $ent do$n to 're#ent his coming u'% ill not this do turnit $hich $ay you like((it is sel#aged all round% 9 ha#e used it, thesethree last days, to kee' out the abominable e#onshire $eather((by the by,you may say $hat you $ill of e#onshire) the truth is, it is a s'lashy,

rainy, misty, sno$y, foggy, haily, floody, muddy, sli'shod county% Thehills are #ery beautiful, $hen you get a sight of Dem((the 'rimroses areout, but then you are in((the "liffs are of a fine dee' colour, but thenthe "louds are continually #ieing $ith them((the omen like your London 'eo'le in a sort of negati#e $ay((because the nati#e men are the 'oorestcreatures in ngland((because Go#ernment ne#er ha#e thought it $orth $hileto send a recruiting 'arty among them% hen 9 think of ords$orthDs sonnetIanguard of Liberty ye men of KentI the degenerated race about me arePul#is i'ecac% sim'leA((a strong dose% ere 9 a corsair, 9Dd make a



descent on the south coast of e#onN if 9 did not run the chance of ha#ing"o$ardice im'uted to me% *s for the men, theyDd run a$ay into the-ethodist meeting(houses, and the $omen $ould be glad of it% Had ngland been a large e#onshire, $e should not ha#e $on the Battle of aterloo%There are knotted oaks((there are lusty ri#ulets there are meado$s suchas are not((there are #alleys of feminine2518 climate((but there are no

the$s and sine$s((-ooreDs *lmanack is here a "uriosity((*rms, neck, andshoulders may at least be seen there, and the ladies read it as someout(of(the($ay +omance% !uch a Muelling Po$er ha#e these thoughts o#er methat 9 fancy the #ery air of a deteriorating Muality% 9 fancy the flo$ers,all 'recocious, ha#e an *crasian s'ell about them((9 feel able to beat off the e#onshire $a#es like soa'froth% 9 think it $ell for the honour of Britain that Julius "aesar did not first land in this "ounty% * e#onshirer standing on his nati#e hills is not a distinct object((he does not sho$against the light((a $olf or t$o $ould dis'ossess him% 9 like, 9 lo#england% 9 like its li#ing men((gi#e me a long bro$n 'lain Ifor mymorning,I2518 so 9 may meet $ith some of dmund 9ronsideDs descendants%Gi#e me a barren mould, so 9 may meet $ith some shado$ing of *lfred in the

sha'e of a Gi'sy, a huntsman or a she'herd% !cenery is fine((but humannature is finer((the s$ard is richer for the tread of a real ner#ousnglish foot((the agleDs nest is finer, for the -ountaineer has lookedinto it% *re these facts or 'rejudices hate#er they be, for them 9 shallne#er be able to relish entirely any e#onshire scenery((Homer is fine,*chilles is fine, iomed is fine, !haks'eare is fine, Hamlet is fine, Lear is fine, but d$indled nglishmen are not fine% here too the $omen are so 'assable, and ha#e such nglish names, such as :'helia, "ordelia etc% thatthey should ha#e such Paramours or rather 9m'aramours((*s for them, 9cannot in thought hel' $ishing, as did the cruel m'eror, that they had but one head, and 9 might cut it off to deli#er them from any horrible"ourtesy they may do their undeser#ing countrymen, 9 $onder 9 meet $ith no

born monsters((: e#onshire, last night 9 thought the moon had d$indled inhea#en((((

9 ha#e ne#er had your !ermon from ords$orth, but -r% ilke lent it me%&ou kno$ my ideas about +eligion% 9 do not think myself more in the rightthan other 'eo'le, and that nothing in this $orld is 'ro#eable% 9 $ish 9could enter into all your feelings on the subject, merely for one short 10minutes, and gi#e you a 'age or t$o to your liking% 9 am sometimes so #erysce'tical as to think Poetry itself a mere Jack oD Lantern to amuse$hoe#er may chance to be struck $ith its brilliance% *s tradesmen saye#erything is $orth $hat it $ill fetch, so 'robably e#ery mental 'ursuittakes its reality and $orth from the ardour of the 'ursuer((being in

itself a @othing% thereal things may at least be thus real, di#ided under three heads((Things real((things semireal((and nothings% Things real, suchas eAistences of !un moon and !tars((and 'assages of !haks'eare%((Thingssemireal, such as lo#e, the "louds etc%, $hich reMuire a greeting of the!'irit to make them $holly eAist((and @othings, $hich are made great anddignified by an ardent 'ursuit(($hich, by the by, stam' the Burgundy mark on the bottles of our minds, insomuch as they are able to IEconsecrate$hateDer they look u'onE%I 9 ha#e $ritten a sonnet here of a some$hatcollateral nature((so donDt imagine it an Ia'ro'os des bottesI((



Four !easons fill the measure of the yearN There are four seasons in the mind of -an) He hath his lusty !'ring, $hen Fancy clear Takes in all beauty $ith an easy s'an) He has his !ummer, $hen luAuriously

He che$s the honied cud of fair !'ring thoughts, Till in his !oul, dissol#Dd, they come to be Part of himself) He hath his *utumn Ports *nd ha#ens of re'ose, $hen his tired $ings *re folded u', and he content to look25.8 :n -ists in idleness((to let fair things Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook% He has his $inter too of Pale misfeature, :r else he $ould forego his mortal nature%

*ye, this may be carried((but $hat am 9 talking of((it is an old maAim of mine, and of course must be $ell kno$n, that e#ery 'oint of thought is the

"entre of an intellectual $orld% The t$o u''ermost thoughts in a -anDsmind are the t$o 'oles of his $orld((he re#ol#es on them, and e#erythingis !outh$ard or @orth$ard to him through their means%((e take but threeste's from feathers to iron%((@o$, my dear fello$, 9 must once for alltell you 9 ha#e not one idea of the truth of any of my s'eculations((9shall ne#er be a reasoner, because 9 care not to be in the right, $henretired from bickering and in a 'ro'er 'hiloso'hical tem'er% !o you mustnot stare if in any future letter, 9 endea#our to 'ro#e that *'ollo, as hehad catgut strings to his lyre, used a catDs 'a$ as a 'ecten((and further from said PectenDs reiterated and continual teasing came the term Ehen('eckedE% -y Brother Tom desires to be remembered to youN he has justthis moment had a s'itting of blood, 'oor fello$((+emember me to Gleig and

hitehead%


J:H@ K*T!%

RL99%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

Teignmouth, !aturday 2-arch 1;, 1/1/8%

ear +eynolds((9 esca'ed being blo$n o#er and blo$n under and trees andhouse being to''led on me%((9 ha#e since hearing of Bro$nDs accident hadan a#ersion to a dose of 'ara'et, and being also a lo#er of antiMuities 9$ould sooner ha#e a harmless 'iece of Herculaneum sent me Muietly as a 'resent than e#er so modern a chimney('ot tumbled on to my head((Beingagog to see some e#onshire, 9 $ould ha#e taken a $alk the first day, butthe rain $ould not let meN and the second, but the rain $ould not let meN



and the third, but the rain forbade it% itto ;((ditto 5((ditto((so 9 madeu' my -ind to sto' indoors, and catch a sight flying bet$een the sho$ers)and, behold 9 sa$ a 'retty #alley(('retty cliffs, 'retty Brooks, 'retty-eado$s, 'retty trees, both standing as they $ere created, and blo$n do$nas they are uncreated((The green is beautiful, as they say, and 'ity it isthat it is am'hibious((EmaisE but alas the flo$ers here $ait as

naturally for the rain t$ice a day as the -ussels do for the TideN so $elook u'on a brook in these 'arts as you look u'on a s'lash in your "ountry% There must be something to su''ort this((aye, fog, hail, sno$,rain, -ist blanketing u' three 'arts of the year% This e#onshire is likeLydia Languish, #ery entertaining $hen it smiles, but cursedly subject tosym'athetic moisture% &ou ha#e the sensation of $alking under one greatLam'lighter) and you canDt go on the other side of the ladder to kee' your frock clean, and cosset your su'erstition% Buy a girdle(('ut a 'ebble inyour mouth((loosen your braces((for 9 am going among scenery $hence 9intend to ti' you the amosel +adcliffe((9Dll ca#ern you, and grotto you,and $aterfall you, and $ood you, and $ater you, and immense(rock you, andtremendous(sound you, and solitude you% 9Dll make a lodgment on your

glacis by a ro$ of Pines, and storm your co#ered $ay $ith bramble Bushes%9Dll ha#e at you $ith hi' and ha$ small(shot, and cannonade you $ith!hingles((9Dll be $itty u'on salt(fish, and im'ede your ca#alry $ithclotted cream% But ah "o$ard to talk at this rate to a sick man, or, 9ho'e, to one that $as sick((for 9 ho'e by this you stand on your rightfoot% 9f you are not((thatDs all,((9 intend to cut all sick 'eo'le if theydo not make u' their minds to cut !ickness((a fello$ to $hom 9 ha#e acom'lete a#ersion, and $ho strange to say is harboured and countenanced inse#eral houses $here 9 #isit((he is sitting no$ Muite im'udent bet$een meand Tom((He insults me at 'oor Jem +iceDs((and you ha#e seated him beforeno$ bet$een us at the Theatre, $hen 9 thought he looked $ith a longing eyeat 'oor Kean% 9 shall say, once for all, to my friends generally and

se#erally, cut that fello$, or 9 cut you((

9 $ent to the Theatre here the other night, $hich 9 forgot to tell George,and got insulted, $hich 9 ought to remember to forget to tell any BodyNfor 9 did not fight, and as yet ha#e had no redress((ILie thou there,s$eetheartI2548 9 $rote to Bailey yesterday, obliged to s'eak in a high$ay, and a damme $hoDs afraid((for 9 had o$ed him so longN ho$e#er, heshall see 9 $ill be better in future% 9s he in to$n yet 9 ha#e directedto :Aford as the better chance% 9 ha#e co'ied my fourth Book, and shall$rite the Preface soon% 9 $ish it $as all doneN for 9 $ant to forget itand make my mind free for something ne$((*tkins the "oachman, Bartlett the!urgeon, !immons the Barber, and the Girls o#er at the Bonnet(sho', say $e

shall no$ ha#e a month of seasonable $eather(($arm, $itty, and full of in#ention((rite to me and tell me that you are $ell or thereabouts, or bythe holy Beaucoeur, $hich 9 su''ose is the irgin -ary, or the re'ented-agdalen =beautiful name, that -agdalen>, 9Dll take to my ings and flya$ay to any$here but old or @o#a !cotia((9 $ish 9 had a little innocent bit of -eta'hysic in my head, to criss(cross the letter) but you kno$ afa#ourite tune is hardest to be remembered $hen one $ants it most and you,9 kno$, ha#e long ere this taken it for granted that 9 ne#er ha#e anys'eculations $ithout associating you in them, $here they are of a 'leasant



nature, and you kno$ enough of me to tell the 'laces $here 9 haunt most,so that if you think for fi#e minutes after ha#ing read this, you $illfind it a long letter, and see $ritten in the *ir abo#e you,

&our most affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

+emember me to all% TomDs remembrances to you%

RL999%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

Teignmouth, !aturday -orn 2-arch .1, 1/1/8%

-y dear Haydon((9n sooth, 9 ho'e you are not too sanguine about thatseal((in sooth 9 ho'e it is not Brumidgeum((in double sooth 9 ho'e it ishis((and in tri'le sooth 9 ho'e 9 shall ha#e an im'ression%25;8 !uch a 'iece of intelligence came doubly $elcome to me $hile in your o$n "ountyand in your o$n hand((not but 9 ha#e blo$n u' the said "ounty for itsurinal Mualifications((the siA first days 9 $as here it did nothing butrainN and at that time ha#ing to $rite to a friend 9 ga#e e#onshire agood blo$ing u'((it has been fine for almost three days, and 9 $as cominground a bitN but to(day it rains again(($ith me the "ounty is yet u'on itsgood beha#iour% 9 ha#e enjoyed the most delightful alks these three finedays beautiful enough to make me content%

Here all the summer could 9 stay, For thereDs Bisho'Ds teign *nd KingDs teign *nd "oomb at the clear teign head(( here close by the stream &ou may ha#e your cream *ll s'read u'on barley bread%

ThereDs arch Brook *nd thereDs larch Brook Both turning many a millN *nd cooling the drouth

:f the salmonDs mouth, *nd fattening his sil#er gill%

There is ild $ood, * -ild hood To the shee' on the lea oD the do$n, here the golden furCe, ith its green, thin s'urs, oth catch at the maidenDs go$n%



There is @e$ton marsh ith its s'ear grass harsh(( * 'leasant summer le#el here the maidens s$eet :f the -arket !treet,

o meet in the dusk to re#el%

ThereDs the Barton rich ith dyke and ditch *nd hedge for the thrush to li#e in *nd the hollo$ tree For the buCCing bee *nd a bank for the $as' to hi#e in%

*nd :, and : The daisies blo$ *nd the 'rimroses are $akenDd,

*nd the #iolets $hite !it in sil#er 'light, *nd the green budDs as long as the s'ike end%

Then $ho $ould go 9nto dark !oho, *nd chatter $ith dackDd hairDd critics, hen he can stay For the ne$(mo$n hay, *nd startle the da''led Prickets

9 kno$ not if this rhyming fit has done anything((it $ill be safe $ith you

if $orthy to 'ut among my Lyrics% HereDs some doggrel for you((Perha's you$ould like a bit of b((((hrell((

here be ye going, you e#on -aid *nd $hat ha#e you there in the Basket &e tight little fairy just fresh from the dairy, ill ye gi#e me some cream if 9 ask it

9 lo#e your -eads, and 9 lo#e your flo$ers, *nd 9 lo#e your junkets mainly, But Dhind the door 9 lo#e kissing more, : look not so disdainly%

9 lo#e your hills, and 9 lo#e your dales, *nd 9 lo#e your flocks a(bleating(( But :, on the heather to lie together, ith both our hearts a(beating

9Dll 'ut your Basket all safe in a nook, &our sha$l 9 hang u' on the $illo$, *nd $e $ill sigh in the daisyDs eye



*nd kiss on a grass green 'illo$%

Ho$ does the $ork go on 9 should like to bring out my IentatusI2558 atthe time your 'ic makes its a''earance% 9 eA'ect to ha#e my -ind soonclear for something ne$% Tom has been much $orse) but is no$ getting better((his remembrances to you% 9 think of seeing the art and

Plymouth((but 9 donDt kno$% 9t has as yet been a -ystery to me ho$ and$here ords$orth $ent% 9 canDt hel' thinking he has returned to his!hell(($ith his beautiful ife and his enchanting !ister% 9t is a greatPity that Peo'le should by associating themsel#es $ith the finest things,s'oil them% Hunt has damned Ham'stead and masks and sonnets and 9taliantales% ords$orth has damned the lakes((-ilman has damned the olddrama((est has damned(((($holesale% Peacock has damned satire((:llier hasdamnDd -usic((HaClitt has damned the bigoted and the blue(stockingedN ho$durst the -an he is your only good damner, and if e#er 9 am damnDd((damnme if 9 shouldnDt like him to damn me% 9t $ill not be long ere 9 see you, but 9 thought 9 $ould just gi#e you a line out of e#on%


J:H@ K*T!%

+emember me to all $e kno$%

RL9%((T: -!!+!% T*&L:+ *@ H!!&%

Teignmouth, !aturday -orn 2-arch .1, 1/1/8%

-y dear !irs((9 had no idea of your getting on so fast((9 thought of bringing my ;th Book to To$n all in good time for you((es'ecially after the late unfortunate chance%

9 did not ho$e#er for my o$n sake delay finishing the co'y $hich $as donea fe$ days after my arri#al here% 9 send it off to(day, and $ill tell youin a Postscri't at $hat time to send for it from the Bull and -outh or other 9nn% &ou $ill find the Preface and dedication and the title Page as9 should $ish it to stand((for a +omance is a fine thing not$ithstandingthe circulating Libraries% -y res'ects to -rs% Hessey and to Percy !treet%

&ours #ery sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

EP%!%E((9 ha#e been ad#ised to send it to you((you may eA'ect it on-onday((for 9 sent it by the Postman to Aeter at the same time $ith thisLetter% *dieu



RL%((T: J*-! +9"%

Teignmouth, Tuesday 2-arch .;, 1/1/8%

-y dear +ice((Being in the midst of your fa#ourite e#on, 9 should not, byrights, 'en one $ord but it should contain a #ast 'ortion of it, isdomand learning((for 9 ha#e heard that -ilton ere he $rote his ans$er to!almasius came into these 'arts, and for one $hole month, rolled himself for three $hole hours ='er day>, in a certain meado$ hard by us(($herethe mark of his nose at eMuidistances is still sho$n% The eAhibitor of thesaid meado$ further saith, that, after these rollings, not a nettle s'rangu' in all the se#en acres for se#en years, and that from the said time, ane$ sort of 'lant $as made from the $hitethorn, of a thornless nature,#ery much used by the bucks of the 'resent day to ra' their boots $ithal%

This account made me #ery naturally su''ose that the nettles and thornsetherealised by the scholarDs rotatory motion, and garnered in his head,thence fle$ after a 'rocess of fermentation against the luckless !almasiusand occasioned his $ell(kno$n and unha''y end% hat a ha''y thing it $ould be if $e could settle our thoughts and make our minds u' on any matter infi#e minutes, and remain content((that is, build a sort of mental cottageof feelings, Muiet and 'leasant((to ha#e a sort of Philoso'hical back(garden, and cheerful holiday(kee'ing front one((but alas this ne#er can be) for as the material cottager kno$s there are such 'laces as Franceand 9taly, and the *ndes and burning mountains, so the s'iritual "ottager has kno$ledge of the terra semi(incognita of things unearthly, and cannotfor his life kee' in the check(rein((or 9 should sto' here Muiet and

comfortable in my theory of nettles% &ou $ill see, ho$e#er, 9 am obligedto run $ild being attracted by the load(stone concatenation% @o sooner had9 settled the knotty 'oint of !almasius, than the e#il 'ut this $him intomy head in the likeness of one of PythagorasDs Muestionings((id -ilton domore good or harm in the $orld He $rote, let me inform you =for 9 ha#e itfrom a friend, $ho had it of ((((,> he $rote Lycidas, "omus, Paradise Lostand other Poems, $ith much delectable 'rose((He $as moreo#er an acti#efriend to man all his life, and has been since his death%((ery good((but,my dear Fello$, 9 must let you kno$ that, as there is e#er the sameMuantity of matter constituting this habitable globe((as the oceannot$ithstanding the enormous changes and re#olutions taking 'lace in someor other of its demesnes((not$ithstanding aters'outs $hirl'ools and

mighty ri#ers em'tying themsel#es into it((still is made u' of the same bulk, nor e#er #aries the number of its atoms((and as a certain bulk of $ater $as instituted at the creation((so #ery likely a certain 'ortion of intellect $as s'un forth into the thin air, for the brains of man to 'reyu'on it% &ou $ill see my drift $ithout any unnecessary 'arenthesis% That$hich is contained in the Pacific could not lie in the hollo$ of the"as'ian((that $hich $as in -iltonDs head could not find room in "harlesthe !econdDs((He like a -oon attracted intellect to its flo$((it has notebbed yet, but has left the shore('ebbles all bare((9 mean all Bucks,



*uthors of Hengist, and "astlereaghs of the 'resent dayN $ho $ithout-iltonDs gormandising might ha#e been all $ise men((@o$ forasmuch as 9 $as#ery 'redis'osed to a country 9 had heard you s'eak so highly of, 9 took 'articular notice of e#erything during my journey, and ha#e bought somefolio assesD skins for memorandums% 9 ha#e seen e#erything but the$ind((and that, they say, becomes #isible by taking a dose of acorns, or

slee'ing one night in a hog(trough, $ith your tail to the !o$ !o$(est%!ome of the little Bar(maids lookDd at me as if 9 kne$ Jem +ice%%%% ell,9 canDt tell 9 ho'e you are sho$ing 'oor +eynolds the $ay to get $ell%!end me a good account of him, and if 9 can, 9Dll send you one of Tom((:hfor a day and all $ell

9 $ent yesterday to a$lish fair%

:#er the Hill and o#er the ale, *nd o#er the Bourne to a$lish, here ginger(bread $i#es ha#e a scanty sale, *nd ginger(bread nuts are smallish, etc% etc%

TomDs remembrances and mine to you all%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

RL9%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

2Teignmouth, -arch .5, 1/1/%8

-y dear +eynolds((9n ho'es of cheering you through a -inute or t$o, 9 $asdetermined $ill he nill he to send you some lines, so you $ill eAcuse theunconnected subject and careless #erse% &ou kno$, 9 am sure, "laudeDsnchanted "astle,2568 and 9 $ish you may be 'leased $ith my remembrance of it% The +ain is come on again((9 think $ith me e#onshire stands a #ery 'oor chance% 9 shall damn it u' hill and do$n dale, if it kee' u' to thea#erage of siA fine days in three $eeks% Let me ha#e better ne$s of you%

TomDs remembrances to you% +emember us to all%

&our affectionate friend,

J:H@ K*T!%

ear +eynolds as last night 9 lay in bed, There came before my eyes that $onted thread :f sha'es, and shado$s, and remembrances, That e#ery other minute #eA and 'lease)



Things all disjointed come from north and south,(( T$o itchDs eyes abo#e a "herubDs mouth, oltaire $ith casMue and shield and habergeon, *nd *leAander $ith his nightca' onN :ld !ocrates a(tying his cra#at, *nd HaClitt 'laying $ith -iss dge$orthDs catN

*nd Junius Brutus, 'retty $ell so so, -aking the best ofDs $ay to$ards !oho%

Fe$ are there $ho esca'e these #isitings,(( Perha's one or t$o $hose li#es ha#e 'atent $ings, *nd throD $hose curtains 'ee's no hellish nose, @o $ild(boar tushes, and no -ermaidDs toesN But flo$ers bursting out $ith lusty 'ride, *nd young *eolian har's 'ersonifyDdN !ome Titian colours touchDd into real life,(( The sacrifice goes onN the 'ontiff knife Gleams in the !un, the milk($hite heifer lo$s,

The 'i'es go shrilly, the libation flo$s) * $hite sail sho$s abo#e the green(head cliff, -o#es round the 'oint, and thro$s her anchor stiffN The mariners join hymn $ith those on land%

&ou kno$ the nchanted "astle,((it doth stand <'on a rock, on the border of a Lake, @ested in trees, $hich all do seem to shake From some old magic(like <rgandaDs !$ord% : Phoebus that 9 had thy sacred $ord To sho$ this "astle, in fair dreaming $ise, <nto my friend, $hile sick and ill he lies

&ou kno$ it $ell enough, $here it doth seem * mossy 'lace, a -erlinDs Hall, a dreamN &ou kno$ the clear Lake, and the little 9sles, The mountains blue, and cold near neighbour rills, *ll $hich else$here are but half animateN There do they look ali#e to lo#e and hate, To smiles and fro$nsN they seem a lifted mound *bo#e some giant, 'ulsing underground%

Part of the Building $as a chosen !ee, Built by a banishDd !anton of "haldeeN

The other 'art, t$o thousand years from him, as built by "uthbert de !aint *ldebrimN Then thereDs a little $ing, far from the !un, Built by a La'land itch turnDd maudlin @unN *nd many other juts of aged stone Founded $ith many a mason(de#ilDs groan%

The doors all look as if they o'Dd themsel#es The $indo$s as if latchDd by Fays and l#es,



*nd from them comes a sil#er flash of light, *s from the $est$ard of a !ummerDs nightN :r like a beauteous $omanDs large blue eyes Gone mad throD olden songs and 'oesies%

!ee $hat is coming from the distance dim

* golden Galley all in silken trim Three ro$s of oars are lightening, moment $hiles 9nto the #erdDrous bosoms of those islesN To$ards the shade, under the "astle $all, 9t comes in silence,((no$ Dtis hidden all% The "larion sounds, and from a Postern(gate *n echo of s$eet music doth create * fear in the 'oor Herdsman, $ho doth bring His beasts to trouble the enchanted s'ring,(( He tells of the s$eet music, and the s'ot, To all his friends, and they belie#e him not%

: that our dreamings all, of slee' or $ake, ould all their colours from the sunset take) From something of material sublime, +ather than shado$ our o$n soulDs day(time 9n the dark #oid of night% For in the $orld e jostle,((but my flag is not unfurlDd :n the *dmiral(staff,((and so 'hiloso'hise 9 dare not yet :h, ne#er $ill the 'riCe, High reason, and the lo#e of good and ill, Be my a$ard Things cannot to the $ill Be settled, but they tease us out of thoughtN :r is it that imagination brought

Beyond its 'ro'er bound, yet still confinDd, Lost in a sort of Purgatory blind, "annot refer to any standard la$ :f either earth or hea#en 9t is a fla$ 9n ha''iness, to see beyond our bourn,(( 9t forces us in summer skies to mourn, 9t s'oils the singing of the @ightingale%

ear +eynolds 9 ha#e a mysterious tale, *nd cannot s'eak it) the first 'age 9 read <'on a Lam'it rock of green sea($eed *mong the breakersN Dt$as a Muiet e#e,

The rocks $ere silent, the $ide sea did $ea#e *n untumultuous fringe of sil#er foam *long the flat bro$n sandN 9 $as at home *nd should ha#e been most ha''y,((but 9 sa$ Too far into the sea, $here e#ery ma$ The greater on the less feeds e#ermore%(( But 9 sa$ too distinct into the core :f an eternal fierce destruction, *nd so from ha''iness 9 far $as gone%



!till am 9 sick of it, and thoD to(day, 9D#e gatherDd young s'ring(lea#es, and flo$ers gay :f 'eri$inkle and $ild stra$berry, !till do 9 that most fierce destruction see,(( The !hark at sa#age 'rey,((the Ha$k at 'ounce,(( The gentle +obin, like a Pard or :unce,

+a#ening a $orm,((*$ay, ye horrid moods -oods of oneDs mind &ou kno$ 9 hate them $ell% &ou kno$ 9Dd sooner be a cla''ing Bell To some Kamtschatkan -issionary "hurch, Than $ith these horrid moods be left iD the lurch%

RL99%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

ednesday, 2Teignmouth, *'ril /, 1/1/8%

-y dear Haydon((9 am glad you $ere 'leased $ith my nonsense, and if it soha''en that the humour takes me $hen 9 ha#e set do$n to 'rose to you 9$ill not gainsay it% 9 should be =God forgi#e me> ready to s$ear because 9cannot make use of your assistance in going through e#on if 9 $as not inmy o$n -ind determined to #isit it thoroughly at some more fa#ourable timeof the year% But no$ Tom =$ho is getting greatly better> is anAious to bein To$n((therefore 9 'ut off my threading the "ounty% 9 'ur'ose $ithin amonth to 'ut my kna'sack at my back and make a 'edestrian tour through the @orth of ngland, and 'art of !cotland((to make a sort of Prologue to theLife 9 intend to 'ursue((that is to $rite, to study and to see all uro'e

at the lo$est eA'ence% 9 $ill clamber through the "louds and eAist% 9 $illget such an accumulation of stu'endous recollections that as 9 $alk through the suburbs of London 9 may not see them((9 $ill stand u'on -ountBlanc and remember this coming !ummer $hen 9 intend to straddle BenLomond(($ith my soul((galligaskins are out of the Question% 9 am nearer myself to hear your I"hristI is being tinted into immortality% Belie#e meHaydon your 'icture is 'art of myself((9 ha#e e#er been too sensible of the labyrinthian 'ath to eminence in *rt =judging from Poetry> e#er tothink 9 understood the em'hasis of 'ainting% The innumerable com'ositionsand decom'ositions $hich take 'lace bet$een the intellect and its thousandmaterials before it arri#es at that trembling delicate and snail(horn 'erce'tion of beauty% 9 kno$ not your many ha#ens of intenseness((nor e#er

can kno$ them) but for this 9 ho'e not you achie#e is lost u'on me258)for $hen a !choolboy the abstract 9dea 9 had of an heroic 'ainting(($as$hat 9 cannot describe% 9 sa$ it some$hat side$ays, large, 'rominent,round, and colourDd $ith magnificence((some$hat like the feel 9 ha#e of *nthony and "leo'atra% :r of *lcibiades leaning on his "rimson "ouch inhis Galley, his broad shoulders im'erce'tibly hea#ing $ith the !ea% That 'assage in !haks'eare is finer than this((

!ee ho$ the surly ar$ick mans the all%



9 like your consignment of "orneille((thatDs the humour of it((they shall be called your Posthumous orks%25/8 9 donDt understand your bit of 9talian% 9 ho'e she $ill a$ake from her dream and flourish fair((myres'ects to her% The Hedges by this time are beginning to leaf(("ats are becoming more #ociferous((young Ladies $ho $ear atches are al$ays looking

at them% omen about forty(fi#e think the !eason #ery back$ard((LadiesD-ares ha#e but half an allo$ance of food% 9t rains here again, has beendoing so for three days((ho$e#er as 9 told you 9Dll take a trial in June,July, or *ugust neAt year%

9 am afraid ords$orth $ent rather huffDd out of To$n((9 am sorry for it((he cannot eA'ect his fireside i#an to be infallible((he cannot eA'ect but that e#ery man of $orth is as 'roud as himself% : that he had not fit$ith a arrener2578((that is dined at KingstonDs% 9 shall be in to$n inabout a fortnight and then $e $ill ha#e a day or so no$ and then before 9set out on my northern eA'edition(($e $ill ha#e no more abominable+o$s((for they lea#e one in a fearful silence((ha#ing settled the

-ethodists let us be rational((not u'on com'ulsion((no((if it $ill outlet it((but 9 $ill not 'lay the Bassoon any more deliberately% +emember meto HaClitt, and Be$ick((

&our affectionate friend,

J:H@ K*T!%

RL999%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

Thy% morng%, 2Teignmouth, *'ril 7, 1/1/8%

-y dear +eynolds((!ince you all agree that the thing2608 is bad, it must be so((though 9 am not a$are there is anything like Hunt in it =and if there is, it is my natural $ay, and 9 ha#e something in common $ith Hunt>%Look it o#er again, and eAamine into the moti#es, the seeds, from $hichany one sentence s'rung((9 ha#e not the slightest feel of humility to$ardsthe 'ublic((or to anything in eAistence,((but the eternal Being, thePrinci'le of Beauty, and the -emory of great -en% hen 9 am $riting for myself for the mere sake of the momentDs enjoyment, 'erha's nature has its

course $ith me((but a Preface is $ritten to the PublicN a thing 9 cannothel' looking u'on as an nemy, and $hich 9 cannot address $ithout feelingsof Hostility% 9f 9 $rite a Preface in a su''le or subdued style, it $illnot be in character $ith me as a 'ublic s'eaker((9 $ould be subdued beforemy friends, and thank them for subduing me((but among -ultitudes of -en((9ha#e no feel of stoo'ing, 9 hate the idea of humility to them%

9 ne#er $rote one single Line of Poetry $ith the least !hado$ of 'ublicthought%



Forgi#e me for #eAing you and making a Trojan horse of such a Trifle, both$ith res'ect to the matter in Question, and myself((but it eases me totell you((9 could not li#e $ithout the lo#e of my friends((9 $ould jum'do$n *etna for any great Public good((but 9 hate a -a$kish Po'ularity% 9cannot be subdued before them((-y glory $ould be to daunt and daCCle the

thousand jabberers about Pictures and Books((9 see s$arms of Porcu'ines$ith their Quills erect Ilike lime(t$igs set to catch my inged Book,I and9 $ould fright them a$ay $ith a torch% &ou $ill say my Preface is not muchof a Torch% 9t $ould ha#e been too insulting Ito begin from Jo#e,I and 9could not set a golden head u'on a thing of clay% 9f there is any fault inthe Preface it is not affectation, but an undersong of disres'ect to thePublic((if 9 $rite another Preface it must be done $ithout a thought of those 'eo'le((9 $ill think about it% 9f it should not reach you in four or fi#e days, tell Taylor to 'ublish it $ithout a Preface, and let theedication sim'ly stand((Iinscribed to the -emory of Thomas "hatterton%I

9 had resol#ed last night to $rite to you this morning((9 $ish it had been

about something else((something to greet you to$ards the close of your long illness% 9 ha#e had one or t$o intimations of your going to Ham'steadfor a s'aceN and 9 regret to see your confounded +heumatism kee's you inLittle Britain $here, 9 am sure the air is too confined% e#onshirecontinues rainy% *s the dro's beat against the $indo$, they gi#e me thesame sensation as a Muart of cold $ater offered to re#i#e a half(dro$nedde#il((no feel of the clouds dro''ing fatnessN but as if the roots of theearth $ere rotten, cold, and drenched% 9 ha#e not been able to go toKentDs ca#e at Babbicombe((ho$e#er on one #ery beautiful day 9 had a fine"lamber o#er the rocks all along as far as that 'lace% 9 shall be in To$nin about Ten days((e go by $ay of Bath on 'ur'ose to call on Bailey% 9ho'e soon to be $riting to you about the things of the north, 'ur'osing to

$ayfare all o#er those 'arts% 9 ha#e settled my accoutrements in my o$nmind, and $ill go to gorge $onders% Ho$e#er, $eDll ha#e some days together before 9 set out((

9 ha#e many reasons for going $onder($ays) to make my $inter chair freefrom s'leen((to enlarge my #ision((to esca'e disMuisitions on Poetry andKingston "riticismN to 'romote digestion and economise shoe(leather% 9Dllha#e leather buttons and beltN and, if Bro$n holds his mind, o#er theHills $e go% 9f my Books $ill hel' me to it, then $ill 9 take all uro'ein turn, and see the Kingdoms of the arth and the glory of them% Tom isgetting better, he ho'es you may meet him at the to' oD the hill% -y Lo#eto your nurses% 9 am e#er


J:H@ K*T!%

RL9R%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%



2Teignmouth,8 Friday 2*'ril 10, 1/1/8%

-y dear +eynolds((9 am anAious you should find this Preface tolerable% 9f there is an affectation in it Dtis natural to me% o let the PrinterDs

e#il cook it, and let me be as Ithe casing air%I

&ou are too good in this -atter(($ere 9 in your state, 9 am certain 9should ha#e no thought but of discontent and illness((9 might though betaught 'atience) 9 had an idea of gi#ing no PrefaceN ho$e#er, donDt youthink this had better go :, let it((one should not be too timid((of committing faults%

The climate here $eighs us do$n com'letelyN Tom is Muite lo$(s'irited% 9tis im'ossible to li#e in a country $hich is continually under hatches% ho$ould li#e in a region of -ists, Game La$s, indemnity Bills, etc%, $henthere is such a 'lace as 9taly 9t is said this ngland from its "lime

'roduces a !'leen, able to engender the finest !entiments, and co#er the$hole face of the isle $ith Green((so it ought, 9Dm sure%((9 should stilllike the edication sim'ly, as 9 said in my last%

9 $anted to send you a fe$ songs $ritten in your fa#orite e#on((it cannot be((+ain +ain +ain 9 am going this morning to take a facsimile of aLetter of @elsonDs, #ery much to his honour((you $ill be greatly 'leased$hen you see it((in about a $eek% hat a s'ite it is one cannot getout((the little $ay 9 $ent yesterday, 9 found a lane banked on each side$ith store of Primroses, $hile the earlier bushes are beginning to leaf%

9 shall hear a good account of you soon%


J:H@ K*T!%

-y Lo#e to all and remember me to Taylor%

L%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

Teignmouth, Friday 2*'ril .;, 1/1/8%

-y dear Taylor((9 think 9 did $rong to lea#e to you all the trouble of ndymion((But 9 could not hel' it then((another time 9 shall be more bentto all sorts of troubles and disagreeables% &oung men for some time ha#ean idea that such a thing as ha''iness is to be had, and therefore areeAtremely im'atient under any un'leasant restraining% 9n time ho$e#er, of such stuff is the $orld about them, they kno$ better, and instead of



stri#ing from uneasiness, greet it as an habitual sensation, a 'annier $hich is to $eigh u'on them through life((*nd in 'ro'ortion to my disgustat the task is my sense of your kindness and anAiety% The book 'leased memuch% 9t is #ery free from faults) and, although there are one or t$o$ords 9 should $ish re'laced, 9 see in many 'laces an im'ro#ement greatlyto the 'ur'ose%

9 think those s'eeches $hich are related((those 'arts $here the s'eaker re'eats a s'eech, such as GlaucusDs re'etition of "irceDs $ords, shouldha#e in#erted commas to e#ery line% 9n this there is a littleconfusion%((9f $e di#ide the s'eeches into EidenticalE and ErelatedEN andto the former 'ut merely one in#erted "omma at the beginning and another at the endN and to the latter in#erted "ommas before e#ery line, the book $ill be better understood at the 1st glance% Look at 'ages 1.6, 1., you$ill find in the 4d line the beginning of a related s'eech marked thusI*h art a$ake((I $hile, at the same time, in the neAt 'age thecontinuation of the EidenticalE s'eech is marked in the same manner,I&oung man of Latmos((I &ou $ill find on the other side all the 'arts

$hich should ha#e in#erted commas to e#ery line%

9 $as 'ro'osing to tra#el o#er the @orth this summer% There is but onething to 're#ent me%((9 kno$ nothing((9 ha#e read nothing((and 9 mean tofollo$ !olomonDs directions, IGet learning((get understanding%I 9 findearlier days are gone by((9 find that 9 can ha#e no enjoyment in the $orld but continual drinking of kno$ledge% 9 find there is no $orthy 'ursuit butthe idea of doing some good for the $orld((!ome do it $ith their !ociety((some $ith their $it((some $ith their bene#olence((some $ith asort of 'o$er of conferring 'leasure and good(humour on all they meet((andin a thousand $ays, all dutiful to the command of great @ature((there is but one $ay for me% The road lies through a''lication, study, and

thought%((9 $ill 'ursue itN and for that end, 'ur'ose retiring for someyears% 9 ha#e been ho#ering for some time bet$een an eAMuisite sense of the luAurious, and a lo#e for 'hiloso'hy,(($ere 9 calculated for theformer, 9 should be glad% But as 9 am not, 9 shall turn all my soul to thelatter%((-y brother Tom is getting better, and 9 ho'e 9 shall see both himand +eynolds better before 9 retire from the $orld% 9 shall see you soon,and ha#e some talk about $hat Books 9 shall take $ith me%

&our #ery sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

Pray remember me to Hessey oodhouse and Percy !treet%

L9%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

Teignmouth, *'ril ., 1/1/%



-y dear +eynolds((9t is an a$ful $hile since you ha#e heard from me((9ho'e 9 may not be 'unished, $hen 9 see you $ell, and so anAious as youal$ays are for me, $ith the remembrance of my so seldom $riting $hen you$ere so horribly confined% The most unha''y hours in our li#es are thosein $hich $e recollect times 'ast to our o$n blushing((9f $e are immortal

that must be the Hell% 9f 9 must be immortal, 9 ho'e it $ill be after ha#ing taken a little of Ithat $atery labyrinthI in order to forget someof my school(boy days and others since those%

9 ha#e heard from George at different times ho$ slo$ly you $erereco#ering((9t is a tedious thing((but all -edical -en $ill tell you ho$far a #ery gradual amendment is 'referableN you $ill be strong after this,ne#er fear% e are here still en#elo'ed in clouds((9 lay a$ake last nightlistening to the +ain $ith a sense of being dro$ned and rotted like agrain of $heat% There is a continual courtesy bet$een the Hea#ens and thearth% The hea#ens rain do$n their un$elcomeness, and the arth sends itu' again to be returned to(morro$% Tom has taken a fancy to a 'hysician

here, r% Turton, and 9 think is getting better((therefore 9 shall 'erha'sremain here some -onths% 9 ha#e $ritten to George for some Books((shalllearn Greek, and #ery likely 9talian((and in other $ays 're'are myself toask HaClitt in about a yearDs time the best meta'hysical road 9 can take%For although 9 take 'oetry to be "hief, yet there is something else$anting to one $ho 'asses his life among Books and thoughts on Books((9long to feast u'on old Homer as $e ha#e u'on !haks'eare, and as 9 ha#elately u'on -ilton% 9f you understood Greek, and $ould read me 'assages,no$ and then, eA'laining their meaning, Dt$ould be, from its mistiness, 'erha's, a greater luAury than reading the thing oneDs self% 9 shall beha''y $hen 9 can do the same for you% 9 ha#e $ritten for my folio!haks'eare, in $hich there are the first fe$ stanCas of my IPot of Basil%I

9 ha#e the rest here finished, and $ill co'y the $hole out fair shortly,and George $ill bring it you((The com'liment is 'aid by us to Boccace,$hether $e 'ublish or no) so there is content in this $orld((EmineE isshort((you must be deliberate about yours) you must not think of it tillmany months after you are Muite $ell)((then 'ut your 'assion to it, and 9shall be bound u' $ith you in the shado$s of -ind, as $e are in our matters of human life% Perha's a !tanCa or t$o $ill not be too foreign toyour !ickness%

ere they unha''y then((9t cannot be(( Too many tears for lo#ers ha#e been shed, Too many sighs gi#e $e to them in fee,

Too much of 'ity after they are dead, Too many doleful stories do $e see, hose matter in bright gold $ere best be readN Ace't in such a 'age $here TheseusD s'ouse :#er the 'athless $a#es to$ards him bo$s%

But, for the general a$ard of lo#e The little s$eet doth kill much bitternessN Though ido silent is in under(gro#e,



*nd 9sabellaDs $as a great distress, Though young LorenCo in $arm 9ndian clo#e as not embalmDd, this truth is not the less(( #en bees, the little almsmen of s'ring(bo$ers, Kno$ there is richest juice in 'oison(flo$ers%

? ? ? ? ?

!he $e't alone for 'leasures not to beN !orely she $e't until the night came on, *nd then, instead of lo#e, : misery !he brooded oDer the luAury alone) hat might ha#e been too 'lainly did she see,2618 *nd to the silence made a gentle moan, !'reading her 'erfect arms u'on the air, *nd on her couch lo$ murmuring Ihere : $hereI

9 heard from +ice this morning((#ery $itty((and ha#e just $ritten to

Bailey% onDt you think 9 am brushing u' in the letter $ay and being infor it, you shall hear again from me #ery shortly)((if you $ill 'romisenot to 'ut hand to 'a'er for me until you can do it $ith a tolerable easeof health((eAce't it be a line or t$o% Gi#e my Lo#e to your -other and!isters% +emember me to the Butlers((not forgetting !arah%


J:H@ K*T!%

L99%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

Teignmouth, -ay 4d 21/1/8%

-y dear +eynolds((hat 9 com'lain of is that 9 ha#e been in so uneasy astate of -ind as not to be fit to $rite to an in#alid% 9 cannot $rite toany length under a disguised feeling% 9 should ha#e loaded you $ith anaddition of gloom, $hich 9 am sure you do not $ant% 9 am no$ thank God ina humour to gi#e you a good groatDs $orth((for Tom, after a @ight $ithouta ink of slee', and o#er(burthened $ith fe#er, has got u' after a

refreshing day(slee' and is better than he has been for a long timeN andyou 9 trust ha#e been again round the common $ithout any effect butrefreshment% *s to the -atter 9 ho'e 9 can say $ith !ir *ndre$26.8 I9 ha#ematter enough in my headI in your fa#our((*nd no$, in the second 'lace,for 9 reckon that 9 ha#e finished my 9m'rimis, 9 am glad you blo$ u' the$eather((all through your letter there is a leaning to$ards aclimate(curse, and you kno$ $hat a delicate satisfaction there is inha#ing a #eAation anathematised) one $ould think there has been gro$ing u'for these last four thousand years, a grand(child !cion of the old



forbidden tree, and that some modern #e had just #iolated itN and thatthere $as come $ith double charge

I@otus and *fer, black $ith thundrous clouds From !erraliona((I

9 shall breathe $orsted stockings2648 sooner than 9 thought for((Tom $antsto be in To$n(($e $ill ha#e some such days u'on the heath like that of last summer((and $hy not $ith the same book or $hat say you to a black Letter "haucer, 'rinted in 1576) aye 9D#e got one huCCa 9 shall ha#e it bound en gothiMue((a nice sombre binding((it $ill go a little $ay tounmodernise% *nd also 9 see no reason, because 9 ha#e been a$ay this lastmonth, $hy 9 should not ha#e a 'ee' at your !'enserian((not$ithstandingyou s'eak of your office, in my thought a little too early, for 9 do notsee $hy a -ind like yours is not ca'able of harbouring and digesting the$hole -ystery of La$ as easily as Parson Hugh does 'i''ins, $hich did nothinder him from his 'oetic canary%26;8 ere 9 to study 'hysic or rather -edicine again, 9 feel it $ould not make the least difference in my

PoetryN $hen the mind is in its infancy a Bias is in reality a Bias, but$hen $e ha#e acMuired more strength, a Bias becomes no Bias% #eryde'artment of Kno$ledge $e see eAcellent and calculated to$ards a great$hole((9 am so con#inced of this that 9 am glad at not ha#ing gi#en a$aymy medical Books, $hich 9 shall again look o#er to kee' ali#e the little 9kno$ thither$ardsN and moreo#er intend through you and +ice to become asort of 'i'(ci#ilian% *n eAtensi#e kno$ledge is needful to thinking 'eo'le((it takes a$ay the heat and fe#erN and hel's, by $idenings'eculation, to ease the Burden of the -ystery, a thing $hich 9 begin tounderstand a little, and $hich $eighed u'on you in the most gloomy andtrue sentence in your Letter% The difference of high !ensations $ith and$ithout kno$ledge a''ears to me this) in the latter case $e are falling

continually ten thousand fathoms dee' and being blo$n u' again, $ithout$ings, and $ith all horror of a bare(shouldered "reature((in the former case, our shoulders are fledged, and $e go through the same air and s'ace$ithout fear% This is running oneDs rigs on the score of abstracted benefit(($hen $e come to human Life and the affections, it is im'ossibleto kno$ ho$ a 'arallel of breast and head can be dra$n =you $ill forgi#eme for thus 'ri#ately treading out of my de'th, and take it for treadingas school(boys tread the $ater>N it is im'ossible to kno$ ho$ far kno$ledge $ill console us for the death of a friend, and the ill Ithatflesh is heir to%I ith res'ect to the affections and Poetry you must kno$ by a sym'athy my thoughts that $ay, and 9 daresay these fe$ lines $ill be but a ratification) 9 $rote them on -ayday((and intend to finish the ode

all in good time((

-other of Hermes and still youthful -aia -ay 9 sing to thee *s thou $ast hymned on the shores of Baiae :r may 9 $oo thee 9n earlier !icilian or thy smiles !eek as they once $ere sought, in Grecian isles, By Bards $ho died content on 'leasant s$ard,



Lea#ing great #erse unto a little clan :, gi#e me their old #igour, and unheard !a#e of the Muiet Primrose, and the s'an :f hea#en and fe$ ears, +ounded by thee, my song should die a$ay "ontent as theirs,

+ich in the sim'le $orshi' of a day%((

&ou may 'erha's be anAious to kno$ for fact to $hat sentence in your Letter 9 allude% &ou say, I9 fear there is little chance of anything elsein this lifeI((you seem by that to ha#e been going through $ith a more 'ainful and acute Cest the same labyrinth that 9 ha#e((9 ha#e come to thesame conclusion thus far% -y Branchings out therefrom ha#e been numerous)one of them is the consideration of ords$orthDs genius and as a hel', inthe manner of gold being the meridian Line of $orldly $ealth, ho$ hediffers from -ilton% *nd here 9 ha#e nothing but surmises, from anuncertainty $hether -iltonDs a''arently less anAiety for Humanity 'roceedsfrom his seeing further or not than ords$orth) *nd $hether ords$orth has

in truth e'ic 'assion, and martyrs himself to the human heart, the mainregion of his song% 9n regard to his genius alone(($e find $hat he saystrue as far as $e ha#e eA'erienced, and $e can judge no further but bylarger eA'erience((for aAioms in 'hiloso'hy are not aAioms until they are 'ro#ed u'on our 'ulses% e read fine things, but ne#er feel them to thefull until $e ha#e gone the same ste's as the author%((9 kno$ this is not 'lainN you $ill kno$ eAactly my meaning $hen 9 say that no$ 9 shallrelish Hamlet more than 9 e#er ha#e done((:r, better((you are sensible noman can set do$n enery as a bestial or joyless thing until he is sick of it, and therefore all 'hiloso'hising on it $ould be mere $ording% <ntil $eare sick, $e understand notN in fine, as Byron says, IKno$ledge issorro$IN and 9 go on to say that I!orro$ is $isdomI((and further for aught

$e can kno$ for certainty Iisdom is follyI((!o you see ho$ 9 ha#e runa$ay from ords$orth and -ilton, and shall still run a$ay from $hat $as inmy head, to obser#e, that some kind of letters are good sMuares, othershandsome o#als, and other some orbicular, others s'heroid((and $hy shouldnot there be another s'ecies $ith t$o rough edges like a +at(tra' 9 ho'eyou $ill find all my long letters of that s'ecies, and all $ill be $ellNfor by merely touching the s'ring delicately and ethereally, therough(edged $ill fly immediately into a 'ro'er com'actnessN and thus youmay make a good $holesome loaf, $ith your o$n lea#en in it, of myfragments((9f you cannot find this said +at(tra' sufficiently tractable,alas for me, it being an im'ossibility in grain for my ink to stainother$ise) 9f 9 scribble long letters 9 must 'lay my #agaries((9 must be

too hea#y, or too light, for $hole 'ages((9 must be Muaint and free of Tro'es and figures((9 must 'lay my draughts as 9 'lease, and for myad#antage and your erudition, cro$n a $hite $ith a black, or a black $itha $hite, and mo#e into black or $hite, far and near as 9 'lease((9 must gofrom HaClitt to Patmore, and make ords$orth and "oleman 'lay atlea'(frog, or kee' one of them do$n a $hole half(holiday atfly(the(garter((IFrom Gray to Gay, from Little to !haks'eare%I *lso as along cause reMuires t$o or more sittings of the "ourt, so a long letter $ill reMuire t$o or more sittings of the Breech, $herefore 9 shall resume



after dinner((

Ha#e you not seen a Gull, an orc, a !ea(-e$, or anything to bring thisLine to a 'ro'er length, and also fill u' this clear 'artN that like theGull 9 may Edi'E2658((9 ho'e, not out of sight((and also, like a Gull, 9ho'e to be lucky in a good(siCed fish((This crossing a letter is not

$ithout its association((for cheMuer($ork leads us naturally to a-ilkmaid, a -ilkmaid to Hogarth, Hogarth to !haks'eare((!haks'eare toHaClitt((HaClitt to !haks'eare((and thus by merely 'ulling an a'ron(string$e set a 'retty 'eal of "himes at $ork((Let them chime on $hile, $ith your 'atience, 9 $ill return to ords$orth(($hether or no he has an eAtended#ision or a circumscribed grandeur(($hether he is an eagle in his nest or on the $ing((*nd to be more eA'licit and to sho$ you ho$ tall 9 stand bythe giant, 9 $ill 'ut do$n a simile of human life as far as 9 no$ 'ercei#eitN that is, to the 'oint to $hich 9 say $e both ha#e arri#ed at((ell((9com'are human life to a large -ansion of -any a'artments, t$o of $hich 9can only describe, the doors of the rest being as yet shut u'on me((Thefirst $e ste' into $e call the infant or thoughtless "hamber, in $hich $e

remain as long as $e do not think((e remain there a long $hile, andnot$ithstanding the doors of the second "hamber remain $ide o'en, sho$inga bright a''earance, $e care not to hasten to itN but are at lengthim'erce'tibly im'elled by the a$akening of the thinking 'rinci'le $ithinus(($e no sooner get into the second "hamber, $hich 9 shall call the"hamber of -aiden(Thought, than $e become intoAicated $ith the light andthe atmos'here, $e see nothing but 'leasant $onders, and think of delayingthere for e#er in delight) Ho$e#er among the effects this breathing isfather of is that tremendous one of shar'ening oneDs #ision into the heartand nature of -an((of con#incing oneDs ner#es that the $orld is full of -isery and Heartbreak, Pain, !ickness, and o''ression(($hereby this"hamber of -aiden Thought becomes gradually darkened, and at the same

time, on all sides of it, many doors are set o'en((but all dark((allleading to dark 'assages((e see not the balance of good and e#il(($e arein a mist(($e are no$ in that state((e feel the Iburden of the -ystery%ITo this 'oint $as ords$orth come, as far as 9 can concei#e, $hen he $roteDTintern *bbey,D and it seems to me that his Genius is eA'lorati#e of those dark Passages% @o$ if $e li#e, and go on thinking, $e too shalleA'lore them((He is a genius and su'erior to us, in so far as he can, morethan $e, make disco#eries and shed a light in them((Here 9 must think ords$orth is dee'er than -ilton, though 9 think it has de'ended more u'onthe general and gregarious ad#ance of intellect, than indi#idual greatnessof -ind((From the Paradise Lost and the other orks of -ilton, 9 ho'e itis not too 'resuming, e#en bet$een oursel#es, to say, that his Philoso'hy,

human and di#ine, may be tolerably understood by one not much ad#anced inyears% 9n his time, nglishmen $ere just emanci'ated from a greatsu'erstition, and -en had got hold of certain 'oints and resting('laces inreasoning $hich $ere too ne$ly born to be doubted, and too much o''osed bythe -ass of uro'e not to be thought ethereal and authenticallydi#ine((ho could gainsay his ideas on #irtue, #ice, and "hastity in"omus, just at the time of the dismissal of a hundred disgraces $ho $ouldnot rest satisfied $ith his hintings at good and e#il in the ParadiseLost, $hen just free from the 9nMuisition and burning in !mithfield The



+eformation 'roduced such immediate and great benefits, that Protestantism$as considered under the immediate eye of hea#en, and its o$n remainingogmas and su'erstitions then, as it $ere, regenerated, constituted thoseresting('laces and seeming sure 'oints of +easoning((from that 9 ha#ementioned, -ilton, $hate#er he may ha#e thought in the seMuel, a''ears toha#e been content $ith these by his $ritings((He did not think into the

human heart as ords$orth has done((&et -ilton as a Philoso'her had sureas great 'o$ers as ords$orth((hat is then to be inferred : manythings((9t 'ro#es there is really a grand march of intellect,((9t 'ro#esthat a mighty 'ro#idence subdues the mightiest -inds to the ser#ice of thetime being, $hether it be in human Kno$ledge or +eligion% 9 ha#e often 'itied a tutor $ho has to hear I@om% -usaI so often dinnDd into hisears((9 ho'e you may not ha#e the same 'ain in this scribbling((9 may ha#eread these things before, but 9 ne#er had e#en a thus dim 'erce'tion of themN and moreo#er 9 like to say my lesson to one $ho $ill endure mytediousness for my o$n sake((*fter all there is certainly something realin the $orld((-ooreDs 'resent to HaClitt is real((9 like that -oore, andam glad 9 sa$ him at the Theatre just before 9 left To$n% Tom has s'it a

EleetleE blood this afternoon, and that is rather a dam'er((but 9kno$((the truth is there is something real in the orld% &our third"hamber of Life shall be a lucky and a gentle one((stored $ith the $ine of lo#e((and the Bread of Friendshi'((hen you see George if he should notha#e recei#ed a letter from me tell him he $ill find one at home mostlikely((tell Bailey 9 ho'e soon to see him((+emember me to all% The lea#esha#e been out here for mony a day((9 ha#e $ritten to George for the firststanCas of my 9sabel((9 shall ha#e them soon, and $ill co'y the $hole outfor you%


J:H@ K*T!%

L999%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

Ham'stead, Thursday 2-ay ./, 1/1/8%

-y dear Bailey((9 should ha#e ans$ered your Letter on the -oment, if 9could ha#e said yes to your in#itation% hat hinders me is insu'erable) 9

$ill tell it at a little length% &ou kno$ my Brother George has been outof em'loy for some time) it has $eighed #ery much u'on him, and dri#en himto scheme and turn o#er things in his -ind% The result has been hisresolution to emigrate to the back !ettlements of *merica, become Farmer and $ork $ith his o$n hands, after 'urchasing 1; hundred acres of the*merican Go#ernment% This for many reasons has met $ith my entire"onsent((and the chief one is thisN he is of too inde'endent and liberal a-ind to get on in Trade in this "ountry, in $hich a generous -an $ith ascanty resource must be ruined% 9 $ould sooner he should till the ground



than bo$ to a customer% There is no choice $ith him) he could not bringhimself to the latter% 9 $ould not consent to his going aloneN((no((butthat objection is done a$ay $ith) he $ill marry before he sets sail ayoung lady he has kno$n for se#eral years, of a nature liberal andhigh(s'irited enough to follo$ him to the Banks of the -ississi''i% He$ill set off in a month or siA $eeks, and you $ill see ho$ 9 should $ish

to 'ass that time $ith him%((*nd then 9 must set out on a journey of myo$n% Bro$n and 9 are going a 'edestrian tour through the north of nglandand !cotland as far as John oD GrotDs% 9 ha#e this morning such a lethargythat 9 cannot $rite% The reason of my delaying is oftentimes from thisfeeling,((9 $ait for a 'ro'er tem'er% @o$ you ask for an immediate ans$er,9 do not like to $ait e#en till to(morro$% Ho$e#er, 9 am no$ so de'ressedthat 9 ha#e not an idea to 'ut to 'a'er((my hand feels like lead((and yetit is an un'leasant numbnessN it does not take a$ay the 'ain of Aistence%9 donDt kno$ $hat to $rite%

-onday 2June 18%

&ou see ho$ 9 ha#e delayedN and e#en no$ 9 ha#e but a confused idea of $hat 9 should be about% -y intellect must be in a degenerating state((itmust be((for $hen 9 should be $riting about((God kno$s $hat((9 amtroubling you $ith moods of my o$n mind, or rather body, for mind there isnone% 9 am in that tem'er that if 9 $ere under $ater 9 $ould scarcely kick to come u' to the to'((9 kno$ #ery $ell Dtis all nonsense((9n a short time9 ho'e 9 shall be in a tem'er to feel sensibly your mention of my book% 9n#ain ha#e 9 $aited till -onday to ha#e any 9nterest in that or anythingelse% 9 feel no s'ur at my BrotherDs going to *merica, and am almoststony(hearted about his $edding% *ll this $ill blo$ o#er((*ll 9 am sorryfor is ha#ing to $rite to you in such a time((but 9 cannot force my

letters in a hotbed% 9 could not feel comfortable in making sentences for you% 9 am your debtor((9 must e#er remain so((nor do 9 $ish to be clear of any +ational debt) there is a comfort in thro$ing oneself on the charityof oneDs friends((Dtis like the albatross slee'ing on its $ings% 9 $ill beto you $ine in the cellar, and the more modestly, or rather, indolently, 9retire into the back$ard bin, the more Falerne $ill 9 be at the drinking%There is one thing 9 must mention((my Brother talks of sailing in afortnight((if so 9 $ill most 'robably be $ith you a $eek before 9 set outfor !cotland% The middle of your first 'age should be sufficient to rouseme% hat 9 said is true, and 9 ha#e dreamt of your mention of it, and mynot ans$ering it has $eighed on me since% 9f 9 come, 9 $ill bring your letter, and hear more fully your sentiments on one or t$o 'oints% 9 $ill

call about the Lectures at TaylorDs, and at Little Britain, to(morro$%&esterday 9 dined $ith HaClitt, Barnes, and ilkie, at HaydonDs% The to'ic$as the uke of ellington((#ery amusingly 'ro(and(conDd% +eynolds has been getting much betterN and +ice may begin to cro$, for he got a littleso(so at a 'arty of his, and $as none the $orse for it the neAt morning% 9ho'e 9 shall soon see you, for $e must ha#e many ne$ thoughts and feelingsto analyse, and to disco#er $hether a little more kno$ledge has not madeus more ignorant%




J:H@ K*T!%

L9%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

London 2June 10, 1/1/8%

-y dear Bailey((9 ha#e been #ery much gratified and #ery much hurt by your letters in the :Aford Pa'er)2668 because inde'endent of that unla$ful andmortal feeling of 'leasure at 'raise, there is a glory in enthusiasmN and because the $orld is malignant enough to chuckle at the most honourable!im'licity% &es, on my soul, my dear Bailey, you are too sim'le for the$orld((and that 9dea makes me sick of it% Ho$ is it that by eAtreme

o''osites $e ha#e, as it $ere, got discontented ner#es &ou ha#e all your life =9 think so> belie#ed e#erybody% 9 ha#e sus'ected e#erybody% *nd,although you ha#e been so decei#ed, you make a sim'le a''eal((the $orldhas something else to do, and 9 am glad of it((ere it in my choice, 9$ould reject a Petrarchal coronation((on account of my dying day, and because $omen ha#e cancers% 9 should not by rights s'eak in this tone toyou for it is an incendiary s'irit that $ould do so% &et 9 am not oldenough or magnanimous enough to annihilate self((and it $ould 'erha's be 'aying you an ill com'liment% 9 $as in ho'es some little time back to beable to relie#e your dulness by my s'irits((to 'oint out things in the$orld $orth your enjoyment((and no$ 9 am ne#er alone $ithout rejoicingthat there is such a thing as death(($ithout 'lacing my ultimate in the

glory of dying for a great human 'ur'ose% Perha's if my affairs $ere in adifferent state, 9 should not ha#e $ritten the abo#e((you shall judge) 9ha#e t$o brothersN one is dri#en, by the Iburden of !ociety,I to *mericaNthe other $ith an eAMuisite lo#e of life, is in a lingering state((-y lo#efor my Brothers, from the early loss of our Parents, and e#en from earlier misfortunes,268 has gro$n into an affection I'assing the lo#e of $omen%I9 ha#e been ill(tem'ered $ith them((9 ha#e #eAed them((but the thought of them has al$ays stifled the im'ression that any $oman might other$ise ha#emade u'on me% 9 ha#e a sister too, and may not follo$ them either to*merica or to the gra#e% Life must be undergone, and 9 certainly deri#esome consolation from the thought of $riting one or t$o more 'oems beforeit ceases%

9 ha#e heard some hints of your retiring to !cotland((9 should like tokno$ your feeling on it((it seems rather remote% Perha's Gleig $ill ha#e aduty near you% 9 am not certain $hether 9 shall be able to go any journey,on account of my Brother Tom, and a little indis'osition of my o$n% 9f 9do not you shall see me soon, if EnoE on my return or 9Dll Muarter myself on you neAt $inter% 9 had kno$n my sister(in(la$ some time before she $asmy sister, and $as #ery fond of her% 9 like her better and better% !he isthe most disinterested $oman 9 e#er kne$((that is to say, she goes beyond



degree in it% To see an entirely disinterested girl Muite ha''y is themost 'leasant and eAtraordinary thing in the $orld((9t de'ends u'on athousand circumstances((:n my $ord it is eAtraordinary% omen must $ant9magination, and they may thank God for itN and so may $e, that a delicate being can feel ha''y $ithout any sense of crime% 9t 'uCCles me, and 9 ha#eno sort of logic to comfort me((9 shall think it o#er% 9 am not at home,

and your letter being there 9 cannot look it o#er to ans$er any 'articular((only 9 must say 9 feel that 'assage of ante% 9f 9 take any book $ith me it shall be those minute #olumes of "arey, for they $ill gointo the a'test corner%

+eynolds is getting, 9 may say, robust, his illness has been of ser#ice tohim((like e#ery one just reco#ered, he is high(s'irited((9 hear also goodaccounts of +ice% ith res'ect to domestic literature, the dinburgh-agaCine, in another blo$(u' against Hunt, calls me Ithe amiable -ister KeatsI((and 9 ha#e more than a laurel from the Quarterly +e#ie$ers for they ha#e smothered me in IFoliage%I 9 $ant to read you my IPot of BasilI((if you go to !cotland, 9 should much like to read it there to you,

among the sno$s of neAt $inter% -y BrothersD remembrances to you%


J:H@ K*T!%

L%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

2Ham'stead,8 !unday #ening 2June .1, 1/1/8%

-y dear Taylor((9 am sorry 9 ha#e not had time to call and $ish you healthtill my return((+eally 9 ha#e been hard run these last threedays((Ho$e#er, au re#oir, God kee' us all $ell 9 start to(morro$ -orning%-y brother Tom $ill 9 am afraid be lonely% 9 can scarce ask a loan of books for him, since 9 still kee' those you lent me a year ago% 9f 9 amo#er$eening, you $ill 9 kno$ be indulgent% Therefore $hen you shall $rite,do send him some you think $ill be most amusing((he $ill be careful inreturning them% Let him ha#e one of my books bound% 9 am ashamed tocatalogue these messages% There is but one more, $hich ought to go for nothing as there is a lady concerned% 9 'romised -rs% +eynolds one of my

books bound% *s 9 cannot $rite in it let the o''osite26/8 be 'asted inD'rythee% +emember me to Percy !t%((Tell Hilton that one gratification onmy return $ill be to find him engaged on a history 'iece to his o$ncontent((*nd tell e$int 9 shall become a dis'utant on the landsca'e((Bo$for me #ery genteelly to -rs% % or she $ill not admit your di'loma%+emember me to Hessey, saying 9 ho'e heDll E"aryE his 'oint% 9 $ould notforget oodhouse% *dieu

&our sincere friend



J:H@ :D G+:T!%

L9%((T: TH:-*! K*T!%

Kes$ick, June .7th 21/1/8%

-y dear Tom((9 cannot make my Journal as distinct and actual as 9 could$ish, from ha#ing been engaged in $riting to George, and therefore 9 musttell you $ithout circumstance that $e 'roceeded from *mbleside to +ydal,sa$ the aterfalls there, and called on ords$orth, $ho $as not at home,nor $as any one of his family% 9 $rote a note and left it on themantel('iece% Thence on $e came to the foot of Hel#ellyn, $here $e sle't, but could not ascend it for the mist% 9 must mention that from +ydal $e

'assed Thirls$ater, and a fine 'ass in the -ountains((from Hel#ellyn $ecame to Kes$ick on er$ent ater% The a''roach to er$ent ater sur'assedindermere((it is richly $ooded, and shut in $ith rich(toned -ountains%From Hel#ellyn to Kes$ick $as eight miles to Breakfast, after $hich $etook a com'lete circuit of the Lake, going about ten miles, and seeing onour $ay the Fall of Lo$dore% 9 had an easy climb among the streams, aboutthe fragments of +ocks and should ha#e got 9 think to the summit, butunfortunately 9 $as dam'ed by sli''ing one leg into a sMuashy hole% Thereis no great body of $ater, but the accom'animent is delightfulN for itooCes out from a cleft in 'er'endicular +ocks, all fledged $ith *sh andother beautiful trees%2678 9t is a strange thing ho$ they got there% *tthe south end of the Lake, the -ountains of Borro$dale are 'erha's as fine

as anything $e ha#e seen% :n our return from this circuit, $e ordereddinner, and set forth about a mile and a half on the Penrith road, to seethe ruid tem'le% e had a fag u' hill, rather too near dinner(time, $hich$as rendered #oid by the gratification of seeing those aged stones on agentle rise in the midst of the -ountains, $hich at that time darkened allaround, eAce't at the fresh o'ening of the ale of !t% John% e $ent to bed rather fatigued, but not so much so as to hinder us getting u' thismorning to mount !kidda$% 9t 'romised all along to be fair, and $e hadfagged and tugged nearly to the to', $hen, at half('ast siA, there came a-ist u'on us and shut out the #ie$% e did not, ho$e#er, lose anything byit) $e $ere high enough $ithout mist to see the coast of !cotland((the9rish !ea((the hills beyond Lancaster((and nearly all the large ones of

"umberland and estmoreland, 'articularly Hel#ellyn and !ca$fell% 9t gre$colder and colder as $e ascended, and $e $ere glad, at about three 'artsof the $ay, to taste a little rum $hich the Guide brought $ith him, miAed,mind ye, $ith -ountain $ater% 9 took t$o glasses going and one returning%9t is about siA miles from $here 9 am $riting to the to'((!o $e ha#e$alked ten miles before Breakfast to(day% e $ent u' $ith t$o others, #erygood sort of fello$s((*ll felt, on arising into the cold air, that sameele#ation $hich a cold bath gi#es one((9 felt as if 9 $ere going to aTournament%



ords$orthDs house is situated just on the rise of the foot of -ount+ydalN his 'arlour($indo$ looks directly do$n indermereN 9 do not think 9told you ho$ fine the ale of Grasmere is, and ho$ 9 disco#ered Itheancient $oman seated on Helm "ragI208((e shall 'roceed immediately to"arlisle, intending to enter !cotland on the 1st of July #ia((

2"arlisle,8 July 1st%

e are this morning at "arlisle% *fter !kidda$, $e $alked to Treby theoldest market to$n in "umberland(($here $e $ere greatly amused by acountry dancing(school holden at the Tun, it $as indeed Ino ne$ cotillonfresh from France%I @o, they kickit and jum'it $ith mettle eAtraordinary,and $hiskit, and friskit, and toed it, and goDd it, and t$irlDd it, and$hirlDd it, and stam'ed it, and s$eated it, tattooing the floor like mad%The difference bet$een our country dances and these !cottish figures isabout the same as leisurely stirring a cu' oD Tea and beating u' a

batter('udding% 9 $as eAtremely gratified to think that, if 9 had 'leasures they kne$ nothing of, they had also some into $hich 9 could not 'ossibly enter% 9 ho'e 9 shall not return $ithout ha#ing got the Highlandfling% There $as as fine a ro$ of boys and girls as you e#er sa$N some beautiful faces, and one eAMuisite mouth% 9 ne#er felt so near the gloryof Patriotism, the glory of making by any means a country ha''ier% This is$hat 9 like better than scenery% 9 fear our continued mo#ing from 'lace to 'lace $ill 're#ent our becoming learned in #illage affairs) $e are merecreatures of +i#ers, Lakes, and -ountains% :ur yesterdayDs journey $asfrom Treby to igton, and from igton to "arlisle% The "athedral does nota''ear #ery fine((the "astle is #ery ancient, and of brick% The "ity is#ery #arious((old $hite($ashed narro$ streets((broad red(brick ones more

modern((9 $ill tell you anon $hether the inside of the "athedral is $orthlooking at% 9t is built of sandy red stone or Brick% e ha#e no$ $alked11; miles, and are merely a little tired in the thighs, and a little blistered% e shall ride 4/ miles to umfries, $hen $e shall linger a$hileabout @ithsdale and Gallo$ay% 9 ha#e $ritten t$o letters to Li#er'ool% 9found a letter from sister GeorgeN #ery delightful indeed) 9 shall 'reser#e it in the bottom of my kna'sack for you%

2umfries, e#ening of same day, July 1%8

:@ 9!9T9@G TH T:-B :F B<+@!%

The To$n, the churchyard, and the setting sun, The "louds, the trees, the rounded hills all seem, Though beautiful, "old((strange((as in a dream, 9 dreamed long ago, no$ ne$ begun% The short(li#Dd, 'aly !ummer is but $on From interDs ague, for one hourDs gleamN Though sa''hire($arm, their stars do ne#er beam) *ll is cold BeautyN 'ain is ne#er done)



For $ho has mind to relish, -inos($ise, The +eal of Beauty, free from that dead hue !ickly imagination and sick 'ride "ast $an u'on it Burns $ith honour due 9 oft ha#e honourDd thee% Great shado$, hide Thy faceN 9 sin against thy nati#e skies%

&ou $ill see by this sonnet that 9 am at umfries% e ha#e dined in!cotland% BurnsDs tomb is in the "hurchyard corner, not #ery much to mytaste, though on a scale large enough to sho$ they $anted to honour him%-rs% Burns li#es in this 'laceN most likely $e shall see her to(morro$((This !onnet 9 ha#e $ritten in a strange mood, half(aslee'% 9kno$ not ho$ it is, the "louds, the !ky, the Houses, all seem anti(Grecianand anti("harlemagnish% 9 $ill endea#our to get rid of my 'rejudices andtell you fairly about the !cotch%

2umfries,8 July .nd%

9n e#onshire they say, Iell, $here be ye goingI Here it is, IHo$ is it$iD yourselI * man on the "oach said the horses took a Hellish hea' oDdri#inDN the same fello$ 'ointed out BurnsDs Tomb $ith a deal of life((IThere de ye see it, amang the trees(($hite, $iD a roond ta'I Thefirst $ell(dressed !cotchman $e had any con#ersation $ith, to our sur'riseconfessed himself a eist% The careful manner of deli#ering his o'inions,not before he had recei#ed se#eral encouraging hints from us, $as #eryamusing% &esterday $as an immense Horse(fair at umfries, so that $e metnumbers of men and $omen on the road, the $omen nearly all barefoot, $iththeir shoes and clean stockings in hand, ready to 'ut on and look smart inthe To$ns% There are 'lenty of $retched cottages $hose smoke has no outlet

but by the door% e ha#e no$ begun u'on hisky, called here huskey,((#erysmart stuff it is% -iAed like our liMuors, $ith sugar and $ater,Dtiscalled toddyN #ery 'retty drink, and much 'raised by Burns%

L99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

umfries, July .nd 21/1/8%

-y dear Fanny((9 intended to ha#e $ritten to you from Kirkcudbright, theto$n 9 shall be in to(morro$((but 9 $ill $rite no$ because my Kna'sack has$orn my coat in the !eams, my coat has gone to the TailorDs and 9 ha#e butone "oat to my back in these 'arts% 9 must tell you ho$ 9 $ent toLi#er'ool $ith George and our ne$ !ister and the Gentleman my fello$tra#eller through the !ummer and autumn((e had a tolerable journey toLi#er'ool(($hich 9 left the neAt morning before George $as u' for Lancaster((Then $e set off from Lancaster on foot $ith our Kna'sacks on,and ha#e $alked a Little Cig(Cag through the mountains and Lakes of



"umberland and estmoreland((e came from "arlisle yesterday to this 'lace((e are em'loyed in going u' -ountains, looking at strange to$ns, 'rying into old ruins and eating #ery hearty breakfasts% Here $e are fullin the -idst of broad !cotch IHo$ is it aD $iD yourselI((the Girls are$alking about bare(footed and in the $orst cottages the smoke finds its$ay out of the door% 9 shall come home full of ne$s for you and for fear 9

should choak you by too great a dose at once 9 must make you used to it bya letter or t$o% e ha#e been taken for tra#elling Je$ellers, +aCor sellers and !'ectacle #endors because friend Bro$n $ears a 'air% The first 'lace $e sto''ed at $ith our Kna'sacks contained one +ichard Bradsha$, anotorious ti''ler% He stood in the sha'e of a 2!ymbol) ounce8 and ballanced himself as $ell as he could saying $ith his nose right in -r%Bro$nDs face Io((yo((u sell s'ect((ta((clesI -r% *bbey says $e are onQuiAotes((tell him $e are more generally taken for Pedlars% *ll 9 ho'e isthat $e may not be taken for eAcisemen in this $hisky country% e aregenerally u' about 5 $alking before breakfast and $e com'lete our .0 miles before dinner%((&esterday $e #isited BurnsDs Tomb and this morning thefine +uins of Lincluden%

2*uchencairn, same day, July .%8

9 had done thus far $hen my coat came back fortified at all 'oints((so as$e lose no time $e set forth again through Gallo$ay((all #ery 'leasant and 'retty $ith no fatigue $hen one is used to it((e are in the midst of -eg-erriliesDs country of $hom 9 su''ose you ha#e heard%

:ld -eg she $as a Gi'sy, *nd li#Dd u'on the -oors) Her bed it $as the bro$n heath turf,

*nd her house $as out of doors%

Her a''les $ere s$art blackberries, Her currants 'ods oD broomN Her $ine $as de$ of the $ild $hite rose, Her book a churchyard tomb%

Her Brothers $ere the craggy hills, Her !isters larchen trees(( *lone $ith her great family !he li#Dd as she did 'lease%

@o breakfast had she many a morn, @o dinner many a noon, *nd Dstead of su''er she $ould stare Full hard against the -oon%

But e#ery morn of $oodbine fresh !he made her garlanding, *nd e#ery night the dark glen &e$ !he $o#e, and she $ould sing%



*nd $ith her fingers old and bro$n !he 'laited -ats oD +ushes, *nd ga#e them to the "ottagers !he met among the Bushes%

:ld -eg $as bra#e as -argaret Queen *nd tall as *maCon) *n old red blanket cloak she $oreN * chi' hat had she on% God rest her aged bones some$here(( !he died full long agone

9f you like these sort of Ballads 9 $ill no$ and then scribble one for you((if 9 send any to Tom 9Dll tell him to send them to you%

2Kirkcudbright, e#ening of same day, July .%8

9 ha#e so many interru'tions that 9 cannot manage to fill a Letter in oneday((since 9 scribbled the song $e ha#e $alked through a beautiful "ountryto Kirkcudbright((at $hich 'lace 9 $ill $rite you a song about myself((

There $as a naughty Boy, * naughty boy $as he, He $ould not sto' at home, He could not Muiet be(( He took 9n his Kna'sack * Book

Full of #o$els *nd a shirt ith some to$els(( * slight ca' For night ca'(( * hair brush, "omb ditto, @e$ !tockings For old ones ould s'lit : This Kna'sack Tight atDs back

He ri#etted close *nd follo$ed his @ose To the @orth, To the @orth, *nd follo$Dd his nose To the @orth%

There $as a naughty boy *nd a naughty boy $as he,



For nothing $ould he do But scribble 'oetry(( He took *n inkstand 9n his hand *nd a Pen

Big as ten 9n the other, *nd a$ay 9n a Pother He ran To the mountains *nd fountains *nd ghostes *nd Postes *nd $itches *nd ditches *nd $rote

9n his coat hen the $eather as cool, Fear of gout, *nd $ithout hen the $eather as $arm(( :ch the charm hen $e choose To follo$ oneDs nose To the north, To the north,

To follo$ oneDs nose To the north

There $as a naughty boy *nd a naughty boy $as he, He ke't little fishes 9n $ashing tubs three 9n s'ite :f the might :f the -aid @or afraid :f his Granny(good((

He often $ould Hurly burly Get u' early *nd go By hook or crook To the brook *nd bring home -illerDs thumb, Tittlebat



@ot o#er fat, -inno$s small *s the stall :f a glo#e, @ot abo#e The siCe

:f a nice Little BabyDs Little fingers(( : he made DT$as his trade :f Fish a 'retty Kettle * Kettle(( * Kettle :f Fish a 'retty Kettle * Kettle

There $as a naughty Boy,

*nd a naughty Boy $as he, He ran a$ay to !cotland The 'eo'le for to see(( Then he found That the ground as as hard, That a yard as as long, That a song as as merry, That a cherry as as red((

That lead as as $eighty, That fourscore as as eighty, That a door as as $ooden *s in ngland(( !o he stood in his shoes *nd he $onderDd He $onderDd, He stood in his shoes *nd he $onderDd%

2@e$ton !te$art, July ;%8

-y dear Fanny, 9 am ashamed of $riting you such stuff, nor $ould 9 if it$ere not for being tired after my dayDs $alking, and ready to tumble into bed so fatigued that $hen 9 am aslee' you might se$ my nose to my greattoe and trundle me round the to$n, like a Hoo', $ithout $aking me% Then 9get so hungry a Ham goes but a #ery little $ay and fo$ls are like Larks to



me((* Batch of Bread 9 make no more ado $ith than a sheet of 'arliamentNand 9 can eat a BullDs head as easily as 9 used to do BullDs eyes% 9 takea $hole string of Pork !ausages do$n as easily as a PenDorth of LadyDsfingers% *h dear 9 must soon be contented $ith an acre or t$o of oatencake a hogshead of -ilk and a "lothes(basket of ggs morning noon andnight $hen 9 get among the Highlanders% Before $e see them $e shall 'ass

into 9reland and ha#e a chat $ith the Paddies, and look at the GiantDs"ause$ay $hich you must ha#e heard of((9 ha#e not time to tell you 'articularly for 9 ha#e to send a Journal to Tom of $hom you shall hear all 'articulars or from me $hen 9 return% !ince 9 began this $e ha#e$alked siAty miles to @e$ton !te$art at $hich 'lace 9 'ut in thisLetter((to(night $e slee' at Glenluce((to(morro$ at Port'atrick and theneAt day $e shall cross in the 'assage boat to 9reland% 9 ho'e -iss *bbeyhas Muite reco#ered% Present my +es'ects to her and to -r% and -rs%*bbey% God bless you%

&our affectionate Brother,

J:H@%

o $rite me a Letter directed to E9n#ernessE, !cotland%

L999%((T: TH:-*! K*T!%

*uchtercairn 2for *uchencairn,8 4rd 2for .d8 July 1/1/%

-y dear Tom((e are no$ in -eg -erriliesDs country, and ha#e this morning 'assed through some 'arts eAactly suited to her% Kirkcudbright "ounty is#ery beautiful, #ery $ild, $ith craggy hills, some$hat in the estmorelandfashion% e ha#e come do$n from umfries to the sea(coast 'art of it% Thefollo$ing song you $ill ha#e from ilke, but 'erha's you $ould like ithere%218%%%

2@e$ton !te$art,8 July 5th 2for ;th8%

&esterday $as 'assed in Kirkcudbright, the country is #ery rich, #eryfine, and $ith a little of e#on% 9 am no$ $riting at @e$ton !te$art, siA

miles into igto$n% :ur landlady of yesterday said #ery fe$ southerners 'assed herea$ays% The children jabber a$ay, as if in a foreign languageNthe bare(footed girls look #ery much in kee'ing, 9 mean $ith the sceneryabout them% Bro$n 'raises their cleanliness and a''earance of comfort, theneatness of their cottages, etc%((it may be((they are #ery sMuat amongtrees and fern and heath and broom, on le#els slo'es and heights((but 9$ish they $ere as snug as those u' the e#onshire #alleys% e are lodgedand entertained in great #arieties% e dined yesterday on dirty Bacon,dirtier eggs, and dirtiest 'otatoes, $ith a slice of salmon(($e breakfast



this morning in a nice car'eted room, $ith sofa, hair(bottomed "hairs, andgreen(baiCed -ahogany% * s'ring by the road(side is al$ays $elcome) $edrink $ater for dinner, diluted $ith a Gill of $hisky%

2onaghadee8 July 6%

&esterday morning $e set out from Glenluce, going some distance round tosee some ri#ers) they $ere scarcely $orth the $hile% e $ent on to!tranraer, in a burning sun, and had gone about siA miles $hen the -ailo#ertook us) $e got u', $ere at Port Patrick in a jiffey, and 9 am $ritingno$ in little 9reland% The dialects on the neighbouring shores of !cotlandand 9reland are much the same, yet 9 can 'ercei#e a great difference inthe nations, from the chamber(maid at this Enate tooneE ke't by -r% Kelly%!he is fair, kind, and ready to laugh, because she is out of the horribledominion of the !cotch Kirk% * !cotch girl stands in terrible a$e of thelders(('oor little !usannahs, they $ill scarcely laugh, and their Kirk isgreatly to be damned% These Kirk(men ha#e done !cotland good =Query>%

They ha#e made men, $omenN old men, young menN old $omen, young $omenN boys, girlsN and all infants careful((so that they are formed into regular Phalanges of sa#ers and gainers% !uch a thrifty army cannot fail to enrichtheir "ountry, and gi#e it a greater a''earance of "omfort, than that of their 'oor rash neighbourhood((these Kirk(men ha#e done !cotland harmNthey ha#e banished 'uns, and laughing, and kissing, etc% =eAce't in cases$here the #ery danger and crime must make it #ery gustful>% 9 shall make afull sto' at kissing, for after that there should be a better 'arenthesis,and go on to remind you of the fate of Burns(('oor unfortunate fello$, hisdis'osition $as !outhern((ho$ sad it is $hen a luAurious imagination isobliged, in self(defence, to deaden its delicacy in #ulgarity, and rot2.8in things attainable, that it may not ha#e leisure to go mad after things

$hich are not% @o man, in such matters, $ill be content $ith theeA'erience of others((9t is true that out of suffering there is nodignity, no greatness, that in the most abstracted 'leasure there is nolasting ha''iness((&et $ho $ould not like to disco#er o#er again that"leo'atra $as a Gi'sy, Helen a rogue, and +uth a dee' one 9 ha#e notsufficient reasoning faculty to settle the doctrine of thrift, as it isconsistent $ith the dignity of human !ociety(($ith the ha''iness of "ottagers% *ll 9 can do is by 'lum' contrastsN $ere the fingers made tosMueeCe a guinea or a $hite hand(($ere the li's made to hold a 'en or akiss and yet in "ities man is shut out from his fello$s if he is 'oor((the cottager must be #ery dirty, and #ery $retched, if she be notthrifty((the 'resent state of society demands this, and this con#inces me

that the $orld is #ery young, and in a #ery ignorant state((e li#e in a barbarous age((9 $ould sooner be a $ild deer, than a girl under thedominion of the KirkN and 9 $ould sooner be a $ild hog, than be theoccasion of a 'oor "reatureDs 'enance before those eAecrable elders%

9t is not so far to the GiantDs "ause$ay as $e su''osed((e thought it 0,and hear it is only ;/ miles((!o $e shall lea#e one of our kna'sacks hereat onaghadee, take our immediate $ants, and be back in a $eek, $hen $eshall 'roceed to the "ounty of *yr% 9n the Packet yesterday $e heard some



ballads from t$o old men((:ne $as a +omance $hich seemed #ery 'oor((thenthere $as IThe Battle of the Boyne,I then I+obin Huid,I as they callhim((IBefore the King you shall go, go, goN before the King you shall go%I

2!tranraer,8 July 7th%

e sto''ed #ery little in 9reland, and that you may not ha#e leisure tomar#el at our s'eedy return to Port Patrick, 9 $ill tell you that it is asdear li#ing in 9reland as at the Hummums((thrice the eA'ense of !cotland((it $ould ha#e cost us L15 before our returnN moreo#er $e foundthose ;/ miles to be 9rish ones, $hich reach to 0 nglish((so ha#ing$alked to Belfast one day, and back to onaghadee the neAt, $e left9reland $ith a fair breeCe% e sle't last night at Port Patrick, $hen 9$as gratified by a letter from you% :n our $alk in 9reland, $e had toomuch o''ortunity to see the $orse than nakedness, the rags, the dirt andmisery, of the 'oor common 9rish((* !cotch cottage, though in thatsometimes the smoke has no eAit but at the door, is a 'alace to an 9rish

one% e could obser#e that im'etuosity in -an and oman((e had the 'leasure of finding our $ay through a Peat(bog, three miles long atleast((dreary, flat, dank, black, and s'ongy((here and there $ere 'oor dirty "reatures, and a fe$ strong men cutting or carting Peat((e heard on 'assing into Belfast through a most $retched suburb, that most disgustingof all noises, $orse than the Bag'i'es((the laugh of a -onkey((the chatter of $omen((the scream of a -aca$((9 mean the sound of the !huttle% hat atremendous difficulty is the im'ro#ement of such 'eo'le% 9 cannot concei#eho$ a mind IE$ith childEI of 'hilanthro'hy could gras' at its 'ossibility(($ith me it is absolute des'air((

*t a miserable house of entertainment, half($ay bet$een onaghadee and

Belfast, $ere t$o men sitting at hisky((one a labourer, and the other 9took to be a drunken $ea#er((the labourer took me to be a Frenchman, andthe other hinted at bounty(moneyN saying he $as ready to take it((:ncalling for the letters at Port Patrick, the man sna''ed out I$hat+egimentI :n our return from Belfast $e met a sedan((the uchess of unghill% 9t is no laughing matter though% 9magine the $orst dog kennelyou e#er sa$, 'laced u'on t$o 'oles from a mouldy fencing((9n such a$retched thing sat a sMualid old $oman, sMuat like an a'e half(star#ed,from a scarcity of biscuit in its 'assage from -adagascar to the "a'e,$ith a 'i'e in her mouth, and looking out $ith a round(eyed skinny(liddedinanityN $ith a sort of horiContal idiotic mo#ement of her head((!Muat andlean she sat, and 'uffed out the smoke, $hile t$o ragged tattered girls

carried her along% hat a thing $ould be a history of her life andsensationsN 9 shall endea#our $hen 9 ha#e thought a little more, to gi#eyou my idea of the difference bet$een the !cotch and 9rish((The t$o9rishmen 9 mentioned $ere s'eaking of their treatment in ngland, $hen the$ea#er said((I*h you $ere a ci#il man, but 9 $as a drinker%I

Till further notice you must direct to 9n#erness%




J:H@%

L9R%((T: TH:-*! K*T!%

Belantree 2for Ballantrae,8 July 10

*h ken ye $hat 9 met the day :ut oure the -ountains * coming do$n by craggies gray *n mossie fountains(( *h goud(hairDd -arie ye#e 9 'ray *ne minuteDs guessing(( For that 9 met u'on the $ay

9s 'ast eA'ressing% *s 9 stood $here a rocky brig * torrent crosses 9 s'ied u'on a misty rig * trou' oD Horses(( *nd as they trotted do$n the glen 9 s'ed to meet them To see if 9 might kno$ the -en To sto' and greet them% First illie on his sleek mare came *t canting gallo' His long hair rustled like a flame

:n board a shallo', Then came his brother +ab and then &oung PeggyDs -ither *nd Peggy too((ado$n the glen They $ent togither(( 9 sa$ her $ra''it in her hood Frae $ind and raining(( Her cheek $as flush $iD timid blood T$iAt gro$th and $aning(( !he turnDd her daCed head full oft For there her Brithers "ame riding $ith her Bridegroom soft

*nd mony ithers% &oung Tam came u' and eyed me Muick ith reddened cheek(( Bra$ Tam $as daffed like a chick(( He could na s'eak(( *h -arie they are all gane hame Through blustering $eather *nD e#ery heart is full on flame *nD light as feather%



*h -arie they are all gone hame Frae ha''y $adding, hilst 9((*h is it not a shame !ad tears am shedding%

-y dear Tom((The reason for my $riting these lines $as that Bro$n $anted

to im'ose a Gallo$ay song u'on ilke((but it $onDt do% The subject 9 gotfrom meeting a $edding just as $e came do$n into this 'lace(($here 9 amafraid $e shall be im'risoned a $hile by the $eather% &esterday $e came .-iles from !tranraer((entered *yrshire a little beyond "airn, and had our 'ath through a delightful "ountry% 9 shall endea#our that you may follo$our ste's in this $alk((it $ould be uninteresting in a Book of Tra#els((itcan not be interesting but by my ha#ing gone through it% hen $e left"airn our +oad lay half $ay u' the sides of a green mountainous shore,full of clefts of #erdure and eternally #arying((sometimes u' sometimesdo$n, and o#er little Bridges going across green chasms of moss, rock andtrees(($inding about e#ery$here% *fter t$o or three -iles of this $eturned suddenly into a magnificent glen finely $ooded in Parts((se#en

-iles long(($ith a -ountain stream $inding do$n the -idst((full of cottages in the most ha''y situations((the sides of the Hills co#ered $ithshee'((the effect of cattle lo$ing 9 ne#er had so finely% *t the end $ehad a gradual ascent and got among the to's of the -ountains $hence in alittle time 9 descried in the !ea *ilsa +ock 7;0 feet high((it $as 15-iles distant and seemed close u'on us% The effect of *ilsa $ith the 'eculiar 'ers'ecti#e of the !ea in connection $ith the ground $e stood on,and the misty rain then falling ga#e me a com'lete 9dea of a deluge% *ilsastruck me #ery suddenly((really 9 $as a little alarmed%

2Gir#an, same day, July 10%8

Thus far had 9 $ritten before $e set out this morning% @o$ $e are atGir#an 14 -iles north of Belantree% :ur alk has been along a more grandshore to(day than yesterday((*ilsa beside us all the $ay%((From theheights $e could see Muite at home "antire and the large -ountains of *rran, one of the Hebrides% e are in comfortable Quarters% The +ain $efeared held u' bra#ely and it has been Ifu fine this day%I((((To(morro$ $eshall be at *yr%

2Kirkos$ald, July 11%8

DTis no$ the 11th of July and $e ha#e come / -iles to Breakfast toKirkos$ald% 9 ho'e the neAt Kirk $ill be Kirk *llo$ay% 9 ha#e nothing of conseMuence to say no$ concerning our journey((so 9 $ill s'eak as far as 9can judge on the 9rish and !cotch((9 kno$ nothing of the higher "lasses((yet 9 ha#e a 'ersuasion that there the 9rish are #ictorious% *sto the 'rofanum #ulgus 9 must incline to the !cotch% They ne#er laugh((butthey are al$ays com'arati#ely neat and clean% Their constitutions are notso remote and 'uCCling as the 9rish% The !cotchman $ill ne#er gi#e adecision on any 'oint((he $ill ne#er commit himself in a sentence $hich



may be referred to as a meridian in his notion of things((so that you donot kno$ him((and yet you may come in nigher neighbourhood to him than tothe 9rishman $ho commits himself in so many 'laces that it daCes your head% * !cotchmanDs moti#e is more easily disco#ered than an 9rishmanDs% *!cotchman $ill go $isely about to decei#e you, an 9rishman cunningly% *n9rishman $ould bluster out of any disco#ery to his disad#antage% *

!cotchman $ould retire 'erha's $ithout much desire for re#enge% *n9rishman likes to be thought a gallous fello$% * !cotchman is contented$ith himself% 9t seems to me they are both sensible of the "haracter theyhold in ngland and act accordingly to nglishmen% Thus the !cotchman$ill become o#er gra#e and o#er decent and the 9rishman o#er(im'etuous% 9like a !cotchman best because he is less of a bore((9 like the 9rishman best because he ought to be more comfortable%((The !cotchman has made u'his -ind $ithin himself in a sort of snail shell $isdom% The 9rishman isfull of strongheaded instinct% The !cotchman is farther in Humanity thanthe 9rishman((there he $ill stick 'erha's $hen the 9rishman $ill berefined beyond him((for the former thinks he cannot be im'ro#ed((thelatter $ould gras' at it for e#er, 'lace but the good 'lain before him%

-aybole, 2same day, July 118%

!ince breakfast $e ha#e come only four -iles to dinner, not merely, for $eha#e eAamined in the $ay t$o +uins, one of them #ery fine, called"rossraguel *bbey((there is a $inding !taircase to the to' of a littleatch To$er%

Kings$ells, July 14%

9 ha#e been $riting to +eynolds((therefore any 'articulars sinceKirkos$ald ha#e esca'ed me((from said Kirk $e $ent to -aybole todinner((then $e set for$ard to BurnessD to$n *yr((the a''roach to it iseAtremely fine((Muite out$ent my eA'ectations((richly meado$ed, $ooded,heathed and ri#uleted(($ith a grand !ea #ie$ terminated by the black -ountains of the isle of *rran% *s soon as 9 sa$ them so nearly 9 said tomyself IHo$ is it they did not beckon Burns to some grand attem't at'icI

The bonny oon is the s$eetest ri#er 9 e#er sa$((o#erhung $ith fine treesas far as $e could see((e stood some time on the Brig across it, o#er $hich Tam oD !hanter fled(($e took a 'inch of snuff on the Key stone((then

$e 'roceeded to the Iauld Kirk *llo$ay%I *s $e $ere looking at it a Farmer 'ointed the s'ots $here -ungoDs -ither hangDd herselD and Idrunken "harlie brakeDs neckDs bane%I Then $e 'roceeded to the "ottage he $as bornin((there $as a board to that effect by the door side((it had the sameeffect as the same sort of memorial at !tratford on *#on% e drank someToddy to BurnsDs -emory $ith an old -an $ho kne$ Burns((damn him and damnhis anecdotes((he $as a great bore((it $as im'ossible for a !outhron tounderstand abo#e 5 $ords in a hundred%((There $as something good in hisdescri'tion of BurnsDs melancholy the last time he sa$ him% 9 $as



determined to $rite a sonnet in the "ottage((9 did((but it $as so bad 9cannot #enture it here%

@eAt $e $alked into *yr To$n and before $e $ent to Tea sa$ the ne$ Brigand the *uld Brig and allace to$er% &esterday $e dined $ith a Tra#eller%e $ere talking about Kean% He said he had seen him at Glasgo$ Iin :thello

in the Je$, 9 mean er, er, er, the Je$ in !hylock%I He got botherDdcom'letely in #ague ideas of the Je$ in :thello, !hylock in the Je$,!hylock in :thello, :thello in !hylock, the Je$ in :thello, etc% etc%etc%((he left himself in a mess at last%((!till satisfied $ith himself he$ent to the indo$ and ga#e an aborti#e $histle of some tune or other((itmight ha#e been Handel% There is no end to these -istakes((heDll go andtell 'eo'le ho$ he has seen I-al#olio in the "ountessI((IT$elfth night in-idsummer nightDs dreamI((Bottom in much ado about @othing((iola inBarrymore((*ntony in "leo'atra((Falstaff in the mouse Tra'%((

2Glasgo$,8 July 1;%

e enterDd Glasgo$ last #ening under the most o''ressi#e !tare a bodycould feel% hen $e had crossed the Bridge Bro$n lookDd back and said its$hole 'o'ulation had turned out to $onder at us(($e came on till a drunken-an came u' to me((9 'ut him off $ith my *rm((he returned all u' in *rmssaying aloud that, Ihe had seen all foreigners bu(u(ut he ne#er sa$ thelike oD me%I 9 $as obliged to mention the $ord :fficer and Police beforehe $ould desist%((The "ity of Glasgo$ 9 take to be a #ery fine one((9 $asastonished to hear it $as t$ice the siCe of dinburgh% 9t is built of !tone and has a much more solid a''earance than London% e shall see the"athedral this morning((they ha#e de#illed it into IHigh Kirk%I 9 $ant#ery much to kno$ the name of the shi' George is gone in((also $hat 'ort

he $ill land in((9 kno$ nothing about it% 9 ho'e you are leading a MuietLife and gradually im'ro#ing% -ake a long lounge of the $hole !ummer((bythe time the Lea#es fall 9 shall be near you $ith 'lenty of confab((thereare a thousand things 9 cannot $rite% Take care of yourself((9 mean in not being #eAed or bothered at anything%

God bless you

J:H@ ((((%

LR%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

-aybole, July 11 21/1/8%

-y dear +eynolds((9Dll not run o#er the Ground $e ha#e 'assedN that $ould be merely as bad as telling a dream((unless 'erha's 9 do it in the manner of the La'utan 'rinting 'ress((that is 9 'ut do$n -ountains, +i#ers,



Lakes, dells, glens, +ocks, and "louds, $ith beautiful enchanting, Gothic 'icturesMue fine, delightful, enchanting, Grand, sublime((a fe$ blisters,etc%((and no$ you ha#e our journey thus far) $here 9 begin a letter to you because 9 am a''roaching BurnsDs "ottage #ery fast% e ha#e made continualinMuiries from the time $e sa$ his Tomb at umfries((his name of course iskno$n all about((his great re'utation among the 'lodding 'eo'le is, Ithat

he $rote a good EmonyE sensible things%I :ne of the 'leasantest means of annulling self is a''roaching such a shrine as the "ottage of Burns(($eneed not think of his misery((that is all gone, bad luck to it((9 shalllook u'on it hereafter $ith unmiAed 'leasure, as 9 do u'on my!tratford(on(*#on day $ith Bailey% 9 shall fill this sheet for you in theBardieDs country, going no further than this till 9 get into the to$n of *yr $hich $ill be a 7 milesD $alk to Tea%

2Kings$ells, July 14%8

e $ere talking on different and indifferent things, $hen on a sudden $e

turned a corner u'on the immediate "ountry of *yr((the !ight $as as richas 'ossible% 9 had no "once'tion that the nati#e 'lace of Burns $as so beautiful((the idea 9 had $as more desolate, his Drigs of BarleyD seemedal$ays to me but a fe$ stri's of Green on a cold hill((: 'rejudice it $asas rich as e#on((9 endea#oured to drink in the Pros'ect, that 9 mights'in it out to you as the !ilk$orm makes silk from -ulberry lea#es((9cannot recollect it((Besides all the Beauty, there $ere the -ountains of *rran 9sle, black and huge o#er the !ea% e came do$n u'on e#erythingsuddenly((there $ere in our $ay the Dbonny oon,D $ith the Brig that TamoD !hanter crossed, Kirk *llo$ay, BurnsDs "ottage, and then the Brigs of *yr% First $e stood u'on the Bridge across the oonN surrounded by e#eryPhantasy of green in Tree, -eado$, and Hill,((the stream of the oon, as a

Farmer told us, is co#ered $ith trees from head to foot((you kno$ those beautiful heaths so fresh against the $eather of a summerDs e#ening((there$as one stretching along behind the trees% 9 $ish 9 kne$ al$ays the humour my friends $ould be in at o'ening a letter of mine, to suit it to them asnearly as 'ossible% 9 could al$ays find an egg shell for -elancholy, andas for -erriment a itty humour $ill turn anything to *ccount((-y head issometimes in such a $hirl in considering the million likings andanti'athies of our -oments((that 9 can get into no settled strain in myLetters% -y ig Burns and sentimentality coming across you and Frank Fladgate in the office((: scenery that thou shouldst be crushed bet$eent$o Puns((*s for them 9 #enture the rascalliest in the !cotch +egion((9ho'e Bro$n does not 'ut them 'unctually in his journal((9f he does 9 must

sit on the cutty(stool all neAt $inter% e $ent to Kirk *llo$ay((IaPro'het is no Pro'het in his o$n "ountryI((e $ent to the "ottage andtook some hisky% 9 $rote a sonnet for the mere sake of $riting some linesunder the roof((they are so bad 9 cannot transcribe them((The -an at the"ottage $as a great Bore $ith his *necdotes((9 hate the rascal((his Lifeconsists in fuC, fuCCy, fuCCiest((He drinks glasses fi#e for the Quarter and t$el#e for the hour((he is a mahogany(faced old Jackass $ho kne$Burns((He ought to ha#e been kicked for ha#ing s'oken to him% He callshimself Ia curious old BitchI((but he is a flat old dog((9 should like to



em'loy "ali'h athek to kick him% : the flummery of a birth'lace "ant"ant "ant 9t is enough to gi#e a s'irit the guts(ache((-any a true $ord,they say, is s'oken in jest((this may be because his gab hindered mysublimity) the flat dog made me $rite a flat sonnet% -y dear +eynolds((9cannot $rite about scenery and #isitings((Fancy is indeed less than a 'resent 'al'able reality, but it is greater than remembrance((you $ould

lift your eyes from Homer only to see close before you the real 9sle of Tenedos((you $ould rather read Homer after$ards than remember yourself((:ne song of BurnsDs is of more $orth to you than all 9 couldthink for a $hole year in his nati#e country% His -isery is a dead $eightu'on the nimbleness of oneDs Muill((9 tried to forget it((to drink Toddy$ithout any "are((to $rite a merry sonnet((it $onDt do((he talked $ithBitches((he drank $ith Blackguards, he $as miserable((e can see horriblyclear, in the $orks of such a -an his $hole life, as if $e $ere GodDss'ies%((hat $ere his addresses to Jean in the latter 'art of his life 9should not s'eak so to you((yet $hy not((you are not in the same case((youare in the right 'ath, and you shall not be decei#ed% 9 ha#e s'oken to youagainst -arriage, but it $as general((the Pros'ect in those matters has

been to me so blank, that 9 ha#e not been un$illing to die((9 $ould notno$, for 9 ha#e inducements to Life((9 must see my little @e'he$s in*merica, and 9 must see you marry your lo#ely ife% -y sensations aresometimes deadened for $eeks together((but belie#e me 9 ha#e more thanonce yearned for the time of your ha''iness to come, as much as 9 couldfor myself after the li's of Juliet%((From the tenor of my occasionalrodomontade in chit(chat, you might ha#e been decei#ed concerning me inthese 'oints((u'on my soul, 9 ha#e been getting more and more close toyou, e#ery day, e#er since 9 kne$ you, and no$ one of the first 'leasures9 look to is your ha''y -arriage((the more, since 9 ha#e felt the 'leasureof lo#ing a sister in La$% 9 did not think it 'ossible to become so muchattached in so short a time((Things like these, and they are real, ha#e

made me resol#e to ha#e a care of my health((you must be as careful%

The rain has sto''ed us to(day at the end of a doCen -iles, yet $e ho'e tosee Loch Lomond the day after to(morro$N((9 $ill 'iddle out myinformation, as +ice says, neAt inter, at any time $hen a substitute is$anted for ingt(un% e bear the fatigue #ery $ell((.0 -iles a day ingeneral((* "loud came o#er us in getting u' !kidda$((9 ho'e to be morelucky in Ben Lomond((and more lucky still in Ben @e#is% hat 9 think you$ould enjoy is 'oking about +uins((sometimes *bbey, sometimes "astle% Theshort stay $e made in 9reland has left fe$ remembrances((but an old $omanin a dog(kennel !edan $ith a 'i'e in her -outh, is $hat 9 can ne#er forget((9 $ish 9 may be able to gi#e you an idea of her((+emember me to

your -other and !isters, and tell your -other ho$ 9 ho'e she $ill 'ardonme for ha#ing a scra' of 'a'er 'asted in the Book sent to her% 9 $asdri#en on all sides and had not time to call on Taylor((!o Bailey iscoming to "umberland(($ell, if youDll let me kno$ $here at 9n#erness, 9$ill call on my return and 'ass a little time $ith him((9 am glad Dtis not!cotland((Tell my friends 9 do all 9 can for them, that is, drink their healths in Toddy% Perha's 9 may ha#e some lines by and by to send youfresh, on your o$n Letter((Tom has a fe$ to sho$ you%




J:H@ K*T!%

LR9%((T: TH:-*! K*T!%

"airn(something 2for "airndo$,8 July 1, 21/1/8%

-y dear Tom((HereDs Bro$n going on so that 9 cannot bring to mind ho$ thet$o last days ha#e #anished((for eAam'le he says The Lady of the Lake $entto +ock herself to slee' on *rthurDs seat and the Lord of the 9sles comingto Press a Piece%%%% 9 told you last ho$ $e $ere stared at in Glasgo$(($eare not out of the "ro$d yet% !team Boats on Loch Lomond and Barouches onits sides take a little from the Pleasure of such romantic cha's as Bro$n

and 9% The Banks of the "lyde are eAtremely beautiful((the north end of Loch Lomond grand in eAcess((the entrance at the lo$er end to the narro$ 'art from a little distance is 'recious good((the #ening $as beautifulnothing could sur'ass our fortune in the $eather((yet $as 9 $orldly enoughto $ish for a fleet of chi#alry Barges $ith Trum'ets and Banners just todie a$ay before me into that blue 'lace among the mountains((9 must gi#eyou an outline as $ell as 9 can%248

@ot B((the ater $as a fine Blue sil#ered and the -ountains a dark 'ur'le, the !un setting aslant behind them((meantime the head of benLomond $as co#ered $ith a rich Pink "loud% e did not ascend BenLomond((the 'rice being #ery high and a half a day of rest being Muite

acce'table% e $ere u' at ; this morning and ha#e $alked to breakfast 15-iles through t$o Tremendous Glens((at the end of the first there is a 'lace called rest and be thankful $hich $e took for an 9nn((it $as nothing but a !tone and so $e $ere cheated into 5 more -iles to Breakfast((9 ha#e just been bathing in Loch Fyne a salt $ater Lake o''osite theindo$s,((Muite 'at and fresh but for the cursed Gad flies((damn Dem theyha#e been at me e#er since 9 left the !$an and t$o necks%2;8

*ll gentle folks $ho o$e a grudge To any li#ing thing :'en your ears and stay your trudge hilst 9 in dudgeon sing%

The Gadfly he hath stung me sore(( : may he neDer sting you But $e ha#e many a horrid bore He may sting black and blue%

Has any here an old gray -are ith three legs all her store, : 'ut it to her Buttocks bare



*nd straight sheDll run on four%

Has any here a La$yer suit :f 1;4, Take La$yerDs nose and 'ut it toDt *nd you the end $ill see%

9s there a -an in Parliament umbfounderDd in his s'eech, : let his neighbour make a rent *nd 'ut one in his breech%

: Lo$ther ho$ much better thou Hadst figurDd tDother day hen to the folks thou madDst a bo$ *nd hadst no more to say%

9f lucky Gadfly had but taDen

His seat u'on thine *((e *nd 'ut thee to a little 'ain To sa#e thee from a $orse%

Better than !outhey it had been, Better than -r% ((((, Better than ords$orth too, 9 $een, Better than -r% ((((%

Forgi#e me 'ray good 'eo'le all For de#iating so(( 9n s'irit sure 9 had a call((

*nd no$ 9 on $ill go%

Has any here a daughter fair Too fond of reading no#els, Too a't to fall in lo#e $ith care *nd charming -ister Lo#els,

: 'ut a Gadfly to that thing !he kee's so $hite and 'ert(( 9 mean the finger for the ring, *nd it $ill breed a $ort%

Has any here a 'ious s'ouse ho se#en times a day !colds as King a#id 'rayDd, to chouse *nd ha#e her holy $ay((

: let a GadflyDs little sting Persuade her sacred tongue That noises are a common thing, But that her bell has rung%



*nd as this is the summum bo( num of all conMuering, 9 lea#e I$ithouten $ordes moI The GadflyDs little sting%

29n#erary, July 1/%8

Last #ening $e came round the nd of Loch Fyne to 9n#erary((the uke of *rgyleDs "astle is #ery modern magnificent and more so from the 'lace itis in((the $oods seem old enough to remember t$o or three changes in the"rags about them((the Lake $as beautiful and there $as a Band at adistance by the "astle% 9 must say 9 enjoyed t$o or three commontunes((but nothing could stifle the horrors of a solo on the Bag('i'e((9thought the Beast $ould ne#er ha#e done%((&et $as 9 doomed to hear another%((:n entering 9n#erary $e sa$ a Play Bill% Bro$n $as knocked u'from ne$ shoes((so 9 $ent to the Barn alone $here 9 sa$ the !tranger

accom'anied by a Bag('i'e% There they $ent on about interesting creatersand human nater till the "urtain fell and then came the Bag('i'e% hen-rs% Haller fainted do$n $ent the "urtain and out came the Bag('i'e((atthe heartrending, shoemending reconciliation the Pi'er ble$ amain% 9 ne#er read or sa$ this 'lay beforeN not the Bag('i'e nor the $retched 'layersthemsel#es $ere little in com'arison $ith it((thank hea#en it has beenscoffed at lately almost to a fashion((

:f late t$o dainties $ere before me 'laced !$eet, holy, 'ure, sacred and innocent, From the ninth s'here to me benignly sent That Gods might kno$ my o$n 'articular taste)

First the soft Bag('i'e mournDd $ith Cealous haste, The !tranger neAt $ith head on bosom bent !ighDdN rueful again the 'iteous Bag('i'e $ent, *gain the !tranger sighings fresh did $aste% : Bag('i'e thou didst steal my heart a$ay(( : !tranger thou my ner#es from Pi'e didst charm(( : Bag('i'e thou didst re(assert thy s$ay(( *gain thou !tranger ga#Dst me fresh alarm(( *las 9 could not choose% *h my 'oor heart -umchance art thou $ith both obligDd to 'art%

9 think $e are the luckiest fello$s in "hristendom((Bro$n could not

'roceed this morning on account of his feet and lo there is thunder andrain%

2Kilmelfort,8 July .0th%

For these t$o days 'ast $e ha#e been so badly accommodated more 'articularly in coarse food that 9 ha#e not been at all in cue to $rite%Last night 'oor Bro$n $ith his feet blistered and scarcely able to $alk,



after a trudge of .0 -iles do$n the !ide of Loch *$e had no su''er butggs and :at "ake(($e ha#e lost the sight of $hite bread entirely((@o$ $ehad eaten nothing but ggs all day((about 10 a 'iece and they had becomesickening((To(day $e ha#e fared rather better((but no oat "ake $anting(($ehad a small "hicken and e#en a good bottle of Port but all together thefare is too coarse((9 feel it a little%((*nother $eek $ill break us in% 9

forgot to tell you that $hen $e came through Glenside it $as early in themorning and $e $ere 'leased $ith the noise of !he'herds, !hee' and dogs inthe misty heights close abo#e us(($e sa$ none of them for some time, tillt$o came in sight cree'ing among the "rags like mmets, yet their #oicescame Muite 'lainly to us((The a''roach to Loch *$e $as #ery solemnto$ards nightfall((the first glance $as a streak of $ater dee' in theBases of large black -ountains%((e had come along a com'lete mountainroad, $here if one listened there $as not a sound but that of -ountain!treams% e $alked .0 -iles by the side of Loch *$e((e#ery ten ste'screating a ne$ and beautiful 'icture((sometimes through little $ood((thereare t$o islands on the Lake each $ith a beautiful ruin((one of them richin i#y%((e are detained this morning by the rain% 9 $ill tell you eAactly

$here $e are% e are bet$een Loch "raignish and the sea just o''osite Long9sland%258 &esterday our $alk $as of this descri'tion((the near Hills$ere not #ery lofty but many of them stee', beautifully $ooded((thedistant -ountains in the Hebrides #ery grand, the !alt$ater Lakes comingu' bet$een "rags and 9slands full tide and scarcely ruffled((sometimesa''earing as one large Lake, sometimes as three distinct ones in differentdirections% *t one 'oint $e sa$ afar off a rocky o'ening into the mainsea%((e ha#e also seen an agle or t$o% They mo#e about $ithout the leastmotion of ings $hen in an indolent fit%((9 am for the first time in acountry $here a foreign Language is s'oken((they gabble a$ay Gaelic at a#ast rate((numbers of them s'eak nglish% There are not many Kilts in*rgyleshire((at Fort illiam they say a -an is not admitted into !ociety

$ithout one((the Ladies there ha#e a horror at the indecency of Breeches%9 cannot gi#e you a better idea of Highland Life than by describing the 'lace $e are in% The 9nn or 'ublic is by far the best house in theimmediate neighbourhood% 9t has a $hite front $ith tolerable $indo$s((thetable 9 am $riting on sur'rises me as being a nice fla''ed -ahoganyone%%%% &ou may if you 'ee' see through the floor chinks into the groundrooms% The old Grandmother of the house seems intelligent though not o#er clean% E@%B%E @o snuff being to be had in the #illage she made us some%The Guid -an is a rough(looking hardy stout -an $ho 9 think does not s'eak so much nglish as the Guid $ife $ho is #ery obliging and sensible andmoreo#er though stockingless has a 'air of old !hoes((Last night somehisky -en sat u' clattering Gaelic till 9 am sure one oD"lock to our

great annoyance% There is a Gaelic testament on the ra$ers in the neAtroom% hite and blue "hina $are has cre't all about here((&esterday there 'assed a onkey laden $ith tin('ots((o''osite the indo$ there are hillsin a -ist((a fe$ *sh trees and a mountain stream at a littledistance%((They 'ossess a fe$ head of "attle%((9f you had gone round tothe back of the House just no$((you $ould ha#e seen more hills in a-ist((some doCen $retched black "ottages scented of 'eat smoke $hich findsits $ay by the door or a hole in the roof((a girl here and there barefoot%There $as one little thing dri#ing "o$s do$n a slo'e like a mad thing%



There $as another standing at the co$house door rather 'retty facDd all u'to the ankles in dirt%

2:ban, July .1%8

e ha#e $alkDd 15 -iles in a soaking rain to :ban o''osite the 9sle of -ull $hich is so near !taffa $e had thought to 'ass to it((but the eA'enseis Guineas and those rather eAtorted%((!taffa you see is a fashionable 'lace and therefore e#ery one concerned $ith it either in this to$n or the9sland are $hat you call u'% DTis like 'aying siA'ence for an a''le at the 'layhouse((this irritated me and Bro$n $as not best 'leased(($e ha#etherefore resol#ed to set north$ard for fort illiam to(morro$ morning% 9fed u'on a bit of $hite Bread to(day like a !'arro$((it $as #ery fine((9cannot manage the cursed :at "ake% +emember me to all and let me hear agood account of you at 9n#erness((9 am sorry Georgy had not those lines%Good(bye%


J:H@ ((((%

LR99%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

9n#erary, July 1/ 21/1/8%

-y dear Bailey((The only day 9 ha#e had a chance of seeing you $hen you$ere last in London 9 took e#ery ad#antage of((some de#il led you out of the $ay((@o$ 9 ha#e $ritten to +eynolds to tell me $here you $ill be in"umberland((so that 9 cannot miss you% *nd $hen 9 see you, the first thing9 shall do $ill be to read that about -ilton and "eres, andProser'ine((for though 9 am not going after you to John oD GrotDs, it $ill be but 'oetical to say so% *nd here, Bailey, 9 $ill say a fe$ $ords$ritten in a sane and sober mind, a #ery scarce thing $ith me, for theymay, hereafter, sa#e you a great deal of trouble about me, $hich you donot deser#e, and for $hich 9 ought to be bastinadoed% 9 carry all mattersto an eAtreme((so that $hen 9 ha#e any little #eAation, it gro$s in fi#eminutes into a theme for !o'hocles% Then, and in that tem'er, if 9 $rite

to any friend, 9 ha#e so little self('ossession that 9 gi#e him matter for grie#ing at the #ery time 'erha's $hen 9 am laughing at a Pun% &our lastletter made me blush for the 'ain 9 had gi#en you((9 kno$ my o$ndis'osition so $ell that 9 am certain of $riting many times hereafter inthe same strain to you((no$, you kno$ ho$ far to belie#e in them% &ou mustallo$ for 9magination% 9 kno$ 9 shall not be able to hel' it%

9 am sorry you are grie#ed at my not continuing my #isits to LittleBritain((&et 9 think 9 ha#e as far as a -an can do $ho has Books to read



and subjects to think u'on((for that reason 9 ha#e been no$here elseeAce't to ent$orth Place so nigh at hand((moreo#er 9 ha#e been too oftenin a state of health that made it 'rudent not to haCard the night air%&et, further, 9 $ill confess to you that 9 cannot enjoy !ociety small or numerous((9 am certain that our fair friends are glad 9 should come for the mere sake of my comingN but 9 am certain 9 bring $ith me a #eAation

they are better $ithout((9f 9 can 'ossibly at any time feel my tem'er coming u'on me 9 refrain e#en from a 'romised #isit% 9 am certain 9 ha#enot a right feeling to$ards $omen((at this moment, 9 am stri#ing to be just to them, but 9 cannot((9s it because they fall so far beneath my boyish 9magination hen 9 $as a schoolboy 9 thought a fair $oman a 'ureGoddessN my mind $as a soft nest in $hich some one of them sle't, thoughshe kne$ it not% 9 ha#e no right to eA'ect more than their reality((9thought them ethereal abo#e men((9 find them 'erha's eMual((great bycom'arison is #ery small% 9nsult may be inflicted in more $ays than by$ord or action((:ne $ho is tender of being insulted does not like to think an insult against another% 9 do not like to think insults in a ladyDscom'any((9 commit a crime $ith her $hich absence $ould not ha#e kno$n% 9s

it not eAtraordinary(($hen among men, 9 ha#e no e#il thoughts, no malice,no s'leen((9 feel free to s'eak or to be silent((9 can listen, and frome#ery one 9 can learn((my hands are in my 'ockets, 9 am free from allsus'icion and comfortable% hen 9 am among $omen, 9 ha#e e#il thoughts,malice, s'leen((9 cannot s'eak, or be silent((9 am full of sus'icions andtherefore listen to nothing((9 am in a hurry to be gone% &ou must becharitable and 'ut all this 'er#ersity to my being disa''ointed since my boyhood% &et $ith such feelings 9 am ha''ier alone among cro$ds of men, bymyself, or $ith a friend or t$o% ith all this, trust me, 9 ha#e not theleast idea that men of different feelings and inclinations are moreshort(sighted than myself% 9 ne#er rejoiced more than at my BrotherDsmarriage, and shall do so at that of any of my friends% 9 must absolutely

get o#er this((but ho$ the only $ay is to find the root of the e#il, andso cure it I$ith back$ard mutters of disse#ering 'o$erI((that is adifficult thingN for an obstinate Prejudice can seldom be 'roduced butfrom a gordian com'lication of feelings, $hich must take time to unra#el,and care to kee' unra#elled% 9 could say a good deal about this, but 9$ill lea#e it, in ho'es of better and more $orthy dis'ositions((and alsocontent that 9 am $ronging no one, for after all 9 do think better of $omankind than to su''ose they care $hether -ister John Keats fi#e feethigh likes them or not% &ou a''eared to $ish to kno$ my moods on thissubject((donDt think it a bore my dear fello$, it shall be my *men% 9should not ha#e consented to myself these four months tram'ing in thehighlands, but that 9 thought it $ould gi#e me more eA'erience, rub off

more 'rejudice, use to more hardshi', identify finer scenes, load me $ithgrander mountains, and strengthen more my reach in Poetry, than $ouldsto''ing at home among books, e#en though 9 should reach Homer% By thistime 9 am com'arati#ely a -ountaineer% 9 ha#e been among $ilds andmountains too much to break out much about their grandeur% 9 ha#e fed u'onoat(cake((not long enough to be #ery much attached to it%((The firstmountains 9 sa$, though not so large as some 9 ha#e since seen, $eighed#ery solemnly u'on me% The effect is $earing a$ay((yet 9 like them mainly%



29sland of -ull, July ..%8

e ha#e come this #ening $ith a guide((for $ithout $as im'ossible((intothe middle of the 9sle of -ull, 'ursuing our chea' journey to 9ona, and 'erha's !taffa% e $ould not follo$ the common and fashionable mode, from

the great 9m'osition of A'ense% e ha#e come o#er heath and rock, andri#er and bog, to $hat in ngland $ould be called a horrid 'lace% &et it belongs to a !he'herd 'retty $ell off 'erha's% The family s'eak not a $ord but Gaelic, and $e ha#e not yet seen their faces for the smoke, $hich,after #isiting e#ery cranny =not eAce'ting my eyes #ery much incommodedfor $riting>, finds its $ay out at the door% 9 am more comfortable than 9could ha#e imagined in such a 'lace, and so is Bro$n% The 'eo'le are all#ery kind((e lost our $ay a little yesterdayN and inMuiring at a "ottage,a young $oman $ithout a $ord thre$ on her cloak and $alked a mile in amiCCling rain and s'lashy $ay to 'ut us right again%

9 could not ha#e had a greater 'leasure in these 'arts than your mention

of my sister% !he is #ery much 'risoned from me% 9 am afraid it $ill besome time before 9 can take her to many 'laces 9 $ish% 9 trust $e shallsee you ere long in "umberland((*t least 9 ho'e 9 shall, before my #isitto *merica, more than once% 9 intend to 'ass a $hole year there, if 9 li#eto the com'letion of the three neAt% -y sisterDs $elfare, and the ho'es of such a stay in *merica, $ill make me obser#e your ad#ice% 9 shall be 'rudent and more careful of my health than 9 ha#e been% 9 ho'e you $ill beabout 'aying your first #isit to To$n after settling $hen $e come into"umberland(("umberland ho$e#er $ill be no distance to me after my 'resent journey% 9 shall s'in to you in a -inute% 9 begin to get rather a contem'tof distances% 9 ho'e you $ill ha#e a nice con#enient room for a library% @o$ you are so $ell in health, do kee' it u' by ne#er missing your dinner,

by not reading hard, and by taking 'ro'er eAercise% &ouDll ha#e a horse, 9su''ose, so you must make a 'oint of s$eating him% &ou say 9 must studyante(($ell, the only Books 9 ha#e $ith me are those 4 little #olumes%2689 read that fine 'assage you mention a fe$ days ago% &our letter follo$edme from Ham'stead to Port(Patrick, and thence to Glasgo$% &ou must think me by this time a #ery 'retty fello$% :ne of the 'leasantest bouts $e ha#ehad $as our $alk to BurnsDs "ottage, o#er the oon, and 'ast Kirk *llo$ay%9 had determined to $rite a !onnet in the "ottage% 9 did((but la$k it $asso $retched 9 destroyed it((ho$e#er in a fe$ days after$ards 9 $rote somelines cousin(german to the circumstance, $hich 9 $ill transcribe, or rather cross(scribe in the front of this%

+eynoldsDs illness has made him a ne$ man((he $ill be stronger thane#er((before 9 left London he $as really getting a fat face% Bro$n kee'son $riting #olumes of ad#entures to ilke% hen $e get in of an e#eningand 9 ha#e 'erha's taken my rest on a cou'le of chairs, he affronts myindolence and LuAury by 'ulling out of his kna'sack 1st his 'a'er((.ndlyhis 'ens and last his ink% @o$ 9 $ould not care if he $ould change alittle% 9 say no$ $hy not Bailey, take out his 'ens first sometimes((But 9might as $ell tell a hen to hold u' her head before she drinks instead of after$ards%



&our affectionate Friend,

J:H@ K*T!%

L9@! +9TT@ 9@ TH H9GHL*@! *FT+ * 9!9T T: B<+@!D! ":<@T+&

There is a charm in footing slo$ across a silent 'lain, here 'atriot Battle has been fought, $here glory had the gainN There is a 'leasure on the heath $here ruids old ha#e been, here -antles gray ha#e rustled by and s$e't the nettles greenN There is a Joy in e#ery s'ot made kno$n by times of old, @e$ to the feet, although each tale a hundred times be toldN There is a dee'er Joy than all, more solemn in the heart, -ore 'arching to the tongue than all, of more di#ine a smart, hen $eary ste's forget themsel#es, u'on a 'leasant turf, <'on hot sand, or flinty road, or sea(shore iron scurf, To$ard the "astle, or the "ot, $here long ago $as born

:ne $ho $as great through mortal days, and died of fame unshorn% Light heather(bells may tremble then, but they are far a$ayN ood(lark may sing from sandy fern,((the sun may hear his LayN +unnels may kiss the grass on shel#es and shallo$s clear, But their lo$ #oices are not heard, though come on tra#els drearN Blood(red the sun may set behind black mountain 'eaksN Blue tides may sluice and drench their time in "a#es and $eedy creeksN agles may seem to slee' $ing($ide u'on the *irN +ing(do#es may fly con#ulsDd across to some high(cedarDd lairN But the forgotten eye is still fast lidded to the ground, *s PalmerDs, that, $ith $eariness, mid(desert shrine hath found% *t such a time the !oulDs a child, in childhood is the brainN

Forgotten is the $orldly heart((alone, it beats in #ain%(( *ye, if a -adman could ha#e lea#e to 'ass a healthful day To tell his foreheadDs s$oon and faint $hen first began decay, He might make tremble many a one $hose s'irit had gone forth To find a BardDs lo$ cradle('lace about the silent @orth% !canty the hour and fe$ the ste's beyond the bourn of "are, Beyond the s$eet and bitter $orld,((beyond it una$are !canty the hour and fe$ the ste's, because a longer stay ould bar return, and make a man forget his mortal $ay) : horrible to lose the sight of $ell rememberDd face, :f BrotherDs eyes, of !isterDs bro$((constant to e#ery 'laceN Filling the *ir, as on $e mo#e, $ith Portraiture intenseN

-ore $arm than those heroic tints that 'ain a PainterDs sense, hen sha'es of old come striding by, and #isages of old, Locks shining black, hair scanty gray, and 'assions manifold% @o @o, that horror cannot be, for at the cableDs length -an feels the gentle anchor 'ull and gladdens in its strength)(( :ne hour, half(idiot, he stands by mossy $aterfall, But in the #ery neAt he reads his soulDs -emorial)(( He reads it on the mountainDs height, $here chance he may sit do$n <'on rough marble diadem((that hillDs eternal "ro$n%



&et be his *nchor eDer so fast, room is there for a 'rayer That man may ne#er lose his -ind on -ountains black and bareN That he may stray league after league some Great birth'lace to find *nd kee' his #ision clear from s'eck, his in$ard sight unblind%

LR999%((T: TH:-*! K*T!%

un an cullen,28 9sland of -ull 2July .4, 1/1/8%

-y dear Tom((Just after my last had gone to the Post, in came one of the-en $ith $hom $e endea#oured to agree about going to !taffa((he said $hata 'ity it $as $e should turn aside and not see the curiosities% !o $e hada little talk, and finally agreed that he should be our guide across the9sle of -ull% e set out, crossed t$o ferries((one to the 9sle of Kerrara,

of little distanceN the other from Kerrara to -ull 7 -iles across(($e didit in forty minutes $ith a fine BreeCe% The road through the 9sland, or rather the track, is the most dreary you can think of((bet$een dreary-ountains, o#er bog and rock and ri#er $ith our Breeches tucked u' and our !tockings in hand% *bout / oD"lock $e arri#ed at a she'herdDs Hut, into$hich $e could scarcely get for the !moke through a door lo$er than my!houlders% e found our $ay into a little com'artment $ith the rafters andturf(thatch blackened $ith smoke, the earth floor full of Hills and ales%e had some $hite Bread $ith us, made a good su''er, and sle't in our "lothes in some BlanketsN our Guide snored on another little bed about an*rmDs length off% This morning $e came about saA -iles to Breakfast, byrather a better 'ath, and $e are no$ in by com'arison a -ansion% :ur Guide

is 9 think a #ery obliging fello$((in the $ay this morning he sang us t$oGaelic songs((one made by a -rs% Bro$n on her husbandDs being dro$ned, theother a jacobin one on "harles !tuart% For some days Bro$n has beenenMuiring out his Genealogy here((he thinks his Grandfather came from long9sland% He got a 'arcel of 'eo'le about him at a "ottage door last#ening, chatted $ith ane $ho had been a -iss Bro$n, and $ho 9 think froma likeness, must ha#e been a +elation((he ja$ed $ith the oldoman((flattered a young one((kissed a child $ho $as afraid of his!'ectacles and finally drank a 'int of -ilk% They handle his !'ectacles as$e do a sensiti#e leaf%

2:ban,8 July .6th%

ell(($e had a most $retched $alk of 4 -iles across the 9sland of -ulland then $e crossed to 9ona or 9colmkill((from 9colmkill $e took a boat ata bargain to take us to !taffa and land us at the head of Loch @akgal,2/8$hence $e should only ha#e to $alk half the distance to :ban again and ona better road% *ll this is $ell 'assed and done, $ith this singular 'ieceof Luck, that there $as an interru'tion in the bad eather just as $e sa$!taffa at $hich it is im'ossible to land but in a tolerable "alm sea% But



9 $ill first mention 9colmkill((9 kno$ not $hether you ha#e heard muchabout this 9slandN 9 ne#er did before 9 came nigh it% 9t is rich in themost interesting *ntiMuities% ho $ould eA'ect to find the ruins of a fine"athedral "hurch, of "loisters "olleges -onasteries and @unneries in soremote an 9sland The Beginning of these things $as in the siAth "entury,under the su'erstition of a $ould(be(Bisho'(saint, $ho landed from

9reland, and chose the s'ot from its Beauty((for at that time the no$treeless 'lace $as co#ered $ith magnificent oods% "olumba in the Gaelicis "olm, signifying o#e((Kill signifies church, and 9 is as good as9sland((so 9(colm(kill means the 9sland of !aint "olumbaDs "hurch% @o$this !aint "olumba became the ominic of the barbarian "hristians of thenorth and $as famed also far south((but more es'ecially $as re#erenced bythe !cots the Picts the @or$egians the 9rish% 9n a course of years 'erha'sthe 9sland $as considered the most holy ground of the north, and the oldKings of the aforementioned nations chose it for their burial('lace% e$ere sho$n a s'ot in the "hurchyard $here they say 61 Kings are buried ;/!cotch from Fergus 99% to -acbeth / 9rish ; @or$egians and 1 French((theylie in ro$s com'act% Then $e $ere sho$n other matters of later date, but

still #ery ancient((many tombs of Highland "hieftains((their effigies incom'lete armour, face u'$ards, black and moss(co#ered((*bbots and Bisho'sof the island al$ays of one of the chief "lans% There $ere 'lenty -acleansand -acdonnelsN among these latter, the famous -acdonel Lord of the 9sles%There ha#e been 400 "rosses in the 9sland but the Presbyterians destroyedall but t$o, one of $hich is a #ery fine one, and com'letely co#ered $itha shaggy coarse -oss% The old !choolmaster, an ignorant little man butreckoned #ery cle#er, sho$ed us these things% He is a -aclean, and as muchabo#e ; foot as he is under ; foot three inches% He sto's at one glass of $hisky unless you 'ress another and at the second unless you 'ress athird((

9 am 'uCCled ho$ to gi#e you an 9dea of !taffa% 9t can only be re'resented by a first(rate dra$ing% :ne may com'are the surface of the 9sland to aroof((this roof is su''orted by grand 'illars of basalt standing together as thick as honeycombs% The finest thing is FingalDs "a#e((it is entirelya hollo$ing out of Basalt Pillars% !u''ose no$ the Giants $ho rebelledagainst Jo#e had taken a $hole -ass of black "olumns and bound themtogether like bunches of matches((and then $ith immense aAes had made aca#ern in the body of these columns((:f course the roof and floor must becom'osed of the broken ends of the "olumns((such is FingalDs "a#e, eAce'tthat the !ea has done the $ork of eAca#ations, and is continually dashingthere((so that $e $alk along the sides of the ca#e on the 'illars $hichare left as if for con#enient stairs% The roof is arched some$hat

gothic($ise, and the length of some of the entire side('illars is fiftyfeet% *bout the island you might seat an army of -en each on a 'illar% Thelength of the "a#e is 1.0 feet, and from its eAtremity the #ie$ into thesea, through the large *rch at the entrance((the colour of the columns isa sort of black $ith a lurking gloom of 'ur'le therein% For solemnity andgrandeur it far sur'asses the finest "athedral% *t the eAtremity of the"a#e there is a small 'erforation into another ca#e, at $hich the $atersmeeting and buffeting each other there is sometimes 'roduced a re'ort asof a cannon heard as far as 9ona, $hich must be 1. -iles% *s $e a''roached



in the boat, there $as such a fine s$ell of the sea that the 'illarsa''eared rising immediately out of the crystal% But it is im'ossible todescribe it((

@ot *laddin magian #er such a $ork began%

@ot the iCard of the ee #er such a dream could see, @ot !t% John in Patmos 9sle 9n the 'assion of his toil hen he sa$ the churches se#en Golden(aisled built u' in hea#en GaCDd at such a rugged $onder% *s 9 stood its roofing under Lo 9 sa$ one slee'ing there :n the marble cold and bare% hile the surges $ashDd his feet *nd his garments $hite did beat

renchDd about the sombre rocks, :n his neck his $ell(gro$n locks Lifted dry abo#e the -ain ere u'on the curl again(( Ihat is this and $hat art thouI his'erDd 9, and touchDd his bro$N Ihat art thou and $hat is thisI his'erDd 9, and stro#e to kiss The !'iritDs hand, to $ake his eyesN <' he started in a trice) I9 am Lycidas,I said he, IFamDd in funeral -instrelsy((

This $as architected thus By the great :ceanus% Here his mighty $aters 'lay Hollo$ :rgans all the day, Here, by turns, his dol'hins all, Finny 'almers great and small, "ome to 'ay de#otion due(( ach a mouth of 'earls must stre$ -any a -ortal of these days ares to 'ass our sacred $ays, ares to touch, audaciously This "athedral of the sea((

9 ha#e been the Pontiff('riest, here the aters ne#er rest, here a fledgy sea(bird choir !oars for e#er((holy fire 9 ha#e hid from -ortal -an% Proteus is my !acristan% But the stu'id eye of -ortal Hath 'assDd beyond the +ocky 'ortal% !o for e#er $ill 9 lea#e



!uch a taint and soon un$ea#e *ll the magic of the 'lace(( DTis no$ free to stu'id face(( To cutters and to fashion boats, To cra#ats and to Petticoats% The great !ea shall $ar it do$n,

For its fame shall not be blo$n *t e#ery farthing Muadrille dance%I278 !o saying $ith a !'iritDs glance He di#ed((((

9 am sorry 9 am so indolent as to $rite such stuff as this% 9t canDt behel'ed% The $estern coast of !cotland is a most strange 'lace((it iscom'osed of rocks, -ountains, mountainous and rocky 9slands intersected bylochs((you can go but a short distance any$here from salt $ater in thehighlands%

9 ha#e a slight sore throat and think it best to stay a day or t$o at

:ban((then $e shall 'roceed to Fort illiam and 9n#erness, $here 9 amanAious to be on account of a Letter from you% Bro$n in his Letters 'utsdo$n e#ery little circumstance% 9 should like to do the same, but 9confess myself too indolent, and besides neAt $inter e#erything $ill comeu' in 'rime order as $e #erge on such and such things%

Ha#e you heard in any $ay of George 9 should think by this time he mustha#e landed% 9 in my carelessness ne#er thought of kno$ing $here a letter $ould find him on the other side((9 think Baltimore, but 9 am afraid of directing it to the $rong 'lace% 9 shall begin some cheMuer $ork for himdirectly, and it $ill be ri'e for the 'ost by the time 9 hear from youneAt after this% 9 assure you 9 often long for a seat and a "u' oD tea at

ell alk, es'ecially no$ that mountains, castles, and Lakes are becomingcommon to me% &et 9 $ould rather summer it out, for on the $hole 9 amha''ier than $hen 9 ha#e time to be glum(('erha's it may cure me%9mmediately on my return 9 shall begin studying hard, $ith a 'ee' at thetheatre no$ and then((and de'end u'on it 9 shall be #ery luAurious% ithres'ect to omen 9 think 9 shall be able to conMuer my 'assions hereafter better than 9 ha#e yet done% &ou $ill hel' me to talk of George neAt$inter, and $e $ill go no$ and then to see Fanny% Let me hear a goodaccount of your health and comfort, telling me truly ho$ you do alone%+emember me to all including -r% and -rs% Bentley%


J:H@%

LR9%((T: TH:-*! K*T!%



Letter Findlay, *ugust 4 21/1/8%

*h mio Ben%

-y dear Tom((e ha#e made but 'oor 'rogress lately, chiefly from bad$eather, for my throat is in a fair $ay of getting Muite $ell, so 9 ha#e

had nothing of conseMuence to tell you till yesterday $hen $e $ent u' Ben @e#is, the highest -ountain in Great Britain% :n that account 9 $ill ne#er ascend another in this em'ire((!kidda$ is nothing to it either in heightor in difficulty% 9t is abo#e ;400 feet from the !ea le#el, andFort$illiam stands at the head of a !alt $ater Lake, conseMuently $e took it com'letely from that le#el% 9 am heartily glad it is done((it is almostlike a fly cra$ling u' a $ainscoat% 9magine the task of mounting ten !aintPauls $ithout the con#enience of !taircases% e set out about fi#e in themorning $ith a Guide in the Tartan and "a', and soon arri#ed at the footof the first ascent $hich $e immediately began u'on% *fter much fag andtug and a rest and a glass of $hisky a'iece $e gained the to' of the firstrise and sa$ then a tremendous cha' abo#e us, $hich the guide said $as

still far from the to'% *fter the first +ise our $ay lay along a heath#alley in $hich there $as a Loch((after about a -ile in this alley $e began u'on the neAt ascent, more formidable by far than the last, and ke'tmounting $ith short inter#als of rest until $e got abo#e all #egetation,among nothing but loose !tones $hich lasted us to the #ery to'% The Guidesaid $e had three -iles of a stony ascent(($e gained the first tolerablele#el after the #alley to the height of $hat in the alley $e had thoughtthe to' and sa$ still abo#e us another huge crag $hich still the Guidesaid $as not the to'((to that $e made $ith an obstinate fag, and ha#inggained it there came on a -ist, so that from that 'art to the #ery to' $e$alked in a -ist% The $hole immense head of the -ountain is com'osed of large loose stones((thousands of acres% Before $e had got half$ay u' $e

'assed large 'atches of sno$ and near the to' there is a chasm somehundred feet dee' com'letely glutted $ith it%((Talking of chasms they arethe finest $onder of the $hole((they a''ear great rents in the #ery heartof the mountain though they are not, being at the side of it, but other huge crags arising round it gi#e the a''earance to @e#is of a shatteredheart or "ore in itself% These "hasms are 1500 feet in de'th and are themost tremendous 'laces 9 ha#e e#er seen((they turn one giddy if you chooseto gi#e $ay to it% e tumbled in large stones and set the echoes at $ork in fine style% !ometimes these chasms are tolerably clear, sometimes thereis a misty cloud $hich seems to steam u' and sometimes they are entirelysmothered $ith clouds%

*fter a little time the -ist cleared a$ay but still there $ere large"louds about attracted by old Ben to a certain distance so as to form asit a''eared large dome curtains $hich ke't sailing about, o'ening andshutting at inter#als here and there and e#ery$here) so that although $edid not see one #ast $ide eAtent of 'ros'ect all round $e sa$ something 'erha's finer((these cloud(#eils o'ening $ith a dissol#ing motion andsho$ing us the mountainous region beneath as through a loo'hole((thesecloudy loo'holes e#er #arying and disco#ering fresh 'ros'ect east, $est,north and south% Then it $as misty again, and again it $as fair((then 'uff



came a cold breeCe of $ind and bared a craggy cha' $e had not yet seenthough in close neighbourhood% #ery no$ and then $e had o#erhead blue !kyclear and the sun 'retty $arm% 9 do not kno$ $hether 9 can gi#e you an9dea of the 'ros'ect from a large -ountain to'% &ou are on a stony 'lain$hich of course makes you forget you are on any but lo$ ground((thehoriCon or rather edges of this 'lain being abo#e ;000 feet abo#e the !ea

hide all the "ountry immediately beneath you, so that the neAt object yousee all round neAt to the edges of the flat to' are the !ummits of -ountains of some distance off% *s you mo#e about on all sides you seemore or less of the near neighbour country according as the -ountain youstand u'on is in different 'arts stee' or rounded((but the most ne$ thingof all is the sudden lea' of the eye from the eAtremity of $hat a''ears a 'lain into so #ast a distance% :n one 'art of the to' there is a handsome 'ile of !tones done 'ointedly by some soldiers of artilleryN 9 clim2b8edon to them and so got a little higher than old Ben himself% 9t $as not socold as 9 eA'ected((yet cold enough for a glass of hisky no$ and then%There is not a more fickle thing than the to' of a -ountain(($hat $ould aLady gi#e to change her head(dress as often and $ith as little

trouble((There are a good many red deer u'on Ben @e#is(($e did not seeone((the dog $e had $ith us ke't a #ery shar' look out and reallylanguished for a bit of a $orry% 9 ha#e said nothing yet of our getting onamong the loose stones large and small sometimes on t$o, sometimes onthree, sometimes four legs((sometimes t$o and stick, sometimes three andstick, then four again, then t$o, then a jum', so that $e ke't on ringingchanges on foot, hand, stick, jum', boggle, stumble, foot, hand, foot=#ery gingerly>, stick again, and then again a game at all fours% *fter all there $as one -rs% "ameron of 50 years of age and the fattest $oman inall 9n#erness(shire $ho got u' this -ountain some fe$ years ago((true shehad her ser#ants((but then she had her self% !he ought to ha#e hired!isy'hus,((I<' the high hill he hea#es a huge round((-rs% "ameron%I DTis

said a little con#ersation took 'lace bet$een the mountain and the Lady%*fter taking a glass of hisky as she $as tolerably seated at ease shethus began((

E-rs% "%E

<'on my Life !ir @e#is 9 am 'iMueDd That 9 ha#e so far 'anted tuggDd and reekDd To do an honor to your old bald 'ate *nd no$ am sitting on you just to bait, ithout your 'aying me one com'liment% *las Dtis so $ith all, $hen our intent

9s 'lain, and in the eye of all -ankind e fair ones sho$ a 'reference, too blind &ou Gentle man immediately turn tail(( : let me then my ha'less fate be$ail <ngrateful Bald'ate ha#e 9 not disdainDd The 'leasant alleys((ha#e 9 not madbrainDd eserted all my Pickles and 'reser#es -y "hina closet too(($ith $retched @er#es To boot((say $retched ingrate ha#e 9 not



Left my soft cushion chair and caudle 'ot% DTis true 9 had no corns((no thank the fates -y !hoemaker $as al$ays -r% Bates% *nd if not -r% Bates $hy 9Dm not old !till dumb ungrateful @e#is((still so cold

Here the Lady took some more $hisky and $as 'utting e#en more to her li's$hen she dashed it to the Ground for the -ountain began to grumble(($hichcontinued for a fe$ minutes before he thus began((

EBen @e#is%E

hat $hining bit of tongue and -outh thus dares isturb my slumber of a thousand years #en so long my slee' has been secure(( *nd to be so a$aked 9Dll not endure% :h 'ain((for since the agleDs earliest scream 9D#e had a damnDd confounded ugly dream,

* @ightmare sure% hat -adam $as it you 9t cannot be -y old eyes are not true +ed("rag, my !'ectacles @o$ let me see Good Hea#ens Lady ho$ the gemini id you get here : 9 shall s'lit my sides 9 shall earthMuake((((

E-rs% "%E

!$eet @e#is do not Muake, for though 9 lo#e &our honest "ountenance all things abo#e

Truly 9 should not like to be con#eyDd !o far into your Bosom((gentle -aid Lo#es not too rough a treatment gentle !ir(( Pray thee be calm and do not Muake nor stir @o not a !tone or 9 shall go in fits((

EBen @e#is%E

9 must((9 shall((9 meet not such tit bits(( 9 meet not such s$eet creatures e#ery day(( By my old night ca' night ca' night and day

9 must ha#e one s$eet Buss((9 must and shall +ed "rag((hat -adam can you then re'ent :f all the toil and #igour you ha#e s'ent To see Ben @e#is and to touch his nose +ed "rag 9 say : 9 must ha#e them close +ed "rag, there lies beneath my furthest toe * #ein of !ul'hur((go dear +ed "rag, go(( *nd rub your flinty back against it((budge ear -adam 9 must kiss you, faith 9 must



9 must mbrace you $ith my dearest gust Block(head, dDye hear((Block(head 9Dll make her feel There lies beneath my east legDs northern heel * ca#e of young earth dragons(($ell my boy Go thither Muick and so com'lete my joy Take you a bundle of the largest 'ines

*nd $hen the sun on fiercest Phos'hor shines Fire them and ram them in the ragonDs nest Then $ill the dragons fry and fiCC their best <ntil ten thousand no$ no bigger than Poor *lligators(('oor things of one s'an(( ill each one s$ell to t$ice ten times the siCe :f northern $hale((then for the tender 'riCe(( The moment then((for then $ill +ed "rag rub His flinty back((and 9 shall kiss and snub *nd 'ress my dainty morsel to my breast% Block(head make haste : -uses $ee' the rest((

The Lady fainted and he thought her dead !o 'ulled the clouds again about his head *nd $ent to slee' again((soon she $as rousDd By her affrighted ser#ants((neAt day housDd !afe on the lo$ly ground she blessDd her fate That fainting fit $as not delayed too late%

But $hat sur'rises me abo#e all is ho$ this Lady got do$n again% 9 felt ithorribly% DT$as the most #ile descent((shook me all to 'ieces% :#er leaf you $ill find a !onnet 9 $rote on the to' of Ben @e#is% e ha#e justentered 9n#erness% 9 ha#e three Letters from you and one from Fanny((andone from ilke% 9 $ould set about crossing this all o#er for you but 9

$ill first $rite to Fanny and -rs% ylie% Then 9 $ill begin another to youand not before because 9 think it better you should ha#e this as soon as 'ossible% -y !ore throat is not Muite $ell and 9 intend sto''ing here afe$ days%

+ead me a lesson, -use, and s'eak it loud <'on the to' of @e#is, blind in mist 9 look into the chasms, and a shroud a'ourous doth hide them,((just so much 9 $ist -ankind do kno$ of hellN 9 look oDerhead, *nd there is sullen mist,((e#en so much -ankind can tell of hea#enN mist is s'read

Before the earth, beneath me,((e#en such, #en so #ague is manDs sight of himself Here are the craggy stones beneath my feet,(( Thus much 9 kno$ that, a 'oor $itless elf, 9 tread on them,((that all my eye doth meet 9s mist and crag, not only on this height, But in the $orld of thought and mental might

Good(bye till to(morro$%




J:H@ ((((%

LR%((T: -+!% &L9%

9n#erness, *ugust 6 21/1/8%

-y dear -adam((9t $as a great regret to me that 9 should lea#e all myfriends, just at the moment $hen 9 might ha#e hel'ed to soften a$ay thetime for them% 9 $anted not to lea#e my brother Tom, but more es'ecially, belie#e me, 9 should like to ha#e remained near you, $ere it but for anatom of consolation after 'arting $ith so dear a daughter% -y brother

George has e#er been more than a brother to meN he has been my greatestfriend, and 9 can ne#er forget the sacrifice you ha#e made for hisha''iness% *s 9 $alk along the -ountains here 9 am full of these things,and lay in $ait, as it $ere, for the 'leasure of seeing you immediately onmy return to to$n% 9 $ish, abo#e all things, to say a $ord of "omfort toyou, but 9 kno$ not ho$% 9t is im'ossible to 'ro#e that black is $hiteN itis im'ossible to make out that sorro$ is joy, or joy is sorro$%

Tom tells me that you called on -r% Haslam, $ith a ne$s'a'er gi#ing anaccount of a gentleman in a Fur ca' falling o#er a 'reci'ice inKirkcudbrightshire% 9f it $as me, 9 did it in a dream, or in some magicinter#al bet$een the first and second cu' of teaN $hich is nothing

eAtraordinary $hen $e hear that -ahomet, in getting out of Bed, u'set a jug of $ater, and, $hilst it $as falling, took a fortnightDs tri', as itseemed, to Hea#enN yet $as back in time to sa#e one dro' of $ater beings'ilt% *s for Fur ca's, 9 do not remember one beside my o$n, eAce't at"arlisle) this $as a #ery good Fur ca' 9 met in High !treet, and 9 daresay$as the unfortunate one% 9 daresay that the fates, seeing but t$o Fur ca'sin the north, thought it too eAtraordinary, and so thre$ the dies $hich of them should be dro$ned% The lot fell u'on Jones) 9 daresay his name $asJones% *ll 9 ho'e is that the gaunt Ladies said not a $ord about hangingNif they did 9 shall re'ent that 9 $as not half(dro$ned in Kirkcudbright%!to' let me see((being half(dro$ned by falling from a 'reci'ice, is a#ery romantic affair) $hy should 9 not take it to myself Ho$ glorious to

be introduced in a dra$ing(room to a Lady $ho reads @o#els, $ith I-r%!o(and(so((-iss !o(and(soN -iss !o(and(so, this is -r% !o(and(so, $ho felloff a 'reci'ice and $as half(dro$ned%I @o$ 9 refer to you, $hether 9should lose so fine an o''ortunity of making my fortune% @o romance ladycould resist me((none% Being run under a aggon((side(lamed in a 'layhouse, *'o'lectic through Brandy((and a thousand other tolerablydecent things for badness, $ould be nothing, but being tumbled o#er a 'reci'ice into the sea((oh it $ould make my fortune((es'ecially if youcould contri#e to hint, from this bulletinDs authority, that 9 $as not



u'set on my o$n account, but that 9 dashed into the $a#es after Jessy of umblane, and 'ulled her out by the hair% But that, alas she $as dead, or she $ould ha#e made me ha''y $ith her hand((ho$e#er in this you may useyour o$n discretion% But 9 must lea#e joking, and seriously a#er, that 9ha#e been #ery romantic indeed among these -ountains and Lakes% 9 ha#e got$et through, day after day((eaten oat(cake, and drank hisky(($alked u' to

my knees in Bog((got a sore throat((gone to see 9colmkill and !taffaN met$ith $holesome food just here and there as it ha''ened(($ent u' Ben @e#is,and((E@%B%E, came do$n again% !ometimes $hen 9 am rather tired 9 leanrather languishingly on a rock, and long for some famous Beauty to getdo$n from her Palfrey in 'assing, a''roach me, $ith((her saddle(bags, andgi#e me((a doCen or t$o ca'ital roastbeef !and$iches%

hen 9 come into a large to$n, you kno$ there is no 'utting oneDs Kna'sack into oneDs fob, so the 'eo'le stare% e ha#e been taken for !'ectacle(#endors, +aCor(sellers, Je$ellers, tra#elling linendra'ers,!'ies, Acisemen, and many things 9 ha#e no idea of% hen 9 asked for letters at Port Patrick, the man asked $hat regiment 9 ha#e had a 'ee'

also at little 9reland% Tell Henry 9 ha#e not cam'ed Muite on the barearth yet, but nearly as bad, in $alking through -ull, for the !he'herdsDhuts you can scarcely breathe in, for the !moke $hich they seem toendea#our to 'reser#e for smoking on a large scale% Besides riding about;00, $e ha#e $alked abo#e 600 -iles, and may therefore reckon oursel#es asset out%

9 assure you, my dear -adam, that one of the greatest 'leasures 9 shallha#e on my return, $ill be seeing you, and that 9 shall e#er be

&ours, $ith the greatest res'ect and sincerity,

J:H@ K*T!%

LR9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

Ham'stead, *ugust 1/ 21/1/8%

-y dear Fanny((9 am afraid you $ill think me #ery negligent in not ha#ingans$ered your Letter((9 see it is dated June 1.% 9 did not arri#e at

9n#erness till the /th of this -onth so 9 am #ery much concerned at your being disa''ointed so long a time% 9 did not intend to ha#e returned toLondon so soon but ha#e a bad sore throat from a cold 9 caught in theisland of -ull) therefore 9 thought it best to get home as soon as 'ossible, and $ent on board the !mack from "romarty% e had a nine daysD 'assage and $ere landed at London Bridge yesterday% 9 shall ha#e a gooddeal to tell you about !cotland((9 $ould begin here but 9 ha#e aconfounded toothache% Tom has not been getting better since 9 left Londonand for the last fortnight has been $orse than e#er((he has been getting a



little better for these t$o or three days% 9 shall ask -r% *bbey to let me bring you to Ham'stead% 9f -r% *% should see this Letter tell him that hestill must if he 'leases for$ard the Post Bill to Perth as 9 ha#eem'o$ered my fello$ tra#eller to recei#e it% 9 ha#e a fe$ !cotch 'ebblesfor you from the 9sland of 9colmkill((9 am afraid they are rather shabby((9 did not go near the -ountain of "airn Gorm% 9 do not kno$ the

@ame of GeorgeDs shi'((the @ame of the Port he has gone to is Philadel'hia$hence he $ill tra#el to the !ettlement across the "ountry((9 $ill tellyou all about this $hen 9 see you% The Title of my last Book isndymion((you shall ha#e one soon%((9 $ould not ad#ise you to 'lay on theFlageolet((ho$e#er 9 $ill get you one if you 'lease% 9 $ill s'eak to -r%*bbey on $hat you say concerning school% 9 am sorry for your 'oor "anary%&ou shall ha#e another #olume of my first Book% -y toothache kee's on sothat 9 cannot $rite $ith any 'leasure((all 9 can say no$ is that your Letter is a #ery nice one $ithout fault and that you $ill hear from or see in a fe$ days if his throat $ill let him,


J:H@%

LR99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

Ham'stead, Tuesday 2*ugust .5, 1/1/8%

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e just $ritten to -r% *bbey to ask him to let you come

and see 'oor Tom $ho has lately been much $orse% He is better at 'resent((sends his Lo#e to you and $ishes much to see you((9 ho'e he $illshortly((9 ha#e not been able to come to althamsto$ on his account as$ell as a little 9ndis'osition of my o$n% 9 ha#e asked -r% *% to $riteme((if he does not mention anything of it to you, 9 $ill tell you $hatreasons he has though 9 do not think he $ill make any objection% rite me$hat you $ant $ith a Flageolet and 9 $ill get one ready for you by thetime you come%


J:H@ ((((%

LR999%((T: J*@ +&@:L!%

ell alk, !e'tember 1st 21/1/8%



-y dear Jane(("ertainly your kind note $ould rather refresh than troubleme, and so much the more $ould your coming if as you say, it could be done$ithout agitating my Brother too much% +ecei#e on your Hearth our dee'estthanks for your !olicitude concerning us%

9 am glad John is not hurt, but gone safe into e#onshire((9 shall be in

great eA'ectation of his Letter((but the 'romise of it in so anAious andfriendly a $ay 9 'riCe more than a hundred% 9 shall be in to$n to(day onsome business $ith my guardian Ias $asI $ith scarce a ho'e of being ableto call on you% For these t$o last days Tom has been more cheerful) youshall hear again soon ho$ he $ill be%

+emember us 'articularly to your -other%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

LR9R%((T: "H*+L! @T:+TH 9LK%

2Ham'stead, !e'tember .1 1/1/%8

-y dear ilke((*ccording to the ent$orth 'lace Bulletin you ha#e leftBrighton much im'ro#ed) therefore no$ a fe$ lines $ill be more of a 'leasure than a bore% 9 ha#e things to say to you, and $ould fain beginu'on them in this fourth line) but 9 ha#e a -ind too $ell regulated to

'roceed u'on anything $ithout due 'reliminary remarks%((&ou may 'erha'sha#e obser#ed that in the sim'le 'rocess of eating radishes 9 ne#er beginat the root but constantly di' the little green head in the salt((that inthe Game of hist if 9 ha#e an ace 9 constantly 'lay it first% !o ho$ can9 $ith any face begin $ithout a dissertation on letter($riting &et $hen 9consider that a sheet of 'a'er contains room only for three 'ages and ahalf, ho$ can 9 do justice to such a 'regnant subject Ho$e#er, as youha#e seen the history of the $orld stam'ed as it $ere by a diminishingglass in the form of a chronological -a', so $ill 9 I$ith retractilecla$sI dra$ this into the form of a table(($hereby it $ill occu'y merelythe remainder of this first 'age((

Folio((Parsons, La$yers, !tatesmen, Physicians out of 'lace((ut((ustace((Thornton((out of 'ractice or on their tra#els%

Foolsca'((1% !u'erfine((+ich or noble 'oets((ut Byron% .% common ut egomet%

Quarto((Projectors, Patentees, Presidents, Potato gro$ers%

Bath((Boarding schools, and suburbans in general%



Gilt edge((andies in general, male, female, and literary%

:cta#o or tears((*ll $ho make use of a lasci#ious seal%

uodec%((-ay be found for the most 'art on -illinersD and

ressmakersD Parlour tables%

!tri'((*t the Playhouse(doors, or any$here%

!li'((Being but a #ariation%

!ni'((!o called from its siCe being disguised by a t$ist%

9 su''ose you $ill ha#e heard that HaClitt has on foot a 'rosecutionagainst Black$ood% 9 dined $ith him a fe$ days since at HesseyDs((there$as not a $ord said about it, though 9 understand he is eAcessi#ely #eAed%+eynolds, by $hat 9 hear, is almost o#er(ha''y, and +ice is in to$n% 9

ha#e not seen him, nor shall 9 for some time, as my throat has become$orse after getting $ell, and 9 am determined to sto' at home till 9 amMuite $ell% 9 $as going to To$n to(morro$ $ith -rs% % but 9 thought it best to ask her eAcuse this morning% 9 $ish 9 could say Tom $as any better% His identity 'resses u'on me so all day that 9 am obliged to goout((and although 9 intended to ha#e gi#en some time to study alone, 9 amobliged to $rite and 'lunge into abstract images to ease myself of hiscountenance, his #oice, and feebleness((so that 9 li#e no$ in a continualfe#er% 9t must be 'oisonous to life, although 9 feel $ell% 9magine Ithehateful siege of contrariesI((if 9 think of fame, of 'oetry, it seems acrime to me, and yet 9 must do so or suffer% 9 am sorry to gi#e you 'ain((9 am almost resol#ed to burn this((but 9 really ha#e not

self('ossession and magnanimity enough to manage the thingother$ise((after all it may be a ner#ousness 'roceeding from the -ercury%

Bailey 9 hear is gaining his s'irits, and he $ill yet be $hat 9 oncethought im'ossible, a cheerful -an((9 think he is not Muite so much s'okenof in Little Britain% 9 forgot to ask -rs% ilke if she had anything she$anted to say immediately to you% This morning lookDd so un'romising that9 did not think she $ould ha#e gone((but 9 find she has, on sending for some #olumes of Gibbon% 9 $as in a little funk yesterday, for 9 sent in anunsealDd note of sham abuse, until 9 recollected, from $hat 9 heard"harles say, that the ser#ant could neither read nor $rite((not e#en toher -other as "harles obser#ed% 9 ha#e just had a Letter from +eynolds((he

is going on gloriously% The follo$ing is a translation of a line of +onsard((

Lo#e 'ourDd her beauty into my $arm #eins%

&ou ha#e 'assed your +omance, and 9 ne#er ga#e in to it, or else 9 think this line a feast for one of your Lo#ers% Ho$ goes it $ith Bro$n

&our sincere friend



J:H@ K*T!%

LRR%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

2Ham'stead, about !e'tember .., 1/1/%8

-y dear +eynolds((Belie#e me 9 ha#e rather rejoiced at your ha''iness thanfretted at your silence% 9ndeed 9 am grie#ed on your account that 9 am notat the same time ha''y((But 9 conjure you to think at Present of nothing but 'leasure((IGather the rose, etc%I((gorge the honey of life% 9 'ity youas much that it cannot last for e#er, as 9 do myself no$ drinking bitters%Gi#e yourself u' to it((you cannot hel' it((and 9 ha#e a "onsolation inthinking so% 9 ne#er $as in lo#e((&et the #oice and sha'e of a oman has

haunted me these t$o days2/08((at such a time, $hen the relief, thefe#erous relief of Poetry seems a much less crime((This morning Poetry hasconMuered((9 ha#e rela'sed into those abstractions $hich are my onlylife((9 feel esca'ed from a ne$ strange and threatening sorro$((*nd 9 amthankful for it((There is an a$ful $armth about my heart like a load of 9mmortality%

Poor Tom((that $oman((and Poetry $ere ringing changes in my senses((@o$ 9am in com'arison ha''y((9 am sensible this $ill distress you((you mustforgi#e me% Had 9 kno$n you $ould ha#e set out so soon 9 could ha#e sentyou the DPot of BasilD for 9 had co'ied it out ready%((Here is a freetranslation of a !onnet of +onsard, $hich 9 think $ill 'lease you((9 ha#e

the loan of his $orks((they ha#e great Beauties%

@ature $ithheld "assandra in the skies, For more adornment, a full thousand yearsN !he took their cream of BeautyDs fairest dyes, *nd sha'Dd and tinted her abo#e all Peers) -ean$hile Lo#e ke't her dearly $ith his $ings, *nd underneath their shado$ fillDd her eyes ith such a richness that the cloudy Kings :f high :lym'us utterDd sla#ish sighs% hen from the Hea#ens 9 sa$ her first descend, -y heart took fire, and only burning 'ains,

They $ere my 'leasures((they my LifeDs sad endN Lo#e 'ourDd her beauty into my $arm #eins% ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

9 had not the original by me $hen 9 $rote it, and did not recollect the 'ur'ort of the last lines%

9 should ha#e seen +ice ere this((but 9 am confined by !a$reyDs mandate in



the house no$, and ha#e as yet only gone out in fear of the dam'night%((&ou kno$ $hat an undangerous matter it is% 9 shall soon be Muitereco#ered((&our offer 9 shall remember as though it had e#en no$ taken 'lace in fact((9 think it cannot be% Tom is not u' yet((9 cannot say he is better% 9 ha#e not heard from George%


J:H@ K*T!%

LRR9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2Ham'stead, :ctober 7, 1/1/%8

-y dear Fanny((Poor Tom is about the same as $hen you sa$ him lastN 'erha's $eaker(($ere it not for that 9 should ha#e been o#er to 'ay you a#isit these fine days% 9 got to the stage half an hour before it set outand counted the buns and tarts in a Pastry(cookDs $indo$ and $as just beginning $ith the Jellies% There $as no one in the "oach $ho had a -indto eat me like -r% !ham(deaf% 9 shall be 'unctual in enMuiring about neAtThursday((


J:H@%

LRR99%((T: J*-! *<G<!T<! H!!&%

2Ham'stead, :ctober 7, 1/1/%8

-y dear Hessey((&ou are #ery good in sending me the letters from the"hronicle((and 9 am #ery bad in not ackno$ledging such a kindnesssooner(('ray forgi#e me% 9t has so chanced that 9 ha#e had that 'a'er e#ery day((9 ha#e seen to(dayDs% 9 cannot but feel indebted to those

Gentlemen $ho ha#e taken my 'art((*s for the rest, 9 begin to get a littleacMuainted $ith my o$n strength and $eakness%((Praise or blame has but amomentary effect on the man $hose lo#e of beauty in the abstract makes hima se#ere critic on his o$n orks% -y o$n domestic criticism has gi#en me 'ain $ithout com'arison beyond $hat Black$ood or the Quarterly could 'ossibly inflict((and also $hen 9 feel 9 am right, no eAternal 'raise cangi#e me such a glo$ as my o$n solitary re'erce'tion and ratification of $hat is fine% J% !% is 'erfectly right in regard to the sli'(shodndymion%2/18 That it is so is no fault of mine% @o((though it may sound



a little 'aradoAical% 9t is as good as 9 had 'o$er to make it((bymyself((Had 9 been ner#ous about its being a 'erfect 'iece, and $ith that#ie$ asked ad#ice, and trembled o#er e#ery 'age, it $ould not ha#e been$rittenN for it is not in my nature to fumble((9 $ill $riteinde'endently%((9 ha#e $ritten inde'endently E$ithout JudgmentE% 9 may$rite inde'endently, and E$ith JudgmentE, hereafter% The Genius of Poetry

must $ork out its o$n sal#ation in a man) 9t cannot be matured by la$ and 'rece't, but by sensation and $atchfulness in itself((That $hich iscreati#e must create itself((9n ndymion, 9 lea'ed headlong into the sea,and thereby ha#e become better acMuainted $ith the !oundings, theMuicksands, and the rocks, than if 9 had stayed u'on the green shore, and 'i'ed a silly 'i'e, and took tea and comfortable ad#ice% 9 $as ne#er afraid of failureN for 9 $ould sooner fail than not be among thegreatest((But 9 am nigh getting into a rant% !o, $ith remembrances toTaylor and oodhouse etc% 9 am

&ours #ery sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

LRR999%((T: G:+G *@ G:+G9*@* K*T!%

2Ham'stead, :ctober 14 or 1;, 1/1/%8

-y dear George((There $as a 'art in your Letter $hich ga#e me a great dealof 'ain, that $here you lament not recei#ing Letters from ngland% 9

intended to ha#e $ritten immediately on my return from !cotland =$hich $ast$o -onths earlier than 9 had intended on account of my o$n as $ell asTomDs health> but then 9 $as told by -rs% % that you had said you $ouldnot $ish any one to $rite till $e had heard from you% This 9 thought oddand no$ 9 see that it could not ha#e been soN yet at the time 9 sufferedmy unreflecting head to be satisfied, and $ent on in that sort of abstractcareless and restless Life $ith $hich you are $ell acMuainted% Thissentence should it gi#e you any uneasiness do not let it last for before 9finish it $ill be eA'lained a$ay to your satisfaction((

9 am grie#ed to say 9 am not sorry you had not Letters at Philadel'hiaNyou could ha#e had no good ne$s of Tom and 9 ha#e been $ithheld on his

account from beginning these many daysN 9 could not bring myself to saythe truth, that he is no better but much $orse((Ho$e#er it must be toldNand you must my dear Brother and !ister take eAam'le from me and bear u'against any "alamity for my sake as 9 do for yours% :urDs are ties $hichinde'endent of their o$n !entiment are sent us by 'ro#idence to 're#entthe deleterious effects of one great solitary grief% 9 ha#e Fanny and 9ha#e you((three 'eo'le $hose Ha''iness to me is sacred((and it does annulthat selfish sorro$ $hich 9 should other$ise fall into, li#ing as 9 do$ith 'oor Tom $ho looks u'on me as his only comfort((the tears $ill come



into your yes((let them((and embrace each other((thank hea#en for $hatha''iness you ha#e, and after thinking a moment or t$o that you suffer incommon $ith all -ankind hold it not a sin to regain your cheerfulness((

9 $ill relie#e you of one uneasiness of o#erleaf) 9 returned 9 said onaccount of my health((9 am no$ $ell from a bad sore throat $hich came of

bog trotting in the 9sland of -ull((of $hich you shall hear by the co'ies9 shall make from my !cotch Letters((

&our content in each other is a delight to me $hich 9 cannot eA'ress((the-oon is no$ shining full and brilliant((she is the same to me in -atter,$hat you are to me in !'irit% 9f you $ere here my dear !ister 9 could not 'ronounce the $ords $hich 9 can $rite to you from a distance) 9 ha#e atenderness for you, and an admiration $hich 9 feel to be as great and morechaste than 9 can ha#e for any $oman in the $orld% &ou $ill mentionFanny((her character is not formed, her identity does not 'ress u'on me asyours does% 9 ho'e from the bottom of my heart that 9 may one day feel asmuch for her as 9 do for you((9 kno$ not ho$ it is, but 9 ha#e ne#er made

any acMuaintance of my o$n((nearly all through your medium my dear Brother((through you 9 kno$ not only a !ister but a glorious human being%*nd no$ 9 am talking of those to $hom you ha#e made me kno$n 9 cannotforbear mentioning Haslam as a most kind and obliging and constant friend%His beha#iour to Tom during my absence and since my return has endearedhim to me for e#er((besides his anAiety about you% To(morro$ 9 shall callon your -other and eAchange information $ith her% :n TomDs account 9 ha#enot been able to 'ass so much time $ith her as 9 $ould other$ise ha#edone((9 ha#e seen her but t$ice((once 9 dined $ith her and "harles((!he$as $ell, in good s'irits, and 9 ke't her laughing at my bad jokes% e$ent to tea at -rs% -illarDs, and in going $ere 'articularly struck $iththe light and shade through the Gate $ay at the Horse Guards% 9 intend to

$rite you such olumes that it $ill be im'ossible for me to kee' any order or method in $hat 9 $rite) that $ill come first $hich is u''ermost in my-ind, not that $hich is u''ermost in my heart((besides 9 should $ish togi#e you a 'icture of our Li#es here $hene#er by a touch 9 can do itN e#enas you must see by the last sentence our $alk 'ast hitehall all in goodhealth and s'irits((this 9 am certain of, because 9 felt so much 'leasurefrom the sim'le idea of your 'laying a game at "ricket% *t -rs% -illarDs 9sa$ Henry Muite $ell((there $as -iss Keasle((and the good(natured -issaldegra#e((-rs% -illar began a long story and you kno$ it is her aughterDs $ay to hel' her on as though her tongue $ere ill of the gout%-rs% -% certainly tells a story as though she had been taught her *l'habetin "rutched Friars% ilke has been #ery un$ellN 9 found him #ery ailing on

my return((he $as under -edical care for some time, and then $ent to the!ea !ide $hence he has returned $ell% Poor little -rs% % has had another gall(stone attackN she $as $ell ere 9 returned((she is no$ at Brighton%ilke $as greatly 'leased to hear from you, and $ill $rite a letter for meto enclose((He seems greatly desirous of hearing from you of thesettlement itself((

2:ctober 1; or 15%8



9 came by shi' from 9n#erness, and $as nine days at !ea $ithout beingsick((a little Qualm no$ and then 'ut me in mind of you((ho$e#er as soonas you touch the shore all the horrors of !ickness are soon forgotten, as$as the case $ith a Lady on board $ho could not hold her head u' all the$ay% e had not been in the Thames an hour before her tongue began to some

tuneN 'aying off as it $as fit she should all old scores% 9 $as the onlynglishman on board% There $as a do$nright !cotchman $ho hearing thatthere had been a bad cro' of Potatoes in ngland had brought sometrium'hant s'ecimens from !cotland((these he eAhibited $ith national 'rideto all the Lightermen and atermen from the @ore to the Bridge% 9 fed u'on beef all the $ayN not being able to eat the thick Porridge $hich theLadies managed to manage $ith large a$k$ard horn s'oons into the bargain%!e#ern has had a narro$ esca'e of his Life from a Ty'hus fe#er) he is no$gaining strength((+eynolds has returned from a siA $eeksD enjoyment ine#onshire((he is $ell, and 'ersuades me to 'ublish my 'ot of Basil as anans$er to the attacks made on me in Black$oodDs -agaCine and the Quarterly+e#ie$% There ha#e been t$o Letters in my defence in the "hronicle and one

in the Aaminer, co'ied from the *lfred Aeter Pa'er, and $ritten by+eynolds% 9 do not kno$ $ho $rote those in the "hronicle% This is a merematter of the moment((9 think 9 shall be among the nglish Poets after mydeath% #en as a -atter of 'resent interest the attem't to crush me in theQuarterly has only brought me more into notice, and it is a commoneA'ression among book men I9 $onder the Quarterly should cut its o$nthroat%I

9t does me not the least harm in !ociety to make me a''ear little andridiculous) 9 kno$ $hen a man is su'erior to me and gi#e him all dueres'ect((he $ill be the last to laugh at me and as for the rest 9 feelthat 9 make an im'ression u'on them $hich insures me 'ersonal res'ect

$hile 9 am in sight $hate#er they may say $hen my back is turned% Poor HaydonDs eyes $ill not suffer him to 'roceed $ith his 'icture((he has beenin the "ountry((9 ha#e seen him but once since my return% 9 hurry matterstogether here because 9 do not kno$ $hen the -ail sails((9 shall enMuireto(morro$, and then shall kno$ $hether to be 'articular or general in myletter((&ou shall ha#e at least t$o sheets a day till it does sail $hether it be three days or a fortnight((and then 9 $ill begin a fresh one for theneAt -onth% The -iss +eynoldses are #ery kind to me, but they ha#e latelydis'leased me much, and in this $ay((@o$ 9 am coming the +ichardson% :n myreturn the first day 9 called they $ere in a sort of taking or bustleabout a "ousin of theirs $ho ha#ing fallen out $ith her Grand'a'a in aserious manner $as in#ited by -rs% +% to take *sylum in her house% !he is

an east indian and ought to be her GrandfatherDs Heir%2/.8 *t the time 9called -rs% +% $as in conference $ith her u' stairs, and the young Ladies$ere $arm in her 'raises do$n stairs, calling her genteel, interesting anda thousand other 'retty things to $hich 9 ga#e no heed, not being 'artialto 7 daysD $onders((@o$ all is com'letely changed((they hate her, and from$hat 9 hear she is not $ithout faults((of a real kind) but she has others$hich are more a't to make $omen of inferior charms hate her% !he is not a"leo'atra, but she is at least a "harmian% !he has a rich astern lookNshe has fine eyes and fine manners% hen she comes into a room she makes



an im'ression the same as the Beauty of a Leo'ardess% !he is too fine andtoo conscious of herself to re'ulse any -an $ho may address her((fromhabit she thinks that nothing E'articularE% 9 al$ays find myself more atease $ith such a $omanN the 'icture before me al$ays gi#es me a life andanimation $hich 9 cannot 'ossibly feel $ith anything inferior% 9 am atsuch times too much occu'ied in admiring to be a$k$ard or in a tremble% 9

forget myself entirely because 9 li#e in her% &ou $ill by this time think 9 am in lo#e $ith herN so before 9 go any further 9 $ill tell you 9 amnot((she ke't me a$ake one @ight as a tune of -oCartDs might do% 9 s'eak of the thing as a 'astime and an amusement, than $hich 9 can feel nonedee'er than a con#ersation $ith an im'erial $oman, the #ery IyesI andInoI of $hose Li's is to me a BanMuet% 9 donDt cry to take the moon home$ith me in my Pocket nor do 9 fret to lea#e her behind me% 9 like her andher like because one has no EsensationsE(($hat $e both are is taken for granted% &ou $ill su''ose 9 ha#e by this had much talk $ith her((no suchthing((there are the -iss +eynoldses on the look out((They think 9 donDtadmire her because 9 did not stare at her%

They call her a flirt to me((hat a $ant of kno$ledge !he $alks across aroom in such a manner that a -an is dra$n to$ards her $ith a magneticPo$er% This they call flirting they do not kno$ things% They do not kno$$hat a oman is% 9 belie#e though she has faults((the same as "harmian and"leo'atra might ha#e had% &et she is a fine thing s'eaking in a $orldly$ay) for there are t$o distinct tem'ers of mind in $hich $e judge of things((the $orldly, theatrical and 'antomimicalN and the unearthly,s'iritual and ethereal((in the former Buona'arte, Lord Byron and this"harmian hold the first 'lace in our -indsN in the latter, John Ho$ard,Bisho' Hooker rocking his childDs cradle and you my dear !ister are theconMuering feelings% *s a -an in the $orld 9 lo#e the rich talk of a"harmianN as an eternal Being 9 lo#e the thought of you% 9 should like her

to ruin me, and 9 should like you to sa#e me% o not think, my dear Brother, from this that my Passions are headlong, or likely to be e#er of any 'ain to you((

I9 am free from -en of PleasureDs cares, By dint of feelings far more dee' than theirs%I

This is Lord Byron, and is one of the finest things he has said% 9 ha#e noto$n talk for you, as 9 ha#e not been much among 'eo'le((as for Politicsthey are in my o'inion only slee'y because they $ill soon be too $idea$ake% Perha's not((for the long and continued Peace of ngland itself hasgi#en us notions of 'ersonal safety $hich are likely to 're#ent the

re(establishment of our national Honesty% There is, of a truth, nothingmanly or sterling in any 'art of the Go#ernment% There are many -admen inthe "ountry 9 ha#e no doubt, $ho $ould like to be beheaded on to$er Hillmerely for the sake of eclat, there are many -en like Hunt $ho from a 'rinci'le of taste $ould like to see things go on better, there are manylike !ir F% Burdett $ho like to sit at the head of 'olitical dinners,((butthere are none 're'ared to suffer in obscurity for their "ountry((Themoti#es of our $orst men are 9nterest and of our best anity% e ha#e no-ilton, no *lgernon !idney((Go#ernors in these days lose the title of -an



in eAchange for that of i'lomat and -inister% e breathe in a sort of :fficinal *tmos'here((*ll the de'artments of Go#ernment ha#e strayed far from !im'licity $hich is the greatest of !trength there is as muchdifference in this res'ect bet$een the 'resent Go#ernment and :li#er "rom$ellDs as there is bet$een the 1. Tables of +ome and the #olumes of "i#il La$ $hich $ere digested by Justinian% * -an no$ entitled "hancellor

has the same honour 'aid to him $hether he be a Hog or a Lord Bacon% @osensation is created by Greatness but by the number of :rders a -an has athis Button holes% @ot$ithstanding the 'art $hich the Liberals take in the"ause of @a'oleon, 9 cannot but think he has done more harm to the life of Liberty than any one else could ha#e done) not that the di#ine rightGentlemen ha#e done or intend to do any good((no they ha#e taken a Lessonof him, and $ill do all the further harm he $ould ha#e done $ithout any of the good% The $orst thing he has done is, that he has taught them ho$ toorganise their monstrous armies% The m'eror *leAander it is said intendsto di#ide his m'ire as did iocletian((creating t$o "Cars besideshimself, and continuing the su'reme -onarch of the $hole% !hould he dothis and they for a series of &ears kee' 'eaceable among themsel#es +ussia

may s'read her conMuest e#en to "hina((9 think it a #ery likely thing that"hina itself may fall, Turkey certainly $ill% -ean$hile uro'ean north+ussia $ill hold its horns against the rest of uro'e, intriguingconstantly $ith France% ilke, $hom you kno$ to be a God$in 'erfectibility-an, 'leases himself $ith the idea that *merica $ill be the country totake u' the human intellect $here ngland lea#es off((9 differ there $ithhim greatly((* country like the <nited !tates, $hose greatest -en areFranklins and ashingtons $ill ne#er do that% They are great -endoubtless, but ho$ are they to be com'ared to those our countrymen -iltonand the t$o !idneys The one is a 'hiloso'hical Quaker full of mean andthrifty maAims, the other sold the #ery "harger $ho had taken him throughall his Battles% Those *mericans are great, but they are not sublime

-an((the humanity of the <nited !tates can ne#er reach the sublime%BirkbeckDs mind is too much in the *merican style((you must endea#our toinfuse a little !'irit of another sort into the settlement, al$ays $ithgreat caution, for thereby you may do your descendants more good than youmay imagine% 9f 9 had a 'rayer to make for any great good, neAt to TomDsreco#ery, it should be that one of your "hildren should be the first*merican Poet% 9 ha#e a great mind to make a 'ro'hecy, and they say 'ro'hecies $ork out their o$n fulfilment((

DTis the $itching time of night, :rbed is the moon and bright, *nd the !tars they glisten, glisten,

!eeming $ith bright eyes to listen% For $hat listen they For a song and for a charm, !ee they glisten in alarm *nd the -oon is $aAing $arm To hear $hat 9 shall say% -oon kee' $ide thy golden ears Hearken !tars and hearken !'heres Hearken thou eternal !ky



9 sing an infantDs Lullaby, : 'retty Lullaby Listen, Listen, listen, listen Glisten, glisten, glisten, glisten *nd hear my Lullaby Though the +ushes that $ill make

9ts cradle still are in the lake, Though the linen that $ill be 9ts s$athe, is on the cotton tree, Though the $oollen that $ill kee' 9t $arm, is on the silly shee'N Listen !tarlight, listen, listen Glisten, Glisten, glisten, glisten *nd hear my Lullaby "hild 9 see thee "hild, 9D#e found thee -idst of the Muiet all around thee "hild, 9 see thee "hild, 9 s'y thee *nd thy mother s$eet is nigh thee((

"hild, 9 kno$ thee "hild no more But a Poet Ee#erEmore !ee, !ee the Lyre, The Lyre 9n a flame of fire <'on the little cradleDs to' Flaring, flaring, flaring Past the eyesightDs bearing(( *$ake it from its slee', *nd see if it can kee' 9ts eyes u'on the blaCe(( *maCe, *maCe 9t stares, it stares, it stares

9t dares $hat no one dares 9t lifts its little hand into the flame <nharmDd, and on the strings Paddles a little tune and sings ith dumb endea#our s$eetly Bard art thou com'letely Little "hild :D the $estern $ild, Bard art thou com'letely(( !$eetly, $ith dumb endea#our(( * Poet no$ or ne#er Little "hild

:D the $estern $ild * Poet no$ or ne#er

2:ctober 16%8

This is Friday, 9 kno$ not $hat day of the -onth((9 $ill enMuireto(morro$, for it is fit you should kno$ the time 9 am $riting% 9 $ent toTo$n yesterday, and calling at -rs% -illarDs $as told that your -other



$ould not be found at home((9 met Henry as 9 turned the corner((9 had noleisure to return, so 9 left the letters $ith him% He $as looking #ery$ell% Poor Tom is no better to(night((9 am afraid to ask him $hat -essage9 shall send from him% *nd here 9 could go on com'laining of my -isery, but 9 $ill kee' myself cheerful for your !akes% ith a great deal of trouble 9 ha#e succeeded in getting Fanny to Ham'stead% !he has been

se#eral times% -r% Le$is has been #ery kind to Tom all the summer, therehas scarce a day 'assed but he has #isited him, and not one day $ithout bringing or sending some fruit of the nicest kind% He has been #eryassiduous in his enMuiries after you((9t $ould gi#e the old Gentleman agreat deal of 'leasure if you $ould send him a !heet enclosed in the neAt 'arcel to me, after you recei#e this((ho$ long it $ill be first((hy did 9not $rite to Philadel'hia +eally 9 am sorry for that neglect% 9 $ish togo on $riting ad infinitum to you((9 $ish for interesting matter and a 'enas s$ift as the $ind((But the fact is 9 go so little into the "ro$d no$that 9 ha#e nothing fresh and fresh e#ery day to s'eculate u'on eAce't myo$n hims and Theories% 9 ha#e been but once to HaydonDs, once to HuntDs,once to +iceDs, once to HesseyDs% 9 ha#e not seen Taylor, 9 ha#e not been

to the Theatre% @o$ if 9 had been many times to all these and $as still inthe habit of going 9 could on my return at night ha#e each day somethingne$ to tell you of $ithout any sto'((But no$ 9 ha#e such a dearth that$hen 9 get to the end of this sentence and to the bottom of this 'age 9must $ait till 9 can find something interesting to you before 9 beginanother% *fter all it is not much matter $hat it may be about, for the#ery $ords from such a distance 'enned by this hand $ill be grateful toyou((e#en though 9 $ere to co'y out the tale of -other Hubbard or Little+ed +iding Hood%

2Later%8

9 ha#e been o#er to ilkeDs this e#ening((there $ith Bro$n $e ha#e beentalking of different and indifferent -atters((of uclid, of -eta'hysics,of the Bible, of !haks'eare, of the horrid !ystem and conseMuences of thefagging at great schools% 9 kno$ not yet ho$ large a 'arcel 9 can send((9mean by $ay of Letters((9 ho'e there can be no objection to my do$ling u'a Muire made into a small com'ass% That is the manner in $hich 9 shall$rite% 9 shall send you more than Letters((9 mean a tale(($hich 9 must begin on account of the acti#ity of my -indN of its inability to remain atrest% 9t must be 'rose and not #ery eAciting% 9 must do this because inthe $ay 9 am at 'resent situated 9 ha#e too many interru'tions to a trainof feeling to be able to $rite Poetry% !o 9 shall $rite this Tale, and if

9 think it $orth $hile get a du'licate made before 9 send it off to you%

2:ctober .1%8

This is a fresh beginning the .1st :ctober% "harles and Henry $ere $ith uson !unday, and they brought me your Letter to your -other(($e agreed toget a Packet off to you as soon as 'ossible% 9 shall dine $ith your -other to(morro$, $hen they ha#e 'romised to ha#e their Letters ready% 9 shall



send as soon as 'ossible $ithout thinking of the little you may ha#e fromme in the first 'arcel, as 9 intend, as 9 said before, to begin another Letter of more regular information% Here 9 $ant to communicate so largelyin a little time that 9 am 'uCCled $here to direct my attention% Haslamhas 'romised to let me kno$ from "a''er and HaCle$ood% For $ant of something better 9 shall 'roceed to gi#e you some eAtracts from my !cotch

Letters((&et no$ 9 think on it $hy not send you the letters themsel#es((9ha#e three of them at 'resent((9 belie#e Haydon has t$o $hich 9 $ill getin time% 9 dined $ith your -other and Henry at -rs% -illarDs on Thursday,$hen they ga#e me their Letters% "harlesDs 9 ha#e not yet((he has 'romisedto send it% The thought of sending my !cotch Letters has determined me toenclose a fe$ more $hich 9 ha#e recei#ed and $hich $ill gi#e you the bestcue to ho$ 9 am going on, better than you could other$ise kno$% &our -other $as $ell, and 9 $as sorry 9 could not sto' later% 9 called on Huntyesterday((it has been al$ays my fate to meet :llier there((:n Thursday 9$alked $ith HaClitt as far as "o#ent Garden) he $as going to 'lay+acMuets% 9 think Tom has been rather better these fe$ last days((he has been less ner#ous% 9 eA'ect +eynolds to(morro$%

2Later, about :ctober .5%8

!ince 9 $rote thus far 9 ha#e met $ith that same Lady again, $hom 9 sa$ atHastings and $hom 9 met $hen $e $ere going to the nglish :'era% 9t $as ina street $hich goes from Bedford +o$ to LambDs "onduit !treet%((9 'assedher and turned back) she seemed glad of it((glad to see me, and notoffended at my 'assing her before% e $alked on to$ards 9slington, $here$e called on a friend of hers $ho kee's a Boarding !chool% !he has al$ays been an enigma to me((she has been in a +oom $ith you and +eynolds, and$ishes $e should be acMuainted $ithout any of our common acMuaintance

kno$ing it% *s $e $ent along, sometimes through shabby, sometimes throughdecent !treets, 9 had my guessing at $ork, not kno$ing $hat it $ould be,and 're'ared to meet any sur'rise% First it ended at this House at9slington) on 'arting from $hich 9 'ressed to attend her home% !heconsented, and then again my thoughts $ere at $ork $hat it might lead to,though no$ they had recei#ed a sort of genteel hint from the Boarding!chool% :ur alk ended in 4; Gloucester !treet, Queen !Muare((not eAactlyso, for $e $ent u'stairs into her sitting(room, a #ery tasty sort of 'lace$ith Books, Pictures, a bronCe !tatue of Buona'arte, -usic, aeolian Har', aParrot, a Linnet, a "ase of choice LiMueurs, etc% etc% !he beha#ed in thekindest manner((made me take home a Grouse for TomDs dinner% *sked for myaddress for the 'ur'ose of sending more game%%%% 9 eA'ect to 'ass some

'leasant hours $ith her no$ and then) in $hich 9 feel 9 shall be of ser#ice to her in matters of kno$ledge and taste) if 9 can 9 $ill%%%% !heand your George are the only $omen a 'eu 'res de mon age $hom 9 $ould becontent to kno$ for their mind and friendshi' alone%((9 shall in a shorttime $rite you as far as 9 kno$ ho$ 9 intend to 'ass my Life((9 cannotthink of those things no$ Tom is so un$ell and $eak% @ot$ithstanding your Ha''iness and your recommendation 9 ho'e 9 shall ne#er marry% Though themost beautiful "reature $ere $aiting for me at the end of a Journey or aalkN though the "ar'et $ere of !ilk, the "urtains of the morning "loudsN



the chairs and !ofa stuffed $ith "ygnetDs do$nN the food -anna, the ine beyond "laret, the indo$ o'ening on inander mere, 9 should not feel((or rather my Ha''iness $ould not be so fine, as my !olitude is sublime% Theninstead of $hat 9 ha#e described, there is a sublimity to $elcome mehome((The roaring of the $ind is my $ife and the !tars through the $indo$ 'ane are my "hildren% The mighty abstract 9dea 9 ha#e of Beauty in all

things stifles the more di#ided and minute domestic ha''iness((an amiable$ife and s$eet "hildren 9 contem'late as a 'art of that Beauty, but 9 mustha#e a thousand of those beautiful 'articles to fill u' my heart% 9 feelmore and more e#ery day, as my imagination strengthens, that 9 do not li#ein this $orld alone but in a thousand $orlds((@o sooner am 9 alone thansha'es of e'ic greatness are stationed around me, and ser#e my !'irit theoffice $hich is eMui#alent to a KingDs bodyguard((then ITragedy $ithsce'tred 'all comes s$ee'ing by%I *ccording to my state of mind 9 am $ith*chilles shouting in the Trenches, or $ith Theocritus in the ales of !icily% :r 9 thro$ my $hole being into Troilus, and re'eating those lines,I9 $ander like a lost !oul u'on the stygian Banks staying for $aftage,I 9melt into the air $ith a #olu'tuousness so delicate that 9 am content to

be alone% These things, combined $ith the o'inion 9 ha#e of the generalityof $omen(($ho a''ear to me as children to $hom 9 $ould rather gi#e a sugar Plum than my time, form a barrier against -atrimony $hich 9 rejoice in%

9 ha#e $ritten this that you might see 9 ha#e my share of the highest 'leasures, and that though 9 may choose to 'ass my days alone 9 shall beno !olitary% &ou see there is nothing s'leenical in all this% The onlything that can e#er affect me 'ersonally for more than one short 'assingday, is any doubt about my 'o$ers for 'oetry((9 seldom ha#e any, and 9look $ith ho'e to the nighing time $hen 9 shall ha#e none% 9 am as ha''yas a -an can be((that is, in myself 9 should be ha''y if Tom $as $ell, and9 kne$ you $ere 'assing 'leasant days% Then 9 should be most

en#iable(($ith the yearning Passion 9 ha#e for the beautiful, connectedand made one $ith the ambition of my intellect% Think of my Pleasure in!olitude in com'arison of my commerce $ith the $orld((there 9 am achild((there they do not kno$ me, not e#en my most intimateacMuaintance((9 gi#e into their feelings as though 9 $ere refraining fromirritating a little child% !ome think me middling, others silly, othersfoolish((e#ery one thinks he sees my $eak side against my $ill, $hen intruth it is $ith my $ill((9 am content to be thought all this because 9ha#e in my o$n breast so great a resource% This is one great reason $hythey like me soN because they can all sho$ to ad#antage in a room andecli'se from a certain tact one $ho is reckoned to be a good Poet% 9 ho'e9 am not here 'laying tricks Dto make the angels $ee'D) 9 think not) for 9

ha#e not the least contem't for my s'ecies, and though it may sound 'aradoAical, my greatest ele#ations of soul lea#e me e#ery time morehumbled((nough of this((though in your Lo#e for me you $ill not think itenough%

2Later, :ctober .7 or 41%8

Haslam has been here this morning and has taken all the Letters eAce't



this sheet, $hich 9 shall send him by the T$o'enny, as he $ill 'ut theParcel in the Boston 'ost Bag by the ad#ice of "a''er and HaCle$ood, $hoassure him of the safety and eA'edition that $ay((the Parcel $ill befor$arded to arder and thence to you all the same% There $ill not be aPhiladel'hia shi' for these siA $eeks((by that time 9 shall ha#e another Letter to you% -ind you 9 mark this Letter *% By the time you $ill recei#e

this you $ill ha#e 9 trust 'assed through the greatest of your fatigues%*s it $as $ith your !ea !ickness 9 shall not hear of them till they are 'ast% o not set to your occu'ation $ith too great an anAiety((take itcalmly((and let your health be the 'rime consideration% 9 ho'e you $illha#e a !on, and it is one of my first $ishes to ha#e him in my *rms(($hich9 $ill do 'lease God before he cuts one double tooth% Tom is rather moreeasy than he has been) but is still so ner#ous that 9 cannot s'eak to himof these -atters((indeed it is the care 9 ha#e had to kee' his -ind aloof from feelings too acute that has made this Letter so short a one((9 didnot like to $rite before him a Letter he kne$ $as to reach your hands((9cannot e#en no$ ask him for any -essage((his heart s'eaks to you% Be asha''y as you can% Think of me, and for my sake be cheerful%

Belie#e me, my dear Brother and sister, &our anAious and affectionateBrother

J:H@%

This day is my Birth day%

*ll our friends ha#e been anAious in their enMuiries, and all send their remembrances%

LRR9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

Ham'stead, Friday -orn 2:ctober 16, 1/1/8%

-y dear Fanny((&ou must not condemn me for not being 'unctual to Thursday,for 9 really did not kno$ $hether it $ould not affect 'oor Tom too much tosee you% &ou kno$ ho$ it hurt him to 'art $ith you the last time% *t alle#ents you shall hear from meN and if Tom kee's 'retty $ell to(morro$, 9$ill see -r% *bbey the neAt day, and endea#our to settle that you shall be

$ith us on Tuesday or ednesday% 9 ha#e good ne$s from George((He haslanded safely $ith our !ister((they are both in good health((their 'ros'ects are good((and they are by this time nighing to their journeyDsend((you shall hear the 'articulars soon%


J:H@%



TomDs lo#e to you%

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2Ham'stead, :ctober .6, 1/1/%8

-y dear Fanny((9 called on -r% *bbey in the beginning of last eek) $henhe seemed a#erse to letting you come again from ha#ing heard that you had been to other 'laces besides ell alk% 9 do not mean to say you did$rongly in s'eaking of it, for there should rightly be no objection tosuch things) but you kno$ $ith $hat Peo'le $e are obliged in the course of "hildhood to associate, $hose conduct forces us into du'licity andfalsehood to them% To the $orst of Peo'le $e should be o'enhearted) but itis as $ell as things are to be 'rudent in making any communication to any

one, that may thro$ an im'ediment in the $ay of any of the little 'leasures you may ha#e% 9 do not recommend du'licity but 'rudence $ithsuch 'eo'le% Perha's 9 am talking too dee'ly for you) if you do not no$,you $ill understand $hat 9 mean in the course of a fe$ years% 9 think 'oor Tom is a little Better) he sends his lo#e to you% 9 shall call on -r%*bbey to(morro$) $hen 9 ho'e to settle $hen to see you again% -rs% ilkehas been for some time at Brighton((she is eA'ected home in a day or t$o%!he $ill be 'leased 9 am sure $ith your 'resent% 9 $ill try for 'ermissionfor you to remain here all @ight should -rs% % return in time%


J:H@ ((((%

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2Ham'stead, :ctober ., 1/1/%8

-y dear oodhouse((&our letter ga#e me great satisfaction, more on accountof its friendliness than any relish of that matter in it $hich is

accounted so acce'table to the Igenus irritabile%I The best ans$er 9 cangi#e you is in a clerklike manner to make some obser#ations on t$o 'rinci'al 'oints $hich seem to 'oint like indices into the midst of the$hole 'ro and con about genius, and #ie$s, and achie#ements, and ambition,et caetera%((1st% *s to the 'oetical "haracter itself =9 mean that sort, of $hich, if 9 am anything, 9 am a memberN that sort distinguished from theords$orthian, or egotistical !ublimeN $hich is a thing 'er se, and standsalone,> it is not itself((it has no self((9t is e#erything and nothing((9thas no character((it enjoys light and shadeN it li#es in gusto, be it foul



or fair, high or lo$, rich or 'oor, mean or ele#ated((9t has as muchdelight in concei#ing an 9ago as an 9mogen% hat shocks the #irtuous 'hiloso'her delights the chameleon 'oet% 9t does no harm from its relishof the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the brightone, because they both end in s'eculation% * 'oet is the most un'oeticalof anything in eAistence, because he has no 9dentity((he is continually in

for and filling some other body% The !un,((the -oon,((the !ea, and men and$omen, $ho are creatures of im'ulse, are 'oetical, and ha#e about them anunchangeable attributeN the 'oet has none, no identity((he is certainlythe most un'oetical of all GodDs creatures%((9f then he has no self, andif 9 am a 'oet, $here is the $onder that 9 should say 9 $ould $rite nomore -ight 9 not at that #ery instant ha#e been cogitating on the"haracters of !aturn and :'s2/48 9t is a $retched thing to confessN butit is a #ery fact, that not one $ord 9 e#er utter can be taken for grantedas an o'inion gro$ing out of my identical @ature((ho$ can it, $hen 9 ha#eno @ature hen 9 am in a room $ith 'eo'le, if 9 e#er am free froms'eculating on creations of my o$n brain, then, not myself goes home tomyself, but the identity of e#ery one in the room begins to 'ress u'on me,

so that 9 am in a #ery little time annihilated((not only among menN it$ould be the same in a nursery of "hildren% 9 kno$ not $hether 9 makemyself $holly understood) 9 ho'e enough so to let you see that node'endence is to be 'laced on $hat 9 said that day%

9n the .d 'lace, 9 $ill s'eak of my #ie$s, and of the life 9 'ur'ose tomyself% 9 am ambitious of doing the $orld some good) if 9 should bes'ared, that may be the $ork of maturer years((in the inter#al 9 $illassay to reach to as high a summit in 'oetry as the ner#e besto$ed u'on me$ill suffer% The faint conce'tions 9 ha#e of 'oems to come bring the bloodfreMuently into my forehead((*ll 9 ho'e is, that 9 may not lose allinterest in human affairs((that the solitary 9ndifference 9 feel for

a''lause, e#en from the finest s'irits, $ill not blunt any acuteness of #ision 9 may ha#e% 9 do not think it $ill% 9 feel assured 9 should $ritefrom the mere yearning and fondness 9 ha#e for the beautiful, e#en if mynightDs labours should be burnt e#ery -orning, and no eye e#er shine u'onthem% But e#en no$ 9 am 'erha's not s'eaking from myself, but from some"haracter in $hose soul 9 no$ li#e%

9 am sure ho$e#er that this neAt sentence is from myself((9 feel your anAiety, good o'inion, and friendshi', in the highest degree, and am


J:H@ K*T!%

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2Ham'stead, @o#ember 5, 1/1/%8



-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e seen -r% *bbey three times about you, and ha#e not been able to get his consent% He says that once more bet$een this and theHolidays $ill be sufficient% hat can 9 do 9 should ha#e been atalthamsto$ se#eral times, but 9 am not able to lea#e Tom for so long atime as that $ould take me% Poor Tom has been rather better these ; last

days in conseMuence of obtaining a little rest a nights% rite to me asoften as you can, and belie#e that 9 $ould do anything to gi#e you any 'leasure(($e must as yet $ait 'atiently%


J:H@ ((((%

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ell alk 2Ham'stead,8 @o#r% .;, 21/1/8%

-y dear +ice((&our amende Honorable 9 must call Iun surcroit dD*mitie,Ifor 9 am not at all sensible of anything but that you $ere unfortunatelyengaged and 9 $as unfortunately in a hurry% 9 com'letely understand your feeling in this mistake, and find in it that balance of comfort $hichremains after regretting your uneasiness% 9 ha#e long made u' my mind totake for granted the genuine(heartedness of my friends, not$ithstandingany tem'orary ambiguousness in their beha#iour or their tongues, nothingof $hich ho$e#er 9 had the least scent of this morning% 9 say com'letely

understandN for 9 am e#erlastingly getting my mind into such(like 'ainfultrammels((and am e#en at this moment suffering under them in the case of afriend of ours%((9 $ill tell you t$o most unfortunate and 'arallelsli's((it seems do$n(right 're(intention((* friend says to me, IKeats, 9shall go and see !e#ern this $eek%I((I*h =says 9> you $ant him to takeyour Portrait%I((*nd again, IKeats,I says a friend, I$hen $ill you come toto$n againI((I9 $ill,I says 9, Ilet you ha#e the -!% neAt $eek%I 9n boththese cases 9 a''eared to attribute an interested moti#e to each of myfriendsD Muestions((the first made him flush, the second made him look angry)((and yet 9 am innocent in both casesN my mind lea't o#er e#eryinter#al, to $hat 9 sa$ $as 'er se a 'leasant subject $ith him% &ou see 9ha#e no allo$ances to make((you see ho$ far 9 am from su''osing you could

sho$ me any neglect% 9 #ery much regret the long time 9 ha#e been obligedto eAile from you) for 9 ha#e one or t$o rather 'leasant occasions toconfer u'on $ith you% hat 9 ha#e heard from George is fa#ourable((9eA'ect a letter from the !ettlement itself%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%



9 cannot gi#e any good ne$s of Tom%

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2Ham'stead,8 Tuesday -orn 2ecember 1, 1/1/8%

-y dear Fanny((Poor Tom has been so bad that 9 ha#e delayed your #isithither((as it $ould be so 'ainful to you both% 9 cannot say he is any better this morning((he is in a #ery dangerous state((9 ha#e scarce anyho'es of him% Kee' u' your s'irits for me my dear Fanny((re'ose entirelyin


J:H@%

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2Ham'stead,2/;8 about ecr% 1/, 1/1/%8

-y dear Brother and !ister((&ou $ill ha#e been 're'ared before thisreaches you for the $orst ne$s you could ha#e, nay, if HaslamDs letter

arri#es in 'ro'er time, 9 ha#e a consolation in thinking that the firstshock $ill be 'ast before you recei#e this% The last days of 'oor Tom $ereof the most distressing natureN but his last moments $ere not so 'ainful,and his #ery last $as $ithout a 'ang% 9 $ill not enter into any 'arsoniccomments on death((yet the common obser#ations of the commonest 'eo'le ondeath are as true as their 'ro#erbs% 9 ha#e scarce a doubt of immortalityof some nature or other((neither had Tom% -y friends ha#e been eAceedinglykind to me e#ery one of them((Bro$n detained me at his House% 9 su''ose noone could ha#e had their time made smoother than mine has been% uring 'oor TomDs illness 9 $as not able to $rite and since his death the task of beginning has been a hindrance to me% ithin this last eek 9 ha#e beene#ery$here((and 9 $ill tell you as nearly as 'ossible ho$ all go on% ith

ilke and Bro$n 9 am Muite thick(($ith Bro$n indeed 9 am going todomesticate((that is, $e shall kee' house together% 9 shall ha#e the front 'arlour and he the back one, by $hich 9 shall a#oid the noise of BentleyDs"hildren((and be the better able to go on $ith my !tudies(($hich ha#e beengreatly interru'ted lately, so that 9 ha#e not the shado$ of an idea of a book in my head, and my 'en seems to ha#e gro$n too gouty for sense% Ho$are you going on no$ The goings on of the $orld makes me diCCy((There youare $ith Birkbeck((here 9 am $ith Bro$n((sometimes 9 fancy an immensese'aration, and sometimes as at 'resent, a direct communication of !'irit



$ith you% That $ill be one of the grandeurs of immortality((There $ill beno s'ace, and conseMuently the only commerce bet$een s'irits $ill be bytheir intelligence of each other(($hen they $ill com'letely understandeach other, $hile $e in this $orld merely com'rehend each other indifferent degrees((the higher the degree of good so higher is our Lo#e andfriendshi'% 9 ha#e been so little used to $riting lately that 9 am afraid

you $ill not smoke my meaning so 9 $ill gi#e an eAam'le((!u''ose Bro$n or Haslam or any one $hom 9 understand in the neAt degree to $hat 9 do you,$ere in *merica, they $ould be so much the farther from me in 'ro'ortionas their identity $as less im'ressed u'on me% @o$ the reason $hy 9 do notfeel at the 'resent moment so far from you is that 9 remember your aysand -anners and actionsN 9 kno$ your manner of thinking, your manner of feeling) 9 kno$ $hat sha'e your joy or your sorro$ $ould takeN 9 kno$ themanner of your $alking, standing, sauntering, sitting do$n, laughing, 'unning, and e#ery action so truly that you seem near to me% &ou $illremember me in the same manner((and the more $hen 9 tell you that 9 shallread a 'assage of !haks'eare e#ery !unday at ten oD"lock((you read one atthe same time, and $e shall be as near each other as blind bodies can be

in the same room%

9 sa$ your -other the day before yesterday, and intend no$ freMuently to 'ass half a day $ith her((she seemDd tolerably $ell% 9 called in Henrietta!treet and so $as s'eaking $ith your -other about -iss -illar(($e had achat about Heiresses((she told me 9 think of or eight dying !$ains%"harles $as not at home% 9 think 9 ha#e heard a little more talk about-iss Keasle((all 9 kno$ of her is she had a ne$ sort of shoe on of brightleather like our Kna'sacks% -iss -illar ga#e me one of her confounded 'inches% E@%B%E did not like it% -rs% ilke $ent $ith me to see Fanny last$eek, and Haslam $ent $ith me last !unday% !he $as $ell((she gets a little 'lum'er and had a little "olour% :n !unday 9 brought from her a 'resent of

facescreens and a $ork(bag for -rs% %((they $ere really #ery 'retty% Fromalthamsto$ $e $alked to Bethnal green(($here 9 felt so tired from my long$alk that 9 $as obliged to go to Bed at ten% -r% and -rs% Keasle $erethere% Haslam has been eAcessi#ely kind, and his anAiety about you isgreatN 9 ne#er meet him but $e ha#e some chat thereon% He is al$ays doingme some good turn((he ga#e me this thin 'a'er2/58 for the 'ur'ose of $riting to you% 9 ha#e been 'assing an hour this morning $ith -r%Le$is((he $ants ne$s of you #ery much% Haydon $as here yesterday((heamused us much by s'eaking of young Ho''ner $ho $ent $ith "a'tain +oss ona #oyage of disco#ery to the Poles% The !hi' $as sometimes entirelysurrounded $ith #ast mountains and crags of ice, and in a fe$ -inutes nota 'article $as to be seen all round the HoriCon% :nce they met $ith so

#ast a -ass that they ga#e themsel#es o#er for lostN their last resource$as in meeting it $ith the Bo$s'rit, $hich they did, and s'lit it asunder and glided through it as it 'arted, for a great distance((one -ile andmore% Their eyes $ere so fatigued $ith the eternal daCCle and $hitenessthat they lay do$n on their backs u'on deck to relie#e their sight on the blue sky% Ho''ner describes his dreadful $eariness at the continualday((the sun e#er mo#ing in a circle round abo#e their heads((so 'ressingu'on him that he could not rid himself of the sensation e#en in the dark Hold of the !hi'% The sMuimauA are described as the most $retched of



Beings((they float from their summer to their $inter residences and back again like $hite Bears on the ice floats% They seem ne#er to ha#e $ashed,and so $hen their features mo#e the red skin sho$s beneath the cracking 'eel of dirt% They had no notion of any inhabitants in the orld butthemsel#es% The sailors $ho had not seen a !tar for some time, $hen theycame again south$ards on the hailing of the first re#ision of one, all ran

u'on deck $ith feelings of the most joyful nature% HaydonDs eyes $ill notsuffer him to 'roceed $ith his Picture((his Physician tells him he mustremain t$o months more, inacti#e% Hunt kee's on in his old $ay((9 amcom'letely tired of it all% He has lately 'ublishDd a Pocket Book calledthe literary Pocket(Book((full of the most sickening stuff you canimagine% +eynolds is $ellN he has become an dinburgh +e#ie$er% 9 ha#e notheard from Bailey% +ice 9 ha#e seen #ery little of lately((and 9 am #erysorry for it% The -iss +Ds% are all as usual% *rcher abo#e all 'eo'lecalled on me one day((he $anted some information by my means, from Huntand Haydon, concerning some -an they kne$% 9 got him $hat he $anted, butkno$ none of the $hys and $herefores% Poor Kirkman left ent$orth Placeone e#ening about half('ast eight and $as sto''ed, beaten and robbed of

his atch in Pond !treet% 9 sa$ him a fe$ days sinceN he had not reco#eredfrom his bruises% 9 called on HaClitt the day 9 $ent to +omney !treet((9ga#e John Hunt eAtracts from your letters((he has taken no notice% 9 ha#eseen Lamb lately((Bro$n and 9 $ere taken by Hunt to @o#elloDs((there $e$ere de#astated and eAcruciated $ith bad and re'eated 'uns((Bro$n donDt$ant to go again% e $ent the other e#ening to see Brutus a ne$ Tragedy byHo$ard Payne, an *merican((Kean $as eAcellent((the 'lay $as #ery bad% 9tis the first time 9 ha#e been since 9 $ent $ith you to the Lyceum%

-rs% Bra$ne $ho took Bro$nDs house for the !ummer, still resides inHam'stead% !he is a #ery nice $oman, and her daughter senior is 9 think beautiful and elegant, graceful, silly, fashionable and strange% e ha#e a

little tiff no$ and then((and she beha#es a little better, or 9 must ha#esheered off%2/68 9 find by a sidelong re'ort from your -other that 9 am to be in#ited to -iss -illarDs birthday dance% !hall 9 dance $ith -issaldegra#e h 9 shall be obliged to shirk a good many there% 9 shall bethe only andy there((and indeed 9 merely com'ly $ith the in#itation thatthe 'arty may not be entirely destitute of a s'ecimen of that race% 9shall a''ear in a com'lete dress of 'ur'le, Hat and all(($ith a list of the beauties 9 ha#e conMuered embroidered round my "al#es%

Thursday 2ecember .;8%

This morning is so #ery fine, 9 should ha#e $alked o#er to althamsto$ if 9 had thought of it yesterday% hat are you doing this morning Ha#e you aclear hard frost as $e ha#e Ho$ do you come on $ith the gun Ha#e youshot a Buffalo Ha#e you met $ith any Pheasants -y Thoughts are #eryfreMuently in a foreign "ountry((9 li#e more out of ngland than in it%The -ountains of Tartary are a fa#ourite lounge, if 9 ha''en to miss the*lleghany ridge, or ha#e no $him for !a#oy% There must be great 'leasurein 'ursuing game(('ointing your gun((no, it $onDt do((no$, no((rabbitit((no$ bang((smoke and feathers(($here is it !hall you be able to get a



good 'ointer or so Ha#e you seen -r% Trimmer He is an acMuaintance of PeacheyDs% @o$ 9 am not addressing myself to G% minor, and yet 9 am((for you are one% Ha#e you some $arm furs By your neAt Letters 9 shall eA'ectto hear eAactly ho$ you go on((smother nothing((let us ha#e allN fair andfoul, all 'lain% ill the little bairn ha#e made his entrance before youha#e this Kiss it for me, and $hen it can first kno$ a cheese from a

"ater'illar sho$ it my 'icture t$ice a eek% &ou $ill be glad to hear thatGiffordDs attack u'on me has done me ser#ice((it has got my Book amongse#eral EsetsE((@or must 9 forget to mention once more $hat 9 su''oseHaslam has told you, the 'resent of a L.5 note 9 had anonymously sent me%9 ha#e many things to tell you((the best $ay $ill be to make co'ies of mycorres'ondenceN and 9 must not forget the !onnet 9 recei#ed $ith the @ote%Last eek 9 recei#ed the follo$ing from oodhouse $hom you mustrecollect)((

I-y dear Keats((9 send enclosed a Letter, $hich $hen read take the trouble to return to me% The History of its reaching me is this% -y "ousin, -iss Frogley of Hounslo$, borro$ed my co'y of EndymionE for

a s'ecified time% Before she had time to look into it, she and my friend -r% Hy% @e#ille of sher, $ho $as house !urgeon to the late Princess "harlotte, insisted u'on ha#ing it to read for a day or t$o, and undertook to make my "ousinDs 'eace $ith me on account of the eAtra delay% @e#ille told me that one of the -isses Porter =of romance "elebrity> had seen it on his table, di''ed into it, and eA'ressed a $ish to read it% 9 desired he should kee' it as long and lend it to as many as he 'leased, 'ro#ided it $as not allo$ed to slumber on any oneDs shelf% 9 learned subseMuently from -iss Frogley that these Ladies had reMuested of -r% @e#ille, if he $as acMuainted $ith the *uthor, the Pleasure of an introduction% *bout a $eek back the enclosed $as transmitted by -r% @e#ille to my "ousin, as a

s'ecies of *'ology for kee'ing her so long $ithout the Book, and she sent it to me, kno$ing that it $ould gi#e me Pleasure((9 for$ard it to you for some$hat the same reason, but 'rinci'ally because it gi#es me the o''ortunity of naming to you =$hich it $ould ha#e been fruitless to do before> the o'ening there is for an introduction to a class of society from $hich you may 'ossibly deri#e ad#antage, as $ell as Mualification, if you think 'ro'er to a#ail yourself of it% 9n such a case 9 should be #ery ha''y to further your ishes% But do just as you 'lease% The $hole is entirely Eentre nousE%((

&ours, etc%,

+% %I

ell((no$ this is -iss PorterDs Letter to @e#ille((

Iear !ir((*s my -other is sending a -essenger to sher, 9 cannot but make the same the bearer of my regrets for not ha#ing had the 'leasure of seeing you the morning you called at the gate% 9 had gi#en orders to be denied, 9 $as so #ery un$ell $ith my still adhesi#e coldN but had 9 kno$n it $as you 9 should ha#e taken off the



interdict for a fe$ minutes, to say ho$ #ery much 9 am delighted $ith EndymionE% 9 had just finished the Poem and ha#e done as you 'ermitted, lent it to -iss FitCgerald% 9 regret you are not 'ersonally acMuainted $ith the *uthor, for 9 should ha#e been ha''y to ha#e ackno$ledged to him, through the ad#antage of your communication, the #ery rare delight my sister and myself ha#e

enjoyed from the first fruits of Genius% 9 ho'e the ill(natured +e#ie$ $ill not ha#e damagedI =or dam'ed> Isuch true Parnassian fire((it ought not, for $hen Life is granted, etc%I

((and so she goes on% @o$ 9 feel more obliged than flattered by this((soobliged that 9 $ill not at 'resent gi#e you an eAtra#aganCa of a Lady+omancer% 9 $ill be introduced to them if it be merely for the 'leasure of $riting to you about it((9 shall certainly see a ne$ race of Peo'le% 9shall more certainly ha#e no time for them%

Hunt has asked me to meet Tom -oore some day((so you shall hear of him%The @ight $e $ent to @o#elloDs there $as a com'lete set to of -oCart and

'unning% 9 $as so com'letely tired of it that if 9 $ere to follo$ my o$ninclinations 9 should ne#er meet any one of that set again, not e#en Hunt,$ho is certainly a 'leasant fello$ in the main $hen you are $ith him((butin reality he is #ain, egotistical, and disgusting in matters of tasteand in morals% He understands many a beautiful thingN but then, insteadof gi#ing other minds credit for the same degree of 'erce'tion as hehimself 'rofesses((he begins an eA'lanation in such a curious manner thatour taste and self(lo#e is offended continually% Hunt does one harm bymaking fine things 'etty, and beautiful things hateful% Through him 9 amindifferent to -oCart, 9 care not for $hite Busts((and many a gloriousthing $hen associated $ith him becomes a nothing% This distorts oneDsmind((makes oneDs thoughts biCarre(('er'leAes one in the standard of

Beauty% -artin is #ery much irritated against Black$ood for 'rinting someLetters in his -agaCine $hich $ere -artinDs 'ro'erty((he al$ays foundeAcuses for Black$ood till he himself $as injured, and no$ he is enraged%9 ha#e been se#eral times thinking $hether or not 9 should send you theAaminers, as Birkbeck no doubt has all the good 'eriodicalPublications((9 $ill sa#e them at all e#ents% 9 must not forget to mentionho$ attenti#e and useful -rs% Bentley has been((9 am #ery sorry to lea#eher((but 9 must, and 9 ho'e she $ill not be much a loser by it% Bentley is#ery $ell((he has just brought me a clothesD(basket of Books% Bro$n hasgone to to$n to(day to take his @e'he$s $ho are on a #isit here to see theLions% 9 am 'assing a Quiet day(($hich 9 ha#e not done for a long$hile((and if 9 do continue so, 9 feel 9 must again begin $ith my

'oetry((for if 9 am not in action mind or Body 9 am in 'ain((and from that9 suffer greatly by going into 'arties $here from the rules of society anda natural 'ride 9 am obliged to smother my !'irit and look like an9diot((because 9 feel my im'ulses gi#en $ay to $ould too much amaCe them%9 li#e under an e#erlasting restraint((ne#er relie#ed eAce't $hen 9 amcom'osing((so 9 $ill $rite a$ay%

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9 think you kne$ before you left ngland that my neAt subject $ould beIthe fall of Hy'erion%I 9 $ent on a little $ith it last night, but it$ill take some time to get into the #ein again% 9 $ill not gi#e you anyeAtracts because 9 $ish the $hole to make an im'ression% 9 ha#e ho$e#er afe$ Poems $hich you $ill like, and 9 $ill co'y out on the neAt sheet% 9

shall dine $ith Haydon on !unday, and go o#er to althamsto$ on -onday if the frost hold% 9 think also of going into Ham'shire this "hristmas to -r%!nookDs2/8((they say 9 shall be #ery much amused((But 9 donDt kno$((9think 9 am in too huge a -ind for study((9 must do it((9 must $ait at homeand let those $ho $ish come to see me% 9 cannot al$ays be =ho$ do yous'ell it> tra'sing% Here 9 must tell you that 9 ha#e not been able tokee' the journal or $rite the Tale 9 'romised((no$ 9 shall be able to doso% 9 $ill $rite to Haslam this morning to kno$ $hen the Packet sails, andtill it does 9 $ill $rite something e#ery day((*fter that my journal shallgo on like clock$ork, and you must not com'lain of its dulness((for $hat 9$ish is to $rite a Muantity to you((kno$ing $ell that dulness itself $illfrom me be interesting to you((&ou may concei#e ho$ this not ha#ing been

done has $eighed u'on me% 9 shall be able to judge from your neAt $hatsort of information $ill be of most ser#ice or amusement to you% Perha'sas you $ere fond of gi#ing me sketches of character you may like a little 'icnic of scandal e#en across the *tlantic% But no$ 9 must s'eak 'articularly to you, my dear !ister((for 9 kno$ you lo#e a little MuiCCing better than a great bit of a''le dum'ling% o you kno$ <ncle +edhall Heis a little -an $ith an innocent 'o$dered u'right head, he lis's $ith a 'rotruded under li'((he has t$o @ieces, each one $ould $eigh three of him((one for height and the other for breadth((he kne$ BartoloCCi% He ga#ea su''er, and ranged his bottles of $ine all u' the Kitchen and cellar stairs((Muite ignorant of $hat might be drunk((9t might ha#e been a good joke to 'our on the sly bottle after bottle into a $ashing tub, and roar

for more((9f you $ere to tri' him u' it $ould discom'ose a Pigtail and bring his under li' nearer to his nose% He ne#er had the good luck to losea silk Handkerchief in a "ro$d, and therefore has only one to'ic of con#ersation((BartoloCCi% !hall 9 gi#e you -iss Bra$ne !he is about myheight(($ith a fine style of countenance of the lengthened sort((she $antssentiment in e#ery feature((she manages to make her hair look $ell((her nostrils are fine((though a little 'ainful((her mouth is bad and good((her Profile is better than her full(face $hich indeed is not full but 'ale andthin $ithout sho$ing any bone% Her sha'e is #ery graceful and so are her mo#ements((her *rms are good her hands baddish((her feet tolerable% !he isnot se#enteen((but she is ignorant((monstrous in her beha#iour, flying outin all directions((calling 'eo'le such names that 9 $as forced lately to

make use of the term E-inAE((this is 9 think not from any innate #ice, butfrom a 'enchant she has for acting stylishly((9 am ho$e#er tired of suchstyle and shall decline any more of it% !he had a friend to #isit her lately((you ha#e kno$n 'lenty such((her face is ra$ as if she $as standingout in a frostN her li's ra$ and seem al$ays ready for a Pullet((she 'laysthe -usic $ithout one sensation but the feel of the i#ory at her fingers%!he is a do$nright -iss $ithout one set off((e hated her and smoked her and baited her and 9 think dro#e her a$ay% -iss B% thinks her a Paragon of fashion, and says she is the only $oman she $ould change 'ersons $ith%



hat a stu'e((!he is su'erior as a +ose to a andelion% hen $e $ent to bed Bro$n obser#ed as he 'ut out the Ta'er $hat a #ery ugly old $oman that-iss +obinson $ould make((at $hich 9 must ha#e groaned aloud for 9Dm sureten minutes% 9 ha#e not seen the thing Kingston again((George $illdescribe him to you((9 shall insinuate some of these "reatures into a"omedy some day((and 'erha's ha#e Hunt among them((

!cene, a little Parlour% EnterE Hunt((Gattie((HaClitt((-rs% @o#ello((:llier% EGattie%E Ha Hunt, got into your ne$ house Ha -rs% @o#ello) seen *ltam and his ife((E-rs% @%E &es =$ith a grin>, itDs -r%HuntDs, isnDt it((EGattie%E HuntDs no, ha -r% :llier, 9 congratulateyou u'on the highest com'liment 9 e#er heard 'aid to the Book% -r%HaClitt, 9 ho'e you are $ell%((EHaClitt%E &es !ir, no !ir%((E-r% HuntE =atthe -usic>, ILa Biondina,I etc% HaClitt, did you e#er hear this((ILaBiondina,I etc%((EHaClitt%E : no !ir((9 ne#er%((E:llier%E o, Hunt, gi#eit us o#er again((di#ine%((EGattie%E i#ino((Hunt, $hen does your Pocket(Book come out((EHunt%E Ihat is this absorbs me MuiteI : $e ares'inning on a little, $e shall floridise soon 9 ho'e% !uch a thing $as

#ery much $anting(('eo'le think of nothing but money getting((no$ for me 9am rather inclined to the liberal side of things% 9 am reckoned laA in my"hristian 'rinci'les, etc% etc% etc%

2ecember .7%8

9t is some days since 9 $rote the last 'age((and $hat 9 ha#e been aboutsince 9 ha#e no 9dea% 9 dined at HaslamDs on !unday(($ith Haydonyesterday, and sa$ Fanny in the morningN she $as $ell% Just no$ 9 took outmy 'oem to go on $ith it, but the thought of my $riting so little to youcame u'on me and 9 could not get on((so 9 ha#e began at random and 9 ha#e

not a $ord to say((and yet my thoughts are so full of you that 9 can donothing else% 9 shall be confined at Ham'stead a fe$ days on account of asore throat((the first thing 9 do $ill be to #isit your -other again% Thelast time 9 sa$ Henry he sho$Dd me his first engra#ing, $hich 9 thoughtca'ital% -r% Le$is called this morning and brought some *merican Pa'ers((9ha#e not lookDd into them((9 think $e ought to ha#e heard of you beforethis((9 am in daily eA'ectation of Letters((@il des'erandum% -rs% *bbey$ishes to take Fanny from !chool((9 shall stri#e all 9 can against that%There has ha''ened a great -isfortune in the re$e Family((old re$e has been dead some timeN and lately George re$e eA'ired in a fit((on $hichaccount +eynolds has gone into e#onshire% He dined a fe$ days since atHorace T$isseDs $ith Liston and "harles Kemble% 9 see #ery little of him

no$, as 9 seldom go to Little Britain because the EnnuiE al$ays seiCes methere, and John +eynolds is #ery dull at home% @or ha#e 9 seen +ice% Ho$you are no$ going on is a -ystery to me((9 ho'e a fe$ days $ill clear itu'%

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9 ne#er kno$ the day of the -onth% 9t is #ery fine here to(day, though 9



eA'ect a Thundercloud, or rather a sno$ cloud, in less than an hour% 9 amat 'resent alone at ent$orth Place((Bro$n being at "hichester and -r% and-rs% ilke making a little stay in To$n% 9 kno$ not $hat 9 should do$ithout a sunshiny morning no$ and then((it clears u' oneDs s'irits% ilkeand 9 freMuently ha#e some chat about you% 9 ha#e no$ and then some doubt, but he seems to ha#e a great confidence% 9 think there $ill soon be

'erce'tible a change in the fashionable slang literature of the day((itseems to me that +e#ie$s ha#e had their day((that the 'ublic ha#e beensurfeited((there $ill soon be some ne$ folly to kee' the Parlours intalk((hat it is 9 care not% e ha#e seen three literary Kings in our Time((!cott, Byron, and then the !cotch no#els% *ll no$ a''ears to bedead((or 9 may mistake, literary Bodies may still kee' u' the Bustle $hich9 do not hear% Haydon sho$Dd me a letter he had recei#ed fromTri'oli((+itchie $as $ell and in good !'irits, among "amels, Turbans, PalmTrees, and !ands% &ou may remember 9 'romised to send him an ndymion$hich 9 did not((ho$e#er he has one((you ha#e one% :ne is in the ilds of *merica((the other is on a "amelDs back in the 'lains of gy't% 9 amlooking into a Book of uboisDs((he has $ritten directions to the

Players((one of them is #ery good% I9n singing ne#er mind themusic((obser#e $hat time you 'lease% 9t $ould be a 'retty degradationindeed if you $ere obliged to confine your genius to the dull regularityof a fiddler((horse hair and catDs guts((no, let him kee' EyourE time and 'lay EyourE tune((Edodge himE%I 9 $ill no$ co'y out the Letter and !onnet9 ha#e s'oken of% The outside co#er $as thus directed, I-essrs% Taylor andHessey, =Booksellers>, @o% 74 Fleet !treet, London,I and it containedthis)

D-essrs% Taylor and Hessey are reMuested to for$ard the enclosed letter by some EsafeE mode of con#eyance to the *uthor of ndymion, $ho is not kno$n at Teignmouth) or if they ha#e not his address, they

$ill return the letter by 'ost, directed as belo$, $ithin a EfortnightE, I-r% P% Fenbank, P% :%, Teignmouth%I 7th @o#r% 1/1/%D

9n this sheet $as enclosed the follo$ing, $ith a su'erscri'tion((D-r% JohnKeats, Teignmouth%D Then came !onnet to John Keats(($hich 9 $ould not co'yfor any in the $orld but you(($ho kno$ that 9 scout Imild light andlo#elinessI or any such nonsense in myself%

!tar of high 'romise((not to this dark age o thy mild light and lo#eliness belongN For it is blind, intolerant, and $rongN ead to em'yreal soarings, and the rage

:f scoffing s'irits bitter $ar doth $age ith all that bold integrity of song% &et thy clear beam shall shine through ages strong To ri'est times a light and heritage% *nd there breathe no$ $ho dote u'on thy fame, hom thy $ild numbers $ra' beyond their being, ho lo#e the freedom of thy lays((their aim *bo#e the sco'e of a dull tribe unseeing(( *nd there is one $hose hand $ill ne#er scant



From his 'oor store of fruits all EthouE canst $ant%

@o#ember 1/1/% turn o#er%

9 turnDd o#er and found a L.5 note% @o$ this a''ears to me all #ery 'ro'er((if 9 had refused it 9 should ha#e beha#ed in a #ery bragadochio

dunderheaded manner((and yet the 'resent galls me a little, and 9 do notkno$ $hether 9 shall not return it if 9 e#er meet $ith the donor after,$hom to no 'ur'ose 9 ha#e $ritten% 9 ha#e your -iniature on the TableGeorge the great((itDs #ery like((though not Muite about the u''er li'% 9$ish $e had a better of your little George% 9 must not forget to tell youthat a fe$ days since 9 $ent $ith ilke a shooting on the heath and shot aTomtit% There $ere as many guns abroad as Birds% 9 intended to ha#e beenat "hichester this ednesday((but on account of this sore throat 9 $rotehim =Bro$n> my eAcuse yesterday%

Thursday 2ecember 418%

=9 $ill date $hen 9 finish%>((9 recei#ed a @ote from Haslamyesterday((asking if my letter is ready((no$ this is only the secondsheet((not$ithstanding all my 'romises% But you must reflect $hathindrances 9 ha#e had% Ho$e#er on sealing this 9 shall ha#e nothing to 're#ent my 'roceeding in a gradual journal, $hich $ill increase in a -onthto a considerable siCe% 9 $ill insert any little 'ieces 9 may$rite((though 9 $ill not gi#e any eAtracts from my large 'oem $hich isscarce began% 9 $ant to hear #ery much $hether Poetry and literature ingeneral has gained or lost interest $ith you((and $hat sort of $riting isof the highest gust $ith you no$% ith $hat sensation do you readFielding((and do not HogarthDs 'ictures seem an old thing to you &et you

are #ery little more remo#ed from general association than 9 am((recollectthat no -an can li#e but in one society at a time((his enjoyment in thedifferent states of human society must de'end u'on the Po$ers of his-ind((that is you can imagine a +oman trium'h or an :lym'ic game as $ellas 9 can% e $ith our bodily eyes see but the fashion and -anners of onecountry for one age((and then $e die% @o$ to me manners and customs longsince 'assed $hether among the Babylonians or the Bactrians are as real,or e#en more real than those among $hich 9 no$ li#e((-y thoughts ha#eturned lately this $ay((The more $e kno$ the more inadeMuacy $e find inthe $orld to satisfy us((this is an old obser#ationN but 9 ha#e made u'my -ind ne#er to take anything for granted((but e#en to eAamine the truthof the commonest 'ro#erbs((This ho$e#er is true% -rs% Tighe and Beattie

once delighted me((no$ 9 see through them and can find nothing in them but$eakness, and yet ho$ many they still delight Perha's a su'erior beingmay look u'on !haks'eare in the same light((is it 'ossible @o((This sameinadeMuacy is disco#ered =forgi#e me, little George, you kno$ 9 donDt meanto 'ut you in the mess> in omen $ith fe$ eAce'tions((the ress -aker, the blue !tocking, and the most charming sentimentalist differ but in a slightdegree and are eMually smokeable% But 9Dll go no further((9 may bes'eaking sacrilegiously((and on my $ord 9 ha#e thought so little that 9ha#e not one o'inion u'on anything eAce't in matters of taste((9 ne#er can



feel certain of any truth but from a clear 'erce'tion of its Beauty((and 9find myself #ery young minded e#en in that 'erce'ti#e 'o$er(($hich 9 ho'e$ill increase% * year ago 9 could not understand in the slightest degree+a'haelDs cartoons((no$ 9 begin to read them a little((*nd ho$ did 9 learnto do so By seeing something done in Muite an o''osite s'irit((9 mean a 'icture of GuidoDs in $hich all the !aints, instead of that heroic

sim'licity and unaffected grandeur $hich they inherit from +a'hael, hadeach of them both in countenance and gesture all the canting, solemn,melodramatic ma$kishness of -ackenCieDs father @icholas% hen 9 $as lastat HaydonDs 9 looked o#er a Book of Prints taken from the fresco of the"hurch at -ilan, the name of $hich 9 forget((in it are com'rised !'ecimensof the first and second age of art in 9taly% 9 do not think 9 e#er had agreater treat out of !haks'eare% Full of +omance and the most tender feeling((magnificence of dra'eries beyond any 9 e#er sa$, not eAce'ting+a'haelDs% But GrotesMue to a curious 'itch((yet still making u' a fine$hole((e#en finer to me than more accom'lishDd $orks((as there $as left somuch room for 9magination% 9 ha#e not heard one of this last course of HaClittDs lectures% They $ere u'on Dit and Humour,D Dthe nglish comic

$riters%D

!aturday, Jany% .nd 21/178%

&esterday -r% and -rs% % and myself dined at -rs% Bra$neDs((nothing 'articular 'assed% 9 ne#er intend hereafter to s'end any time $ith Ladiesunless they are handsome((you lose time to no 'ur'ose% For that reason 9shall beg lea#e to decline going again to +edallDs or ButlerDs or any!Muad $here a fine feature cannot be mustered among them all((and $hereall the e#eningDs amusement consists in saying Dyour good health, EyourE good health, and &:<+ good health((and =: 9 beg your 'ardon> yours, -iss

((((,D and such thing not e#en dull enough to kee' one a$ake((ith res'ectto amiable s'eaking 9 can read((let my eyes be fed or 9Dll ne#er go out todinner any$here% Perha's you may ha#e heard of the dinner gi#en to Thos%-oore in ublin, because 9 ha#e the account here by me in the Philadel'hiademocratic 'a'er% The most 'leasant thing that occurred $as the s'eech -r%Tom made on his FatherDs health being drank% 9 am afraid a great 'art of my Letters are filled u' $ith 'romises and $hat 9 $ill do rather than anygreat deal $ritten((but here 9 say once for all((that circumstances 're#ented me from kee'ing my 'romise in my last, but no$ 9 affirm that asthere $ill be nothing to hinder me 9 $ill kee' a journal for you% That 9ha#e not yet done so you $ould forgi#e if you kne$ ho$ many hours 9 ha#e been re'enting of my neglect% For 9 ha#e no thought 'er#ading me so

constantly and freMuently as that of you((my Poem cannot freMuently dri#eit a$ay((you $ill retard it much more than you could by taking u' my timeif you $ere in ngland% 9 ne#er forget you eAce't after seeing no$ andthen some beautiful $oman((but that is a fe#er((the thought of you both isa 'assion $ith me, but for the most 'art a calm one% 9 asked ilke for afe$ lines for you((he has 'romised them((9 shall send $hat 9 ha#e $rittento Haslam on -onday -orning(($hat 9 can get into another sheet to(morro$9 $ill((There are one or t$o little 'oems you might like% 9 ha#e gi#en u'snuff #ery nearly Muite((ilke has 'romised to sit $ith me this e#ening, 9



$ish he $ould come this minute for 9 $ant a 'inch of snuff #ery much justno$((9 ha#e none though in my o$n snuff boA% -y sore throat is much better to(day((9 think 9 might #enture on a 'inch% Here are the Poems((they $illeA'lain themsel#es((as all 'oems should do $ithout any comment((

#er let the Fancy roam,

Pleasure ne#er is at home% *t a touch s$eet 'leasure melteth Like to bubbles $hen rain 'elteth) Then let $inged fancy $ander To$ards hea#en still s'read beyond her(( :'en $ide the mindDs cage door, !heDll dart forth and cloud$ard soar% : s$eet Fancy, let her loose !ummerDs joys are s'oilt by use, *nd the enjoying of the s'ring Fades as doth its blossoming) *utumnDs red(li''ed fruitage too

Blushing through the mist and de$, "loys $ith kissing% hat do then !it thee in an ingle $hen The sear faggot blaCes bright, !'irit of a $inter night) hen the soundless earth is muffled, *nd the caked sno$ is shuffled From the PloughboyDs hea#y shoon) hen the night doth meet the moon 9n a dark cons'iracy To banish #es'er from the sky% !it thee then and send abroad

ith a -ind self(o#era$Dd Fancy high(commissionDdN send her,(( !heDll ha#e #assals to attend her(( !he $ill bring thee, s'ite of frost, Beauties that the arth has lostN !he $ill bring thee all together *ll delights of summer $eatherN *ll the faery buds of -ay, :n s'ring turf or scented s'rayN *ll the hea'ed *utumnDs $ealth ith a still mysterious stealthN !he $ill miA these 'leasures u'

Like three fit $ines in a cu' *nd thou shalt Muaff it((Thou shalt hear 9nstant har#est carols clear, Bustle of the rea'ed corn !$eet Birds antheming the -ornN *nd in the same moment hark To the early *'ril lark, *nd the rooks $ith busy ca$ Foraging for sticks and stra$%



Thou shalt at one glance behold The daisy and the marigoldN hite 'lumed lilies and the first Hedgero$ 'rimrose that hath burstN !haded Hyacinth al$ay !a''hire Queen of the -id(mayN

*nd e#ery leaf and e#ery flo$er Pearled $ith the same soft sho$er% Thou shalt see the fieldmouse cree' -eagre from its celled slee', *nd the snake all $inter shrank "ast its skin on sunny bankN Freckled nest eggs shalt thou see Hatching in the ha$thorn treeN hen the hen(birdDs $ing doth rest Quiet on its mossy nestN Then the hurry and alarm hen the Beehi#e casts its s$arm((

*corns ri'e do$n scattering hile the autumn breeCes sing, For the same sleek throated mouse To store u' in its $inter house% :, s$eet Fancy, let her loose #ery joy is s'oilt by use) #ery 'leasure, e#ery joy(( @ot a -istress but doth cloy% hereDs the cheek that doth not fade, Too much gaCDd at hereDs the -aid hose li' mature is e#er ne$ hereDs the eye, ho$e#er blue,

oth not $eary hereDs the face :ne $ould meet in e#ery 'lace hereDs the #oice ho$e#er soft :ne $ould hear too oft and oft *t a touch s$eet 'leasure melteth Like to bubbles $hen rain 'elteth% Let then $inged fancy find Thee a -istress to thy mind% ulcet(eyed as "eresD daughter re the God of torment taught her Ho$ to fro$n and ho$ to chide) ith a $aist and $ith a side

hite as HebeDs $hen her Oone !li''Dd its golden clas', and do$n Fell her Kirtle to her feet hile she held the goblet s$eet, *nd Jo#e gre$ languid((-istress fair Thou shalt ha#e that tressed hair *donis tangled all for s'iteN *nd the mouth he $ould not kiss, *nd the treasure he $ould missN



*nd the hand he $ould not 'ress *nd the $armth he $ould distress% : the +a#ishment((the Bliss Fancy has her there she is(( @e#er fulsome, e#er ne$, There she ste's and tell me $ho

Has a -istress so di#ine Be the 'alate neDer so fine !he cannot sicken% Break the -esh :f the FancyDs silken leashN here sheDs tetherDd to the heart% Quickly break her 'rison string *nd such joys as these sheDll bring, Let the $inged fancy roam, Pleasure ne#er is at home%

9 did not think this had been so long a Poem% 9 ha#e another not solong((but as it $ill more con#eniently be co'ied on the other side 9 $ill

just 'ut do$n here some obser#ations on "aleb illiams by HaClitt((9 meantto say !t% Leon, for although he has mentioned all the @o#els of God$in#ery freely 9 do not Muote them, but this only on account of its being as'ecimen of his usual abru't manner, and fiery laconicism% He says of !t%Leon((

IHe is a limb torn off society% 9n 'ossession of eternal youth and beauty he can feel no lo#eN surrounded, tantalised, and tormented $ith riches, he can do no good% The faces of -en 'ass before him as in a s'eculumN but he is attached to them by no common tie of sym'athy or suffering% He is thro$n back into himself and his o$n thoughts% He li#es in the solitude of his o$n breast(($ithout $ife

or child or friend or nemy in the $orld% EThis is the solitude of the soul, not of $oods or trees or mountainsE((but the desert of society((the $aste and obli#ion of the heart% He is himself alone% His eAistence is 'urely intellectual, and is therefore intolerable to one $ho has felt the ra'ture of affection, or the anguish of $oe%I

*s 9 am about it 9 might as $ell gi#e you his character of God$in as a+omancer)((

Ihoe#er else is, it is 'retty clear that the author of "aleb illiams is not the author of a#erley% @othing can be more distinct or eAcellent in their se#eral $ays than these t$o $riters% 9f the one

o$es almost e#erything to eAternal obser#ations and traditional character, the other o$es e#erything to internal conce'tion and contem'lation of the 'ossible $orkings of the human -ind% There is little kno$ledge of the $orld, little #ariety, neither an eye for the 'icturesMue nor a talent for the humorous in "aleb illiams, for instance, but you cannot doubt for a moment of the originality of the $ork and the force of the conce'tion% The im'ression made u'on the reader is the eAact measure of the strength of the authorDs genius% For the effect both in "aleb illiams and !t% Leon is entirely made



out, not by facts nor dates, by blackletter, or magaCine learning, by transcri't nor record, but by intense and 'atient study of the human heart, and by an imagination 'rojecting itself into certain situations, and ca'able of $orking u' its imaginary feelings to the height of reality%I

This a''ears to me Muite correct((@o$ 9 $ill co'y the other Poem((it is onthe double immortality of Poets((

Bards of Passion and of -irth &e ha#e left your souls on earth(( Ha#e ye souls in hea#en too, ouble li#Dd in regions ne$ &es((and those of hea#en commune ith the s'heres of !un and -oonN ith the noise of fountains $ondrous *nd the 'arle of #oices thundDrousN ith the his'er of hea#enDs trees,

*nd one another, in soft ease !eated on elysian La$ns Bro$sed by none but ianDs fa$nsN <nderneath large bluebells tented, here the daisies are rose scented, *nd the rose herself has got Perfume that on arth is not% here the nightingale doth sing @ot a senseless, tranced thingN But melodious truth di#ine, Philoso'hic numbers fineN Tales and golden histories

:f Hea#en and its -ysteries% Thus ye li#e on arth, and then :n the arth ye li#e againN *nd the souls ye left behind you Teach us here the $ay to find you, here your other souls are joying @e#er slumberDd, ne#er cloying% Here your earth born souls still s'eak To mortals of the little $eek They must sojourn $ith their caresN :f their sorro$s and delights :f their Passions and their s'itesN

:f their glory and their shame(( hat doth strengthen and $hat maim% Thus ye teach us e#ery day isdom though fled far a$ay% Bards of Passion and of -irth, &e ha#e left your !ouls on arth &e ha#e souls in hea#en too, ouble li#Dd in +egions ne$



These are s'ecimens of a sort of rondeau $hich 9 think 9 shall become 'artial to((because you ha#e one idea am'lified $ith greater ease and moredelight and freedom than in the sonnet% 9t is my intention to $ait a fe$years before 9 'ublish any minor 'oems((and then 9 ho'e to ha#e a #olumeof some $orth((and $hich those 'eo'le $ill relish $ho cannot bear the burthen of a long 'oem% 9n my journal 9 intend to co'y the 'oems 9 $rite

the days they are $ritten((There is just room, 9 see, in this 'age to co'ya little thing 9 $rote off to some -usic as it $as 'laying((

9 had a do#e and the s$eet do#e died, *nd 9 ha#e thought it died of grie#ing) : $hat could it mourn for it $as tied ith a silken thread of my o$n handDs $ea#ing% !$eet little red(feet $hy did you die hy $ould you lea#e me((s$eet do#e $hy &ou li#ed alone on the forest tree% hy 'retty thing could you not li#e $ith me 9 kissed you oft and 9 ga#e you $hite 'eas%

hy not li#e s$eetly as in the green trees

!unday 2January 48%

9 ha#e been dining $ith ilke to(day((He is u' to his ars in al'oleDsletters% -r% -anker is there, and 9 ha#e come round to see if 9 canconjure u' anything for you% Kirkman came do$n to see me this morning((hisfamily has been #ery badly off lately% He told me of a #illainous trick of his <ncle illiam in @e$gate !treet, $ho became sole "reditor to hisfather under 'retence of ser#ing him, and 'ut an eAecution on his o$n!isterDs goods% He $ent in to the family at PortsmouthN con#ersed $ith

them, $ent out and sent in the !herriffDs officer% He tells me too of abominable beha#iour of *rcher to "aroline -athe$((*rcher has li#ed nearlyat the -athe$s these t$o yearsN he has been amusing "aroline((and no$ hehas $ritten a Letter to -rs% -% declining, on 'retence of inability tosu''ort a $ife as he $ould $ish, all thoughts of marriage% hat is the$orst is "aroline is . years old% 9t is an abominable matter% He hascalled u'on me t$ice lately((9 $as out both times% hat can it befor((There is a letter to(day in the Aaminer to the lectors of estminster on -r% HobhouseDs account% 9n it there is a good character of "obbett((9 ha#e not the 'a'er by me or 9 $ould co'y it% 9 do not think 9ha#e mentioned the disco#ery of an *frican Kingdom((the account is muchthe same as the first accounts of -eAico((all magnificence((There is a

Book being $ritten about it% 9 $ill read it and gi#e you the cream in myneAt% The romance $e ha#e heard u'on it runs thus) They ha#e $indo$ framesof gold((100,000 infantry((human sacrifices% The Gentleman $ho is the*d#enturer has his $ife $ith him((she, 9 am told, is a beautiful littlesyl'hid $oman((her husband $as to ha#e been sacrificed to their Gods and$as led through a "hamber filled $ith different instruments of torture$ith 'ri#ilege to choose $hat death he $ould die, $ithout their ha#ing athought of his a#ersion to such a death, they considering it a su'remedistinction% Ho$e#er he $as let off, and became a fa#ourite $ith the King,



$ho at last o'enly 'atronised him, though at first on account of theJealousy of his -inisters he $as $ont to hold con#ersations $ith his-ajesty in the dark middle of the night% *ll this sounds a littleBluebeardish((but 9 ho'e it is true% There is another thing 9 must mentionof the momentous kindN((but 9 must mind my 'eriods in it((-rs% ilke hast$o "ats((a -other and a aughter((no$ the -other is a tabby and the

daughter a black and $hite like the s'otted child% @o$ it a''ears to me,for the doors of both houses are o'ened freMuently, so that there is acom'lete thoroughfare for both "ats =there being no board u' to thecontrary>, they may one and se#eral of them come into my room ad libitum%But no((the Tabby only comes(($hether from sym'athy for *nn the -aid or me9 cannot tell((or $hether Bro$n has left behind him any atmos'heric s'iritof -aidenhood 9 cannot tell% The "at is not an old -aid herself((her daughter is a 'roof of it((9 ha#e Muestioned her((9 ha#e lookDd at thelines of her 'a$((9 ha#e felt her 'ulse((to no 'ur'ose% hy should the EoldE "at come to me 9 ask myself((and myself has not a $ord to ans$er%9t may come to light some dayN if it does you shall hear of it%

Kirkman this morning 'romised to $rite a fe$ lines to you and send them toHaslam% 9 do not think 9 ha#e anything to say in the Business $ay% &ou$ill let me kno$ $hat you $ould $ish done $ith your 'ro'erty inngland(($hat things you $ould $ish sent out((But 9 am Muite in the dark about $hat you are doing((9f 9 do not hear soon 9 shall 'ut on my $ingsand be after you% 9 $ill in my neAt, and after 9 ha#e seen your neAtletter, tell you my o$n 'articular idea of *merica% &our neAt letter $ill be the key by $hich 9 shall o'en your hearts and see $hat s'aces $antfilling $ith any 'articular information((hether the affairs of uro'e aremore or less interesting to you(($hether you $ould like to hear of theTheatres((of the bear Garden((of the BoAers((the Painters, theLectures((the ress((The 'rogress of andyism((The Progress of

"ourtshi'((or the fate of -ary -illar((being a full, true, and tres 'articular account of -iss -%Ds ten !uitors((Ho$ the first tried theeffect of s$earingN the second of stammeringN the third of $his'eringN((the fourth of sonnets((the fifth of !'anish leather bootsN((the siAth of flattering her body((the se#enth of flattering her mind((the eighth of flattering himself((the ninth stuck to the -other((thetenth kissed the "hambermaid and told her to tell her -istress((But he $assoon discharged, his reading led him into an errorN he could not s'ort the!ir Lucius to any ad#antage% *nd no$ for this time 9 bid you good(bye((9ha#e been thinking of these sheets so long that 9 a''ear in closing themto take my lea#e of you((but that is not it((9 shall immediately as 9 sendthis off begin my journal(($hen some days 9 shall $rite no more than 10

lines and others 10 times as much% -rs% ilke is knocking at the $all for Tea is ready((9 $ill tell you $hat sort of a tea it is and then bid youGood(bye%

2January ;%8

This is -onday morning((nothing 'articular ha''ened yesterday e#ening,eAce't that $hen the tray came u' -rs% ilke and 9 had a battle $ith



celery stalks((she sends her lo#e to you% 9 shall close this and send itimmediately to Haslam((remaining e#er, -y dearest brother and sister,


J:H@%

LRRR9%((T: +9"H*+ ::H:<!%

ent$orth Place, Friday -orn 2ecember 1/, 1/1/8%

-y dear oodhouse((9 am greatly obliged to you% 9 must needs feelflattered by making an im'ression on a set of ladies% 9 should be contentto do so by meretricious romance #erse, if they alone, and not men, $ere

to judge% 9 should like #ery much to kno$ those ladies((though look here,oodhouse((9 ha#e a ne$ leaf to turn o#er) 9 must $orkN 9 must readN 9must $rite% 9 am unable to afford time for ne$ acMuaintances% 9 amscarcely able to do my duty to those 9 ha#e% Lea#e the matter to chance%But do not forget to gi#e my remembrances to your cousin%


J:H@ K*T!%

LRRR99%((T: -+!% +&@:L!%

ent$orth Place, Tuesd% 2ecember .., 1/1/8%

-y dear -rs% +eynolds((hen 9 left you yesterday, Dt$as $ith thecon#iction that you thought 9 had recei#ed no 're#ious in#itation for "hristmas day) the truth is 9 had, and had acce'ted it under thecon#iction that 9 should be in Ham'shire at the time) else belie#e me 9should not ha#e done so, but ke't in -ind my old friends% 9 $ill not s'eak of the 'ro'ortion of 'leasure 9 may recei#e at different Houses((that

ne#er enters my head((you may take for a truth that 9 $ould ha#e gi#en u'e#en $hat 9 did see to be a greater 'leasure, for the sake of oldacMuaintanceshi'((time is nothing((t$o years are as long as t$enty%

&ours faithfully

J:H@ K*T!%



LRRR999%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

ent$orth Place, Tuesday 2ecember .., 1/1/8%

-y dear Haydon((<'on my !oul 9 ne#er felt your going out of the room atall((and belie#e me 9 ne#er rhodomontade any$here but in your "om'any((mygeneral Life in !ociety is silence% 9 feel in myself all the #ices of aPoet, irritability, lo#e of effect and admiration((and influenced by suchde#ils 9 may at times say more ridiculous things than 9 am a$are of((but 9$ill 'ut a sto' to that in a manner 9 ha#e long resol#ed u'on((9 $ill buya gold ring and 'ut it on my finger((and from that time a -an of su'erior head shall ne#er ha#e occasion to 'ity me, or one of inferior @unskull tochuckle at me% 9 am certainly more for greatness in a shade than in theo'en day((9 am s'eaking as a mortal((9 should say 9 #alue more the 'ri#ilege of seeing great things in loneliness than the fame of a Pro'het%

&et here 9 am sinning((so 9 $ill turn to a thing 9 ha#e thought on more((9mean your means till your 'icture be finished) not only no$ but for thisyear and half ha#e 9 thought of it% Belie#e me Haydon 9 ha#e that sort of fire in my heart that $ould sacrifice e#erything 9 ha#e to your ser#ice((9s'eak $ithout any reser#e((9 kno$ you $ould do so for me((9 o'en my heartto you in a fe$ $ords% 9 $ill do this sooner than you shall be distressed) but let me be the last stay((*sk the rich lo#ers of *rt first((9Dll tellyou $hy((9 ha#e a little money $hich may enable me to study, and to tra#elfor three or four years% 9 ne#er eA'ect to get anything by my Books) andmoreo#er 9 $ish to a#oid 'ublishing((9 admire Human @ature but 9 do notlike E-enE% 9 should like to com'ose things honourable to -an((but notfingerable o#er by E-enE% !o 9 am anAious to eAist $ithout troubling the

'rinterDs de#il or dra$ing u'on -enDs or omenDs admiration((in $hichgreat solitude 9 ho'e God $ill gi#e me strength to rejoice% Try the long 'urses((but do not sell your dra$ings or 9 shall consider it a breach of friendshi'% 9 am sorry 9 $as not at home $hen !almon called% o $rite andlet me kno$ all your 'resent $hys and $herefores%

&ours most faithfully

J:H@ K*T!%

LRRR9%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

ent$orth Place, 2ecember .;, 1/1/8%

-y dear Taylor(("an you lend me L40 for a short time Ten 9 $ant for myself((and t$enty for a friend(($hich $ill be re'aid me by the middle of neAt month% 9 shall go to "hichester on ednesday and 'erha's stay a



fortnight((9 am afraid 9 shall not be able to dine $ith you before 9return% +emember me to oodhouse%

&ours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

LRRR%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

ent$orth Place, 2ecember ., 1/1/8%

-y dear Haydon((9 had an engagement to(day((and it is so fine a morningthat 9 cannot 'ut it off((9 $ill be $ith you to(morro$(($hen $e $ill thank the Gods, though you ha#e bad eyes and 9 am idle%

9 regret more than anything the not being able to dine $ith you to(day% 9ha#e had se#eral mo#ements that $ay((but then 9 should disa''oint one $hohas been my true friend% 9 $ill be $ith you to(morro$ morning and sto' allday(($e $ill hate the 'rofane #ulgar and make us ings%

God bless you%

J% K*T!%

LRRR9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, ednesday 2ecember 40, 1/1/8%

-y dear Fanny((9 am confined at Ham'stead $ith a sore throatN but 9 do noteA'ect it $ill kee' me abo#e t$o or three days% 9 intended to ha#e been inTo$n yesterday but feel obliged to be careful a little $hile% 9 am ingeneral so careless of these trifles, that they tease me for -onths, $hena fe$ daysD care is all that is necessary% 9 shall not neglect any chanceof an endea#our to let you return to !chool((nor to 'rocure you a isit to

-rs% ilkeDs $hich 9 ha#e great fears about% rite me if you can findtime((and also get a fe$ lines ready for George as the Post sails neAtednesday%


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-y dear Haydon((9 ha#e been out this morning, and did not therefore seeyour note till this minute, or 9 $ould ha#e gone to to$n directly((it isno$ too late for to(day% 9 $ill be in to$n early to(morro$, and trust 9shall be able to lend you assistance noon or night% 9 $as struck $ith theim'ro#ement in the architectural 'art of your Picture((and, no$ 9 think onit, 9 cannot hel' $ondering you should ha#e had it so 'oor, es'eciallyafter the !olomon% Acuse this dry bones of a note) for though my 'en maygro$ cold, 9 should be sorry my Life should freeCe((


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-y dear Haydon((e are #ery unlucky((9 should ha#e sto''ed to dine $ithyou, but 9 kne$ 9 should not ha#e been able to lea#e you in time for my

'laguy sore throatN $hich is getting $ell%

9 shall ha#e a little trouble in 'rocuring the -oney and a great ordeal togo through((no trouble indeed to any one else((or ordeal either% 9 mean 9shall ha#e to go to to$n some thrice, and stand in the Bank an hour or t$o((to me $orse than anything in ante((9 should ha#e less chance $iththe 'eo'le around me than :r'heus had $ith the !tones% 9 ha#e been $ritinga little no$ and then lately) but nothing to s'eak of((being discontentedand as it $ere moulting% &et 9 do not think 9 shall e#er come to the ro'eor the Pistol, for after a day or t$oDs melancholy, although 9 smoke moreand more my o$n insufficiency((9 see by little and little more of $hat isto be done, and ho$ it is to be done, should 9 e#er be able to do it% :n

my soul, there should be some re$ard for that continual EagonieennuyeuseE% 9 $as thinking of going into Ham'shire for a fe$ days% 9 ha#e been delaying it longer than 9 intended% &ou shall see me soonN and do not be at all anAious, for EthisE time 9 really $ill do, $hat 9 ne#er did before in my life, business in good time, and 'ro'erly%((ith res'ect tothe Bond((it may be a satisfaction to you to let me ha#e it) but as youlo#e me do not let there be any mention of interest, although $e aremortal men((and bind oursel#es for fear of death%



&ours for e#er

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-y dear Haydon((-y throat has not suffered me yet to eA'ose myself to thenight air) ho$e#er 9 ha#e been to to$n in the day time((ha#e had se#eralinter#ie$s $ith my guardian((ha#e $ritten him rather a 'lain(s'okenLetter(($hich has had its effectN and he no$ seems inclined to 'ut nostumbling(block in my $ay) so that 9 see a good 'ros'ect of 'erforming my 'romise% hat 9 should ha#e lent you ere this if 9 could ha#e got it, $as

belonging to 'oor Tom((and the difficulty is $hether 9 am to inherit it before my !ister is of ageN a 'eriod of siA years% !hould it be so 9 mustincontinently take to "orduroy Trousers% But 9 am nearly confident Dtisall a Bam% 9 shall see you soon((but do let me ha#e a line to(day or to(morro$ concerning your health and s'irits%

&our sincere friend

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-y dear Fanny((9 send this to althamsto$ for fear you should not be atPancras Lane $hen 9 call to(morro$((before going into Ham'shire for a fe$days((9 $ill not be more 9 assure you((&ou may think ho$ disa''ointed 9am in not being able to see you more and s'end more time $ith you than 9do((but ho$ can it be hel'ed The thought is a continual #eAation tome((and often hinders me from reading and com'osing((rite to me as often

as you can((and belie#e me,


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-y dear Fanny((&our Letter to me at Bedham'ton hurt me #ery much,((hat

objection can there be to your recei#ing a Letter from me *t Bedham'ton 9$as un$ell and did not go out of the Garden Gate but t$ice or thriceduring the fortnight 9 $as there((!ince 9 came back 9 ha#e been takingcare of myself((9 ha#e been obliged to do so, and am no$ in ho'es that bythis care 9 shall get rid of a sore throat $hich has haunted me atinter#als nearly a t$el#emonth% 9 had al$ays a 'resentiment of not beingable to succeed in 'ersuading -r% *bbey to let you remain longer at!chool((9 am #ery sorry that he $ill not consent% 9 recommend you to kee'u' all that you kno$ and to learn more by yourself ho$e#er little% Thetime $ill come $hen you $ill be more 'leased $ith Life((look for$ard tothat time and, though it may a''ear a trifle be careful not to let theidle and retired Life you lead fiA any a$k$ard habit or beha#iour on

you(($hether you sit or $alk endea#our to let it be in a seemly and if 'ossible a graceful manner% e ha#e been #ery little together) but youha#e not the less been $ith me in thought% &ou ha#e no one in the $orld besides me $ho $ould sacrifice anything for you((9 feel myself the onlyProtector you ha#e% 9n all your little troubles think of me $ith thethought that there is at least one 'erson in ngland $ho if he could $ouldhel' you out of them((9 li#e in ho'es of being able to make you ha''y%((9should not 'erha's $rite in this manner, if it $ere not for the fear of not being able to see you often or long together% 9 am in ho'es -r% *bbey$ill not object any more to your recei#ing a letter no$ and then from me%Ho$ unreasonable 9 $ant a fe$ more lines from you for George((there aresome young -en, acMuaintances of a !choolfello$ of mine, going out to

BirkbeckDs at the latter end of this -onth((9 am in eA'ectation e#ery dayof hearing from George((9 begin to fear his last letters miscarried% 9shall be in to$n to(morro$((if you should not be in to$n, 9 shall sendthis little 'arcel by the althamsto$ "oach((9 think you $ill likeGoldsmith((rite me soon((


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-y dear Brother and !ister((Ho$ is it that $e ha#e not heard from you fromthe !ettlement yet The letters must surely ha#e miscarried% 9 am ineA'ectation e#ery day% Peachey $rote me a fe$ days ago, saying some moreacMuaintances of his $ere 're'aring to set out for BirkbeckN therefore, 9shall take the o''ortunity of sending you $hat 9 can muster in a sheet or t$o% 9 am still at ent$orth Place((indeed, 9 ha#e ke't indoors lately,

resol#ed if 'ossible to rid myself of my sore throatN conseMuently 9 ha#enot been to see your -other since my return from "hichesterN but myabsence from her has been a great $eight u'on me% 9 say since my returnfrom "hichester((9 belie#e 9 told you 9 $as going thither% 9 $as nearly afortnight at -r% John !nookDs and a fe$ days at old -r% ilkeDs% @othing$orth s'eaking of ha''ened at either 'lace% 9 took do$n some thin 'a'er and $rote on it a little 'oem called !t% *gnesDs #e, $hich you shall ha#eas it is $hen 9 ha#e finished the blank 'art of the rest for you% 9 $entout t$ice at "hichester to do$ager "ard 'arties% 9 see #ery little no$,and #ery fe$ 'ersons, being almost tired of men and things% Bro$n andilke are #ery kind and considerate to$ards me% The -iss +%Ds ha#e beensto''ing neAt door lately, but are #ery dull% -iss Bra$ne and 9 ha#e e#ery

no$ and then a chat and a tiff% Bro$n and ilke are $alking round their garden, hands in 'ockets, making obser#ations% The literary $orld 9 kno$nothing about% There is a 'oem from +ogers dead bornN and another satireis eA'ected from Byron, called Ion Gio#anni%I &esterday 9 $ent to to$nfor the first time for these three $eeks% 9 met 'eo'le from all 'arts andof all sets((-r% To$ers, one of the Holts, -r% ominie illiams, -r%oodhouse, -rs% HaClitt and son, -rs% ebb, and -rs% !e'timus Bro$n% -r%oodhouse $as looking u' at a book $indo$ in @e$gate !treet, and, beingshort(sighted, t$isted his muscles into so Mueer a stage that 9 stood byin doubt $hether it $as him or his brother, if he has one, and turninground, sa$ -rs% HaClitt, $ith that little @ero, her son% oodhouse, on hisfeatures subsiding, 'ro#ed to be oodhouse, and not his brother% 9 ha#e

had a little business $ith -r% *bbey from time to timeN he has beha#ed tome $ith a little BrusMuerie) this hurt me a little, es'ecially $hen 9 kne$him to be the only man in ngland $ho dared to say a thing to me 9 did nota''ro#e of $ithout its being resented, or at least noticed((so 9 $rote himabout it, and ha#e made an alteration in my fa#our((9 eA'ect from this tosee more of Fanny, $ho has been Muite shut out from me% 9 see "obbett has been attacking the !ettlement, but 9 cannot tell $hat to belie#e, andshall be all out at elbo$s till 9 hear from you% 9 am in#ited to -iss-illarDs birthday dance on the 17th((9 am nearly sure 9 shall not be ableto go% * dance $ould injure my throat #ery much% 9 see #ery little of +eynolds% Hunt, 9 hear, is going on #ery badly((9 mean in money matters%9 shall not be sur'rised to hear of the $orst% Haydon too, in conseMuence

of his eyes, is out at elbo$s% 9 li#e as 'rudently as it is 'ossible for me to do% 9 ha#e not seen Haslam lately% 9 ha#e not seen +ichards for thishalf year, +ice for three months, or "harles "o$den "larke for God kno$s$hen%

hen 9 last called in Henrietta !treet2//8 -iss -illar $as #ery un$ell,and -iss aldegra#e as staid and self('ossessed as usual% Henry $as $ell%There are t$o ne$ tragedies((one by the a'ostate -a$, and one by -iss JanePorter% @eAt $eek 9 am going to sto' at TaylorDs for a fe$ days, $hen 9



$ill see them both and tell you $hat they are% -r% and -rs% Bentley are$ell, and all the young carrots% 9 said nothing of conseMuence 'assed at!nookDs((no more than this((that 9 like the family #ery much% -r% and -rs%!nook $ere #ery kind e used to ha#e a little religion and 'oliticstogether almost e#ery e#ening,((and sometimes about you% He 'ro'osed$riting out for me his eA'erience in farming, for me to send to you% 9f 9

should ha#e an o''ortunity of talking to him about it, 9 $ill get all 9can at all e#entsN but you may say in your ans$er to this $hat #alue you 'lace u'on such information% 9 ha#e not seen -r% Le$is lately, for 9 ha#eshrank from going u' the hill% -r% Le$is $ent a fe$ mornings ago to to$n$ith -rs% Bra$ne% They talked about me, and 9 heard that -r% L% said athing 9 am not at all contented $ith% !ays he, I:, he is Muite the little 'oet%I @o$ this is abominable((&ou might as $ell say Buona'arte is Muitethe little soldier% &ou see $hat it is to be under siA foot and not alord% There is a long fuCC to(day in the Aaminer about a young man $hodelighted a young $oman $ith a #alentine((9 think it must be :llierDs%Bro$n and 9 are thinking of 'assing the summer at Brussels((9f $e do, $eshall go about the first of -ay% e((Ei%e%E Bro$n and 9((sit o''osite one

another all day authoriCing =E@%B%E, an IsI instead of a ICI $ould gi#e adifferent meaning>% He is at 'resent $riting a story of an old $oman $holi#ed in a forest, and to $hom the e#il or one of his aides(de(feu cameone night #ery late and in disguise% The old dame sets before him 'uddingafter 'udding((mess after mess(($hich he de#ours, and moreo#er casts hiseyes u' at a side of Bacon hanging o#er his head, and at the same timeasks if her "at is a +abbit% :n going he lea#es her three 'i's of #eDs*''le, and someho$ she, ha#ing li#ed a #irgin all her life, begins tore'ent of it, and $ished herself beautiful enough to make all the $orldand e#en the other $orld fall in lo#e $ith her% !o it ha''ens, she setsout from her smoky cottage in magnificent a''arel%((The first "ity sheenters, e#ery one falls in lo#e $ith her, from the Prince to the

Blacksmith% * young gentleman on his $ay to the "hurch to be marriedlea#es his unfortunate Bride and follo$s this nonsuch((* $hole regiment of soldiers are smitten at once and follo$ her((* $hole con#ent of -onks in"or'us "hristi 'rocession join the soldiers%((The mayor and cor'orationfollo$ the same road((:ld and young, deaf and dumb,((all but the blind,((are smitten, and form an immense concourse of 'eo'le, $ho(((($hatBro$n $ill do $ith them 9 kno$ not% The de#il himself falls in lo#e $ithher, flies a$ay $ith her to a desert 'lace, in conseMuence of $hich shelays an infinite number of eggs((the eggs being hatched from time to time,fill the $orld $ith many nuisances, such as John KnoA, George FoA, Johanna!outhcote, and Gifford%

There ha#e been $ithin a fortnight eight failures of the highestconseMuence in London% Bro$n $ent a fe$ e#enings since to a#en'ortDs, andon his coming in he talked about bad ne$s in the city $ith such a face 9 began to think of a national bankru'tcy% 9 did not feel much sur'rised and$as rather disa''ointed% "arlisle, a bookseller on the Hone 'rinci'le, has been issuing 'am'hlets from his sho' in Fleet !treet called the eist% He$as con#eyed to @e$gate last ThursdayN he intends making his o$n defence%9 $as sur'rised to hear from Taylor the amount of money of the booksellerDs last sale% hat think you of L.5,000 He sold ;000 co'ies of



Lord Byron% 9 am sitting o''osite the !haks'eare 9 brought from the 9sleof ight((and 9 ne#er look at him but the silk tassels on it gi#e me asmuch 'leasure as the face of the 'oet itself%2/78

9n my neAt 'acket, as this is one by the $ay, 9 shall send you the Pot of Basil, !t% *gnes #e, and if 9 should ha#e finished it, a little thing

called the #e of !t% -ark% &ou see $hat fine -other +adcliff names 9ha#e((it is not my fault((9 do not search for them% 9 ha#e not gone on$ith Hy'erion((for to tell the truth 9 ha#e not been in great cue for $riting lately((9 must $ait for the s'ring to rouse me u' a little% Theonly time 9 $ent out from Bedham'ton $as to see a cha'elconsecrated((Bro$n, 9, and John !nook the boy, $ent in a chaise behind aleaden horse% Bro$n dro#e, but the horse did not mind him% This cha'el is built by a -r% ay, a great Je$ con#erter, $ho in that line has s'ent onehundred thousand 'ounds% He maintains a great number of 'oor Je$s((E:f course his communion 'late $as stolenE% He s'oke to the clerk aboutit((The clerk said he $as #ery sorry, adding, IE9 dare shay, your honour,itDs among ushE%I

The cha'el is built in -r% ayDs 'ark% The consecration $as not amusing%There $ere numbers of carriages((and his house crammed $ith clergy((Theysanctified the "ha'el, and it being a $et day, consecrated the burial(ground through the #estry $indo$% 9 begin to hate 'arsonsN they didnot make me lo#e them that day $hen 9 sa$ them in their 'ro'er colours% * 'arson is a Lamb in a dra$ing(room, and a Lion in a #estry% The notions of !ociety $ill not 'ermit a 'arson to gi#e $ay to his tem'er in anysha'e((!o he festers in himself((his features get a 'eculiar, diabolical,self(sufficient, iron stu'id eA'ression% He is continually acting((hismind is against e#ery man, and e#ery manDs mind is against him((He is ahy'ocrite to the Belie#er and a co$ard to the unbelie#er((He must be

either a kna#e or an idiot((and there is no man so much to be 'itied as anidiot 'arson% The soldier $ho is cheated into an s'rit du "or's by a redcoat, a band, and colours, for the 'ur'ose of nothing, is not half so 'itiable as the 'arson $ho is led by the nose by the Bench of Bisho's andis smothered in absurdities((a 'oor necessary subaltern of the "hurch%

Friday, Feby% 1/%

The day before yesterday 9 $ent to +omney !treet((your -other $as not athome((but 9 ha#e just $ritten her that 9 shall see her on ednesday% 9callDd on -r% Le$is this morning((he is #ery $ell((and tells me not to be

uneasy about Letters, the chances being so arbitrary% He is going on asusual among his fa#ourite democrat 'a'ers% e had a chat as usual about"obbett and the estminster electors% ilke has lately been #ery muchharrassed about the manner of educating his son((he at length decided for a 'ublic school((and then he did not kno$ $hat school((he at last hasdecided for estminsterN and as "harley is to be a day boy, ilke $illremo#e to estminster% e lead #ery Muiet li#es here((ilke is at 'resentin Greek histories and antiMuities, and talks of nothing but the electorsof estminster and the retreat of the ten(thousand% 9 ne#er drink no$



abo#e three glasses of $ine((and ne#er any s'irits and $ater% Though bythe bye, the other day oodhouse took me to his coffee house and ordered aBottle of "laret((no$ 9 like "laret, $hene#er 9 can ha#e "laret 9 mustdrink it,((Dtis the only 'alate affair that 9 am at all sensual in% ouldit not be a good s'eck to send you some #ine roots((could it be done 9DllenMuire((9f you could make some $ine like "laret to drink on summer

e#enings in an arbour For really Dtis so fine((it fills oneDs mouth $itha gushing freshness((then goes do$n cool and fe#erless((then you do notfeel it Muarrelling $ith your li#er((no, it is rather a Peacemaker, andlies as Muiet as it did in the gra'eN then it is as fragrant as the QueenBee, and the more ethereal Part of it mounts into the brain, notassaulting the cerebral a'artments like a bully in a bad(house looking for his trull and hurrying from door to door bouncing against the $ainstcoat, but rather $alks like *laddin about his o$n enchanted 'alace so gentlythat you do not feel his ste'% :ther $ines of a hea#y and s'irituousnature transform a -an to a !ilenus) this makes him a Hermes((and gi#es aoman the soul and immortality of *riadne, for $hom Bacchus al$ays ke't agood cellar of claret((and e#en of that he could ne#er 'ersuade her to

take abo#e t$o cu's% 9 said this same claret is the only 'alate('assion 9ha#e((9 forgot game((9 must 'lead guilty to the breast of a Partridge, the back of a hare, the backbone of a grouse, the $ing and side of a Pheasantand a oodcock E'assimE% Talking of game =9 $ish 9 could make it>, theLady $hom 9 met at Hastings and of $hom 9 said something in my last 9think has lately made me many 'resents of game, and enabled me to make asmany% !he made me take home a Pheasant the other day, $hich 9 ga#e to -rs%ilkeN on $hich to(morro$ +ice, +eynolds and the ent$orthians $ill dineneAt door% The neAt 9 intend for your -other% These moderate sheets of 'a'er are much more 'leasant to $rite u'on than those large thin sheets$hich 9 ho'e you by this time ha#e recei#ed((though that canDt be, no$ 9think of it% 9 ha#e not said in any Letter yet a $ord about my affairs((in

a $ord 9 am in no des'air about them((my 'oem has not at all succeededN inthe course of a year or so 9 think 9 shall try the 'ublic again((in aselfish 'oint of #ie$ 9 should suffer my 'ride and my contem't of 'ublico'inion to hold me silent((but for yours and FannyDs sake 9 $ill 'luck u'a s'irit and try again% 9 ha#e no doubt of success in a course of years if 9 'erse#ere((but it must be 'atience, for the +e#ie$s ha#e ener#ated andmade indolent menDs minds((fe$ think for themsel#es% These +e#ie$s too aregetting more and more 'o$erful, es'ecially the Quarterly((they are like asu'erstition $hich the more it 'rostrates the "ro$d and the longer itcontinues the more 'o$erful it becomes just in 'ro'ortion to their increasing $eakness% 9 $as in ho'es that $hen 'eo'le sa$, as they must dono$, all the trickery and iniMuity of these Plagues they $ould scout them,

but no, they are like the s'ectators at the estminster cock('it((theylike the battle and do not care $ho $ins or $ho loses% Bro$n is going onthis morning $ith the story of his old $oman and the e#il((He makes butslo$ 'rogress((The fact is it is a Libel on the e#il, and as that 'ersonis Bro$nDs -use, look ye, if he libels his o$n -use ho$ can he eA'ect to$rite ither Bro$n or his -use must turn tail% &esterday $as "harleyilkeDs birthday% Bro$n and 9 $ere in#ited to tea% uring the e#eningnothing 'assed $orth notice but a little con#ersation bet$een -rs% ilkeand -rs% Bra$ne% The subject $as the atchman% 9t $as ten oDclock, and



-rs% Bra$ne, $ho li#ed during the summer in Bro$nDs house and no$ li#es inthe +oad, recognised her old atchmanDs #oice, and said that he came asfar as her no$% I9ndeed,I said -rs% %, Idoes he turn the "ornerI Thereha#e been some Letters 'assed bet$een me and Haslam but 9 ha#e not seenhim lately% The day before yesterday(($hich 9 made a day of Business((9called u'on him((he $as out as usual% Bro$n has been $alking u' and do$n

the room a(breeding((no$ at this moment he is being deli#ered of acou'let, and 9 daresay $ill be as $ell as can be eA'ected% Gracious((hehas t$ins

9 ha#e a long story to tell you about Bailey((9 $ill say first thecircumstances as 'lainly and as $ell as 9 can remember, and then 9 $illmake my comment% &ou kno$ that Bailey $as #ery much cut u' about a littleJilt in the country some$here% 9 thought he $as in a dying state about it$hen at :Aford $ith him) little su''osing, as 9 ha#e since heard, that he$as at that #ery time making im'atient Lo#e to -arian +eynolds((and guessmy astonishment at hearing after this that he had been trying at -iss-artin% !o -atters ha#e been((!o -atters stood(($hen he got ordained and

$ent to a "uracy near "arlisle, $here the family of the Gleigs reside%There his susce'tible heart $as conMuered by -iss Gleig((and thereby allhis connections in to$n ha#e been annulled((both male and female% 9 do notno$ remember clearly the facts((These ho$e#er 9 kno$((He sho$ed hiscorres'ondence $ith -arian to Gleig, returned all her Letters and askedfor his o$n((he also $rote #ery abru't Letters to -rs% +eynolds% 9 do notkno$ any more of the -artin affair than 9 ha#e $ritten abo#e% @o doubt hisconduct has been #ery bad% The great thing to be considered is(($hether itis $ant of delicacy and 'rinci'le or $ant of kno$ledge and 'oliteeA'erience% *nd again $eakness((yes, that is itN and the $ant of aife((yes, that is itN and then -arian made great Bones of him althoughher -other and sister ha#e teased her #ery much about it% Her conduct has

been #ery u'right throughout the $hole affair((!he liked Bailey as aBrother but not as a Husband((es'ecially as he used to $oo her $ith theBible and Jeremy Taylor under his arm((they $alked in no gro#e but JeremyTaylorDs% -arianDs obstinacy is some eAcuse, but his so Muickly taking to-iss Gleig can ha#e no eAcuse((eAce't that of a Ploughman $ho $ants a$ife% The thing $hich s$ays me more against him than anything else is+iceDs conduct on the occasionN +ice $ould not make an immature resol#e)he $as ardent in his friendshi' for Bailey, he eAamined the $hole for andagainst minutelyN and he has abandoned Bailey entirely% *ll this 9 am notsu''osed by the +eynoldses to ha#e any hint of% 9t $ill be a good lessonto the -other and aughters((nothing $ould ser#e but Bailey% 9f youmentioned the $ord Tea('ot some one of them came out $ith an a 'ro'ros

about Bailey((noble fello$((fine fello$ $as al$ays in their mouths((Thismay teach them that the man $ho ridicules romance is the most romantic of -en((that he $ho abuses $omen and slights them lo#es them the most((thathe $ho talks of roasting a -an ali#e $ould not do it $hen it came to the 'ush((and abo#e all, that they are #ery shallo$ 'eo'le $ho take e#erythingliterally% * -anDs life of any $orth is a continual allegory, and #ery fe$eyes can see the -ystery of his life((a life like the scri'tures,figurati#e(($hich such 'eo'le can no more make out than they can theHebre$ Bible% Lord Byron cuts a figure but he is not figurati#e((!haks'eare



led a life of *llegory) his $orks are the comments on it((

-arch 1., Friday%

9 $ent to to$n yesterday chiefly for the 'ur'ose of seeing some young -en

$ho $ere to take some Letters for us to you((through the medium of Peachey% 9 $as sur'rised and disa''ointed at hearing they had changedtheir minds, and did not 'ur'ose going so far as BirkbeckDs% 9 $as muchdisa''ointed, for 9 had counted u'on seeing some 'ersons $ho $ere to seeyou((and u'on your seeing some $ho had seen me% 9 ha#e not only lost thiso''ortunity, but the sail of the Post(Packet to @e$ &ork or Philadel'hia, by $hich last your Brothers ha#e sent some Letters% The $eather in to$nyesterday $as so stifling that 9 could not remain there though 9 $antedmuch to see Kean in Hots'ur% 9 ha#e by me at 'resent HaClittDs Letter toGifford(('erha's you $ould like an eAtract or t$o from the high(seasoned 'arts% 9t begins thus)

I!ir, you ha#e an ugly trick of saying $hat is not true of any one you do not likeN and it $ill be the object of this Letter to cure you of it% &ou say $hat you 'lease of othersN it is time you $ere told $hat you are% 9n doing this gi#e me lea#e to borro$ the familiarity of your style)((for the fidelity of the 'icture 9 shall be ans$erable% &ou are a little 'erson but a considerable catDs 'a$N and so far $orthy of notice% &our clandestine connection $ith 'ersons high in office constantly influences your o'inions and alone gi#es im'ortance to them% &ou are the go#ernment critic, a character nicely differing from that of a go#ernment s'y((the in#isible link $hich connects literature $ith the Police%I

*gain)

I&our em'loyers, -r% Gifford, do not 'ay their hirelings for nothing((for condescending to notice $eak and $icked so'histryN for 'ointing out to contem't $hat eAcites no admirationN for cautiously selecting a fe$ s'ecimens of bad taste and bad grammar $here nothing else is to be found% They $ant your in#isible 'ertness, your mercenary malice, your im'enetrable dulness, your bare(faced im'udence, your 'ragmatical self(sufficiency, your hy'ocritical Ceal, your 'ious frauds to stand in the ga' of their Prejudices and 'retensions to fly(blo$ and taint 'ublic o'inion, to defeat inde'endent efforts, to a''ly not the touch of the scor'ion but the

touch of the Tor'edo to youthful ho'es, to cra$l and lea#e the slimy track of so'histry and lies o#er e#ery $ork that does not dedicate its s$eet lea#es to some Luminary of the treasury bench, or is not fostered in the hotbed of corru'tion% This is your officeN Dthis is $hat is lookDd for at your hands, and this you do not baulkD((to sacrifice $hat little honesty and 'rostitute $hat little intellect you 'ossess to any dirty job you are commissionDd to eAecute% DThey kee' you as an a'e does an a''le in the corner of his ja$, first mouthDd to be at last s$allo$Dd%D &ou are by a''ointment literary



toadeater to greatness and taster to the court% &ou ha#e a natural a#ersion to $hate#er differs from your o$n 'retensions, and an acMuired one for $hat gi#es offence to your su'eriors% &our #anity 'anders to your interest, and your malice truckles only to your lo#e of Po$er% 9f your instructi#e or 'remeditated abuse of your en#iable trust $ere found $anting in a single instanceN if you $ere to make a

single sli' in getting u' your select committee of enMuiry and green bag re'ort of the state of Letters, your occu'ation $ould be gone% &ou $ould ne#er after obtain a sMueeCe of the hand from acMuaintance, or a smile from a Punk of Quality% The great and 'o$erful $hom you call $ise and good do not like to ha#e the 'ri#acy of their self(lo#e startled by the obtrusi#e and unmanageable claims of Literature and Philoso'hy, eAce't through the inter#ention of 'eo'le like you, $hom, if they ha#e common 'enetration, they soon find out to be $ithout any su'eriority of intellectN or if they do not, $hom they can des'ise for their meanness of soul% &ou Dha#e the office o''osite to !aint Peter%D &ou kee' a corner in the 'ublic mind for foul 'rejudice and corru't 'o$er to knot and gender inN you #olunteer your ser#ices to

'eo'le of Muality to ease scru'les of mind and Mualms of conscienceN you lay the flattering unction of #enal 'rose and laurellDd #erse to their souls% &ou 'ersuade them that there is neither 'urity of morals, nor de'th of understanding eAce't in themsel#es and their hangers(onN and $ould 're#ent the unhallo$Dd names of Liberty and humanity from e#er being $his'ered in ears 'olite &ou, sir, do you not all this 9 cry you mercy then) 9 took you for the ditor of the Quarterly +e#ie$%I

This is the sort of feu de joie he kee's u'% There is another eAtract or t$o((one es'ecially $hich 9 $ill co'y to(morro$((for the candles are burntdo$n and 9 am using the $aA ta'er(($hich has a long snuff on it((the fire

is at its last click((9 am sitting $ith my back to it $ith one foot rather aske$ u'on the rug and the other $ith the heel a little ele#ated from thecar'et((9 am $riting this on the -aidDs Tragedy, $hich 9 ha#e read sincetea $ith great 'leasure((Besides this #olume of Beaumont and Fletcher,there are on the table t$o #olumes of "haucer and a ne$ $ork of Tom-ooreDs, called Tom "ribbDs -emorial to "ongress((nothing in it% These aretrifles((but 9 reMuire nothing so much of you but that you $ill gi#e one alike descri'tion of yoursel#es, ho$e#er it may be $hen you are $riting tome% "ould 9 see the same thing done of any great -an long since dead it$ould be a great delight) as to kno$ in $hat 'osition !haks'eare sat $henhe began ITo be or not to beI((such things become interesting fromdistance of time or 'lace% 9 ho'e you are both no$ in that s$eet slee'

$hich no t$o beings deser#e more than you do((9 must fancy so((and 'leasemyself in the fancy of s'eaking a 'rayer and a blessing o#er you and your li#es((God bless you((9 $his'er good(night in your ears, and you $illdream of me%

-arch 14, !aturday%

9 ha#e $ritten to Fanny this morning and recei#ed a note from Haslam% 9



$as to ha#e dined $ith him to(morro$) he gi#es me a bad account of hisFather, $ho has not been in To$n for fi#e $eeks, and is not $ell enoughfor com'any% Haslam is $ell((and from the 'ros'erous state of some lo#eaffair he does not mind the double tides he has to $ork% 9 ha#e been aalk 'ast $est end((and $as going to call at -r% -onkhouseDs((but 9 didnot, not being in the humour% 9 kno$ not $hy Poetry and 9 ha#e been so

distant latelyN 9 must make some ad#ances soon or she $ill cut meentirely% HaClitt has this fine Passage in his Letter) Gifford in his+e#ie$ of HaClittDs characters of !haks'eareDs 'lays attacks the"oriolanus critiMue% He says that HaClitt has slandered !haks'eare insaying that he had a leaning to the arbitrary side of the Muestion%HaClitt thus defends himself,

I-y $ords are, D"oriolanus is a storehouse of 'olitical common'laces% The *rguments for and against aristocracy and democracy on the Pri#ileges of the fe$ and the claims of the many, on Liberty and sla#ery, 'o$er and the abuse of it, 'eace and $ar, are here #ery ably handled, $ith the s'irit of a Poet and the acuteness of a

Philoso'her% !haks'eare himself seems to ha#e had a leaning to the arbitrary side of the Muestion, 'erha's from some feeling of contem't for his o$n origin, and to ha#e s'ared no occasion of bating the rabble% hat he says of them is #ery trueN $hat he says of their betters is also #ery true, though he d$ells less u'on it%D 9 then 'roceed to account for this by sho$ing ho$ it is that Dthe cause of the 'eo'le is but little calculated for a subject for 'oetryN or that the language of Poetry naturally falls in $ith the language of 'o$er%D 9 affirm, !ir, that Poetry, that the imagination generally s'eaking, delights in 'o$er, in strong eAcitement, as $ell as in truth, in good, in right, $hereas 'ure reason and the moral sense a''ro#e only of the true and good% 9 'roceed to sho$ that this

general lo#e or tendency to immediate eAcitement or theatrical effect, no matter ho$ 'roduced, gi#es a Bias to the imagination often consistent $ith the greatest good, that in Poetry it trium'hs o#er 'rinci'le, and bribes the 'assions to make a sacrifice of common humanity% &ou say that it does not, that there is no such original !in in Poetry, that it makes no such sacrifice or un$orthy com'romise bet$een 'oetical effect and the still small #oice of reason% *nd ho$ do you 'ro#e that there is no such 'rinci'le gi#ing a bias to the imagination and a false colouring to 'oetry hy, by asking in re'ly to the instances $here this 'rinci'le o'erates, and $here no other can $ith much modesty and sim'licity((DBut are these the only to'ics that afford delight in Poetry, etc%D @oN but these objects do afford

delight in 'oetry, and they afford it in 'ro'ortion to their strong and often tragical effect, and not in 'ro'ortion to the good 'roduced, or their desireableness in a moral 'oint of #ie$% o $e read $ith more 'leasure of the ra#ages of a beast of 'rey than of the !he'herdDs 'i'e u'on the -ountain @oN but $e do read $ith 'leasure of the ra#ages of a beast of 'rey, and $e do so on the 'rinci'le 9 ha#e stated, namely, from the sense of 'o$er abstracted from the sense of goodN and it is the same 'rinci'le that makes us read $ith admiration and reconciles us in fact to the trium'hant 'rogress of



the conMuerors and mighty Hunters of mankind, $ho come to sto' the !he'herdDs Pi'e u'on the -ountains and s$ee' a$ay his listening flock% o you mean to deny that there is anything im'osing to the imagination in 'o$er, in grandeur, in out$ard sho$, in the accumulation of indi#idual $ealth and luAury, at the eA'ense of eMual justice and the common $eal o you deny that there is anything in

the DPride, Pom', and "ircumstance of glorious $ar, that makes ambition #irtueD in the eyes of admiring multitudes 9s this a ne$ theory of the 'leasures of the imagination, $hich says that the 'leasures of the imagination do not take rise solely in the calculation of the understanding 9s it a 'aradoA of my creating that Done murder makes a #illain millions a HeroD or is it not true that here, as in other cases, the enormity of the e#il o#er'o$ers and makes a con#ert of the imagination by its #ery magnitude &ou contradict my reasoning because you kno$ nothing of the Muestion, and you think that no one has a right to understand $hat you do not% -y offence against 'urity in the 'assage alluded to, D$hich contains the concentrated #enom of my malignity,D is that 9 ha#e admitted that

there are tyrants and sla#es abroad in the $orldN and you $ould hush the matter u' and 'retend that there is no such thing in order that there may be nothing else% Further, 9 ha#e eA'lained the cause, the subtle so'histry of the human mind, that tolerates and 'am'ers the e#il in order to guard against its a''roachesN you $ould conceal the cause in order to 're#ent the cure, and to lea#e the 'roud flesh about the heart to harden and ossify into one im'enetrable mass of selfishness and hy'ocrisy, that $e may not Dsym'athise in the distresses of suffering #irtueD in any case in $hich they come in com'etition $ith the fictitious $ants and Dim'uted $eaknesses of the great%D &ou ask, D*re $e gratified by the cruelties of omitian or @eroD @o, not $e((they $ere too 'etty and co$ardly to strike the

imagination at a distanceN but the +oman senate tolerated them, addressed their 'er'etrators, eAalted them into gods, the fathers of the 'eo'le, they had 'im's and scribblers of all sorts in their 'ay, their !enecas, etc%, till a turbulent rabble, thinking there $ere no injuries to !ociety greater than the endurance of unlimited and $anton o''ression, 'ut an end to the farce and abated the sin as $ell as they could% Had you and 9 li#ed in those times $e should ha#e been $hat $e are no$, 9 Da sour malcontent,D and you Da s$eet courtier%DI

The manner in $hich this is managed) the force and innate 'o$er $ith $hichit yeasts and $orks u' itself((the feeling for the costume of societyN isin a style of genius% He hath a demon, as he himself says of Lord Byron%

e are to ha#e a 'arty this e#ening% The a#en'orts from "hurch +o$((9donDt think you kno$ anything of them((they ha#e 'aid me a good deal of attention% 9 like a#en'ort himself% The names of the rest are -issBarnes, -iss inter $ith the "hildren%

2Later, -arch 1 or 1/%8

:n -onday $e had to dinner !e#ern and "a$thorn, the Bookseller and



'rint(#irtuosoN in the e#ening !e#ern $ent home to 'aint, and $e other three $ent to the 'lay, to see !heilDs ne$ tragedy ycle'ed #adne% 9n themorning !e#ern and 9 took a turn round the -useum((There is a !'hinA thereof a giant siCe, and most #olu'tuous gy'tian eA'ression, 9 had not seenit before% The 'lay $as bad e#en in com'arison $ith 1/1/, the *ugustan ageof the rama, Icomme on sait,I as oltaire says((the $hole $as made u' of

a #irtuous young $oman, an indignant brother, a sus'ecting lo#er, alibertine 'rince, a gratuitous #illain, a street in @a'les, a "y'ressgro#e, lilies and roses, #irtue and #ice, a bloody s$ord, a s'angled jacket, one Lady :li#ia, one -iss :D@eil alias #adne, alias Bellamira,alias((*lias((&ea, and 9 say unto you a greater than lias((There $as*bbot, and talking of *bbot his name 'uts me in mind of a s'elling(book lesson, descri'ti#e of the $hole ramatis 'ersonae((*bbot((*bbess((*ctor((*ctress((The 'lay is a fine amusement, as a friend of mine once said tome((Io $hat you $ill,I says he, Ia 'oor gentleman $ho $ants a guinea,cannot s'end his t$o shillings better than at the 'layhouse%I The 'antomime $as eAcellent, 9 had seen it before and 9 enjoyed it again% &our -other and 9 had some talk about -iss H%(((( !ays 9, $ill Henry ha#e that

-iss ((((, a lath $ith a boddice, she $ho has been fine dra$n((fit for nothing but to cut u' into "ribbage 'ins, to the tune of 15%.N one $ho isall muslinN all feathers and boneN once in tra#elling she $as made use of as a lynch 'inN 9 ho'e he $ill not ha#e her, though it is no uncommonthing to be Esmitten $ith a staffEN though she might be #ery useful as his$alking(stick, his fishing(rod, his tooth('ik, his hat(stick =she runs somuch in his head>((let him turn farmer, she $ould cut into hurdlesN lethim $rite 'oetry, she $ould be his turn(style% Her go$n is like a flag ona 'oleN she $ould do for him if he turn freemasonN 9 ho'e she $ill 'ro#e aflag of truceN $hen she sits languishing $ith her one foot on a stool, andone elbo$ on the table, and her head inclined, she looks like the sign of the crooked billet((or the frontis'iece to "inderella, or a tea('a'er

$ood(cut of -other !hi'ton at her studiesN she is a make(belie#e((!he is bona EsEide a thin young Doman((But this is mere talk of afello$(creatureN yet 'ardie 9 $ould not that Henry ha#e her((@on #olo uteam 'ossideat, nam, for, it $ould be a bam, for it $ould be a sham((

onDt think 9 am $riting a 'etition to the Go#ernors of !t% Luke((no, that$ould be in another style% -ay it 'lease your orshi'sN forasmuch as theundersigned has committed, transferred, gi#en u', made o#er, consigned,and aberrated himself, to the art and mystery of 'oetryN forasmuch as hehath cut, rebuffed, affronted, huffed, and shirked, and taken stint at,all other em'loyments, arts, mysteries, and occu'ations, honest, middling,and dishonestN forasmuch as he hath at sundry times and in di#ers 'laces,

told truth unto the men of this generation, and eke to the $omenNmoreo#er, forasmuch as he hath ke't a 'air of boots that did not fit, anddoth not admire !heilDs 'lay, Leigh Hunt, Tom -oore, Bob !outhey, and -r%+ogersN and does admire m% HaClittN moreo#erer for as more as he likethhalf of ords$orth, and none of "rabbeN moreo#er(est for as most as hehath $ritten this 'age of 'enmanshi'((he 'rayeth your orshi's to gi#e hima lodging((itnessed by +d% *bbey and "o%, cum familiaribus etconsanguineis =signed> "ount de "ockaigne%



The nothing of the day is a machine called the #eloci'ede% 9t is a $heelcarriage to ride cock(horse u'on, sitting astride and 'ushing it along$ith the toes, a rudder $heel in hand((they $ill go se#en miles an hour((*handsome gelding $ill come to eight guineasN ho$e#er they $ill soon bechea'er, unless the army takes to them% 9 look back u'on the last month, 9find nothing to $rite aboutN indeed 9 do not recollect anything 'articular

in it% 9tDs all alikeN $e kee' on breathing% The only amusement is alittle scandal, of ho$e#er fine a sha'e, a laugh at a 'un((and then after all $e $onder ho$ $e could enjoy the scandal, or laugh at the 'un%

9 ha#e been at different times turning it in my head $hether 9 should goto dinburgh and study for a 'hysicianN 9 am afraid 9 should not takekindly to itN 9 am sure 9 could not take fees((and yet 9 should like to dosoN itDs not $orse than $riting 'oems, and hanging them u' to be fly(blo$non the +e#ie$ shambles% #erybody is in his o$n mess% Here is the 'arsonat Ham'stead Muarrelling $ith all the $orld, he is in the $rong by thissame tokenN $hen the black cloth $as 'ut u' in the "hurch for the QueenDsmourning, he asked the $orkmen to hang it the $rong side out$ards, that it

might be better $hen taken do$n, it being his 'erMuisite((Parsons $illal$ays kee' u' their character, but as it is said there are some animalsthe ancients kne$ $hich $e do not, let us ho'e our 'osterity $ill miss the black badger $ith tri(cornered hatN ho kno$s but some +e#ie$er of Buffonor Pliny may 'ut an account of the 'arson in the *''endiAN @o one $illthen belie#e it any more than $e belie#e in the PhoeniA% 9 think $e mayclass the la$yer in the same natural history of -onstersN a green bag $illhold as much as a la$n slee#e% The only difference is that one is fustianand the other flimsyN 9 am not un$illing to read "hurch history at 'resentand ha#e -ilnerDs in my eyeN his is reckoned a #ery good one%

1/th !e'tember 1/17%

29n looking o#er some of my 'a'ers 9 found the abo#e s'ecimen of mycarelessness% 9t is a sheet you ought to ha#e had long ago((my letter mustha#e a''eared #ery unconnected, but as 9 number the sheets you must ha#edisco#ered ho$ the mistake ha''ened% Ho$ many things ha#e ha''ened since 9$rote it((Ho$ ha#e 9 acted contrary to my resol#es% The inter#al bet$een$riting this sheet and the day 9 'ut this su''lement to it, has beencom'letely filled $ith generous and most friendly actions of Bro$n to$ardsme% Ho$ freMuently 9 forget to s'eak of things $hich 9 think of and feelmost% DTis #ery singular, the idea about Buffon abo#e has been taken u' byHunt in the Aaminer, in some 'a'ers $hich he calls I* Preter(natural

History%I82708

Friday 17th -arch%

This morning 9 ha#e been reading Ithe False :ne%I !hameful to say, 9 $asin bed at ten((9 mean this morning% The Black$ood +e#ie$ers ha#e committedthemsel#es in a scandalous heresy((they ha#e been 'utting u' Hogg, thettrick !he'herd, against Burns) the senseless #illains The !cotch cannot



manage themsel#es at all, they $ant imagination, and that is $hy they areso fond of Hogg, $ho has a little of it% This morning 9 am in a sort of tem'er, indolent and su'remely careless((9 long after a !tanCa or t$o of ThomsonDs "astle of 9ndolence((my 'assions are all aslee', from my ha#ingslumbered till nearly ele#en, and $eakened the animal fibre all o#er me,to a delightful sensation, about three degrees on this side of faintness%

9f 9 had teeth of 'earl and the breath of lilies 9 should call itlanguor, but as 9 am2B8 9 must call it laCiness% 9n this state of effeminacy the fibres of the brain are relaAed in common $ith the rest of the body, and to such a ha''y degree that 'leasure has no sho$ of enticement and 'ain no unbearable 'o$er% @either Poetry, nor *mbition, nor Lo#e ha#e any alertness of countenance as they 'ass by meN they seemrather like figures on a Greek #ase((a -an and t$o $omen $hom no one butmyself could distinguish in their disguisement%2718 This is the onlyha''iness, and is a rare instance of the ad#antage of the bodyo#er'o$ering the -ind% 9 ha#e this moment recei#ed a note from Haslam, in$hich he eA'ects the death of his Father, $ho has been for some time in astate of insensibilityN his mother bears u' he says #ery $ell((9 shall go

to to$n to(morro$ to see him% This is the $orld((thus $e cannot eA'ect togi#e $ay many hours to 'leasure% "ircumstances are like "louds continuallygathering and bursting((hile $e are laughing, the seed of some trouble is 'ut into the $ide arable land of e#ents(($hile $e are laughing it s'routsit gro$s and suddenly bears a 'oison fruit $hich $e must 'luck% #en so $eha#e leisure to reason on the misfortunes of our friendsN our o$n touch ustoo nearly for $ords% ery fe$ men ha#e e#er arri#ed at a com'letedisinterestedness of -ind) #ery fe$ ha#e been influenced by a 'ure desireof the benefit of others,((in the greater 'art of the Benefactors toHumanity some meretricious moti#e has sullied their greatness((somemelodramatic scenery has fascinated them% From the manner in $hich 9 feelHaslamDs misfortune 9 'ercei#e ho$ far 9 am from any humble standard of

disinterestedness% &et this feeling ought to be carried to its highest 'itch, as there is no fear of its e#er injuring society(($hich it $oulddo, 9 fear, 'ushed to an eAtremity% For in $ild nature the Ha$k $ould losehis Breakfast of +obins and the +obin his of orms((The Lion must star#eas $ell as the s$allo$% The greater 'art of -en make their $ay $ith thesame instincti#eness, the same un$andering eye from their 'ur'oses, thesame animal eagerness as the Ha$k% The Ha$k $ants a -ate, so does the-an((look at them both, they set about it and 'rocure one in the samemanner% They $ant both a nest and they both set about one in the samemanner((they get their food in the same manner% The noble animal -an for his amusement smokes his 'i'e((the Ha$k balances about the "louds((that isthe only difference of their leisures% This it is that makes the *musement

of Life((to a s'eculati#e -ind((9 go among the Fields and catch a glim'seof a !toat or a fieldmouse 'ee'ing out of the $ithered grass((the creaturehath a 'ur'ose, and its eyes are bright $ith it% 9 go amongst the buildings of a city and 9 see a -an hurrying along((to $hat the "reaturehas a 'ur'ose and his eyes are bright $ith it% But then, as ords$orthsays, I$e ha#e all one human heart((((I There is an electric fire in humannature tending to 'urify((so that among these human creatures there iscontinually some birth of ne$ heroism% The 'ity is that $e must $onder atit, as $e should at finding a 'earl in rubbish% 9 ha#e no doubt that



thousands of 'eo'le ne#er heard of ha#e had hearts com'letelydisinterested) 9 can remember but t$o((!ocrates and Jesus((Their historiese#ince it% hat 9 heard a little time ago, Taylor obser#e $ith res'ect to!ocrates, may be said of Jesus((That he $as so great a man that though hetransmitted no $riting of his o$n to 'osterity, $e ha#e his -ind and hissayings and his greatness handed to us by others% 9t is to be lamented

that the history of the latter $as $ritten and re#ised by -en interestedin the 'ious frauds of +eligion% &et through all this 9 see his s'lendour%#en here, though 9 myself am 'ursuing the same instincti#e course as the#eriest human animal you can think of, 9 am, ho$e#er young, $riting atrandom, straining at 'articles of light in the midst of a great darkness,$ithout kno$ing the bearing of any one assertion, of any one o'inion% &etmay 9 not in this be free from sin -ay there not be su'erior beingsamused $ith any graceful, though instincti#e, attitude my mind may fallinto as 9 am entertained $ith the alertness of a !toat or the anAiety of aeer Though a Muarrel in the !treets is a thing to be hated, the energiesdis'layed in it are fineN the commonest -an sho$s a grace in his Muarrel%By a su'erior Being our reasonings may take the same tone((though

erroneous they may be fine% This is the #ery thing in $hich consistsPoetry, and if so it is not so fine a thing as 'hiloso'hy((For the samereason that an eagle is not so fine a thing as a truth% Gi#e me thiscredit((o you not think 9 stri#e((to kno$ myself Gi#e me this credit,and you $ill not think that on my o$n account 9 re'eat -iltonDs lines((

IHo$ charming is di#ine Philoso'hy, @ot harsh and crabbed, as dull fools su''ose, But musical as is *'olloDs lute%I

@o((not for myself((feeling grateful as 9 do to ha#e got into a state of mind to relish them 'ro'erly% @othing e#er becomes real till it is

eA'erienced((#en a Pro#erb is no 'ro#erb to you till your Life hasillustrated it% 9 am e#er afraid that your anAiety for me $ill lead you tofear for the #iolence of my tem'erament continually smothered do$n) for that reason 9 did not intend to ha#e sent you the follo$ing sonnet((butlook o#er the t$o last 'ages and ask yoursel#es $hether 9 ha#e not that inme $hich $ill bear the buffets of the $orld% 9t $ill be the best commenton my sonnetN it $ill sho$ you that it $as $ritten $ith no *gony but thatof ignoranceN $ith no thirst of anything but Kno$ledge $hen 'ushed to the 'oint though the first ste's to it $ere through my human 'assions((they$ent a$ay and 9 $rote $ith my -ind((and 'erha's 9 must confess a little bit of my heart((

hy did 9 laugh to(night @o #oice $ill tell) @o God, no eamon of se#ere res'onse eigns to re'ly from hea#en or from Hell%(( Then to my human heart 9 turn at once(( Heart thou and 9 are here sad and aloneN !ay, $herefore did 9 laugh : mortal 'ain : arkness arkness e#er must 9 moan, To Muestion Hea#en and Hell and Heart in #ain hy did 9 laugh 9 kno$ this beingDs lease,



-y fancy to its utmost blisses s'reads) &et could 9 on this #ery midnight cease,27.8 *nd the $orldDs gaudy ensigns see in shredsN erse, fame and Beauty are intense indeed But eath intenser((eath is LifeDs high meed%

9 $ent to bed and enjoyed an uninterru'ted slee'% !ane 9 $ent to bed andsane 9 arose%

2*'ril 15%8

This is the 15th of *'ril((you see $hat a time it is since 9 $roteN allthat time 9 ha#e been day by day eA'ecting Letters from you% 9 $rite Muitein the dark% 9n the ho'es of a Letter daily 9 ha#e deferred that 9 might$rite in the light% 9 $as in to$n yesterday, and at TaylorDs heard thatyoung Birkbeck had been in To$n and $as to set for$ard in siA or se#endays((so 9 shall dedicate that time to making u' this 'arcel ready for

him% 9 $ish 9 could hear from you to make me I$hole and general as thecasing air%I2748 * fe$ days after the 17th of *'ril27;8 9 recei#ed a notefrom Haslam containing the ne$s of his fatherDs death% The Family has all been $ell% Haslam has his fatherDs situation% The Fram'tons ha#e beha#ed$ell to him% The day before yesterday 9 $ent to a rout at !a$reyDs((it $asmade 'leasant by +eynolds being there and our getting into con#ersation$ith one of the most beautiful Girls 9 e#er sa$((!he ga#e a remarkable 'rettiness to all those common'laces $hich most $omen $ho talk mustutter((9 liked -rs% !a$rey #ery $ell% The !unday before last your Brothers$ere to come by a long in#itation((so long that for the time 9 forgot it$hen 9 'romised -rs% Bra$ne to dine $ith her on the same day% :nrecollecting my engagement $ith your Brothers 9 immediately eAcused myself

$ith -rs% Bra$ne, but she $ould not hear of it, and insisted on my bringing my friends $ith me% !o $e all dined at -rs% Bra$neDs% 9 ha#e beento -rs% BentleyDs this morning, and 'ut all the letters to and from youand 'oor Tom and me%2758 9 found some of the corres'ondence bet$een himand that degraded ells and *mena% 9t is a $retched businessN 9 do notkno$ the rights of it, but $hat 9 do kno$ $ould, 9 am sure, affect you somuch that 9 am in t$o minds $hether 9 $ill tell you anything about it% *ndyet 9 do not see $hy((for anything, though it be un'leasant, that calls tomind those $e still lo#e has a com'ensation in itself for the 'ain itoccasions((so #ery likely to(morro$ 9 may set about co'ying the $hole of $hat 9 ha#e about it) $ith no sort of a +ichardson self(satisfaction((9hate it to a sickness((and 9 am afraid more from indolence of mind than

anything else% 9 $onder ho$ 'eo'le eAist $ith all their $orries% 9 ha#enot been to estminster but once lately, and that $as to see ilke in hisne$ Lodgings((9 think of li#ing some$here in the neighbourhood myself%&our mother $as $ell by your BrothersD account% 9 shall see her 'erha'sto(morro$((yes 9 shall% e ha#e had the Boys2768 here lately((they make a bit of a racket((9 shall not be sorry $hen they go% 9 found also thismorning, in a note from George to you and my dear sister a lock of your hair $hich 9 shall this moment 'ut in the miniature case% * fe$ days agoHunt dined here and Bro$n in#ited a#en'ort to meet him, a#en'ort from a



sense of $eakness thought it incumbent on him to sho$ off((and 'ursuantto that ne#er ceased talking and boring all day till 9 $as com'letelyfagged out% Bro$n gre$ melancholy((but Hunt 'ercei#ing $hat acom'limentary tendency all this had bore it remarkably $ell((Bro$ngrumbled about it for t$o or three days% 9 $ent $ith Hunt to !ir JohnLeicesterDs galleryN there 9 sa$ @orthcote((Hilton((Be$ick, and many more

of great and Little note% HaydonDs 'icture is of #ery little 'rogress thisyear((He talks about finishing it neAt year% ords$orth is going to 'ublish a Poem called Peter Bell(($hat a 'er#erse fello$ it is hy $illhe talk about Peter Bells((9 $as told not to tell((but to you it $ill not be telling((+eynolds hearing that said Peter Bell $as coming out, took itinto his head to $rite a skit u'on it called Peter Bell% He did it as soonas thought on, it is to be 'ublished this morning, and comes out beforethe real Peter Bell, $ith this admirable motto from the IBold !troke for aifeI I9 am the real !imon Pure%I 9t $ould be just as $ell to trounce LordByron in the same manner% 9 am still at a stand in #ersifying((9 cannot doit yet $ith any 'leasure((9 mean, ho$e#er, to look round on my resourcesand means, and see $hat 9 can do $ithout 'oetry((To that end 9 shall li#e

in estminster((9 ha#e no doubt of making by some means a little to hel'on, or 9 shall be left in the Lurch(($ith the burden of a littlePride((Ho$e#er 9 look in time% The ilkes like their Lodgings atestminster tolerably $ell% 9 cannot hel' thinking $hat a shame it is that 'oor ilke should gi#e u' his comfortable house and garden for his !on,$hom he $ill certainly ruin $ith too much care% The boy has nothing in hisears all day but himself and the im'ortance of his education% ilke hascontinually in his mouth I-y Boy%I This is $hat s'oils 'rinces) it mayha#e the same effect $ith "ommoners% -rs% ilke has been #ery $elllately((But $hat a shameful thing it is that for that obstinate Boy ilkeshould stifle himself in To$n Lodgings and $ear out his Life by hiscontinual a''rehension of his BoyDs fate in estminster school, $ith the

rest of the Boys and the -asters% #ery one has some $ear and tear% :ne$ould think ilke ought to be Muiet and ha''y((but no((this one Boy makeshis face 'ale, his society silent and his #igilance jealous((He $ould 9ha#e no doubt Muarrel $ith any one $ho snubbDd his Boy((ith all this hehas no notion ho$ to manage him% : $hat a farce is our greatest cares &etone must be in the 'other for the sake of "lothes food and Lodging% Therehas been a sMuabble bet$een Kean and -r% Bucke((There are faults on bothsides((on BuckeDs the faults are 'ositi#e to the Question) KeanDs fault isa $ant of genteel kno$ledge and high Policy% The former $rites kna#ishlyfoolish, and the other silly bombast% 9t $as about a Tragedy $ritten bysaid -r% Bucke $hich, it a''ears, -r% Kean kickDd at((it $as so bad((*fter a little struggle of -r% BuckeDs against Kean, rury Lane had the Policy

to bring it out and Kean the im'olicy not to a''ear in it% 9t $as damnDd%The 'eo'le in the Pit had a fa#ourite call on the night of IBuck, Buck,rise u'I and IBuck, Buck, ho$ many horns do 9 hold u'%I KotCebue theGerman ramatist and traitor to his country $as murdered lately by a youngstudent $hose name 9 forget((he stabbed himself immediately after cryingout Germany Germany 9 $as unfortunate to miss +ichards the only time 9ha#e been for many months to see him%

!hall 9 treat you $ith a little eAtem'ore((



hen they $ere come into the FaeryDs "ourt They rang((no one at home((all gone to s'ort *nd dance and kiss and lo#e as faerys do For Faries be as humans lo#ers true% *mid the $oods they $ere so lone and $ild,

here e#en the +obin feels himself eAilDd, *nd $here the #ery brooks, as if afraid, Hurry along to some less magic shade% D@o one at homeD the fretful 'rincess cryDdN D*nd all for nothing such a dreary ride, *nd all for nothing my ne$ diamond crossN @o one to see my Persian feathers toss, @o one to see my *'e, my $arf, my Fool, :r ho$ 9 'ace my :taheitan mule% *'e, $arf, and Fool, $hy stand you ga'ing there, Burst the door o'en, Muick((or 9 declare 9Dll s$itch you soundly and in 'ieces tear%D

The $arf began to tremble, and the *'e !tarDd at the Fool, the Fool $as all aga'e, The Princess gras'Dd her s$itch, but just in time The d$arf $ith 'iteous face began to rhyme% D: mighty Princess, did you neDer hear tell hat your 'oor ser#ants kno$ but too too $ell Kno$ you the three great crimes in faery land The first, alas 'oor $arf, 9 understand, 9 made a $hi'stock of a faeryDs $andN The neAt is snoring in their com'anyN The neAt, the last, the direst of the three, 9s making free $hen they are not at home%

9 $as a Prince((a baby 'rince((my doom, &ou see, 9 made a $hi'stock of a $and, -y to' has henceforth sle't in faery land% He $as a Prince, the Fool, a gro$n(u' Prince, But he has ne#er been a KingDs son since He fell a snoring at a faery Ball% &our 'oor *'e $as a Prince, and he 'oor thing PicklockDd a faeryDs boudoir((no$ no king But a'e((so 'ray your highness stay a$hile, DTis sooth indeed, $e kno$ it to our sorro$(( Persist and EyouE may be an a'e to(morro$%D hile the $arf s'ake the Princess, all for s'ite,

PeelDd the bro$n haCel t$ig to lilly $hite, "lenchDd her small teeth, and held her li's a'art, TryDd to look unconcernDd $ith beating heart% They sa$ her highness had made u' her mind, *(Mua#ering like the reeds before the $ind(( *nd they had had it, but : ha''y chance The *'e for #ery fear began to dance *nd grinnDd as all his ugliness did ache(( !he staid her #iAen fingers for his sake,



He $as so #ery ugly) then she took Her 'ocket(mirror and began to look First at herself and then at him, and then !he smilDd at her o$n beauteous face again% &et for all this((for all her 'retty face(( !he took it in her head to see the 'lace%

omen gain little from eA'erience ither in Lo#ers, husbands, or eA'ense% The more their beauty the more fortune too(( Beauty before the $ide $orld ne#er kne$(( !o each fair reasons((thoD it oft miscarries% !he thought EherE 'retty face $ould 'lease the fairies% D-y darling *'e 9 $onDt $hi' you to(day, Gi#e me the Picklock sirrah and go 'lay%D They all three $e't but counsel $as as #ain *s crying cu' biddy to dro's of rain% &et lingering by did the sad *'e forth dra$ The Picklock from the Pocket in his Ja$%

The Princess took it, and dismounting straight Tri''Dd in blue sil#erDd sli''ers to the gate *nd touchDd the $ards, the oor full courteously :'ened((she enterDd $ith her ser#ants three% *gain it closDd and there $as nothing seen But the -ule graCing on the herbage green%

nd of "anto R99%

"anto the R999%

The -ule no sooner sa$ himself alone Than he 'rickDd u' his ars((and said D$ell doneN *t least unha''y Prince 9 may be free(( @o more a Princess shall side(saddle me% : King of :taheite((thoD a -ule, *ye, e#ery inch a KingD((thoD DFortuneDs fool,D ell done((for by $hat -r% $arfy said 9 $ould not gi#e a siA'ence for her head%D #en as he s'ake he trotted in high glee To the knotty side of an old Pollard tree, *nd rubbDd his sides against the mossed bark Till his Girths burst and left him naked stark

Ace't his Bridle((ho$ get rid of that Buckled and tied $ith many a t$ist and 'lait% *t last it struck him to 'retend to slee', *nd then the thie#ish -onkies do$n $ould cree' *nd filch the un'leasant trammels Muite a$ay% @o sooner thought of than ado$n he lay, !hammDd a good snore((the -onkey(men descended, *nd $hom they thought to injure they befriended% They hung his Bridle on a to'most bough



*nd off he $ent run, trot, or anyho$((

Bro$n is gone to bed((and 9 am tired of rhyming((there is a north $ind blo$ing 'laying young gooseberry $ith the trees((9 donDt care so it hel'se#en $ith a side $ind a Letter to me((for 9 cannot 'ut faith in anyre'orts 9 hear of the !ettlementN some are good and some bad% Last

!unday 9 took a alk to$ards Highgate and in the lane that $inds by theside of Lord -ansfieldDs 'ark 9 met -r% Green our emonstrator atGuyDs in con#ersation $ith "oleridge((9 joined them, after enMuiring by a look $hether it $ould be agreeable((9 $alked $ith him at hisalderman(after(dinner 'ace for near t$o miles 9 su''ose% 9n those t$o-iles he broached a thousand things((let me see if 9 can gi#e you alist((@ightingales((Poetry((on Poetical !ensation((-eta'hysics((ifferentgenera and s'ecies of reams((@ightmare((a dream accom'anied by a sense of touch((single and double touch((a dream related((First and secondconsciousness((the difference eA'lained bet$een $ill and olition((so saymeta'hysicians from a $ant of smoking the second consciousness((-onsters((the Kraken((-ermaids((!outhey belie#es in them((!outheyDs belief too much

diluted((a Ghost story((Good morning((9 heard his #oice as he came to$ardsme((9 heard it as he mo#ed a$ay((9 had heard it all the inter#al((if itmay be called so% He $as ci#il enough to ask me to call on him atHighgate% Good(night

2Later, *'ril 16 or 1%8

9t looks so much like rain 9 shall not go to to$n to(day) but 'ut it off till to(morro$% Bro$n this morning is $riting some !'enserian stanCasagainst -rs%, -iss Bra$ne and meN so 9 shall amuse myself $ith him alittle) in the manner of !'enser((

He is to $eet a melancholy "arle Thin in the $aist, $ith bushy head of hair *s hath the seeded thistle $hen in 'arle 9t holds the Oe'hyr, ere it sendeth fair 9ts light balloons into the summer air Thereto his beard had not begun to bloom @o brush had touchDd his chin or raCor sheer @o care had touchDd his cheek $ith mortal doom, But ne$ he $as and bright as scarf from Persian loom%

@e cared he for $ine, or half(and(half

@e cared he for fish or flesh or fo$l, *nd sauces held he $orthless as the chaff He DsdeignDd the s$ineherd at the $assail bo$l @e $ith le$d ribbalds sat he cheek by jo$l @e $ith sly Lemans in the scornerDs chair But after $ater(brooks this PilgrimDs soul Panted, and all his food $as $oodland air Though he $ould ofttimes feast on gilliflo$ers rare((



The slang of cities in no $ise he kne$ ETi''ing the $inkE to him $as heathen GreekN He si''Dd no olden Tom or ruin blue :r nantC or cherry brandy drunk full meek By many a amsel hoarse and rouge of cheek @or did he kno$ each aged atchmanDs beat((

@or in obscured 'urlieus $ould he seek For curled Je$esses, $ith ankles neat ho as they $alk abroad make tinkling $ith their feet%

This character $ould ensure him a situation in the establishment of 'atient Griselda% The ser#ant has come for the little Bro$ns thismorning((they ha#e been a toothache to me $hich 9 shall enjoy the riddanceof((Their little #oices are like $as'sD stings((!ometimes am 9 all $ound$ith Bro$ns%278 e had a claret feast some little $hile ago% There $ereilke, +eynolds, !kinner, -ancur, John Bro$n, -artin, Bro$n and 9% e allgot a little ti'sy((but 'leasantly so((9 enjoy "laret to a degree%

2Later, *'ril 1/ or 17%8

9 ha#e been looking o#er the corres'ondence of the 'retended *mena andells this e#ening((9 no$ see the $hole cruel dece'tion% 9 think ellsmust ha#e had an accom'lice in it((*menaDs letters are in a -anDs languageand in a -anDs hand imitating a $omanDs% The instigations to thisdiabolical scheme $ere #anity, and the lo#e of intrigue% 9t $as nothoughtless hoaA((but a cruel dece'tion on a sanguine Tem'erament, $ithe#ery sho$ of friendshi'% 9 do not think death too bad for the #illain%The $orld $ould look u'on it in a different light should 9 eA'oseit((they $ould call it a frolic((so 9 must be $ary((but 9 consider it my

duty to be 'rudently re#engeful% 9 $ill hang o#er his head like a s$ord bya hair% 9 $ill be o'ium to his #anity((if 9 cannot injure hisinterests((He is a rat and he shall ha#e ratsbane to his #anity((9 $illharm him all 9 'ossibly can((9 ha#e no doubt 9 shall be able to do so((Letus lea#e him to his misery alone, eAce't $hen $e can thro$ in a littlemore% The fifth canto of ante 'leases me more and more((it is that one in$hich he meets $ith Paolo and Francesca% 9 had 'assed many days in rather a lo$ state of mind, and in the midst of them 9 dreamt of being in thatregion of Hell% The dream $as one of the most delightful enjoyments 9 e#er had in my life% 9 floated about the $hirling atmos'here, as it isdescribed, $ith a beautiful figure, to $hose li's mine $ere joined as itseemed for an age((and in the midst of all this cold and darkness 9 $as

$arm((e#en flo$ery tree(to's s'rung u', and $e rested on them, sometimes$ith the lightness of a cloud, till the $ind ble$ us a$ay again% 9 tried asonnet u'on it((there are fourteen lines, but nothing of $hat 9 felt init((: that 9 could dream it e#ery night((

*s Hermes once took to his feathers light hen lulled *rgus, baffled, s$oonDd and sle't, !o on a del'hic reed my idle s'right !o 'layDd, so charmDd, so conMuerDd, so bereft



The ragon $orld of all its hundred eyesN *nd seeing it aslee', so fled a$ayN(( @ot to 'ure 9da $ith its sno$(cold skies, @or unto Tem'e $here Jo#e grie#ed that dayN But to that second circle of sad Hell here in the gust, the $hirl$ind, and the fla$

:f +ain and hailstones, lo#ers need not tell Their sorro$s% Pale $ere the s$eet li's 9 sa$, Pale $ere the li's 9 kissDd, and fair the form 9 floated $ith about that melancholy storm%

9 $ant #ery #ery much a little of your $it, my dear !ister((a Letter or t$o of yours just to bandy back a 'un or t$o across the *tlantic, and senda Muibble o#er the Floridas% @o$ you ha#e by this time crum'led u' your large Bonnet, $hat do you $ear((a ca' do you 'ut your hair in 'a'ers of anight do you 'ay the -iss Birkbecks a morning #isit((ha#e you any tea or do you milk(and($ater $ith them((hat 'lace of orshi' do you go to((theQuakers, the -ora#ians, the <nitarians, or the -ethodists *re there any

flo$ers in bloom you like((any beautiful heaths((any streets full of "orset -akers hat sort of shoes ha#e you to fit those 'retty feet of yours o you desire "om'liments to one another o you ride on Horsebackhat do you ha#e for breakfast, dinner, and su''er $ithout mentioninglunch and be#er,27/8 and $et and snack((and a bit to stay oneDs stomacho you get any !'irits((no$ you might easily distill some $hiskey((andgoing into the $oods, set u' a $hiskey sho' for the -onkeys((o you andthe -iss Birkbecks get groggy on anything((a little so(soish so as to beobliged to be seen home $ith a Lantern &ou may 'erha's ha#e a game at 'uss in the corner((Ladies are $arranted to 'lay at this game though theyha#e not $hiskers% Ha#e you a fiddle in the !ettlement((or at any rate aJe$Ds har'(($hich $ill 'lay in s'ite of oneDs teeth((hen you ha#e nothing

else to do for a $hole day 9 tell you ho$ you may em'loy it((First get u'and $hen you are dressed, as it $ould be 'retty early $ith a high $ind inthe $oods, gi#e George a cold Pig $ith my "om'liments% Then you maysaunter into the nearest coffee(house, and after taking a dram and a look at the "hronicle((go and frighten the $ild boars u'on the strength((youmay as $ell bring one home for breakfast, ser#ing u' the hoofs garnished$ith bristles and a grunt or t$o to accom'any the singing of thekettle((then if George is not u' gi#e him a colder Pig al$ays $ith my"om'liments((hen you are both set do$n to breakfast 9 ad#ise you to eatyour full share, but lea#e off immediately on feeling yourself inclinedto anything on the other side of the 'uffy((a#oid that, for it does not become young $omen((*fter you ha#e eaten your breakfast kee' your eye u'on

dinner((it is the safest $ay((&ou should kee' a Ha$kDs eye o#er your dinner and kee' ho#ering o#er it till due time then 'ounce taking care notto break any 'lates% hile you are ho#ering $ith your dinner in 'ros'ectyou may do a thousand things(('ut a hedgehog into GeorgeDs hat(('our alittle $ater into his rifle((soak his boots in a 'ail of $ater((cut his jacket round into shreds like a +oman kilt or the back of my grandmotherDsstays((!e$ EoffE his buttons((



2Later, *'ril .1 or ..%8

&esterday 9 could not $rite a line 9 $as so fatigued, for the day before 9$ent to to$n in the morning, called on your -other, and returned in timefor a fe$ friends $e had to dinner% These $ere Taylor, oodhouse,+eynolds) $e began cards at about 7 oDclock, and the night coming on, and

continuing dark and rainy, they could not think of returning to to$n((!o$e 'layed at "ards till #ery daylight((and yesterday 9 $as not $orth asiA'ence% &our -other $as #ery $ell but anAious for a Letter% e had half an hourDs talk and no more, for 9 $as obliged to be home% -rs% and -iss-illar $ere $ell, and so $as -iss aldegra#e% 9 ha#e asked your Brothershere for neAt !unday% hen +eynolds $as here on -onday he asked me to gi#eHunt a hint to take notice of his Peter Bell in the Aaminer((the bestthing 9 can do is to $rite a little notice of it myself, $hich 9 $ill dohere, and co'y out if it should suit my Pur'ose((

EPeter Bell%E There ha#e been lately ad#ertised t$o Books both Peter Bell by nameN $hat stuff the one $as made of might be seen by the motto((I9 am

the real !imon Pure%I This false Florimel has hurried from the 'ress andobtruded herself into 'ublic notice, $hile for aught $e kno$ the real onemay be still $andering about the $oods and mountains% Let us ho'e she maysoon a''ear and make good her right to the magic girdle% ThePam'hleteering *rchimage, $e can 'ercei#e, has rather a s'lenetic lo#ethan a do$nright hatred to real Florimels((if indeed they had been sochristened((or had e#en a 'retention to 'lay at bob cherry $ith BarbaraLe$th$aite) but he has a fiAed a#ersion to those three rhyming Graces*lice Fell, !usan Gale and Betty FoyN and no$ at length es'ecially toPeter Bell((fit *'ollo% 9t may be seen from one or t$o Passages in thislittle skit, that the $riter of it has felt the finer 'arts of -r%ords$orth, and 'erha's eA'atiated $ith his more remote and sublimer muse%

This as far as it relates to Peter Bell is unlucky% The more he may lo#ethe sad embroidery of the Acursion, the more he $ill hate the coarse!am'lers of Betty Foy and *lice FellN and as they come from the same hand,the better $ill he be able to imitate that $hich can be imitated, to $itPeter Bell((as far as can be imagined from the obstinate @ame% e re'eat,it is #ery unlucky((this real !imon Pure is in 'arts the #ery -an((thereis a 'ernicious likeness in the scenery, a D'estilent humourD in therhymes, and an in#eterate cadence in some of the !tanCas, that must belamented% 9f $e are one 'art amused $ith this $e are three 'arts sorrythat an a''reciator of ords$orth should sho$ so much tem'er at thisreally 'ro#oking name of Peter Bell((2778

This $ill do $ell enough((9 ha#e co'ied it and enclosed it to Hunt% &ou$ill call it a little 'olitic((seeing 9 kee' clear of all 'arties% 9 saysomething for and against both 'arties((and suit it to the tune of theAaminer((9 meant to say 9 do not unsuit it((and 9 belie#e 9 think $hat 9say, nay 9 am sure 9 do((9 and my conscience are in luck to(day(($hich isan eAcellent thing% The other night 9 $ent to the Play $ith +ice,+eynolds, and -artin(($e sa$ a ne$ dull and half(damnDd o'era callDd theDHeart of -idlothian,D that $as on !aturday((9 sto't at TaylorDs on!unday $ith oodhouse((and 'assed a Muiet sort of 'leasant day% 9 ha#e



been #ery much 'leased $ith the Panorama of the !hi' at the @orthPole(($ith the icebergs, the -ountains, the Bears, the ol#es((the seals,the Penguins((and a large $hale floating back abo#e $ater((it isim'ossible to describe the 'lace((

ednesday #ening 2*'ril ./8%

L* BLL *- !*@! -+"9

: $hat can ail thee Knight at arms *lone and 'alely loitering The sedge has $ithered from the Lake *nd no birds sing

: $hat can ail thee Knight at arms !o haggard, and so $oe(begone The sMuirrelDs granary is full

*nd the har#estDs done%

9 see a lily on thy bro$, ith anguish moist and fe#er de$, *nd on thy cheek a fading rose Fast ithereth too((

9 met a Lady in the -eads Full beautiful, a faeryDs child(( Her hair $as long, her foot $as light *nd her eyes $ere $ild((

9 made a Garland for her head, *nd bracelets too, and fragrant Oone !he lookDd at me as she did lo#e *nd made s$eet moan((

9 set her on my 'acing steed *nd nothing else sa$ all day long, For sidelong $ould she bend and sing * faeryDs song((

!he found me roots of relish s$eet *nd honey $ild and manna de$

*nd sure in language strange she said 9 lo#e thee true((

!he took me to her elfin grot *nd there she $e't and sighDd full sore, *nd there 9 shut her $ild, $ild eyes ith kisses four((

*nd there she lulled me aslee',



*nd there 9 dreamDd *h oe betide The latest dream 9 e#er dreamt :n the cold hill side%

9 sa$ 'ale Kings and Princes too Pale $arriors death('ale $ere they all

They cried((La belle dame sans merci Thee hath in thrall%

9 sa$ their star#Dd li's in the gloam ith horrid $arning ga'ed $ide, *nd 9 a$oke, and found me here :n the cold hillDs side%

*nd this is $hy 9 sojourn here *lone and 'alely loiteringN Though the sedge is $ithered from the Lake *nd no birds sing%21008%%%

hy four kisses((you $ill say(($hy four, because 9 $ish to restrain theheadlong im'etuosity of my -use((she $ould ha#e fain said IscoreI $ithouthurting the rhyme((but $e must tem'er the 9magination, as the "ritics say,$ith Judgment% 9 $as obliged to choose an e#en number, that both eyesmight ha#e fair 'lay, and to s'eak truly 9 think t$o a 'iece Muitesufficient% !u''ose 9 had said se#en there $ould ha#e been three and ahalf a 'iece((a #ery a$k$ard affair, and $ell got out of on my side((

2Later%8

"H:+<! :F F*9+9!% ;((F9+, *9+, *+TH, *@ *T+((!*L*-*@+, OPH&+,<!KTH*, B+*-*%

E!al%E Ha''y ha''y glo$ing fire EOe'%E Fragrant air, delicious light Eusk%E Let me to my glooms retire% EBream%E 9 to green$eed ri#ers bright%

E!alam%E

Ha''y, ha''y glo$ing fire aCCling bo$ers of soft retire,

#er let my nourishDd $ing, Like a batDs still $andering, Faintly fan your fiery s'aces !'irit sole in deadly 'laces, 9n unhaunted roar and blaCe :'en eyes that ne#er daCe Let me see the myriad sha'es :f -en and Beasts and Fish and a'es, PortrayDd in many a fiery den,



*nd $rought by s'umy bitumen :n the dee' intenser roof, *rched e#ery $ay aloof% Let me breathe u'on my skies, *nd anger their li#e ta'estriesN Free from cold and e#ery care,

:f chilly rain and shi#ering air%

EOe'hyr%E

!'right of fire((a$ay a$ay :r your #ery roundelay ill sear my 'lumage ne$ly budded From its Muilled sheath and studded ith the self(same de$s that fell :n the -ay(gro$n *s'hodel% !'right of fire a$ay a$ay

EBreama%E

!'right of fire a$ay a$ay Oe'hyr blue(eyed faery turn, *nd see my cool sedge(shaded urn, here it rests its mossy brim -id $ater(mint and cresses dimN *nd the flo$ers, in s$eet troubles, Lift their eyes abo#e the bubbles, Like our Queen $hen she $ould 'lease To slee', and :beron $ill tease(( Lo#e me blue(eyed Faery true

!oothly 9 am sick for you%

EOe'hyr%E

Gentle Breama by the first iolet young nature nurst, 9 $ill bathe myself $ith thee, !o you sometime follo$ me To my home far far in $est, Far beyond the search and Muest :f the golden(bro$ed sun% "ome $ith me, oDer to's of trees,

To my fragrant Palaces, here they e#er(floating are Beneath the cherish of a star "allDd es'er(($ho $ith sil#er #eil #er Hides his brilliance 'ale, #er gently dro$sDd doth kee' T$ilight of the Fays to slee'% Fear not that your $atery hair ill thirst in drouthy ringlets there((



"louds of stored summer rains Thou shalt taste before the stains :f the mountain soil they take, *nd too unlucent for thee make% 9 lo#e thee, "rystal faery true !ooth 9 am as sick for you((

E!alam%E

:ut ye agueish Faeries out "hilly Lo#ers, $hat a rout Kee' ye $ith your froCen breath "older than the mortal death(( *dder(eyed usketha s'eak, !hall $e lea#e them and go seek 9n the arthDs $ide ntrails old "ouches $arm as theirDs is cold : for a fiery gloom and thee,

usketha, so enchantingly Freckle($ingDd and liCard(sided

Eusketha%E

By thee !'right $ill 9 be guided 9 care not for cold or heat Frost and Flame or s'arks or sleet To my essence are the same(( But 9 honour more the flame(( !'right of fire 9 follo$ thee heresoe#er it may beN

To the torrid s'outs and fountains, <nderneath earth(Muaked mountains :r at thy su'reme desire, Touch the #ery 'ulse of fire ith my bare unlidded eyes%

E!alam%E

!$eet usketha Paradise :ff ye icy !'irits fly Frosty creatures of the !ky

Eusketha%E

Breathe u'on them fiery !'right

EOe'hyr, Breama =to each other>%E

*$ay *$ay to our delight

E!alam%E



Go feed on icicles $hile $e Bedded in tongued(flames $ill be%

Eusketha%E

Lead me to those fe#Drous glooms, !'right of fire((

EBreama%E

-e to the blooms Blue(eyed Oe'hyr of those flo$ers Far in the $est $here the -ay cloud loursN *nd the beams of still es'er, $here $inds are all $hist *re shed through the rain and the milder mist, *nd t$ilight your floating bo$ers((

9 ha#e been reading lately t$o #ery different books, +obertsonDs *mericaand oltaireDs !iecle de Louis R9% 9t is like $alking arm and arm bet$eenPiCarro and the great(little -onarch% 9n ho$ lamentable a case do $e seethe great body of the 'eo'le in both instancesN in the first, $here -enmight seem to inherit Muiet of -ind from unso'histicated sensesN fromuncontamination of ci#ilisation, and es'ecially from their being, as it$ere, estranged from the mutual hel's of !ociety and its mutualinjuries((and thereby more immediately under the Protection of Pro#idence((e#en there they had mortal 'ains to bear as bad, or e#en $orsethan Bailiffs, ebts, and Po#erties of ci#ilised Life% The $hole a''earsto resol#e into this((that -an is originally a 'oor forked creaturesubject to the same mischances as the beasts of the forest, destined to

hardshi's and disMuietude of some kind or other% 9f he im'ro#es bydegrees his bodily accommodations and comforts((at each stage, at eachascent there are $aiting for him a fresh set of annoyances((he is mortal,and there is still a hea#en $ith its !tars abo#e his head% The mostinteresting Muestion that can come before us is, Ho$ far by the 'erse#ering endea#ours of a seldom a''earing !ocrates -ankind may be madeha''y((9 can imagine such ha''iness carried to an eAtreme, but $hat mustit end in((eath((and $ho could in such a case bear $ith death The $holetroubles of life, $hich are no$ frittered a$ay in a series of years, $ouldthen be accumulated for the last days of a being $ho instead of hailingits a''roach $ould lea#e this $orld as #e left Paradise% But in truth 9do not at all belie#e in this sort of 'erfectibility((the nature of the

$orld $ill not admit of it((the inhabitants of the $orld $ill corres'ondto itself% Let the fish Philoso'hise the ice a$ay from the +i#ers in$inter time, and they shall be at continual 'lay in the te'id delight of summer% Look at the Poles and at the !ands of *frica, $hirl'ools and#olcanoes((Let men eAterminate them and 9 $ill say that they may arri#e atearthly Ha''iness% The 'oint at $hich -an may arri#e is as far as the 'arallel state in inanimate nature, and no further% For instance su''ose arose to ha#e sensation, it blooms on a beautiful morning, it enjoysitself, but then comes a cold $ind, a hot sun((it cannot esca'e it, it



cannot destroy its annoyances((they are as nati#e to the $orld as itself)no more can man be ha''y in s'ite, the $orldly elements $ill 'rey u'on hisnature% The common cognomen of this $orld among the misguided andsu'erstitious is Ia #ale of tears,I from $hich $e are to be redeemed by acertain arbitrary inter'osition of God and taken to Hea#en((hat a littlecircumscribed straightened notion "all the $orld if you 'lease IThe #ale

of !oul(making%I Then you $ill find out the use of the $orld =9 ams'eaking no$ in the highest terms for human nature admitting it to beimmortal $hich 9 $ill here take for granted for the 'ur'ose of sho$ing athought $hich has struck me concerning it> 9 say DE!oul(makingED((!oul asdistinguished from an 9ntelligence% There may be intelligences or s'arksof the di#inity in millions((but they are not !ouls till they acMuireidentities, till each one is 'ersonally itself% 9ntelligences are atoms of 'erce'tion((they kno$ and they see and they are 'ure, in short they areGod((ho$ then are !ouls to be made Ho$ then are these s'arks $hich areGod to ha#e identity gi#en them((so as e#er to 'ossess a bliss 'eculiar toeach oneDs indi#idual eAistence Ho$, but by the medium of a $orld likethis This 'oint 9 sincerely $ish to consider because 9 think it a grander

system of sal#ation than the "hristian religion((or rather it is a systemof !'irit(creation((This is effected by three grand materials acting theone u'on the other for a series of years((These three -aterials are the E9ntelligenceE((the Ehuman heartE =as distinguished from intelligence or -ind>, and the EorldE or Elemental s'aceE suited for the 'ro'er actionof E-ind and HeartE on each other for the 'ur'ose of forming the E!oulE or E9ntelligence destined to 'ossess the sense of 9dentityE% 9 can scarcelyeA'ress $hat 9 but dimly 'ercei#e((and yet 9 think 9 'ercei#e it((that youmay judge the more clearly 9 $ill 'ut it in the most homely form 'ossible%9 $ill call the E$orldE a !chool instituted for the 'ur'ose of teachinglittle children to read((9 $ill call the Ehuman heartE the Ehorn BookE used in that !chool((and 9 $ill call the E"hild able to read, the !oulE

made from that E!choolE and its Ehorn bookE% o you not see ho$ necessarya orld of Pains and troubles is to school an 9ntelligence and make it asoul * Place $here the heart must feel and suffer in a thousand di#erse$ays% @ot merely is the Heart a Hornbook, 9t is the -indDs Bible, it isthe -indDs eA'erience, it is the teAt from $hich the -ind or 9ntelligencesucks its identity% *s #arious as the Li#es of -en are((so #arious becometheir souls, and thus does God make indi#idual beings, !ouls, 9dentical!ouls of the s'arks of his o$n essence% This a''ears to me a faint sketchof a system of !al#ation $hich does not offend our reason and humanity((9am con#inced that many difficulties $hich "hristians labour under $ould#anish before it((there is one $hich e#en no$ strikes me((the sal#ation of "hildren% 9n them the s'ark or intelligence returns to God $ithout any

identity((it ha#ing had no time to learn of and be altered by theheart((or seat of the human Passions% 9t is 'retty generally sus'ectedthat the "hristian scheme has been co'ied from the ancient Persian andGreek Philoso'hers% hy may they not ha#e made this sim'le thing e#en moresim'le for common a''rehension by introducing -ediators and Personages, inthe same manner as in the heathen mythology abstractions are 'ersonified!eriously 9 think it 'robable that this system of !oul(making may ha#e been the Parent of all the more 'al'able and 'ersonal schemes of +edem'tion among the Ooroastrians the "hristians and the Hindoos% For as



one 'art of the human s'ecies must ha#e their car#ed Ju'iterN so another 'art must ha#e the 'al'able and named -ediator and !a#iour, their "hrist,their :romanes, and their ishnu% 9f $hat 9 ha#e said should not be 'lainenough, as 9 fear it may not be, 9 $ill 'ut you in the 'lace $here 9 beganin this series of thoughts((9 mean 9 began by seeing ho$ man $as formed bycircumstances((and $hat are circumstances but touchstones of his heart

and $hat are touchstones but 'ro#ings of his heart, but fortifiers or alterers of his nature and $hat is his altered nature but his !oul((and$hat $as his !oul before it came into the $orld and had these 'ro#ings andalterations and 'erfectionings((*n intelligence $ithout 9dentity((and ho$is this 9dentity to be made Through the medium of the Heart and ho$ isthe heart to become this -edium but in a $orld of "ircumstances

There no$ 9 think $hat $ith Poetry and Theology, you may thank your starsthat my 'en is not #ery long($inded% &esterday 9 recei#ed t$o Letters fromyour -other and Henry, $hich 9 shall send by young Birkbeck $ith this%

Friday, *'ril 40%

Bro$n has been here rummaging u' some of my old sins((that is to saysonnets% 9 do not think you remember them, so 9 $ill co'y them out, as$ell as t$o or three lately $ritten% 9 ha#e just $ritten one onFame(($hich Bro$n is transcribing and he has his book and mine% 9 mustem'loy myself 'erha's in a sonnet on the same subject((

:@ F*-

E&ou cannot eat your cake and ha#e it too%E((Pro#erb%

Ho$ fe#erDd is that -an $ho cannot look <'on his mortal days $ith tem'erate blood ho #eAes all the lea#es of his LifeDs book *nd robs his fair name of its maidenhood% 9t is as if the rose should 'luck herself :r the ri'e 'lum finger its misty bloom, *s if a clear Lake meddling $ith itself !hould cloud its clearness $ith a muddy gloom% But the rose lea#es herself u'on the Briar For $inds to kiss and grateful Bees to feed, *nd the ri'e 'lum still $ears its dim attire, The undisturbed Lake has crystal s'ace((

hy then should man, teasing the $orld for grace !'oil his sal#ation by a fierce miscreed

*@:TH+ :@ F*-

Fame like a $ay$ard girl $ill still be coy To those $ho $oo her $ith too sla#ish knees But makes surrender to some thoughtless boy *nd dotes the more u'on a heart at ease((



!he is a Gi'sy $ill not s'eak to those ho ha#e not learnt to be content $ithout her, * Jilt $hose ear $as ne#er $his'erDd close, ho think they scandal her $ho talk about her(( * #ery Gi'sy is she @ilus born, !ister(in(la$ to jealous Poti'har((

&e lo#esick Bards, re'ay her scorn for scorn, &e lo#elorn *rtists, madmen that ye are, -ake your best bo$ to her and bid adieu, Then if she likes it she $ill follo$ you%

T: !LP

: soft embalmer of the still midnight !hutting $ith careful fingers and benign :ur gloom('leased eyes embo$ered from the light nshaded in forgetfulness di#ine(( : soothest slee', if so it 'lease thee close

9n midst of this thine hymn my $illing eyes, :r $ait the amen, ere thy 'o''y thro$s *round my bed its de$y "harities% Then sa#e me or the 'assed day $ill shine <'on my 'illo$ breeding many $oes% !a#e me from curious conscience that still lords 9ts strength for darkness, burro$ing like a -ole(( Turn the key deftly in the oiled $ards, *nd seal the hushed "asket of my soul%

The follo$ing Poem((the last 9 ha#e $ritten((is the first and the only one$ith $hich 9 ha#e taken e#en moderate 'ains% 9 ha#e for the most 'art

dashDd off my lines in a hurry% This 9 ha#e done leisurely((9 think itreads the more richly for it, and $ill 9 ho'e encourage me to $rite other things in e#en a more 'eaceable and healthy s'irit% &ou must recollectthat Psyche $as not embodied as a goddess before the time of *'uleius thePlatonist $ho li#ed after the *ugustan age, and conseMuently the Goddess$as ne#er $orshi''ed or sacrificed to $ith any of the ancient fer#our((and 'erha's ne#er thought of in the old religion((9 am more orthodoA than tolet a heathen Goddess be so neglected((

: T: P!&"H

: Goddess hear these tuneless numbers, $rung

By s$eet enforcement and remembrance dear, *nd 'ardon that thy secrets should be sung #en into thine o$n soft(conched ear !urely 9 dreamt to(dayN or did 9 see The $inged Psyche, $ith a$aked eyes 9 $andered in a forest thoughtlessly, *nd on the sudden, fainting $ith sur'rise, !a$ t$o fair "reatures couched side by side 9n dee'est grass, beneath the $his'Dring fan



:f lea#es and trembled blossoms, $here there ran * Brooklet scarce es'ied D-id hushDd, cool(rooted flo$ers, fragrant(eyed, Blue, freckle 'ink, and budded !yrian They lay, calm(breathing on the bedded grassN Their arms embraced and their 'inions tooN

Their li's touchDd not, but had not bid adieu, *s if disjoined by soft(handed slumber, *nd ready still 'ast kisses to outnumber *t tender da$n of aurorian lo#e% The $inged boy 9 kne$) But $ho $ast thou : ha''y ha''y do#e His Psyche true : latest born, and lo#eliest #ision far :f all :lym'usD faded Hierarchy Fairer than PhoebeDs sa''hire(regionDd star, :r es'er amorous glo$($orm of the skyN Fairer than these though Tem'le thou hadst none,

@or *ltar hea'Dd $ith flo$ersN @or #irgin(choir to make delicious moan <'on the midnight hoursN @o #oice, no lute, no 'i'e no incense s$eet From chain(s$ung "enser teeming(( @o shrine, no gro#e, no :racle, no heat :f 'ale mouthDd Pro'het dreaming

: Bloomiest though too late for antiMue #o$sN Too, too late for the fond belie#ing Lyre, hen holy $ere the haunted forest boughs, Holy the *ir, the $ater and the fireN

&et e#en in these days so far retirDd From ha''y Pieties, thy lucent fans, Fluttering among the faint :lym'ians, 9 see, and sing by my o$n eyes ins'ired% : let me be thy "hoir and make a moan <'on the midnight hoursN Thy #oice, thy lute, thy 'i'e, thy incense s$eet From s$inged "enser teemingN Thy !hrine, thy Gro#e, thy :racle, thy heat :f 'ale(mouthDd Pro'het dreaming &es, 9 $ill be thy Priest and build a fane 9n some untrodden region of my -ind,

here branched thoughts, ne$ gro$n $ith 'leasant 'ain 9nstead of 'ines shall murmur in the $ind% Far, far around shall those dark clusterDd trees Fledge the $ild(ridged mountains stee' by stee'N *nd there by Oe'hyrs streams and birds and bees The moss(lain ryads shall be lulled to slee'% *nd in the midst of this $ide(Muietness * rosy !anctuary $ill 9 dress ith the $reathDd trellis of a $orking brainN



ith buds and bells and stars $ithout a nameN ith all the gardener(fancy eDer could feign, ho breeding flo$ers $ill ne#er breed the same(( *nd there shall be for thee all soft delight That shado$y thought can $inN * bright torch and a casement o'e at night

To let the $arm Lo#e in%

Here endethe ye :de to Psyche%

9nci'it altera !onneta

9 ha#e been endea#ouring to disco#er a better !onnet !tanCa than $e ha#e%The legitimate does not suit the language o#er $ell from the 'ouncingrhymes((the other kind a''ears too elegiac((and the cou'let at the end of it has seldom a 'leasing effect((9 do not 'retend to ha#e succeeded((it$ill eA'lain itself%

9f by dull rhymes our nglish must be chained, *nd, like *ndromeda, the sonnet s$eet FetterDd, in s'ite of 'ained Lo#elinessN Let us find out, if $e must be constrainDd, !andals more inter$o#en and com'lete To fit the naked foot of 'oesyN Let us ins'ect the lyre, and $eigh the stress :f e#ery chord, and see $hat may be gainDd By ear industrious, and attention meetN -isers of sound and syllable, no less Than -idas of his coinage, let us be Jealous of dead lea#es in the bay $reath cro$n,

!o, if $e may not let the muse be free, !he $ill be bound $ith Garlands of her o$n%

2-ay 4%8

This is the third of -ay, and e#erything is in delightful for$ardnessN the#iolets are not $ithered before the 'ee'ing of the first rose% &ou mustlet me kno$ e#erything((ho$ 'arcels go and come, $hat 'a'ers you ha#e,and $hat ne$s'a'ers you $ant, and other things% God bless you, my dear brother and sister%

&our e#er affectionate Brother

J:H@ K*T!%

R"999%((T: F*@@& K*T!%



ent$orth Place% !aturday -orn%

2EPostmarkE, February ., 1/17%8

-y dear Fanny((9 intended to ha#e not failed to do as you reMuested, and

$rite you as you say once a fortnight% :n looking to your letter 9 findthere is no dateN and not kno$ing ho$ long it is since 9 recei#ed it 9 donot 'recisely kno$ ho$ great a sinner 9 am% 9 am getting Muite $ell, and-rs% ilke is getting on 'retty $ell% &ou must 'ay no attention to -rs%*bbeyDs unfeeling and ignorant gabble% &ou canDt sto' an old $omanDscrying more than you can a "hildDs% The old $oman is the greatest nuisance because she is too old for the rod% -any 'eo'le li#e o''osite aBlacksmithDs till they cannot hear the hammer% 9 ha#e been in To$n for t$oor three days and came back last night% 9 ha#e been a little concerned atnot hearing from George((9 continue in daily eA'ectation% Kee' on readingand 'lay as much on the music and the grass'lot as you can% 9 should liketo take 'ossession of those Grass'lots for a -onth or soN and send -rs% *%

to To$n to count coffee berries instead of currant Bunches, for 9 $ant youto teach me a fe$ common dancing ste's((and 9 $ould buy a atch boA to 'ractise them in by myself% 9 think 9 had better al$ays 'ay the 'ostage of these Letters% 9 shall send you another book the first time 9 am in To$nearly enough to book it $ith one of the morning althamsto$ "oaches% &oudid not say a $ord about your "hillblains% rite me directly and let mekno$ about them((&our Letter shall be ans$ered like an echo%


J:H@ ((((%

R"9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, -arch 14 21/178%

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e been em'loyed lately in $riting to George((9 do notsend him #ery short letters, but kee' on day after day% There $ere someyoung -en 9 think 9 told you of $ho $ere going to the !ettlement) theyha#e changed their minds, and 9 am disa''ointed in my eA'ectation of

sending Letters by them%((9 $ent lately to the only dance 9 ha#e been tothese t$el#e months or shall go to for t$el#e months again((it $as to our Brother in la$Ds cousinDs((!he ga#e a dance for her Birthday and 9 $entfor the sake of -rs% ylie% 9 am $aiting e#ery day to hear from George((9trust there is no harm in the silence) other 'eo'le are in the sameeA'ectation as $e are% :n looking at your seal 9 cannot tell $hether it isdone or not $ith a Tassie((it seems to me to be 'aste% *s 9 $ent throughLeicester !Muare lately 9 $as going to call and buy you some, but notkno$ing but you might ha#e some 9 $ould not run the chance of buying



du'licates% Tell me if you ha#e any or if you $ould like any((and $hether you $ould rather ha#e motto ones like that $ith $hich 9 seal this letterNor heads of great -en such as !haks'eare, -ilton, etc%((or fancy 'ieces of *rtN such as Fame, *donis, etc%((those gentry you read of at the end of the nglish ictionary% Tell me also if you $ant any 'articular BookN or Pencils, or dra$ing 'a'er((anything but li#e stock% Though 9 $ill not no$

be #ery se#ere on it, remembering ho$ fond 9 used to be of Goldfinches,Tomtits, -inno$s, -ice, Ticklebacks, ace, "ock salmons and all the $holetribe of the Bushes and the Brooks) but #erily they are better in theTrees and the $ater((though 9 must confess e#en no$ a 'artiality for ahandsome Globe of gold(fish((then 9 $ould ha#e it hold 10 'ails of $ater and be fed continually fresh through a cool 'i'e $ith another 'i'e to letthrough the floor(($ell #entilated they $ould 'reser#e all their beautifulsil#er and "rimson% Then 9 $ould 'ut it before a handsome 'ainted $indo$and shade it all round $ith myrtles and Ja'onicas% 9 should like the$indo$ to o'en onto the Lake of Gene#a((and there 9Dd sit and read all daylike the 'icture of somebody reading% The $eather no$ and then begins tofeel like s'ringN and therefore 9 ha#e begun my $alks on the heath again%

-rs% ilke is getting better than she has been as she has at length takena PhysicianDs ad#ice% !he e#er and anon asks after you and al$ays bids meremember her in my Letters to you% !he is going to lea#e Ham'stead for thesake of educating their son "harles at the estminster !chool% e =-r%Bro$n and 9> shall lea#e in the beginning of -ayN 9 do not kno$ $hat 9shall do or $here be all the neAt summer% -rs% +eynolds has had a sick houseN but they are all $ell no$% &ou see $hat ne$s 9 can send you 9do(($e all li#e one day like the other as $ell as you do((the onlydifference is being sick and $ell(($ith the #ariations of single anddouble knocks, and the story of a dreadful fire in the @e$s'a'ers% 9mentioned -r% Bro$nDs name((yet 9 do not think 9 e#er said a $ord abouthim to you% He is a friend of mine of t$o yearsD standing, $ith $hom 9

$alked through !cotland) $ho has been #ery kind to me in many things $hen9 most $anted his assistance and $ith $hom 9 kee' house till the first of -ay((you $ill kno$ him some day% The name of the young -an $ho came $ithme is illiam Haslam%

#er your affectionate Brother

J:H@%

R"%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2EPostmarkE, Ham'stead, -arch .;, 1/17%8

-y dear Fanny((9t is im'ossible for me to call on you to(day((for 9 ha#e 'articular Business at the other end of the To$n this morning, and must be back to Ham'stead $ith all s'eed to kee' a long agreed on a''ointment%To(morro$ 9 shall see you%




J:H@ ((((%

R"9%((T: J:!PH !+@%

ent$orth Place, -onday *ft% 2-arch .7 1/178%

-y dear !e#ern((&our note ga#e me some 'ain, not on my o$n account, but onyours% :f course 9 should ne#er suffer any 'etty #anity of mine to hinder you in any $iseN and therefore 9 should say I'ut the miniature in theeAhibitionI if only myself $as to be hurt% But, $ill it not hurt you hatgood can it do to any future 'icture% #en a large 'icture is lost in that

canting 'lace(($hat a dro' of $ater in the ocean is a -iniature% Those $homight chance to see it for the most 'art if they had e#er heard of either of us and kno$ $hat $e $ere and of $hat years $ould laugh at the 'uff of the one and the #anity of the other% 9 am ho$e#er in these matters a #ery bad judge((and $ould ad#ise you to act in a $ay that a''ears to yourself the best for your interest% *s your IHermia and HelenaI is finished sendthat $ithout the 'rologue of a -iniature% 9 shall see you soon, if you donot 'ay me a #isit sooner((thereDs a Bull for you%

&ours e#er sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

R"99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place 2*'ril 14, 1/178%

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e been eA'ecting a Letter from you about $hat theParson said to your ans$ers% 9 ha#e thought also of $riting to you often,and 9 am sorry to confess that my neglect of it has been but a small

instance of my idleness of late(($hich has been gro$ing u'on me, so thatit $ill reMuire a great shake to get rid of it% 9 ha#e $ritten nothing andalmost read nothing((but 9 must turn o#er a ne$ leaf% :ne mostdiscouraging thing hinders me(($e ha#e no ne$s yet from George((so that 9cannot $ith any confidence continue the Letter 9 ha#e been 're'aring for him% -any are in the same state $ith us and many ha#e heard from the!ettlement% They must be $ell ho$e#er) and $e must consider this silenceas good ne$s% 9 ordered some bulbous roots for you at the GardenerDs, andthey sent me some, but they $ere all in bud((and could not be sent((so 9



'ut them in our Garden% There are some beautiful heaths no$ in bloom inPots((either heaths or some seasonable 'lants 9 $ill send youinstead(('erha's some that are not yet in bloom that you may see them comeout% To(morro$ night 9 am going to a rout, a thing 9 am not at all in lo#e$ith% -r% ilke and his Family ha#e left Ham'stead((9 shall dine $ith themto(day in estminster $here 9 think 9 told you they $ere going to reside

for the sake of sending their son "harles to the estminster !chool% 9think 9 mentioned the eath of -r% HaslamDs Father% &esterday $eek the t$o-r% ylies dined $ith me% 9 ho'e you ha#e good store of double #iolets((9think they are the Princesses of flo$ers, and in a sho$er of rain, almostas fine as barley sugar dro's are to a schoolboyDs tongue% 9 su''ose thisfine $eather the lambsD tails gi#e a frisk or t$o eAtraordinary(($hen a boy $ould cry huCCa and a Girl : my a little Lamb frisks its tail% 9 ha#enot been lately through Leicester !Muare((the first time 9 do 9 $illremember your !eals% 9 ha#e thought it best to li#e in To$n this !ummer,chiefly for the sake of books, $hich cannot be had $ith any comfort in the"ountry((besides my !cotch journey ga#e me a dose of the PicturesMue $ith$hich 9 ought to be contented for some time% estminster is the 'lace 9

ha#e 'itched u'on((the "ity or any 'lace #ery confined $ould soon turn me 'ale and thin(($hich is to be a#oided% &ou must make u' your mind to getstout this summer((indeed 9 ha#e an idea $e shall both be cor'ulent oldfolks $ith tri'le chins and stum'y thumbs%


J:H@%

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Tuesday 2*'ril 14, 1/178%

-y dear Haydon((hen 9 offered you assistance 9 thought 9 had it in myhandN 9 thought 9 had nothing to do but to do% The difficulties 9 met $itharose from the alertness and sus'icion of *bbey) and es'ecially from theaffairs being still in a La$yerDs hand(($ho has been draining our Pro'ertyfor the last siA years of e#ery charge he could make% 9 cannot do t$othings at once, and thus this affair has sto''ed my 'ursuits in e#ery$ay((from the first 'ros'ect 9 had of difficulty% 9 assure you 9 ha#e

harassed myself ten times more than if 9 alone had been concerned in somuch gain or loss% 9 ha#e also e#er told you the eAact 'articulars as $ellas and as literally as any ho'es or fear could translate them) for it $asonly by 'arcels that 9 found all those 'etty obstacles $hich for my o$nsake should not eAist a moment((and yet $hy not((for from my o$nim'rudence and neglect all my accounts are entirely in my GuardianDsPo$er% This has taught me a Lesson% Hereafter 9 $ill be more correct% 9find myself 'ossessed of much less than 9 thought for and no$ if 9 had allon the table all 9 could do $ould be to take from it a moderate t$o yearsD



subsistence and lend you the restN but 9 cannot say ho$ soon 9 could become 'ossessed of it% This $ould be no sacrifice nor any matter $orththinking of((much less than 'arting as 9 ha#e more than once done $ithlittle sums $hich might ha#e gradually formed a library to my taste% Thesesums amount together to nearly L.00, $hich 9 ha#e but a chance of e#er being re'aid or 'aid at a #ery distant 'eriod% 9 am humble enough to 'ut

this in $riting from the sense 9 ha#e of your struggling situation and thegreat desire that you should do me the justice to credit me theunostentatious and $illing state of my ner#es on all such occasions% 9thas not been my fault% 9 am doubly hurt at the slightly re'roachful toneof your note and at the occasion of it,((for it must be some other disa''ointmentN you seemDd so sure of some im'ortant hel' $hen 9 last sa$you((no$ you ha#e maimed me againN 9 $as $hole, 9 had began readingagain(($hen your note came 9 $as engaged in a Book% 9 dread as much as aPlague the idle fe#er of t$o months more $ithout any fruit% 9 $ill $alk o#er the first fine day) then see $hat as'ect your affairs ha#e taken, andif they should continue gloomy $alk into the "ity to *bbey and get hisconsent for 9 am 'ersuaded that to me alone he $ill not concede a jot%

R"9R%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, !aturday%

2*'ril 1, 1/178

-y dear Fanny((9f it $ere but siA oD"lock in the morning 9 $ould set off

to see you to(day) if 9 should do so no$ 9 could not sto' long enough for a ho$ dDye do((it is so long a $alk through Hornsey and Tottenham((and asfor !tage "oaching it besides that it is #ery eA'ensi#e it is like goinginto the BoAes by $ay of the 'it% 9 cannot go out on !unday((but if on-onday it should 'romise as fair as to(day 9 $ill 'ut on a 'air of looseeasy 'alatable boots and me rendre cheC #ous% 9 continue increasing myletter to George to send it by one of BirkbeckDs sons $ho is going outsoon((so if you $ill let me ha#e a fe$ more lines, they $ill be in time% 9am glad you got on so $ell $ith -onsr% le "ure% 9s he a niceclergyman((a great deal de'ends u'on a cockDd hat and 'o$der((notgun'o$der, lord lo#e us, but lady(meal, #iolet(smooth, dainty(scented,lilly($hite, feather(soft, $igsby(dressing, coat(collar(s'oiling,

$hisker(reaching, 'ig(tail(lo#ing, s$ans(do$n('uffing, 'arson(s$eetening 'o$der% 9 shall call in 'assing at the Tottenham nursery and see if 9 canfind some seasonable 'lants for you% That is the nearest 'lace((or by our laDkin or lady kin, that is by the #irgin -aryDs kindred, is there not at$ig(manufacturer in althamsto$ -r% and -rs% ilke are coming to dine$ith us to(day% They $ill enjoy the country after estminster% : there isnothing like fine $eather, and health, and Books, and a fine country, anda contented -ind, and diligent habit of reading and thinking, and anamulet against the ennui((and, 'lease hea#en, a little claret $ine cool



out of a cellar a mile dee'(($ith a fe$ or a good many ratafia cakes((arocky basin to bathe in, a stra$berry bed to say your 'rayers to Flora in,a 'ad nag to go you ten miles or soN t$o or three sensible 'eo'le to chat$ithN t$o or three s'iteful folks to s'ar $ithN t$o or three odd fishes tolaugh at and t$o or three numskulls to argue $ith((instead of using dumb bells on a rainy day((

T$o or three Posies ith t$o or three sim'les(( T$o or three @oses ith t$o or three 'im'les(( T$o or three $ise men *nd t$o or three ninnyDs(( T$o or three 'urses *nd t$o or three guineas(( T$o or three ra's *t t$o or three doors(( T$o or three na's

:f t$o or three hours(( T$o or three "ats *nd t$o or three mice(( T$o or three s'rats *t a #ery great 'rice(( T$o or three sandies *nd t$o or three tabbies(( T$o or three dandies *nd t$o -rs%(((( mum T$o or three !miles *nd t$o or three fro$ns(( T$o or three -iles

To t$o or three to$ns(( T$o or three 'egs For t$o or three bonnets(( T$o or three do#e eggs To hatch into sonnets(( Good(bye 9D#e an a''ointment((canDt sto' 'on $ord((good(bye((no$ donDt get u'((o'en the door my( self((good(bye((see ye -onday%

J% K%

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2Ham'stead, -ay 14, 1/17%8

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e a Letter from George at last((and it contains,



considering all things, good ne$s((9 ha#e been $ith it to(day to -rs%ylieDs, $ith $hom 9 ha#e left it% 9 shall ha#e it again as soon as 'ossible and then 9 $ill $alk o#er and read it to you% They are Muite $elland settled tolerably in comfort after a great deal of fatigue and harass%They had the good chance to meet at Louis#ille $ith a !choolfello$ of ours% &ou may eA'ect me $ithin three days% 9 am $riting to(night se#eral

notes concerning this to many of my friends% Good(night God bless you%

J:H@ K*T!%

"9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2Ham'stead, -ay .6, 1/17%8

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e been looking for a fine day to 'ass at althamsto$)there has not been one -orning =eAce't !unday and then 9 $as obliged tostay at home> that 9 could de'end u'on% 9 ha#e 9 am sorry to say had anaccident $ith the Letter((9 sent it to Haslam and he returned it torn intoa thousand 'ieces% !o 9 shall be obliged to tell you all 9 can remember from -emory% &ou $ould ha#e heard from me before this but that 9 $as incontinual eA'ectation of a fine -orning((9 $ant also to s'eak to youconcerning myself% -ind 9 do not 'ur'ose to Muit ngland, as George hasdoneN but 9 am afraid 9 shall be forced to take a #oyage or t$o% Ho$e#er $e $ill not think of that for some -onths% !hould it be a fine morningto(morro$ you $ill see me%


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ent$orth Place 2June 7, 1/178%

-y dear Fanny((9 shall be $ith you neAt -onday at the farthest% 9 couldnot kee' my 'romise of seeing you again in a $eek because 9 am in sounsettled a state of mind about $hat 9 am to do((9 ha#e gi#en u' the 9deaof the 9ndiamanN 9 cannot resol#e to gi#e u' my fa#orite studies) so 9 'ur'ose to retire into the "ountry and set my -ind at $ork once more% *Friend of -ine $ho has an ill state of health called on me yesterday and 'ro'osed to s'end a little time $ith him at the back of the 9sle of ight$here he said $e might li#e #ery chea'ly% 9 agreed to his 'ro'osal% 9 ha#etaken a great dislike to To$n((9 ne#er go there((some one is al$ays



calling on me and as $e ha#e s'are beds they often sto' a cou'le of days%9 ha#e $ritten lately to some acMuaintances in e#onshire concerning achea' Lodging and they ha#e been #ery kind in letting me kno$ all 9$anted% They ha#e described a 'leasant 'lace $hich 9 think 9 shalle#entually retire to% Ho$ came you on $ith my young -aster &orkshire -anid not -rs% *% s'ort her "arriage and one They really sur'rised me $ith

su'er ci#ility((ho$ did -rs% *% manage it Ho$ is the old tad'ole gardener and little -aster neAt door it is to be ho'Dd they $ill both die some of these days% @ot ha#ing been to To$n 9 ha#e not heard $hether -r% *% 'ur'oses to retire from business% o let me kno$ if you ha#e heardanything more about it% 9f he should not 9 shall be #ery disa''ointed% 9f any one deser#es to be 'ut to his shifts it is that Hodgkinson((as for theother he $ould li#e a long time u'on his fat and be none the $orse for agood long lent% Ho$ came miledi to gi#e one Lisbon $ine((had she drainedthe Gooseberry Truly 9 cannot delay making another #isit((asked to takeLunch, $hether 9 $ill ha#e ale, $ine, take sugar,((objection togreen((like cream((thin bread and butter((another cu'((agreeable((enoughsugar((little more cream((too $eak((1. shillin etc% etc% etc%((Lord 9 must

come again% e are just going to inner 9 must must21018 $ith this to thePost((((


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ent$orth Place, Ham'stead 2June 1., 1/178%

!ir((9 did not see your @ote till this !aturday e#ening, or 9 should ha#eans$ered it sooner((Ho$e#er as it ha''ens 9 ha#e but just recei#ed theBook $hich contains the only co'y of the #erses in Muestion%210.8 9 ha#easked for it re'eatedly e#er since 9 'romised -r% Haydon and could nothel' the delayN $hich 9 regret% The #erses can be struck out in no time,and $ill 9 ho'e be Muite in time% 9f you think it at all necessary a 'roof may be for$ardedN but as 9 shall transcribe it fairly 'erha's there may beno need%

9 am, !ir, your obedt !er#t

J:H@ K*T!%

"9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%



ent$orth Place, 2June 1;, 1/178%

-y dear Fanny((9 cannot be $ith you to(day for t$o reasons((1ly 9 ha#emy sore(throat coming again to 're#ent my $alking% .ly 9 do not ha''en just at 'resent to be flush of sil#er so that 9 might ride% To(morro$ 9 am

engaged((but the day after you shall see me% -r% Bro$n is $aiting for meas $e are going to To$n together, so good(bye%


J:H@%

"%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place 2June 16, 1/178%

-y dear Fanny((!till 9 cannot afford to s'end money by "oachhire and stillmy throat is not $ell enough to $arrant my $alking% 9 $ent yesterday toask -r% *bbey for some moneyN but 9 could not on account of a Letter hesho$ed me from my *untDs solicitor% &ou do not understand the business% 9trust it $ill not in the end be detrimental to you% 9 am going to try thePress once more, and to that end shall retire to li#e chea'ly in thecountry and com'ose myself and #erses as $ell as 9 can% 9 ha#e #ery goodfriends ready to hel' me((and 9 am the more bound to be careful of themoney they lend me% 9t $ill all be $ell in the course of a year 9 ho'e% 9

am confident of it, so do not let it trouble you at all% -r% *bbey sho$edme a Letter he had recei#ed from George containing the ne$s of the birthof a @iece for us((and all doing $ell((he said he $ould take it to you((so9 su''ose to(day you $ill see it% 9 $as 're'aring to enMuire for asituation $ith an a'othecary, but -r% Bro$n 'ersuades me to try the 'ressonce moreN so 9 $ill $ith all my industry and ability% -r% +ice a friendof mine in ill health has 'ro'osed retiring to the back of the 9sle of ight(($hich 9 ho'e $ill be chea' in the summer((9 am sure it $ill in the$inter% Thence you shall freMuently hear from me and in the Letters 9 $illco'y those lines 9 may $rite $hich $ill be most 'leasing to you in theconfidence you $ill sho$ them to no one% 9 ha#e not run Muite aground yet9 ho'e, ha#ing $ritten this morning to se#eral 'eo'le to $hom 9 ha#e lent

money reMuesting re'ayment% 9 shall henceforth shake off my indolent fits,and among other reformation be more diligent in $riting to you, and mindyou al$ays ans$er me% 9 shall be obliged to go out of to$n on !aturday andshall ha#e no money till to(morro$, so 9 am #ery sorry to think 9 shallnot be able to come to althamsto$% The Head -r% !e#ern did of me is no$too dear, but here inclosed is a #ery ca'ital Profile done by -r% Bro$n% 9$ill $rite again on -onday or Tuesday((-r% and -rs% ilke are $ell%




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"9%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

ent$orth Place%

Thursday -orning 2June 1, 1/178%

-y dear Haydon((9 kno$ you $ill not be 're'ared for this, because your Pocket must needs be #ery lo$ ha#ing been at ebb tide so long) but $hatcan 9 do mine is lo$er% 9 $as the day before yesterday much in $ant of -oney) but some ne$s 9 had yesterday has dri#en me into necessity% 9 $entto *bbeyDs for some "ash, and he 'ut into my hand a letter from my *untDs

!olicitor containing the 'leasant information that she $as about to file aBill in "hancery against us% @o$ in case of a defeat *bbey $ill be #eryundeser#edly in the $rong boAN so 9 could not ask him for any more money,nor can 9 till the affair is decidedN and if it goes against him 9 must inconscience make o#er to him $hat little he may ha#e remaining% -y 'ur'oseis no$ to make one more attem't in the Press((if that fail, Iye hear nomore of meI as "haucer says% Bro$n has lent me some money for the 'resent%o borro$ or beg someho$ $hat you can for me% o not su''ose 9 am at alluncomfortable about the matter in any other $ay than as it forces me toa''ly to the needy% 9 could not send you those lines, for 9 could not getthe only co'y of them before last !aturday e#ening% 9 sent them -r% lmeson -onday% 9 sa$ -onkhouse on !unday((he told me you $ere getting on $ith

the Picture% 9 $ould ha#e come o#er to you to(day, but 9 am fullyem'loyed%

&ours e#er sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

!hanklin, 9sle of ight, Tuesday, July 6%

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e just recei#ed another Letter from George((full of asgood ne$s as $e can eA'ect% 9 cannot inclose it to you as 9 could $ish because it contains matters of Business to $hich 9 must for a eek to comeha#e an immediate reference% 9 think 9 told you the 'ur'ose for $hich 9retired to this 'lace((to try the fortune of my Pen once more, and indeed9 ha#e some confidence in my success) but in e#ery e#ent, belie#e me my



dear sister, 9 shall be sufficiently comfortable, as, if 9 cannot leadthat life of com'etence and society 9 should $ish, 9 ha#e enough kno$ledgeof my galli'ots to ensure me an em'loyment and maintenance% The Place 9 amin no$ 9 #isited once before and a #ery 'retty 'lace it is $ere it not for the bad $eather% :ur $indo$ looks o#er house(to's and "liffs onto the !ea,so that $hen the !hi's sail 'ast the "ottage chimneys you may take them

for $eathercocks% e ha#e Hill and ale, forest and -ead, and 'lenty of Lobsters% 9 $as on the Portsmouth "oach the !unday before last in thathea#y sho$er((and 9 may say 9 $ent to Portsmouth by $ater((9 got a littlecold, and as it al$ays flies to my throat 9 am a little out of sorts that$ay% There $ere on the "oach $ith me some common French 'eo'le but #ery$ell beha#ed((there $as a $oman amongst them to $hom the 'oor -en inragged coats $ere more gallant than e#er 9 sa$ gentleman to Lady at aBall% hen $e got do$n to $alk u' hill((one of them 'ickDd a rose, and onremounting ga#e it to the $oman $ith I-aDmselle #oila une belle roseI 9am so hard at $ork that 'erha's 9 should not ha#e $ritten to you for a dayor t$o if GeorgeDs Letter had not di#erted my attention to the interestsand 'leasure of those 9 lo#e((and e#er belie#e that $hen 9 do not beha#e

'unctually it is from a #ery necessary occu'ation, and that my silence isno 'roof of my not thinking of you, or that 9 $ant more than a gentlefilli' to bring your image $ith e#ery claim before me% &ou ha#e ne#er seenmountains, or 9 might tell you that the hill at !tee'hill is 9 think almost of as much conseMuence as -ount +ydal on Lake inander% Bonchurchtoo is a #ery delightful Place((as 9 can see by the "ottages, allromantic((co#ered $ith cree'ers and honeysuckles, $ith roses andeglantines 'ee'ing in at the $indo$s% Fit abodes for the Peo'le 9 guessli#e in them, romantic old maids fond of no#els, or soldiersD $ido$s $itha 'retty jointure((or any bodyDs $ido$s or aunts or anythings gi#en toPoetry and a Piano(forte((as far as in Dem lies((as 'eo'le say% 9f 9 could 'lay u'on the Guitar 9 might make my fortune $ith an old song((and get t$o

blessings at once((a LadyDs heart and the +heumatism% But 9 am almostafraid to 'ee' at those little $indo$s((for a 'retty $indo$ should sho$ a 'retty face, and as the $orld goes chances are against me% 9 am li#ing$ith a #ery good fello$ indeed, a -r% +ice%((He is unfortunately labouringunder a com'laint $hich has for some years been a burthen to him% This isa 'ain to me% He has a greater tact in s'eaking to 'eo'le of the #illagethan 9 ha#e, and in those matters is a great amusement as $ell as goodfriend to me% He bought a ham the other day for says he IKeats, 9 donDtthink a Ham is a $rong thing to ha#e in a house%I rite to me, !hanklin,9sle of ight, as soon as you canN for a Letter is a great treat to mehere((belie#ing me e#er,


J:H@ ((((%

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EAtract from a letter datedE !hanklin, nr +yde, 9sle of ight,

!unday, 1.th 2for 11th8 July, 1/17%

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&ou $ill be glad to hear, under my o$n hand =though +ice says $e are like!auntering Jack and 9dle Joe>, ho$ diligent 9 ha#e been, and am being% 9ha#e finished the *ct, and in the inter#al of beginning the .d ha#e 'roceeded 'retty $ell $ith Lamia, finishing the 1st 'art $hich consistsof about ;00 lines% 9 ha#e great ho'es of success, because 9 make use of my Judgment more deliberately than 9 ha#e yet doneN but in case of failure$ith the $orld, 9 shall find my content% *nd here =as 9 kno$ you ha#e mygood at heart as much as a Brother>, 9 can only re'eat to you $hat 9 ha#esaid to George((that ho$e#er 9 should like to enjoy $hat the com'etenciesof life 'rocure, 9 am in no $ise dashed at a different 'ros'ect% 9 ha#es'ent too many thoughtful days and moralised through too many nights for

that, and fruitless $ould they be indeed, if they did not by degrees makeme look u'on the affairs of the $orld $ith a healthy deliberation% 9 ha#eof late been moulting) not for fresh feathers and $ings) they are gone,and in their stead 9 ho'e to ha#e a 'air of 'atient sublunary legs% 9 ha#ealtered, not from a "hrysalis into a butterfly, but the contraryN ha#ingt$o little loo'holes, $hence 9 may look out into the stage of the $orld)and that $orld on our coming here 9 almost forgot% The first time 9 satdo$n to $rite, 9 could scarcely belie#e in the necessity for so doing% 9tstruck me as a great oddity((&et the #ery corn $hich is no$ so beautiful,as if it had only took to ri'ening yesterday, is for the marketN so, $hyshould 9 be delicate

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"9R%((T: "H*+L! @T:+TH 9LK%

!hanklin, !aturday #ening 2July 41, 1/178%

-y dear ilke((9 $ill not make my diligence an eAcuse for not $riting toyou sooner((because 9 consider idleness a much better 'lea% * -an in the

hurry of business of any sort is eA'ected and ought to be eA'ected to look to e#erything((his mind is in a $hirl, and $hat matters it $hat $hirl Butto reMuire a Letter of a -an lost in idleness is the utmost crueltyN youcut the thread of his eAistence, you beat, you 'ummel him, you sell hisgoods and chattels, you 'ut him in 'risonN you im'ale himN you crucifyhim% 9f 9 had not 'ut 'en to 'a'er since 9 sa$ you this $ould be to me a#i et armis taking u' before the JudgeN but ha#ing got o#er my darlinglounging habits a little, it is $ith scarcely any 'ain 9 come to thisdating from !hanklin and ear ilke% The 9sle of ight is but so so, etc%



+ice and 9 'assed rather a dull time of it% 9 ho'e he $ill not re'entcoming $ith me% He $as un$ell, and 9 $as not in #ery good health) and 9 amafraid $e made each other $orse by acting u'on each otherDs s'irits% e$ould gro$ as melancholy as need be% 9 confess 9 cannot bear a sick 'ersonin a House, es'ecially alone((it $eighs u'on me day and night((and more so$hen 'erha's the "ase is irretrie#able% 9ndeed 9 think +ice is in a

dangerous state% 9 ha#e had a Letter from him $hich s'eaks fa#ourably of his health at 'resent% Bro$n and 9 are 'retty $ell harnessed again to our dog(cart% 9 mean the Tragedy, $hich goes on sinkingly% e are thinking of introducing an le'hant, but ha#e not historical reference $ithin reach todetermine us as to :thoDs -enagerie% hen Bro$n first mentioned this 9took it for a jokeN ho$e#er he brings such 'lausible reasons, anddiscourses so eloMuently on the dramatic effect that 9 am gi#ing it aserious consideration% The *rt of Poetry is not sufficient for us, and if $e get on in that as $ell as $e do in 'ainting, $e shall by neAt $inter crush the +e#ie$s and the +oyal *cademy% 9ndeed, if Bro$n $ould take alittle of my ad#ice, he could not fail to be first 'alette of his day% Butodd as it may a''ear, he says 'lainly that he cannot see any force in my

'lea of 'utting skies in the background, and lea#ing 9ndian ink out of anash tree% The other day he $as sketching !hanklin "hurch, and as 9 sa$ ho$the business $as going on, 9 challenged him to a trial of skill((he lentme Pencil and Pa'er(($e kee' the !ketches to contend for the PriCe at theGallery% 9 $ill not say $hose 9 think best((but really 9 do not think Bro$nDs done to the to' of the *rt%

* $ord or t$o on the 9sle of ight% 9 ha#e been no further than !tee'hill%9f 9 may guess, 9 should say that there is no finer 'art in the 9slandthan from this Place to !tee'hill% 9 do not hesitate to say it is fine%Bonchurch is the best% But 9 ha#e been so many finer $alks, $ith a background of lake and mountain instead of the sea, that 9 am not much

touchDd $ith it, though 9 credit it for all the !ur'rise 9 should ha#efelt if it had taken my cockney maidenhead% But 9 may call myself an old!tager in the 'icturesMue, and unless it be something #ery large ando#er'o$ering, 9 cannot recei#e any eAtraordinary relish%

9 am sorry to hear that "harles is so much o''ressDd at estminster,though 9 am sure it $ill be the finest touchstone for his -etal in the$orld% His troubles $ill gro$ day by day less, as his age and strengthincrease% The #ery first Battle he $ins $ill lift him from the Tribe of -anasseh% 9 do not kno$ ho$ 9 should feel $ere 9 a Father((but 9 ho'e 9should stri#e $ith all my Po$er not to let the 'resent trouble me% henyour Boy shall be t$enty, ask him about his childish troubles and he $ill

ha#e no more memory of them than you ha#e of yours% Bro$n tells me -rs%ilke sets off to(day for "hichester% 9 am glad((9 $as going to say shehad a fine day((but there has been a great Thunder cloud muttering o#er Ham'shire all day((9 ho'e she is no$ at su''er $ith a good a''etite%

!o +eynoldsDs Piece succeeded((that is all $ell% Pa'ers ha#e $ith thanks been duly recei#ed% e lea#e this 'lace on the 14th, and $ill let you kno$$here $e may be a fe$ days after((Bro$n says he $ill $rite $hen the fitcomes on him% 9f you $ill stand la$ eA'enses 9Dll beat him into one before



his time% hen 9 come to to$n 9 shall ha#e a little talk $ith you aboutBro$n and one Jenny Jacobs% :'en daylight he donDt care% 9 am afraidthere $ill be some more feet for little stockings((2Eof KeatsDs makingE%=E9 mean the feet%E>210488 Bro$n here tried at a 'iece of it but itfailed him, as you see, though long a bre$ing%((2Ethis is a .d lie%E8-en should ne#er des'air((you see he has tried again and succeeded to a

miracle%((He $ants to try again, but as 9 ha#e a right to an inside 'lacein my o$n Letter((9 take 'ossession%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"R%((T: B@J*-9@ B*9L&%

2EFragment =outside sheet> of a letter addressed to Bailey at !t%*ndre$s%E inchester, *ugust 15, 1/17%8

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e remo#ed to inchester for the con#enience of a library, and find it aneAceeding 'leasant to$n, enriched $ith a beautiful "athedral, andsurrounded by a fresh(looking country% e are in tolerably good and chea'lodgings((ithin these t$o months 9 ha#e $ritten 1500 lines, most of $hich, besides many more of 'rior com'osition, you $ill 'robably see byneAt $inter% 9 ha#e $ritten . tales, one from Boccaccio, called the Pot of

Basil, and another called !t% *gnesDs #e, on a 'o'ular !u'erstition, anda 4rd called Lamia =half finished>% 9 ha#e also been $riting 'arts of myIHy'erion,I and com'leted ; *cts of a tragedy% 9t $as the o'inion of mostof my friends that 9 should ne#er be able to $rite a scene% 9 $illendea#our to $i'e a$ay the 'rejudice((9 sincerely ho'e you $ill be 'leased$hen my labours, since $e last sa$ each other, shall reach you% :ne of my*mbitions is to make as great a re#olution in modern dramatic $riting asKean has done in acting% *nother to u'set the dra$ling of the blue(stocking literary $orld((if in the "ourse of a fe$ years 9 do theset$o things, 9 ought to die content, and my friends should drink a doCen of claret on my tomb% 9 am con#inced more and more e#ery day that =eAce'tingthe human friend 'hiloso'her>, a fine $riter is the most genuine being in

the $orld% !haks'eare and the Paradise lost e#ery day become greater $onders to me% 9 look u'on fine 'hrases like a lo#er% 9 $as glad to see bya 'assage of one of Bro$nDs letters, some time ago, from the @orth thatyou $ere in such good s'irits% !ince that you ha#e been married, and incongratulating you 9 $ish you e#ery continuance of them% Present myres'ects to -rs% Bailey% This sounds oddly to me, and 9 daresay 9 do ita$k$ardly enough) but 9 su''ose by this time it is nothing ne$ to you%Bro$nDs remembrances to you% *s far as 9 kno$, $e shall remain atinchester for a goodish $hile%



#er your sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"R9%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

inchester, -onday morn 2*ugust .4, 1/178%

-y dear Taylor(( %%% Bro$n and 9 ha#e together been engaged =this 9 should$ish to remain secret> on a Tragedy $hich 9 ha#e just finished and from$hich $e ho'e to share moderate 'rofits%%%% 9 feel e#ery confidence that,if 9 choose, 9 may be a 'o'ular $riter% That 9 $ill ne#er beN but for allthat 9 $ill get a li#elihood% 9 eMually dislike the fa#our of the 'ublic

$ith the lo#e of a $oman% They are both a cloying treacle to the $ings of 9nde'endence% 9 shall e#er consider them =Peo'le> as debtors to me for #erses, not myself to them for admiration(($hich 9 can do $ithout% 9 ha#eof late been indulging my s'leen by com'osing a 'reface *T them) after allresol#ing ne#er to $rite a 'reface at all% IThere are so many #erses,I$ould 9 ha#e said to them, Igi#e so much means for me to buy 'leasure$ith, as a relief to my hours of labourI((&ou $ill obser#e at the end of this if you 'ut do$n the letter, IHo$ a solitary life engenders 'ride andegotismI True((9 kno$ it does) but this 'ride and egotism $ill enable meto $rite finer things than anything else could((so 9 $ill indulge it% Justso much as 9 am humbled by the genius abo#e my gras' am 9 eAalted andlook $ith hate and contem't u'on the literary $orld%((* drummer(boy $ho

holds out his hand familiarly to a field -arshal,((that drummer(boy $ithme is the good $ord and fa#our of the 'ublic% ho could $ish to be amongthe common('lace cro$d of the little famous(($ho are each indi#iduallylost in a throng made u' of themsel#es 9s this $orth louting or 'layingthe hy'ocrite for To beg suffrages for a seat on the benches of amyriad(aristocracy in letters This is not $ise%((9 am not a $iseman((DTis 'ride((9 $ill gi#e you a definition of a 'roud man((He is a man$ho has neither anity nor isdom((:ne filled $ith hatreds cannot be #ain,neither can he be $ise% Pardon me for hammering instead of $riting%+emember me to oodhouse Hessey and all in Percy !treet%

#er yours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"R99%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%



inchester, *ugust .5 21/178%

-y dear +eynolds((By this 'ost 9 $rite to +ice, $ho $ill tell you $hy $eha#e left !hanklinN and ho$ $e like this 'lace% 9 ha#e indeed scarcelyanything else to say, leading so monotonous a life, eAce't 9 $as to gi#eyou a history of sensations, and day(nightmares% &ou $ould not find me at

all unha''y in it, as all my thoughts and feelings $hich are of theselfish nature, home s'eculations, e#ery day continue to make me moreiron((9 am con#inced more and more, e#ery day, that fine $riting is, neAtto fine doing, the to' thing in the $orldN the Paradise Lost becomes agreater $onder% The more 9 kno$ $hat my diligence may in time 'robablyeffect, the more does my heart distend $ith Pride and :bstinacy((9 feel itin my 'o$er to become a 'o'ular $riter((9 feel it in my 'o$er to refusethe 'oisonous suffrage of a 'ublic% -y o$n being $hich 9 kno$ to be becomes of more conseMuence to me than the cro$ds of !hado$s in the sha'eof men and $omen that inhabit a kingdom% The soul is a $orld of itself,and has enough to do in its o$n home% Those $hom 9 kno$ already, and $hoha#e gro$n as it $ere a 'art of myself, 9 could not do $ithout) but for

the rest of mankind, they are as much a dream to me as -iltonDsHierarchies% 9 think if 9 had a free and healthy and lasting organisationof heart, and lungs as strong as an oADs so as to be able to bear unhurtthe shock of eAtreme thought and sensation $ithout $eariness, 9 could 'assmy life #ery nearly alone though it should last eighty years% But 9 feelmy body too $eak to su''ort me to the height, 9 am obliged continually tocheck myself, and be nothing% 9t $ould be #ain for me to endea#our after amore reasonable manner of $riting to you% 9 ha#e nothing to s'eak of butmyself, and $hat can 9 say but $hat 9 feel 9f you should ha#e any reasonto regret this state of eAcitement in me, 9 $ill turn the tide of your feelings in the right "hannel, by mentioning that it is the only state for the best sort of Poetry((that is all 9 care for, all 9 li#e for% Forgi#e

me for not filling u' the $hole sheetN Letters become so irksome to me,that the neAt time 9 lea#e London 9 shall 'etition them all to be s'aredme% To gi#e me credit for constancy, and at the same time $ai#e letter $riting $ill be the highest indulgence 9 can think of%

#er your affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"R999%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

inchester, *ugust ./ 21/178%

-y dear Fanny((&ou must forgi#e me for suffering so long a s'ace to ela'se bet$een the dates of my letters% 9t is more than a fortnight since 9 left!hanklin chiefly for the 'ur'ose of being near a tolerable Library, $hichafter all is not to be found in this 'lace% Ho$e#er $e like it #ery much)



it is the 'leasantest To$n 9 e#er $as in, and has the most recommendationsof any% There is a fine "athedral $hich to me is al$ays a source of amusement, 'art of it built 1;00 years agoN and the more modern by amagnificent -an, you may ha#e read of in our History, called illiam of ickham% The $hole to$n is beautifully $ooded% From the Hill at theeastern eAtremity you see a 'ros'ect of !treets, and old Buildings miAed

u' $ith Trees% Then there are the most beautiful streams about 9 e#er sa$((full of Trout% There is the Foundation of !t% "roiA about half a milein the fields((a charity greatly abused% e ha#e a "ollegiate !chool, a+oman catholic !choolN a cha'el ditto and a @unnery *nd $hat im'ro#es itall is, the fashionable inhabitants are all gone to !outham'ton% e areMuiet((eAce't a fiddle that no$ and then goes like a gimlet through myars((our LandladyDs son not being Muite a Proficient% 9 ha#e still beenhard at $ork, ha#ing com'leted a Tragedy 9 think 9 s'oke of to you% Butthere 9 fear all my labour $ill be thro$n a$ay for the 'resent, as 9 hear -r% Kean is going to *merica% For all 9 can guess 9 shall remain here tillthe middle of :ctober(($hen -r% Bro$n $ill return to his house atHam'steadN $hither 9 shall return $ith him% 9 some time since sent the

Letter 9 told you 9 had recei#ed from George to Haslam $ith a reMuest tolet you and -rs% ylie see it) he sent it back to me for #ery insufficientreasons $ithout doing soN and 9 $as so irritated by it that 9 $ould notsend it tra#elling about by the 'ost any more) besides the 'ostage is #eryeA'ensi#e% 9 kno$ -rs% ylie $ill think this a great neglect% 9 am sorryto say my tem'er gets the better of me((9 $ill not send it again% !omecorres'ondence 9 ha#e had $ith -r% *bbey about GeorgeDs affairs((and 9must confess he has beha#ed #ery kindly to me as far as the $ording of hisLetter $ent% Ha#e you heard any further mention of his retiring fromBusiness 9 am anAious to hear $hether Hodgkinson, $hose name 9 cannot bear to $rite, $ill in any likelihood be thro$n u'on himself% Thedelightful eather $e ha#e had for t$o -onths is the highest gratification

9 could recei#e((no chillDd red noses((no shi#ering((but fair atmos'hereto think in((a clean to$el markDd $ith the mangle and a basin of clear ater to drench oneDs face $ith ten times a day) no need of mucheAercise((a -ile a day being Muite sufficient% -y greatest regret is that9 ha#e not been $ell enough to bathe though 9 ha#e been t$o -onths by theseaside and li#e no$ close to delicious bathing((!till 9 enjoy theeather((9 adore fine eather as the greatest blessing 9 can ha#e% Gi#e meBooks, fruit, French $ine and fine $eather and a little music out of doors, 'layed by somebody 9 do not kno$((not 'ay the 'rice of oneDs timefor a jig((but a little chance music) and 9 can 'ass a summer #ery Muietly$ithout caring much about Fat Louis, fat +egent or the uke of ellington%hy ha#e you not $ritten to me Because you $ere in eA'ectation of

GeorgeDs Letter and so $aited -r% Bro$n is co'ying out our Tragedy of :tho the Great in a su'erb style((better than it deser#es((there as 9 saidis labour in #ain for the 'resent% 9 had ho'ed to gi#e Kean another o''ortunity to shine% hat can $e do no$ There is not another actor of Tragedy in all London or uro'e% The "o#ent Garden "om'any is eAecrable%&oung is the best among them and he is a ranting coAcombical tasteless*ctor((a isgust, a @ausea((and yet the #ery best after Kean% hat a setof barren asses are actors 9 should like no$ to 'romenade round your Gardens((a''le(tasting(('ear(tasting(('lum(judging((a'ricot(nibbling((



'each(scrunching((nectarine(sucking and -elon(car#ing% 9 ha#e also a greatfeeling for antiMuated cherries full of sugar cracks((and a $hite curranttree ke't for com'any% 9 admire lolling on a la$n by a $ater lilied 'ondto eat $hite currants and see gold(fish) and go to the Fair in the #eningif 9Dm good% There is not ho'e for that((one is sure to get into some mess before e#ening% Ha#e these hot days 9 brag of so much been $ell or ill for

your health Let me hear soon%


J:H@ ((((%

"R9%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

inchester, !e'tember 1, 1/17%

-y dear Taylor((Bro$n and 9 ha#e been em'loyed for these 4 $eeks 'ast fromtime to time in $riting to our different friends((a dead silence is our only ans$er(($e $ait morning after morning% Tuesday is the day for theAaminer to arri#e, this is the .d Tuesday $hich has been barren e#en of ane$s'a'er((-en should be in imitation of s'irits Ires'onsi#e to eachotherDs note%I 9nstead of that 9 'i'e and no one hath danced% e ha#e beencursing like -ande#ille and Lisle((ith this 9 shall send by the same 'osta 4d letter to a friend of mine, $ho though it is of conseMuence hasneither ans$ered right or left% e ha#e been much in $ant of ne$s from theTheatres, ha#ing heard that Kean is going to *merica((but no((not a $ord%

hy 9 should come on you $ith all these com'laints 9 cannot eA'lain tomyself, es'ecially as 9 sus'ect you must be in the country% o ans$er mesoon for 9 really must kno$ something% 9 must steer myself by the rudder of 9nformation%%%%

#er yours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"R%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

inchester, !e'tember 5 21/178%

-y dear Taylor((This morning 9 recei#ed yours of the .d, and $ith it aletter from Hessey enclosing a Bank 'ost Bill of L40, an am'le sum 9assure you((more 9 had no thought of%((&ou should not ha#e delayed so longin Fleet !t%((leading an inacti#e life as you did $as breathing 'oison)



you $ill find the country air do more for you than you eA'ect% But it must be 'ro'er country air% &ou must choose a s'ot% hat sort of a 'lace is+etford &ou should ha#e a dry, gra#elly, barren, ele#ated country, o'ento the currents of air, and such a 'lace is generally furnished $ith thefinest s'rings((The neighbourhood of a rich enclosed fulsome manuredarable land, es'ecially in a #alley and almost as bad on a flat, $ould be

almost as bad as the smoke of Fleet !t%((!uch a 'lace as this $as!hanklin, only o'en to the south(east, and surrounded by hills in e#eryother direction% From this south(east came the dam's of the seaN $hich,ha#ing no egress, the air $ould for days together take on an unhealthyidiosyncrasy altogether ener#ating and $eakening as a city smoke((9 feltit #ery much% !ince 9 ha#e been here at inchester 9 ha#e been im'ro#ingin health((it is not so confined((and there is on one side of the "ity adry chalky do$n, $here the air is $orth !iA'ence a 'int% !o if you do notget better at +etford, do not im'ute it to your o$n $eakness before youha#e $ell considered the @ature of the air and soil((es'ecially as *utumnis encroaching((for the *utumn fog o#er a rich land is like the steam fromcabbage $ater% hat makes the great difference bet$een #alesmen,

flatlandmen and mountaineers The culti#ation of the earth in a greatmeasure((:ur health tem'erament and dis'osition are taken more=not$ithstanding the contradiction of the history of "ain and *bel> fromthe air $e breathe, than is generally imagined% !ee the difference bet$eena Peasant and a Butcher%((9 am con#inced a great cause of it is thedifference of the air they breathe) the one takes EhisE mingled $ith thefume of slaughter, the other from the dank eAhalement from the glebeN theteeming dam' that comes u' from the 'lough(furro$ is of great effect intaming the fierceness of a strong man((more than his labour((Let him bemo$ing furCe u'on a mountain, and at the dayDs end his thoughts $ill runu'on a%%aAe210;8 if he e#er had handled oneN let him lea#e the 'lough, andhe $ill think Muietly of his su''er% *griculture is the tamer of men((the

steam from the earth is like drinking their -otherDs milk((it ener#atestheir nature((this a''ears a great cause of the imbecility of the "hinese)and if this sort of atmos'here is a mitigation to the energy of a strongman, ho$ much more must it injure a $eak one unoccu'ied uneAercised((For $hat is the cause of so many men maintaining a good state in "ities, butoccu'ation((*n idle man, a man $ho is not sensiti#ely ali#e toself(interest in a city cannot continue long in good health% This iseasily eA'lained((9f you $ere to $alk leisurely through an un$holesome 'ath in the fens, $ith a little horror of them, you $ould be sure to ha#eyour ague% But let -acbeth cross the same 'ath, $ith the dagger in the air leading him on, and he $ould ne#er ha#e an ague or anything like it((&oushould gi#e these things a serious consideration% @otts, 9 belie#e, is a

flat county((&ou should be on the slo'e of one of the dry barren hills in!omersetshire% 9 am con#inced there is as harmful air to be breathed inthe country as in to$n% 9 am greatly obliged to you for your letter%Perha's, if you had had strength and s'irits enough, you $ould ha#e feltoffended by my offering a note of hand, or rather eA'ressed it% Ho$e#er, 9am sure you $ill gi#e me credit for not in any$ise mistrusting you) or imagining that you $ould take ad#antage of any 'o$er 9 might gi#e you o#er me% @o((9t 'roceeded from my serious resol#e not to be a gratuitous borro$er, from a great desire to be correct in money matters, to ha#e in



my desk the "hronicles of them to refer to, and kno$ my $orldlynon(estate) besides in case of my death such documents $ould be but just,if merely as memorials of the friendly turns 9 had done to me((Had 9 kno$nof your illness 9 should not ha#e $ritten in such fiery 'hrase in my firstletter% 9 ho'e that shortly you $ill be able to bear siA times as much%Bro$n likes the tragedy #ery much) But he is not a fit judge of it, as 9

ha#e only acted as mid$ife to his 'lotN and of course he $ill be fond of his child% 9 do not think 9 can make you any eAtracts $ithout s'oiling theeffect of the $hole $hen you come to read it((9 ho'e you $ill then notthink my labour mis(s'ent% !ince 9 finished it, 9 ha#e finished Lamia, andam no$ occu'ied in re#ising !t% *gnesDs #e, and studying 9talian%*riosto 9 find as diffuse, in 'arts, as !'enser((9 understand com'letelythe difference bet$een them% 9 $ill cross the letter $ith some lines fromLamia% Bro$nDs kindest remembrances to you((and 9 am e#er your mostsincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

* haunting -usic sole 'erha's and lone !u''ortress of the fairy roof made moan Throughout as fearful the $hole charm might fade% Fresh "ar#ed "edar mimicking a glade :f Palm and Plantain met from either side 9n the high midst in honour of the Bride(( T$o Palms, and then t$o 'lantains and so on From either side their stems branchDd one to one *ll do$n the aisled 'lace((and beneath all There ran a stream of lam's straight on from $all to $all% !o cano'ied lay an untasted feast Teeming a 'erfume% Lamia regal drest

!il#erly 'aced about and as she $ent -issionDd her #ie$less ser#ants to enrich The s'lendid finish of each nook and niche(( Bet$een the tree stems $ainscoated at first "ame jas'er 'anels((then anon there burst Forth cree'ing imagery of slighter trees *nd $ith the larger $o#e in small intricacies(( *nd so till she $as sated((then came do$n !oft lighting on her head a brilliant cro$n reathDd turban($ise of tender $annish fire *nd s'rinkled oDer $ith stars like *riadneDs tiar, *''ro#ing all((she faded at self $ill

*nd shut the "hamber u' close hushDd and stillN "om'lete, and ready, for the re#els rude hen dreadful Guests $ould come to s'oil her solitude The day came soon and all the gossi'(rout(( : senseless Lycius21058 %%%

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This is a good sam'le of the story% Bro$n is gone to "hichester



a(#isiting((9 shall be alone here for 4 $eeks, eA'ecting accounts of your health%

"R9%((T: G:+G *@ G:+G9*@* K*T!%

inchester, !e'tember 21, 1/178, Friday%

-y dear George((9 $as closely em'loyed in reading and com'osition in this 'lace, $hither 9 had come from !hanklin for the con#enience of a library,$hen 9 recei#ed your last dated .;th July% &ou $ill ha#e seen by the shortletter 9 $rote from !hanklin ho$ matters stand bet$een us and -r%Jennings% They had not at all mo#ed, and 9 kne$ no $ay of o#ercoming thein#eterate obstinacy of our affairs% :n recei#ing your last, 9 immediatelytook a 'lace in the same nightDs coach for London% -r% *bbey beha#ed

eAtremely $ell to me, a''ointed -onday e#ening at se#en to meet me, andobser#ed that he should drink tea at that hour% 9 ga#e him the enclosednote and sho$ed him the last leaf of yours to me% He really a''earedanAious about it, and 'romised he $ould for$ard your money as Muickly as 'ossible% 9 think 9 mentioned that alton $as dead%%%% He $ill a''ly to-r% Gliddon the 'artner, endea#our to get rid of -rs% JenningsD claim, and be eA'editious% He has recei#ed an ans$er from my letter to Fry% That issomething% e are certainly in a #ery lo$ estate((9 say $e, for 9 am insuch a situation, that $ere it not for the assistance of Bro$n and Taylor,9 must be as badly off as a man can be% 9 could not raise any sum by the 'romise of any 'oem, no, not by the mortgage of my intellect% e must $aita little $hile% 9 really ha#e ho'es of success% 9 ha#e finished a tragedy,

$hich if it succeeds $ill enable me to sell $hat 9 may ha#e in manuscri'tto a good ad#antage% 9 ha#e 'assed my time in reading, $riting, andfretting((the last 9 intend to gi#e u', and stick to the other t$o% Theyare the only chances of benefit to us% &our $ants $ill be a fresh s'ur tome% 9 assure you you shall more than share $hat 9 can get $hilst 9 amstill young% The time may come $hen age $ill make me more selfish% 9 ha#enot been $ell treated by the $orld, and yet 9 ha#e, ca'itally $ell% 9 donot kno$ a 'erson to $hom so many 'urse(strings $ould fly o'en as to me,if 9 could 'ossibly take ad#antage of them, $hich 9 cannot do, for none of the o$ners of these 'urses are rich% &our 'resent situation 9 $ill notsuffer myself to d$ell u'on% hen misfortunes are so real, $e are gladenough to esca'e them and the thought of them% 9 cannot hel' thinking -r%

*udubon a dishonest man% hy did he make you belie#e that he $as a man of 'ro'erty Ho$ is it that his circumstances ha#e altered so suddenly 9ntruth, 9 do not belie#e you fit to deal $ith the $orld, or at least the*merican $orld% But, good God $ho can a#oid these chances &ou ha#e doneyour best% Take matters as coolly as you canN and confidently eA'ectinghel' from ngland, act as if no hel' $ere nigh% -ine, 9 am sure, is atolerable tragedyN it $ould ha#e been a bank to me, if just as 9 hadfinished it, 9 had not heard of KeanDs resolution to go to *merica% That$as the $orst ne$s 9 could ha#e had% There is no actor can do the



'rinci'al character besides Kean% *t "o#ent Garden there is a great chanceof its being dammDd% ere it to succeed e#en there it $ould lift me out of the mireN 9 mean the mire of a bad re'utation $hich is continually risingagainst me% -y name $ith the literary fashionables is #ulgar% 9 am a$ea#er(boy to them% * tragedy $ould lift me out of this mess, and mess itis as far as regards our 'ockets% But be not cast do$n any more than 9 amN

9 feel that 9 can bear real ills better than imaginary ones% hene#er 9find myself gro$ing #a'ourish, 9 rouse myself, $ash, and 'ut on a cleanshirt, brush my hair and clothes, tie my shoestrings neatly, and in factadonise as 9 $ere going out% Then, all clean and comfortable, 9 sit do$nto $rite% This 9 find the greatest relief% Besides 9 am becomingaccustomed to the 'ri#ations of the 'leasures of sense% 9n the midst of the $orld 9 li#e like a hermit% 9 ha#e forgot ho$ to lay 'lans for theenjoyment of any 'leasure% 9 feel 9 can bear anything,((any misery, e#enim'risonment, so long as 9 ha#e neither $ife nor child% Perha's you $illsay yours are your only comfortN they must be% 9 returned to inchester the day before yesterday, and am no$ here alone, for Bro$n, some days before 9 left, $ent to Bedham'ton, and there he $ill be for the neAt

fortnight% The term of his house $ill be u' in the middle of neAt month$hen $e shall return to Ham'stead% :n !unday, 9 dined $ith your mother andHen and "harles in Henrietta !treet% -rs% and -iss -illar $ere in thecountry% "harles had been but a fe$ days returned from Paris% 9 daresayyou $ill ha#e letters eA'ressing the moti#es of his journey% -rs% ylieand -iss aldegra#e seem as Muiet as t$o mice there alone% 9 did not sho$your last% 9 thought it better not, for better times $ill certainly come,and $hy should they be unha''y in the meantime :n -onday morning 9 $entto althamsto$% Fanny looked better than 9 had seen her for some time% !hecom'lains of not hearing from you, a''ealing to me as if it $ere half myfault% 9 had been so long in retirement that London a''eared a #ery odd 'lace% 9 could not make out 9 had so many acMuaintances, and it $as a

$hole day before 9 could feel among men% 9 had another strange sensation%There $as not one house 9 felt any 'leasure to call at% +eynolds $as inthe country, and, sa#ing himself, 9 am 'rejudiced against all that family%ilke and his $ife and child $ere in the country% Taylor $as at @ottingham% 9 $as out, and e#erybody $as out% 9 $alked about the streetsas in a strange land% +ice $as the only one at home% 9 'assed some time$ith him% 9 kno$ him better since $e ha#e li#ed a month together in the9sle of ight% He is the most sensible and e#en $ise man 9 kno$% He has afe$ John Bull 'rejudices, but they im'ro#e him% His illness is at timesalarming% e are great friends, and there is no one 9 like to 'ass a day$ith better% -artin called in to bid him good(bye before he set out for ublin% 9f you $ould like to hear one of his jokes, here is one $hich, at

the time, $e laughed at a good deal) * -iss ((((, $ith three young ladies,one of them -artinDs sister, had come a(gadding in the 9sle of ight andtook for a fe$ days a cottage o''osite ours% e dined $ith them one day,and as 9 $as saying they had fish% -iss (((( said she thought Ethey tastedof the boatE% I@oI says -artin, #ery seriously, Ithey ha#enDt been ke'tlong enough%I 9 sa$ Haslam% He is #ery much occu'ied $ith lo#e and business, being one of -r% !aundersD eAecutors and lo#er to a young $oman%He sho$ed me her 'icture by !e#ern% 9 think she is, though not #erycunning, too cunning for him% @othing strikes me so forcibly $ith a sense



of the ridiculous as lo#e% * man in lo#e 9 do think cuts the sorriestfigure in the $orldN Mueer, $hen 9 kno$ a 'oor fool to be really in 'ainabout it, 9 could burst out laughing in his face% His 'athetic #isage becomes irresistible% @ot that 9 take Haslam as a 'attern for lo#ersN heis a #ery $orthy man and a good friend% His lo#e is #ery amusing%!ome$here in the !'ectator is related an account of a man in#iting a 'arty

of stutterers and sMuinters to his table% 9t $ould 'lease me more toscra'e together a 'arty of lo#ers((not to dinner, but to tea% There $ould be no fighting as among knights of old%

Pensi#e they sit, and roll their languid eyes, @ibble their toast and cool their tea $ith sighsN :r else forget the 'ur'ose of the night, Forget their tea, forget their a''etite% !ee, $ith crossDd arms they sit((*h ha'less cre$, The fire is going out and no one rings For coals, and therefore no coals Betty brings% * fly is in the milk('ot% -ust he die

"ircled by a humane society @o, noN there, -r% erter takes his s'oon, 9nserts it, di's the handle, and lo soon The little straggler, sa#Dd from 'erils dark, *cross the tea(board dra$s a long $et mark% +omeo *rise take snuffers by the handle, ThereDs a large cauliflo$er in each candle% * $inding sheet((ah, me 9 must a$ay To @o% , just beyond the circus gay% *las, my friend, your coat sits #ery $ellN here may your Taylor li#e 9 may not tell% : 'ardon me% 9Dm absent no$ and then%

here EmightE my Taylor li#e 9 say again 9 cannot tell% Let me no more be teasedN He li#es in a''ing, might li#e $here he 'leased%

&ou see, 9 cannot get on $ithout $riting, as boys do at school, a fe$nonsense #erses% 9 begin them, and before 9 ha#e $ritten siA the $him has 'assed((if there is anything deser#ing so res'ectable a name in them% 9shall 'ut in a bit of information any$here, just as it strikes me% -r%*bbey is to $rite to me as soon as he can bring matters to bear, and then9 am to go to to$n and tell him the means of for$arding to you through"a''er and HaCle$ood% 9 $onder 9 did not 'ut this before% 9 shall go onto(morro$N it is so fine no$ 9 must take a bit of a $alk%

!aturday 2!e'tember 1/8%

ith my inconstant dis'osition it is no $onder that this morning, amid allour bad times and misfortunes, 9 should feel so alert and $ell(s'irited%*t this moment you are 'erha's in a #ery different state of mind% 9t is because my ho'es are e#er 'aramount to my des'air% 9 ha#e been readingo#er a 'art of a short 'oem 9 ha#e com'osed lately, called Lamia, and 9 am



certain there is that sort of fire in it that must take hold of 'eo'lesome $ay% Gi#e them either 'leasant or un'leasant sensation(($hat they$ant is a sensation of some sort% 9 $ish 9 could 'itch the key of your s'irits as high as mine isN but your organ(loft is beyond the reach of my#oice%

9 admire the eAact admeasurement of my niece in your motherDs letter((:the little s'an(long elf% 9 am not in the least a judge of the 'ro'er $eight and siCe of an infant% @e#er trouble yoursel#es about that% !he issure to be a fine $oman% Let her ha#e only delicate nails both on handsand feet, and both as small as a -ay(flyDs, $ho $ill li#e you his life ona 4 sMuare inch of oak(leafN and nails she must ha#e, Muite different fromthe market($omen here, $ho 'lough into butter and make a Muarter 'oundtaste of it% 9 intend to $rite a letter to your $ife, and there 9 may saymore on this little 'lum' subject((9 ho'e sheDs 'lum'% !till har'ing on mydaughter% This inchester is a 'lace tolerably $ell suited to me% There isa fine cathedral, a college, a +oman "atholic cha'el, a -ethodist do%, and9nde'endent do%N and there is not one loom, or anything like manufacturing

beyond bread and butter, in the $hole city% There are a number of rich"atholics in the 'lace% 9t is a res'ectable, ancient, aristocratic 'lace,and moreo#er it contains a nunnery% :ur set are by no means so hail fello$$ell met on literary subjects as $e $ere $ont to be% +eynolds has turnDdto the la$% By the bye, he brought out a little 'iece at the Lyceum callDd:ne, T$o, Three, Four) by *d#ertisement% 9t met $ith com'lete success% Themeaning of this odd title is eA'lained $hen 9 tell you the 'rinci'al actor is a mimic, $ho takes off four of our best 'erformers in the course of thefarce% :ur stage is loaded $ith mimics% 9 did not see the 'iece, being outof to$n the $hole time it $as in 'rogress% ilke is entirely s$allo$ed u'in his boy% 9t is really lamentable to $hat a 'itch he carries a sort of 'arental mania% 9 had a letter from him at !hanklin% He $ent on, a $ord or

t$o about the 9sle of ight, $hich is a bit of hobby horse of his, but hesoon de#iated to his boy% I9 am sitting,I says he, Iat the $indo$eA'ecting my boy from ((((%I 9 su''ose 9 told you some$here that he li#esin estminster, and his boy goes to school there, $here he gets beaten,and e#ery bruise he has, and 9 daresay deser#es, is #ery bitter to ilke%The 'lace 9 am s'eaking of 'uts me in mind of a circumstance $hichoccurred lately at ilkeDs% 9 think it #ery rich and dramatic and Muiteillustrati#e of the little Muiet fun that he $ill enjoy sometimes% First 9must tell you that their house is at the corner of Great !mith !treet, sothat some of the $indo$s look into one street, and the back $indo$s intoanother round the corner% ilke had some old 'eo'le to dinner((9 kno$ not$ho, but there $ere t$o old ladies among them% Bro$n $as there((they had

kno$n him from a child% Bro$n is #ery 'leasant $ith old $omen, and onthat day it seems beha#ed himself so $inningly that they became hand andglo#e together, and a little com'limentary% Bro$n $as obliged to de'artearly% He bid them good(bye and 'assed into the 'assage% @o sooner $as his back turned than the old $omen began lauding him% hen Bro$n had reachedthe street door, and $as just going, ilke thre$ u' the $indo$ and called)IBro$n Bro$n They say you look younger than e#er you didI Bro$n $enton, and had just turned the corner into the other street $hen ilkea''eared at the back $indo$, crying) IBro$n Bro$n By God, they say



youDre handsomeI &ou see $hat a many $ords it reMuires to gi#e anyidentity to a thing 9 could ha#e told you in half a minute%

9 ha#e been reading lately BurtonDs *natomy of -elancholy, and 9 think you$ill be #ery much amused $ith a 'age 9 here co'y for you% 9 call it a Feude Joie round the batteries of Fort !t% Hy'hen(de(Phrase on the birthday

of the igamma% The $hole al'habet $as dra$n u' in a 'halanA on the corner of an old dictionary, band 'laying, I*mo, amas,I etc%

I#ery lo#er admires his mistriss, though she be #ery deformed of herself, ill(fa#oured, $rinkled, 'im'led, 'ale, red, yello$, tanDd, tallo$(faced, ha#e a s$oln juglers 'latter face, or a thin, lean, chitty face, ha#e clouds in her face, be crooked, dry, bald, goggle(eyDd, blear(eyDd or $ith staring eys, she looks like a sMuisDd cat, hold her head still a$ry, hea#y, dull, hollo$(mouthed, Persean hook(nosed, ha#e a shar' Jose nose, a red nose, "hina flat, great nose, Enare simo 'atuloMueE, a nose like a 'romontory, gubber(tushed, rotten teeth, black, une#en, bro$n teeth, beetle bro$ed, a $itches

beard, her breath stink all o#er the room, her nose dro' $inter and summer $ith a Ba#arian 'oke under her chin, a shar' chin, la#e eared, $ith a long cranes neck, $hich stands a$ry too, E'endulis mammis, her dugs like t$o double jugsE, or else no dugs in the other eAtream, bloody faln fingers, she ha#e filthy long un'aired nails, scabbed hands or $rists, a tanDd skin, a rotten carkass, crooked back, she stoo's, is lame, s'lea(footed, Eas slender in the middle as a co$ in the $asteE, go$ty legs, her ankles hang o#er her shooes, her feet stink, she breed lice, a mere changeling, a #ery monster, an aufe im'erfect, her $hole com'leAion sa#ours, an harsh #oyce, incondite gesture, #ile gait, a #ast #irago, or an ugly tit, a slug, a fat fustilugs, a truss, a long lean ra$bone, a skeleton, a sneaker =Esi

Mua latent meliora 'utaE>, and to thy judgment looks like a -ard in a lanthorn, $hom thou couldst not fancy for a $orld, but hatest, lothest, and $ouldst ha#e s'it in her face, or blo$ thy nose in her bosome, Eremedium amorisE to another man, a do$dy, a slut, a scold, a nasty, rank, rammy, filthy, beastly Muean, dishonest 'erad#enture, obscene, base, beggerly, rude, foolish, untaught, 'ee#ish, 9rusD daughter, ThersiteDs sister, GrobianDs schollarN if he lo#e her once, he admires her for all this, he takes no notice of any such errors, or im'erfections of body or minde%I

ThereDs a dose for you% Fire 9 $ould gi#e my fa#ourite leg to ha#e$ritten this as a s'eech in a 'lay% ith $hat effect could -atthe$s

'o'(gun it at the 'it This 9 think $ill amuse you more than so much 'oetry% :f that 9 do not like to co'y any, as 9 am afraid it is too mal a 'ro'os for you at 'resentN and yet 9 $ill send you some, for by the timeyou recei#e it, things in ngland may ha#e taken a different turn% hen 9left -r% *bbey on -onday e#ening, 9 $alked u' "hea'side, but returned to 'ut some letters in the 'ost, and met him again in Bucklesbury% e $alkedtogether through the Poultry as far as the bakerDs sho' he has someconcern in((He s'oke of it in such a $ay to me, 9 thought he $anted me tomake an offer to assist him in it% 9 do belie#e if 9 could be a hatter 9



might be one% He seems anAious about me% He began blo$ing u' Lord Byron$hile 9 $as sitting $ith him) IHo$e#er, may be the fello$ says true no$and then,I at $hich he took u' a magaCine, and read me some eAtracts fromon Juan =Lord ByronDs last flash 'oem>, and 'articularly one againstliterary ambition% 9 do think 9 must be $ell s'oken of among sets, for Hodgkinson is more than 'olite, and the coffee German endea#oured to be

#ery close to me the other night at "o#ent Garden, $here 9 $ent at half 'rice before 9 tumbled into bed% #ery one, ho$e#er distant anacMuaintance, beha#es in the most conciliating manner to me% &ou $ill see9 s'eak of this as a matter of interest% :n the neAt sheet 9 $ill gi#e youa little 'olitics%

9n e#ery age there has been in ngland, for t$o or three centuries,subjects of great 'o'ular interest on the car'et, so that ho$e#er greatthe u'roar, one can scarcely 'ro'hecy any material change in theGo#ernment, for as loud disturbances ha#e agitated the country many times%*ll ci#ilised countries become gradually more enlightened, and thereshould be a continual change for the better% Look at this country at

'resent, and remember it $hen it $as e#en thought im'ious to doubt the justice of a trial by combat% From that time there has been a gradualchange% Three great changes ha#e been in 'rogress) first for the better,neAt for the $orse, and a third for the better once more% The first $asthe gradual annihilation of the tyranny of the nobles, $hen kings found ittheir interest to conciliate the common 'eo'le, ele#ate them, and be justto them% Just $hen baronial 'o$er ceased, and before standing armies $ereso dangerous, taAes $ere fe$, kings $ere lifted by the 'eo'le o#er theheads of their nobles, and those 'eo'le held a rod o#er kings% The changefor the $orse in uro'e $as again this) the obligation of kings to themultitude began to be forgotten% "ustom had made noblemen the humbleser#ants of kings% Then kings turned to the nobles as the adorners of

their 'o$er, the sla#es of it, and from the 'eo'le as creaturescontinually endea#ouring to check them% Then in e#ery kingdom there $as along struggle of kings to destroy all 'o'ular 'ri#ileges% The nglish $erethe only 'eo'le in uro'e $ho made a grand kick at this% They $ere sla#esto Henry 999, but $ere freemen under illiam 999 at the time the French$ere abject sla#es under Louis R9% The eAam'le of ngland, and theliberal $riters of France and ngland, so$ed the seed of o''osition tothis tyranny, and it $as s$elling in the ground till it burst out in theFrench +e#olution% That has had an unlucky termination% 9t 'ut a sto' tothe ra'id 'rogress of free sentiments in ngland, and ga#e our "ourt ho'esof turning back to the des'otism of the eighteenth century% They ha#e madea handle of this e#ent in e#ery $ay to undermine our freedom% They s'read

a horrid su'erstition against all inno#ation and im'ro#ement% The 'resentstruggle in ngland of the 'eo'le is to destroy this su'erstition% hathas roused them to do it is their distresses% Perha's, on this account,the 'resent distresses of this nation are a fortunate thing though sohorrid in their eA'erience% &ou $ill see 9 mean that the French +e#olution 'ut a tem'orary sto' to this third change((the change for the better((@o$it is in 'rogress again, and 9 think it is an effectual one% This is nocontest bet$een hig and Tory, but bet$een right and $rong% There isscarcely a grain of 'arty s'irit no$ in ngland% +ight and $rong



considered by each man abstractedly, is the fashion% 9 kno$ #ery little of these things% 9 am con#inced, ho$e#er, that a''arently small causes makegreat alterations% There are little signs $hereby $e may kno$ ho$ mattersare going on% This makes the business of "arlisle the bookseller of greatamount in my mind% He has been selling deistical 'am'hlets, re'ublishedTom Paine, and many other $orks held in su'erstitious horror% He e#en has

been selling, for some time, immense numbers of a $ork called The eist,$hich comes out in $eekly numbers% For this conduct he, 9 think, has hadabout a doCen indictments issued against him, for $hich he has found bailto the amount of many thousand 'ounds% *fter all, they are afraid to 'rosecute% They are afraid of his defenceN it $ould be 'ublished in allthe 'a'ers all o#er the em'ire% They shudder at this% The trials $ouldlight a flame they could not eAtinguish% o you not think this of greatim'ort &ou $ill hear by the 'a'ers of the 'roceedings at -anchester, andHuntDs trium'hal entry into London% 9t $ould take me a $hole day and aMuire of 'a'er to gi#e you anything like detail% 9 $ill merely mentionthat it is calculated that 40,000 'eo'le $ere in the streets $aiting for him% The $hole distance from the *ngel at 9slington to the "ro$n and

*nchor $as lined $ith multitudes%

*s 9 'assed "olnaghiDs $indo$ 9 sa$ a 'rofile 'ortrait of !andt, thedestroyer of KotCebue% His #ery look must interest e#ery one in hisfa#our% 9 su''ose they ha#e re'resented him in his college dress% He seemsto me like a young *belard((a fine mouth, cheek bones =and this is no joke> full of sentiment, a fine, un#ulgar nose, and 'lum' tem'les%

:n looking o#er some letters 9 found the one 9 $rote, intended for you,from the foot of Hel#ellyn to Li#er'oolN but you had sailed, and thereforeit $as returned to me% 9t contained, among other nonsense, an acrostic of my sisterDs name((and a 'retty long name it is% 9 $rote it in a great

hurry $hich you $ill see% 9ndeed 9 $ould not co'y it if 9 thought it $oulde#er be seen by any but yoursel#es%

Gi#e me your 'atience, sister, $hile 9 frame Aact in ca'itals your golden name, :r sue the fair *'ollo, and he $ill +ouse from his hea#y slumber and instil Great lo#e in me for thee and Poesy% 9magine not that greatest mastery *nd kingdom o#er all the realms of #erse @ears more to Hea#en in aught than $hen $e nurse *nd surety gi#e to lo#e and brotherhood%

*nthro'o'agi in :thelloDs moodN <lysses stormDd, and his enchanted belt Glo$ed $ith the -use) but they are ne#er felt <nbosomDd so, and so eternal made, !uch tender incense in their laurel shade To all the recent sisters of the @ine, *s this 'oor offering to you, sister mine%



Kind sister aye, this third name says you areN nchanted has it been the Lord kno$s $hereN *nd may its taste to you, like good old $ine, Take you to real ha''iness, and gi#e !ons, daughters, and a home like honied hi#e%

Foot of Hel#ellyn, June .%

9 sent you in my first 'acket some of my !cotch letters% 9 find 9 ha#e oneke't back, $hich $as $ritten in the most interesting 'art of our tour, and$ill co'y 'art of it in the ho'e you $ill not find it unamusing% 9 $ouldgi#e no$ anything for +ichardsonDs 'o$er of making mountains of molehills%

9nci'it e'istola caledoniensa((

Iunancullen%I

=9 did not kno$ the day of the month, for 9 find 9 ha#e not added it%Bro$n must ha#e been aslee'>% IJust after my last had gone to the 'ostI=before 9 go any further, 9 must 'remise that 9 $ould send the identicalletter, instead of taking the trouble to co'y itN 9 do not do so, for it$ould s'oil my notion of the neat manner in $hich 9 intend to fold thesethree genteel sheets% The original is $ritten on coarse 'a'er, and thesoft one $ould ride in the 'ost bag #ery uneasy% Perha's there might be aMuarrel>21068

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9 ought to make a large II here, but 9 had better take the o''ortunity of

telling you 9 ha#e got rid of my haunting sore throat, and conduct myself in a manner not to catch another%

&ou s'eak of Lord Byron and me% There is this great difference bet$een us)he describes $hat he sees((9 describe $hat 9 imagine% -ine is the hardesttaskN no$ see the immense difference% The dinburgh +e#ie$ers are afraidto touch u'on my 'oem% They do not kno$ $hat to make of itN they do notlike to condemn it, and they $ill not 'raise it for fear% They are as shyof it as 9 should be of $earing a QuakerDs hat% The fact is, they ha#e noreal taste% They dare not com'romise their judgments on so 'uCCling aMuestion% 9f on my neAt 'ublication they should 'raise me, and so lug inndymion, 9 $ill address them in a manner they $ill not at all relish% The

co$ardliness of the dinburgh is more than the abuse of the Quarterly%

-onday 2!e'tember .08%

This day is a grand day for inchester% They elect the mayor% 9t $asindeed high time the 'lace should ha#e some sort of eAcitement% There $asnothing going on((all aslee'% @ot an old maidDs sedan returning from acard 'artyN and if any old $omen ha#e got ti'sy at christenings, they ha#e



not eA'osed themsel#es in the street% The first night, though, of our arri#al here there $as a slight u'roar took 'lace at about ten of theclock% e heard distinctly a noise 'atting do$n the street, as of a$alking(cane of the good old do$ager breedN and a little minute after $eheard a less #oice obser#e, Ihat a noise the ferril made((it must beloose%I Bro$n $anted to call the constables, but 9 obser#ed it $as only a

little breeCe, and $ould soon 'ass o#er% The side streets here areeAcessi#ely maiden(lady(likeN the door(ste's al$ays fresh from theflannel% The knockers ha#e a #ery staid, serious, nay almost a$fulMuietness about them% 9 ne#er sa$ so Muiet a collection of lionsD andramsD heads% The doors most 'art black, $ith a little brass handle justabo#e the keyhole, so that you may easily shut yourself out of your o$nhouse% He He There is none of your Lady Bellaston ringing and ra''inghereN no thundering Ju'iter(footmen, no o'era(treble tattoos, but a modestlifting u' of the knocker by a set of little $ee old fingers that 'ee'through the gray mittens, and a dying fall thereof% The great beauty of 'oetry is that it makes e#erything in e#ery 'lace interesting% The 'alatine enice and the abbotine inchester are eMually interesting% !ome

time since 9 began a 'oem called IThe #e of !t% -ark,I Muite in thes'irit of to$n Muietude% 9 think 9 $ill gi#e you the sensation of $alkingabout an old country to$n in a coolish e#ening% 9 kno$ not $hether 9shall e#er finish itN 9 $ill gi#e it as far as 9 ha#e gone% <t tibi 'laceat((

TH :F !T% -*+K%

<'on a !abbath(day it fellN T$ice holy $as the !abbath(bell, That callDd the folk to e#ening 'rayerN The city streets $ere clean and fair

From $holesome drench of *'ril rainsN *nd, $hen on $estern $indo$ 'anes, The chilly sunset faintly told :f unmatured green #allies cold, :f the green thorny bloomless hedge, :f ri#ers ne$ $ith s'ring(tide sedge, :f 'rimroses by shelterDd rills, *nd daisies on the aguish hills% T$ice holy $as the !abbath(bell) The silent streets $ere cro$ded $ell ith staid and 'ious com'anies, arm from their fireside oratDriesN

*nd mo#ing, $ith demurest air, To e#en(song, and #es'er 'rayer% ach arched 'orch, and entry lo$, as fillDd $ith 'atient folk and slo$, ith $his'ers hush, and shuffling feet, hile 'layDd the organ loud and s$eet%

The bells had ceasDd, the 'rayers begun, *nd Bertha had not yet half done



* curious #olume, 'atchDd and torn, That all day long, from earliest morn, Had taken ca'ti#e her t$o eyes, *mong its golden broideriesN Per'leADd her $ith a thousand things,(( The stars of Hea#en, and angelsD $ings,

-artyrs in a fiery blaCe, *Cure saints and sil#er rays, -osesD breast'late, and the se#en "andlesticks John sa$ in Hea#en, The $inged Lion of !t% -ark, *nd the "o#enantal *rk, ith its many mysteries, "herubim and golden mice% Bertha $as a maiden fair, $elling in the old -inster(sMuareN From her fireside she could see, !idelong, its rich antiMuity,

Far as the Bisho'Ds garden($all, here sycamores and elm(trees tall, Full(lea#Dd the forest had outstri't, By no shar' north($ind e#er ni't, !o shelterDd by the mighty 'ile% Bertha arose, and read a$hile, ith forehead Dgainst the $indo$('ane% *gain she tryDd, and then again, <ntil the dusk e#e left her dark <'on the legend of !t% -ark% From 'laited la$n(frill, fine and thin, !he lifted u' her soft $arm chin,

ith aching neck and s$imming eyes, *nd daCed $ith saintly imageries%

*ll $as gloom, and silent all, !a#e no$ and then the still footfall :f one returning home$ards late, Past the echoing minster(gate% The clamorous da$s, that all the day *bo#e tree(to's and to$ers 'lay, Pair by 'air had gone to rest, ach in ancient belfry(nest, here aslee' they fall betimes,

To music and the dro$sy chimes%

*ll $as silent, all $as gloom, *broad and in the homely room) o$n she sat, 'oor cheated soul *nd struck a lam' from the dismal coalN LeanDd for$ard, $ith bright droo'ing hair *nd slant book, full against the glare% Her shado$, in uneasy guise,



Ho#erDd about, a giant siCe, :n ceiling(beam and old oak chair, The 'arrotDs cage, and 'anel sMuareN *nd the $arm angled $inter(screen, :n $hich $ere many monsters seen, "allDd do#es of !iam, Lima mice,

*nd legless birds of Paradise, -aca$ and tender *#ada#at, *nd silken(furrDd *ngora cat% <ntirDd she read, her shado$ still Glo$erDd about, as it $ould fill The room $ith $ildest forms and shades, *s though some ghostly Mueen of s'ades Had come to mock behind her back, *nd dance, and ruffle her garments black, <ntirDd she read the legend 'age, :f holy -ark, from youth to age, :n land, on sea, in 'agan chains,

+ejoicing for his many 'ains% !ometimes the learned eremite, ith golden star, or dagger bright, +eferrDd to 'ious 'oesies ritten in smallest cro$(Muill siCe Beneath the teAtN and thus the rhyme as 'arcelled out from time to time) I%%% *ls $ritith he of s$e#enis, -an han beforne they $ake in bliss, hanne that hir friendes thinke him bound 9n crim'ed shroude farre under groundeN *nd ho$ a litling child mote be

* saint er its nati#itie, Gif that the modre =God her blesse> Ke'en in solitarinesse, *nd kissen de#oute the holy croce% :f Goddes lo#e, and !athanDs force,(( He $ritithN and thinges many mo :f s$iche thinges 9 may not sho$ Bot 9 must tellen #erilie !omdel of !ainte "icilie, *nd chieflie $hat he auctorethe :f !ainte -arkis life and detheNI

*t length her constant eyelids come <'on the fer#ent martyrdomN Then lastly to his holy shrine, Aalt amid the ta'ersD shine *t enice,((

9 ho'e you $ill like this for all its carelessness% 9 must take ano''ortunity here to obser#e that though 9 am $riting EtoE you, 9 am allthe $hile $riting EatE your $ife% This eA'lanation $ill account for my



s'eaking sometimes hoity(toity(ishly, $hereas if you $ere alone, 9 shoulds'ort a little more sober sadness% 9 am like a sMuinty gentleman, $ho,saying soft things to one lady ogles another, or $hat is as bad, inarguing $ith a 'erson on his left hand, a''eals $ith his eyes to one onthe right% His #ision is elasticN he bends it to a certain object, butha#ing a 'atent s'ring it flies off% riting has this disad#antage of

s'eaking((one cannot $rite a $ink, or a nod, or a grin, or a 'urse of theli's, or a Esmile((: la$E :ne cannot 'ut oneDs finger to oneDs nose, or yerk ye in the ribs, or lay hold of your button in $ritingN but in all themost li#ely and titterly 'arts of my letter you must not fail to imagineme, as the e'ic 'oets say, no$ here, no$ thereN no$ $ith one foot 'ointedat the ceiling, no$ $ith anotherN no$ $ith my 'en on my ear, no$ $ith myelbo$ in my mouth% :, my friends, you lose the action, and attitude ise#erything, as Fuseli said $hen he took u' his leg like a musket to shoota s$allo$ just darting behind his shoulder% *nd yet does not the $ordImumI go for oneDs finger beside the nose 9 ho'e it does% 9 ha#e to makeuse of the $ord ImumI before 9 tell you that !e#ern has got a little baby((all his o$n, let us ho'e% He told Bro$n he had gi#en u' 'ainting,

and had turned modeller% 9 ho'e sincerely Dtis not a 'arty concern((thatno -r% (((( or (((( is the real PinAit and !e#ern the 'oor !cul'sit tothis $ork of art% &ou kno$ he has long studied in the life *cademy%IHaydon((yes,I your $ife $ill say, IHere is a sum total account of Haydonagain% 9 $onder your brother donDt 'ut a monthly bulletin in thePhiladel'hia 'a'ers about him% 9 $onDt hear((no% !ki' do$n to the bottom,and there are some more of his #erses((ski' =lullaby(by> them too%I((I@o,letDs go regularly through%I((I9 $onDt hear a $ord about Haydon((bless thechild, ho$ rioty she is((there, go on there%I

@o$, 'ray go on here, for 9 ha#e a fe$ $ords to say about Haydon% Beforethis chancery threat had cut off e#ery legitimate su''ly of cash from me,

9 had a little at my dis'osal% Haydon being #ery much in $ant, 9 lent himL40 of it% @o$ in this see(sa$ game of life, 9 got nearest to the ground,and this chancery business ri#etted me there, so that 9 $as sitting inthat uneasy 'osition $here the seat slants so abominably% 9 a''lied to himfor 'ayment% He could not% That $as no $onderN but Goodman el#er, $here$as the $onder then hy marry in this) he did not seem to care much aboutit, and let me go $ithout my money $ith almost nonchalance, $hen he oughtto ha#e sold his dra$ings to su''ly me% 9 shall 'erha's still beacMuainted $ith him, but for friendshi', that is at an end% Bro$n has beenmy friend in this% He got him to sign a bond, 'ayable at three months%Haslam has assisted me $ith the return of 'art of the money you lent him%

Hunt((Ithere,I says your $ife, IthereDs another of those dull folk @ot asyllable about my friends ell, Hunt((hat about Hunt &ou little thing,see ho$ she bites my finger -y is not this a toothI ell $hen you ha#edone $ith the tooth, read on% @ot a syllable about your friends Here aresome syllables% *s far as 9 could smoke things on the !unday before last,thus matters stood in Henrietta !treet% Henry $as a greater blade thene#er 9 remember to ha#e seen him% He had on a #ery nice coat, a becoming$aistcoat, and buff trousers% 9 think his face has lost a little of the!'anish(bro$n, but no flesh% He car#ed some beef eAactly to suit my



a''etite, as if 9 had been measured for it% *s 9 stood looking out of the$indo$ $ith "harles, after dinner, MuiCCing the 'assengers,((at $hich 9 amsorry to say he is too a't,((9 obser#ed that this young son of a gunDs$hiskers had begun to curl and curl, little t$ists and t$ists, all do$nthe sides of his face, getting 'ro'erly thickest on the angles of the#isage% He certainly $ill ha#e a notable 'air of $hiskers% IHo$ shiny your

go$n is in front,I says "harles% Ihy donDt you see Dtis an a'ron,I saysHenryN $hereat 9 scrutinised, and behold your mother had a 'ur'le stuff go$n on, and o#er it an a'ron of the same colour, being the same cloththat $as used for the lining% *nd furthermore to account for the shining,it $as the first day of $earing% 9 guessed as much of the go$n((but thatis entre nous% "harles likes ngland better than France% TheyD#e got afat, smiling, fair cook as e#er you sa$N she is a little lame, but thatim'ro#es herN it makes her go more s$immingly% hen 9 asked I9s -rs% ylie$ithinI she ga#e me such a large fi#e(and(thirty(year(old smile, it mademe look round u'on the fourth stair((it might ha#e been the fifthN butthatDs a 'uCCle% 9 shall ne#er be able, if 9 $ere to set myself arecollecting for a year, to recollect% 9 think 9 remember t$o or three

s'ecks in her teeth, but 9 really canDt say eAactly% &our mother saidsomething about -iss Keasle(($hat that $as is Muite a riddle to me no$,$hether she had got fatter or thinner, or broader or longer, straiter, or had taken to the CigCags(($hether she had taken to or had left off assesDmilk% That, by the bye, she ought ne#er to touch% Ho$ much better it $ould be to 'ut her out to nurse $ith the $ise $oman of Brentford% 9 can say nomore on so s'are a subject% -iss -illar no$ is a different morsel, if onekne$ ho$ to di#ide and subdi#ide, theme her out into sections andsubsections, lay a little on e#ery 'art of her body as it is di#ided, incommon $ith all her fello$(creatures, in -oorDs *lmanack% But, alas, 9ha#e not heard a $ord about her, no cue to begin u'on) there $as indeed a buCC about her and her motherDs being at old -rs% !o and !oDs, E$ho $as

like to dieE, as the Je$s say% But 9 dare say, kee'ing u' their dialect, Eshe $as not like to dieE% 9 must tell you a good thing +eynolds EdidE%DT$as the best thing he e#er EsaidE% &ou kno$ at taking lea#e of a 'artyat a door$ay, sometimes a man dallies and foolishes and gets a$k$ard, anddoes not kno$ ho$ to make off to ad#antage% Good(bye(($ell, good(bye((andyet he does not goN good(bye, and so on,(($ell, good bless you((you kno$$hat 9 mean% @o$ +eynolds $as in this 'redicament, and got out of it in a#ery $itty $ay% He $as lea#ing us at Ham'stead% He delayed, and $e $ere 'ressing at him, and e#en said Ibe off,I at $hich he 'ut the tails of hiscoat bet$een his legs and sneakDd off as nigh like a s'aniel as could be%He $ent $ith flying colours% This is #ery cle#er% 9 must, being u'on thesubject, tell you another good thing of him% He began, for the ser#ice it

might be of to him in the la$, to learn FrenchN he had lessons at thechea' rate of .s% 6d% 'er fag, and obser#ed to Bro$n, IGad,I says he, Itheman sells his lessons so chea' he must ha#e stolen Dem%I &ou ha#e heard of Hook, the farce $riter% Horace !mith said to one $ho asked him if he kne$Hook, I:h yes, Hook and 9 are #ery intimate%I ThereDs a 'age of $it for you, to 'ut John BunyanDs emblems out of countenance%

Tuesday 2!e'tember .18%



&ou see 9 kee' adding a sheet daily till 9 send the 'acket off, $hich 9shall not do for a fe$ days, as 9 am inclined to $rite a good dealN for there can be nothing so remembrancing and enchaining as a good longletter, be it com'osed of $hat it may% From the time you left me our friends say 9 ha#e altered com'letely((am not the same 'erson% Perha's in

this letter 9 am, for in a letter one takes u' oneDs eAistence from thetime $e last met% 9 daresay you ha#e altered also((e#ery man does((our bodies e#ery se#en years are com'letely materialDd% !e#en years ago it $asnot this hand that clinched itself against Hammond% e are like the relictgarments of a saint((the same and not the same, for the careful monks 'atch it and 'atch it till thereDs not a thread of the original garmentleft, and still they sho$ it for !t% *nthonyDs shirt% This is the reason$hy men $ho ha#e been bosom friends, on being se'arated for any number of years meet coldly, neither of them kno$ing $hy% The fact is they are bothaltered%

-en $ho li#e together ha#e a silent moulding and influencing 'o$er o#er

each other% They interassimilate% DTis an uneasy thought, that in se#enyears the same hands cannot greet each other again% *ll this may beob#iated by a $ilful and dramatic eAercise of our minds to$ards eachother% !ome think 9 ha#e lost that 'oetic ardour and fire Dtis said 9 oncehad((the fact is, 'erha's 9 ha#eN but, instead of that, 9 ho'e 9 shallsubstitute a more thoughtful and Muiet 'o$er% 9 am more freMuently no$contented to read and think, but no$ and then haunted $ith ambitiousthoughts% Quieter in my 'ulse, im'ro#ed in my digestion, eAerting myself against #eAing s'eculations, scarcely content to $rite the best #erses for the fe#er they lea#e behind% 9 $ant to com'ose $ithout this fe#er% 9 ho'e9 one day shall% &ou $ould scarcely imagine 9 could li#e alone socomfortably% IKe'en in solitarinesse%I 9 told *nne, the ser#ant here, the

other day, to say 9 $as not at home if any one should call% 9 am notcertain ho$ 9 should endure loneliness and bad $eather together% @o$ thetime is beautiful% 9 take a $alk e#ery day for an hour before dinner, andthis is generally my $alk) 9 go out the back gate, across one street intothe cathedral yard, $hich is al$ays interestingN there 9 'ass under thetrees along a 'a#ed 'ath, 'ass the beautiful front of the cathedral, turnto the left under a stone door$ay,((then 9 am on the other side of the building,(($hich lea#ing behind me, 9 'ass on through t$o college(likesMuares, seemingly built for the d$elling('lace of deans and 'rebendaries,garnished $ith grass and shaded $ith treesN then 9 'ass through one of theold city gates, and then you are in one college street, through $hich 9 'ass, and at the end thereof crossing some meado$s, and at last a country

alley of gardens, 9 arri#e, that is my $orshi' arri#es, at the foundationof !t% "ross, $hich is a #ery interesting old 'lace, both for its gothicto$er and alms sMuare and for the a''ro'riation of its rich rents to arelation of the Bisho' of inchester% Then 9 'ass across !t% "ross meado$still you come to the most beautifully clear ri#er((no$ this is only onemile of my $alk% 9 $ill s'are you the other t$o till after su''er, $henthey $ould do you more good% &ou must a#oid going the first mile bestafter dinner((



2ednesday, !e'tember ..%8

9 could almost ad#ise you to 'ut by this nonsense until you are lifted outof your difficultiesN but $hen you come to this 'art, feel $ithconfidence $hat 9 no$ feel, that though there can be no sto' 'ut to

troubles $e are inheritors of, there can be, and must be, an end toimmediate difficulties% +est in the confidence that 9 $ill not omit anyeAertion to benefit you by some means or other((9f 9 cannot remit youhundreds, 9 $ill tens, and if not that, ones% Let the neAt year be managed by you as $ell as 'ossible((the neAt month, 9 mean, for 9 trust you $illsoon recei#e *bbeyDs remittance% hat he can send you $ill not be asufficient ca'ital to ensure you any command in *merica% hat he has of mine 9 ha#e nearly antici'ated by debts, so 9 $ould ad#ise you not to sink it, but to li#e u'on it, in ho'es of my being able to increase it% To thisend 9 $ill de#ote $hate#er 9 may gain for a fe$ years to come, at $hich 'eriod 9 must begin to think of a security of my o$n comforts, $hen Muiet$ill become more 'leasant to me than the $orld% !till, 9 $ould ha#e you

doubt my success% DTis at 'resent the cast of a die $ith me% &ou say,IThese things $ill be a great torment to me%I 9 shall not suffer them to be so% 9 shall only eAert myself the more, $hile the seriousness of their nature $ill 're#ent me from nursing u' imaginary griefs% 9 ha#e not hadthe blue de#ils once since 9 recei#ed your last% 9 am ad#ised not to 'ublish till it is seen $hether the tragedy $ill or not succeed% !houldit, a fe$ months may see me in the $ay of acMuiring 'ro'erty% !hould itnot, it $ill be a dra$back, and 9 shall ha#e to 'erform a longer literary 'ilgrimage% &ou $ill 'ercei#e that it is Muite out of my interest to cometo *merica% hat could 9 do there Ho$ could 9 em'loy myself out of reachof libraries &ou do not mention the name of the gentleman $ho assistsyou% DTis an eAtraordinary thing% Ho$ could you do $ithout that

assistance 9 $ill not trust myself $ith brooding o#er this% The follo$ingis an eAtract from a letter of +eynolds to me)((

I9 am glad to hear you are getting on so $ell $ith your $ritings% 9 ho'eyou are not neglecting the re#ision of your 'oems for the 'ress, from$hich 9 eA'ect more than you do%I

The first thought that struck me on reading your last $as to mortgage a 'oem to -urray, but on more consideration, 9 made u' my mind not to do soNmy re'utation is #ery lo$N he $ould not ha#e negotiated my bill of intellect, or gi#en me a #ery small sum% 9 should ha#e bound myself do$nfor some time% DTis best to meet 'resent misfortunesN not for a momentary

good to sacrifice great benefits $hich oneDs o$n untrammellDd and freeindustry may bring one in the end% 9n all this do ne#er think of me as inany $ay unha''y) 9 shall not be so% 9 ha#e a great 'leasure in thinking of my res'onsibility to you, and shall do myself the greatest luAury if 9 cansucceed in any $ay so as to be of assistance to you% e shall look back u'on these times, e#en before our eyes are at all dim((9 am con#inced of it% But be careful of those *mericans% 9 could almost ad#ise you to come,$hene#er you ha#e the sum of L500, to ngland% Those *mericans $ill, 9 amafraid, still fleece you% 9f e#er you think of such a thing, you must bear



in mind the #ery different state of society here,((the immensedifficulties of the times, the great sum reMuired 'er annum to maintainyourself in any decency% 9n fact the $hole is $ith Pro#idence% 9 kno$ notho$ to ad#ise you but by ad#ising you to ad#ise $ith yourself% 9n your neAt tell me at large your thoughts about *merica(($hat chance there is of succeeding there, for it a''ears to me you ha#e as yet been someho$

decei#ed% 9 cannot hel' thinking -r% *udubon has decei#ed you% 9 shall notlike the sight of him% 9 shall endea#our to a#oid seeing him% &ou see ho$ 'uCCled 9 am% 9 ha#e no meridian to fiA you to, being the sla#e of $hat isto ha''en% 9 think 9 may bid you finally remain in good ho'es, and nottease yourself $ith my changes and #ariations of mind% 9f 9 say nothingdecisi#e in any one 'articular 'art of my letter, you may glean the truthfrom the $hole 'retty correctly% &ou may $onder $hy 9 had not 'ut your affairs $ith *bbey in train on recei#ing your letter before last, to $hichthere $ill reach you a short ans$er dated from !hanklin% 9 did $rite ands'eak to *bbey, but to no 'ur'ose% &our last, $ith the enclosed note, hasa''ealed home to him% He $ill not see the necessity of a thing till he ishit in the mouth% DT$ill be effectual%

9 am sorry to miA u' foolish and serious things together, but in $ritingso much 9 am obliged to do so, and 9 ho'e sincerely the tenor of your mind$ill maintain itself better% 9n the course of a fe$ months 9 shall be asgood an 9talian scholar as 9 am a French one% 9 am reading *riosto at 'resent, not managing more than siA or eight stanCas at a time% hen 9ha#e done this language, so as to be able to read it tolerably $ell, 9shall set myself to get com'lete in Latin, and there my learning muststo'% 9 do not think of returning u'on Greek% 9 $ould not go e#en so far if 9 $ere not 'ersuaded of the 'o$er the kno$ledge of any language gi#esone% The fact is 9 like to be acMuainted $ith foreign languages% 9t is, besides, a nice $ay of filling u' inter#als, etc% *lso the reading of

ante is $ell $orth the $hileN and in Latin there is a fund of curiousliterature of the -iddle *ges, the $orks of many great men((*retino and!annaCaro and -achia#elli% 9 shall ne#er become attached to a foreignidiom, so as to 'ut it into my $ritings% The Paradise Lost, though so finein itself, is a corru'tion of our language% 9t should be ke't as itis((uniMue, a curiosity, a beautiful and grand curiosity, the mostremarkable 'roduction of the $orldN a northern dialect accommodatingitself to Greek and Latin in#ersions and intonations% The 'urest nglish,9 think((or $hat ought to be 'urest((is "hattertonDs% The language hadeAisted long enough to be entirely uncorru'ted of "haucerDs Gallicisms,and still the old $ords are used% "hattertonDs language is entirelynorthern% 9 'refer the nati#e music of it to -iltonDs, cut by feet% 9 ha#e

but lately stood on my guard against -ilton% Life to him $ould be deathto me% -iltonic #erse cannot be $ritten, but is the #erse of art% 9 $ishto de#ote myself to another #erse alone%

Friday 2!e'tember .;8%

9 ha#e been obliged to intermit your letter for t$o days =this beingFriday morning>, from ha#ing had to attend to other corres'ondence% Bro$n,



$ho $as at Bedham'ton, $ent thence to "hichester, and 9 am still directingmy letters Bedham'ton% There arose a misunderstanding about them% 9 beganto sus'ect my letters had been sto''ed from curiosity% Ho$e#er, yesterdayBro$n had four letters from me all in a lum', and the matter is clearedu'% Bro$n com'lained #ery much in his letter to me of yesterday of thegreat alteration the dis'osition of ilke has undergone% He thinks of

nothing but 'olitical justice and his boy% @o$, the first 'olitical duty aman ought to ha#e a mind to is the ha''iness of his friends% 9 $rote Bro$na comment on the subject, $herein 9 eA'lained $hat 9 thought of ilkeDscharacter, $hich resol#ed itself into this conclusion, that ilke $as aman $ho cannot feel he has a 'ersonal identity unless he has made u' hismind about e#erything% The only means of strengthening oneDs intellect isto make u' oneDs mind about nothing((to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts, not a select 'arty% The genus is not scarce in 'o'ulationNall the stubborn arguers you meet $ith are of the same brood% They ne#er begin u'on a subject they ha#e not 're(resol#ed on% They $ant to hammer their nail into you, and if you ha#e the 'oint, still they think you$rong% ilke $ill ne#er come at a truth as long as he li#es, because he is

al$ays trying at it% He is a God$in -ethodist%

9 must not forget to mention that your mother sho$Dd me the lock of hair((Dtis of a #ery dark colour for so young a creature% Then it is t$ofeet in length% 9 shall not stand a barley corn higher% ThatDs not fairNone ought to go on gro$ing as $ell as others% *t the end of this sheet 9shall sto' for the 'resent and send it off% &ou may eA'ect another letter immediately after it% *s 9 ne#er kno$ the day of the month but by chance,9 'ut here that this is the .;th !e'tember%

9 $ould $ish you here to sto' your ears, for 9 ha#e a $ord or t$o to sayto your $ife%

? ? ? ? ?

-y dear !ister((9n the first 'lace 9 must Muarrel $ith you for sending mesuch a shabby 'iece of 'a'er, though that is in some degree made u' for bythe beautiful im'ression of the seal% &ou should like to kno$ $hat 9 $asdoing the first of -ay% Let me see((9 cannot recollect% 9 ha#e all theAaminers ready to send((they $ill be a great treat to you $hen they reachyou% 9 shall 'ack them u' $hen my business $ith *bbey has come to a goodconclusion, and the remittance is on the road to you% 9 ha#e dealt roundyour best $ishes like a 'ack of cards, but being al$ays gi#en to cheatmyself, 9 ha#e turned u' ace% &ou see 9 am making game of you% 9 see you

are not all ha''y in that *merica% ngland, ho$e#er, $ould not be o#er ha''y for you if you $ere here% Perha's Dt$ould be better to be teasedhere than there% 9 must 'reach 'atience to you both% @o ste' hasty or injurious to you must be taken% &ou say let one large sheet be all to me%&ou $ill find more than that in different 'arts of this 'acket for you%"ertainly, 9 ha#e been caught in rains% * catch in the rain occasioned mylast sore throatN but as for red(haired girls, u'on my $ord, 9 do notrecollect e#er ha#ing seen one% *re you MuiCCing me or -iss aldegra#e$hen you talk of 'romenading *s for 'un(making, 9 $ish it $as as good a



trade as 'in(making% There is #ery little business of that sort going onno$% e struck for $ages, like the -anchester $ea#ers, but to no 'ur'ose%!o $e are all out of em'loy% 9 am more lucky than some, you see, by ha#ingan o''ortunity of eA'orting a fe$((getting into a little foreign trade,$hich is a comfortable thing% 9 $ish one could get change for a 'un insil#er currency% 9 $ould gi#e three and a half any night to get into rury

'it, but they $onDt ring at all% @o more $ill notes you $ill sayN butnotes are different things, though they make together a 'un(note as theterm goes% 9f 9 $ere your son, 9 shouldnDt mind you, though you ra't me$ith the scissors% But, Lord 9 should be out of fa#our $hen the little un be commDd% &ou ha#e made an uncle of me, you ha#e, and 9 donDt kno$ $hatto make of myself% 9 su''ose neAt there $ill be a ne#ey% &ou say in mylast, $rite directly% 9 ha#e not recei#ed your letter abo#e ten days% Thethought of your little girl 'uts me in mind of a thing 9 heard a -r% Lambsay% * child in arms $as 'assing by to$ards its mother, in the nurseDsarms% Lamb took hold of the long clothes, saying) Ihere, God bless me,$here does it lea#e offI

!aturday 2!e'tember .58%

9f you $ould 'refer a joke or t$o to anything else, 9 ha#e t$o for you,fresh hatched, just ris, as the bakersD $i#es say by the rolls% The first9 'layed off on Bro$nN the second 9 'layed on myself% Bro$n, $hen he leftme, IKeats,I says he, Imy good fello$I =staggering u'on his left heel andfetching an irregular 'irouette $ith his right>N IKeats,I says he=de'ressing his left eyebro$ and ele#ating his right one>, though by the$ay at the moment 9 did not kno$ $hich $as the right oneN IKeats,I says he=still in the same 'osture, but furthermore both his hands in his$aistcoat 'ockets and 'utting out his stomach>, IKeats((my((go(o(ood

fell(o(o(ooh,I says he =interlarding his eAclamation $ith certain#entriloMuial 'arentheses>,((no, this is all a lie((He $as as sober as a judge, $hen a judge ha''ens to be sober, and said) IKeats, if any letterscome for me, do not for$ard them, but o'en them and gi#e me the marro$ of them in a fe$ $ords%I *t the time 9 $rote my first to him no letter hadarri#ed% 9 thought 9 $ould in#ent one, and as 9 had not time tomanufacture a long one, 9 dabbed off a short one, and that $as the reasonof the joke succeeding beyond my eA'ectations% Bro$n let his house to a-r% Benjamin((a Je$% @o$, the $ater $hich furnishes the house is in atank, sided $ith a com'osition of lime, and the lime im'regnates the $ater un'leasantly% Taking ad#antage of this circumstance, 9 'retended that -r%Benjamin had $ritten the follo$ing short note((

!ir((By drinking your damnDd tank $ater 9 ha#e got the gra#el% hat re'aration can you make to me and my family

@*TH*@ B@J*-9@%

By a fortunate hit, 9 hit u'on his right((heathen name((his right 'ronomen% Bro$n in conseMuence, it a''ears, $rote to the sur'rised -r%Benjamin the follo$ing((



!ir((9 cannot offer you any remuneration until your gra#el shall ha#e formed itself into a stone(($hen 9 $ill cut you $ith 'leasure%

"% B+:@%

This of Bro$nDs -r% Benjamin has ans$ered, insisting on an eA'lanation of this singular circumstance% B% says) Ihen 9 read your letter and hisfollo$ing, 9 roaredN and in came -r% !nook, $ho on reading them seemDdlikely to burst the hoo's of his fat sides%I !o the joke has told $ell%

@o$ for the one 9 'layed on myself% 9 must first gi#e you the scene andthe dramatis 'ersonae% There are an old major and his youngish $ife here inthe neAt a'artments to me% His bedroom door o'ens at an angle $ith mysitting(room door% &esterday 9 $as reading as demurely as a 'arish clerk,$hen 9 heard a ra' at the door% 9 got u' and o'ened itN no one $as to beseen% 9 listened, and heard some one in the majorDs room% @ot content $iththis, 9 $ent u'stairs and do$n, looked in the cu'boards and $atchDd% *t

last 9 set myself to read again, not Muite so demurely, $hen there came alouder ra'% 9 $as determined to find out $ho it $as% 9 looked outN thestaircases $ere all silent% IThis must be the majorDs $ife,I said 9% I*tall e#ents 9 $ill see the truth%I !o 9 ra't me at the majorDs door and$ent in, to the utter sur'rise and confusion of the lady, $ho $as inreality there% *fter a little eA'lanation, $hich 9 can no more describethan fly, 9 made my retreat from her, con#inced of my mistake% !he is toall a''earance a silly body, and is really sur'rised about it% !he mustha#e been, for 9 ha#e disco#ered that a little girl in the house $as thera''er% 9 assure you she has nearly made me sneeCe% 9f the lady tellstits, 9 shall 'ut a #ery gra#e and moral face on the matter $ith the oldgentleman, and make his little boy a 'resent of a humming to'%

2-onday, !e'tember .%8

-y dear George((This -onday morning, the .th, 9 ha#e recei#ed your last,dated 1.th July% &ou say you ha#e not heard from ngland for three months%Then my letter from !hanklin, $ritten, 9 think, at the end of June, hasnot reachDd you% &ou shall not ha#e cause to think 9 neglect you% 9 ha#eke't this back a little time in eA'ectation of hearing from -r% *bbey% &ou$ill say 9 might ha#e remained in to$n to be *bbeyDs messenger in theseaffairs% That 9 offered him, but he in his ans$er con#inced me that he $asanAious to bring the business to an issue% He obser#ed, that by being

himself the agent in the $hole, 'eo'le might be more eA'editious% &ou sayyou ha#e not heard for three months, and yet your letters ha#e the tone of kno$ing ho$ our affairs are situated, by $hich 9 conjecture 9 acMuaintedyou $ith them in a letter 're#ious to the !hanklin one% That 9 may notha#e done% To be certain, 9 $ill here state that it is in conseMuence of -rs% Jennings threatening a chancery suit that you ha#e been ke't from therecei't of monies, and myself de'ri#ed of any hel' from *bbey% 9 am gladyou say you kee' u' your s'irits% 9 ho'e you make a true statement onthat score% !till kee' them u', for $e are all young% 9 can only re'eat



here that you shall hear from me again immediately% @ot$ithstanding this bad intelligence, 9 ha#e eA'erienced some 'leasure in recei#ing socorrectly t$o letters from you, as it gi#es me, if 9 may so say, a distantidea of 'roAimity% This last im'ro#es u'on my little niece((kiss her for me% o not fret yourself about the delay of money on account of myimmediate o''ortunity being lost, for in a ne$ country $hoe#er has money

must ha#e an o''ortunity of em'loying it in many $ays% The re'ort runs no$more in fa#our of Kean sto''ing in ngland% 9f he should, 9 ha#e confidentho'es of our tragedy% 9f he in#okes the hot(blooded character of Ludol'h,((and he is the only actor that can do it,((he $ill add to his o$nfame and im'ro#e my fortune% 9 $ill gi#e you a half(doCen lines of it before 9 'art as a s'ecimen((

@ot as a s$ordsman $ould 9 'ardon cra#e, But as a son) the bronCDd "enturion, Long(toilDd in foreign $ars, and $hose high deeds *re shaded in a forest of tall s'ears, Kno$n only to his troo', hath greater 'lea

:f fa#our $ith my sire than 9 can ha#e%

Belie#e me, my dear brother and sister, your affectionate and anAiousBrother

J:H@ K*T!%

"R99%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

inchester, !e'tember .., 1/17%

-y dear +eynolds((9 $as #ery glad to hear from oodhouse that you $ouldmeet in the country% 9 ho'e you $ill 'ass some 'leasant time together%hich 9 $ish to make 'leasanter by a brace of letters, #ery highly to beestimated, as really 9 ha#e had #ery bad luck $ith this sort of game thisseason% 9 Ike'en in solitarinesse,I for Bro$n has gone a(#isiting% 9 amsur'rised myself at the 'leasure 9 li#e alone in% 9 can gi#e you no ne$sof the 'lace here, or any other idea of it but $hat 9 ha#e to this effect$ritten to George% &esterday 9 say to him $as a grand day for inchester%They elected a -ayor% 9t $as indeed high time the 'lace should recei#e

some sort of eAcitement% There $as nothing going on) all aslee') not anold maidDs sedan returning from a card 'arty) and if any old $oman gotti'sy at "hristenings they did not eA'ose it in the streets% The firstnight though of our arri#al here, there $as a slight u'roar took 'lace atabout 10 oD the "lock% e heard distinctly a noise 'attering do$n the High!treet as of a $alking cane of the good old o$ager breedN and a littleminute after $e heard a less #oice obser#e Ihat a noise the ferrilmade((it must be loose%I Bro$n $anted to call the constables, but 9obser#ed Dt$as only a little breeCe and $ould soon 'ass o#er%((The side



streets here are eAcessi#ely maiden(lady(like) the door(ste's al$ays freshfrom the flannel% The knockers ha#e a staid serious, nay almost a$fulMuietness about them% 9 ne#er sa$ so Muiet a collection of LionsD and+amsD heads% The doors are most 'art black, $ith a little brass handle just abo#e the keyhole, so that in inchester a man may #ery Muietly shuthimself out of his o$n house% Ho$ beautiful the season is no$((Ho$ fine

the air% * tem'erate shar'ness about it% +eally, $ithout joking, chaste$eather((ian skies((9 ne#er liked stubble(fields so much as no$((*ye better than the chilly green of the !'ring% !omeho$, a stubble(field looks$arm((in the same $ay that some 'ictures look $arm% This struck me so muchin my !undayDs $alk that 9 com'osed u'on it%2108

9 ho'e you are better em'loyed than in ga'ing after $eather% 9 ha#e beenat different times so ha''y as not to kno$ $hat $eather it $as((@o 9 $illnot co'y a 'arcel of #erses% 9 al$ays someho$ associate "hatterton $ithautumn% He is the 'urest $riter in the nglish Language% He has no Frenchidiom or 'articles, like "haucer((Dtis genuine nglish 9diom in nglish$ords% 9 ha#e gi#en u' Hy'erion((there $ere too many -iltonic in#ersions

in it((-iltonic #erse cannot be $ritten but in an artful, or, rather,artistDs humour% 9 $ish to gi#e myself u' to other sensations% nglishought to be ke't u'% 9t may be interesting to you to 'ick out some linesfrom Hy'erion, and 'ut a mark A to the false beauty 'roceeding from art,and one SS to the true #oice of feeling% <'on my soul Dt$as imagination((9cannot make the distinction((#ery no$ and then there is a -iltonicintonation((But 9 cannot make the di#ision 'ro'erly% The fact is, 9 musttake a $alk) for 9 am $riting a long letter to George) and ha#e beenem'loyed at it all the morning% &ou $ill ask, ha#e 9 heard from George% 9am sorry to say not the best ne$s((9 ho'e for better% This is the reason,among others, that if 9 $rite to you it must be in such a scra'(like $ay%9 ha#e no meridian to date interests from, or measure circumstances((

To(night 9 am all in a mistN 9 scarcely kno$ $hatDs $hat((But you kno$ingmy unsteady and #agarish dis'osition, $ill guess that all this turmoil$ill be settled by to(morro$ morning% 9t strikes me to(night that 9 ha#eled a #ery odd sort of life for the t$o or three last years((Here andthere((no anchor((9 am glad of it%((9f you can get a 'ee' at Babbicombe before you lea#e the country, do%((9 think it the finest 'lace 9 ha#eseen, or is to be seen, in the !outh% There is a "ottage there 9 took $arm$ater at, that made u' for the tea% 9 ha#e lately shirkDd some friends of ours, and 9 ad#ise you to do the same, 9 mean the blue(de#ils((9 am ne#er at home to them% &ou need not fear them $hile you remain ine#onshire((there $ill be some of the family $aiting for you at the "oachoffice((but go by another "oach%

9 shall beg lea#e to ha#e a third o'inion in the first discussion youha#e $ith oodhouse((just half($ay, bet$een both% &ou kno$ 9 $ill not gi#eu' my argument((9n my $alk to(day 9 stoo'Dd under a railing that layacross my 'ath, and asked myself Ihy 9 did not get o#er%I IBecause,Ians$ered 9, Ino one $anted to force you under%I 9 $ould gi#e a guinea to be a reasonable man((good sound sense((a says $hat he thinks and does $hathe says man((and did not take snuff% They say men near death, ho$e#er madthey may ha#e been, come to their senses((9 ho'e 9 shall here in this



letter((there is a decent s'ace to be #ery sensible in((many a good 'ro#erb has been in less((nay, 9 ha#e heard of the statutes at large beingchanged into the !tatutes at !mall and 'rinted for a $atch 'a'er%

&our sisters, by this time, must ha#e got the e#onshire IeesI((shortees((you kno$ Dem((they are the 'rettiest ees in the language% : ho$ 9

admire the middle(siCed delicate e#onshire girls of about fifteen% There$as one at an 9nn door holding a Muartern of brandy((the #ery thought of her ke't me $arm a $hole stage((and a 16 miler too((I&ouDll 'ardon me for being jocular%I

#er your affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"R999%((T: "H*+L! @T:+TH 9LK%

inchester, ednesday #e%

2!e'tember .., 1/17%8

-y dear ilke((hate#er 9 take to for the time 9 cannot lea#e off in ahurryN letter $riting is the go no$N 9 ha#e consumed a Muire at least% &oumust gi#e me credit, no$, for a free Letter $hen it is in reality aninterested one, on t$o 'oints, the one reMuesti#e, the other #erging tothe 'ros and cons% *s 9 eA'ect they $ill lead me to seeing and conferring

$ith you in a short time, 9 shall not enter at all u'on a letter 9 ha#elately recei#ed from George, of not the most comfortable intelligence) but 'roceed to these t$o 'oints, $hich if you can theme out into sections andsubsections, for my edification, you $ill oblige me% The first 9 shall begin u'on, the other $ill follo$ like a tail to a "omet% 9 ha#e $rittento Bro$n on the subject, and can but go o#er the same ground $ith you in a#ery short time, it not being more in length than the ordinary 'aces bet$een the ickets% 9t concerns a resolution 9 ha#e taken to endea#our toacMuire something by tem'orary $riting in 'eriodical $orks% &ou must agree$ith me ho$ un$ise it is to kee' feeding u'on ho'es, $hich de'ending somuch on the state of tem'er and imagination, a''ear gloomy or bright, near or afar off, just as it ha''ens% @o$ an act has three 'arts((to act, to

do, and to 'erform((9 mean 9 should EdoE something for my immediate$elfare% #en if 9 am s$e't a$ay like a s'ider from a dra$ing(room, 9 amdetermined to s'in((homes'un anything for sale% &ea, 9 $ill traffic%*nything but -ortgage my Brain to Black$ood% 9 am determined not to lielike a dead lum'% 9f +eynolds had not taken to the la$, $ould he not beearning something hy cannot 9% &ou may say 9 $ant tact((that is easilyacMuired% &ou may be u' to the slang of a cock 'it in three battles% 9t isfortunate 9 ha#e not before this been tem'ted to #enture on the common% 9should a year or t$o ago ha#e s'oken my mind on e#ery subject $ith the



utmost sim'licity% 9 ho'e 9 ha#e learned a little better and am confident9 shall be able to cheat as $ell as any literary Je$ of the -arket andshine u' an article on anything $ithout much kno$ledge of the subject, ayelike an orange% 9 $ould $illingly ha#e recourse to other means% 9 cannotN9 am fit for nothing but literature% ait for the issue of this Tragedy @o((there cannot be greater uncertainties east, $est, north, and south

than concerning dramatic com'osition% Ho$ many months must 9 $ait Had 9not better begin to look about me no$ 9f better e#ents su'ersede thisnecessity $hat harm $ill be done 9 ha#e no trust $hate#er on Poetry% 9donDt $onder at it((the mar#el is to me ho$ 'eo'le read so much of it% 9think you $ill see the reasonableness of my 'lan% To for$ard it 9 'ur'oseli#ing in chea' Lodging in To$n, that 9 may be in the reach of books andinformation, of $hich there is here a 'lentiful lack% 9f 9 can find any 'lace tolerably comfortable 9 $ill settle myself and fag till 9 can affordto buy Pleasure(($hich if 9 ne#er can afford 9 must go $ithout% Talking of Pleasure, this moment 9 $as $riting $ith one hand, and $ith the other holding to my -outh a @ectarine((good God ho$ fine% 9t $ent do$n soft, 'ul'y, slushy, ooCy((all its delicious embon'oint melted do$n my throat

like a large beatified !tra$berry% 9 shall certainly breed% @o$ 9 come tomy reMuest% !hould you like me for a neighbour again "ome, 'lum' it out,9 $onDt blush% 9 should also be in the neighbourhood of -rs% ylie, $hich9 should be glad of, though that of course does not influence me%Therefore $ill you look about -arsham, or +odney !treet for a cou'le of rooms for me% +ooms like the gallantDs legs in -assingerDs time, Ias goodas the times allo$, !ir%I 9 ha#e $ritten to(day to +eynolds, and tooodhouse% o you kno$ him He is a Friend of TaylorDs at $hom Bro$n hastaken one of his funny odd dislikes% 9Dm sure heDs $rong, becauseoodhouse likes my Poetry((conclusi#e% 9 ask your o'inion and yet 9 mustsay to you as to him, Bro$n, that if you ha#e anything to say against it 9shall be as obstinate and heady as a +adical% By the Aaminer coming in

your hand$riting you must be in To$n% They ha#e 'ut me into s'irits% @ot$ithstanding my aristocratic tem'er 9 cannot hel' being #ery much 'leased $ith the 'resent 'ublic 'roceedings% 9 ho'e sincerely 9 shall beable to 'ut a -ite of hel' to the Liberal side of the Question before 9die% 9f you should ha#e left To$n again =for your Holidays cannot be u'yet> let me kno$ $hen this is for$arded to you% * most eAtraordinarymischance has befallen t$o letters 9 $rote Bro$n((one from London $hither 9 $as obliged to go on business for GeorgeN the other from this 'lacesince my return% 9 canDt make it out% 9 am eAcessi#ely sorry for it% 9shall hear from Bro$n and from you almost together, for 9 ha#e sent him aLetter to(day) you must 'ositi#ely agree $ith me or by the delicate toenails of the #irgin 9 $ill not o'en your Letters% 9f they are as a#id

says Isus'icious looking lettersI 9 $onDt o'en them% 9f !t% John had beenhalf as cunning he might ha#e seen the re#elations comfortably in his o$nroom, $ithout gi#ing angels the trouble of breaking o'en seals% +emember me to -rs% % and the est(monasteranian and belie#e me

#er your sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%



"R9R%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

inchester, !e'tember .4, 1/17%

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@o$ 9 am going to enter on the subject of self% 9t is Muite time 9 shouldset myself doing something, and li#e no longer u'on ho'es% 9 ha#e ne#er yet eAerted myself% 9 am getting into an idle(minded, #icious $ay of life,almost content to li#e u'on others% 9n no 'eriod of my life ha#e 9 acted$ith any self($ill but in thro$ing u' the a'othecary 'rofession% That 9 donot re'ent of% Look at +eynolds, if he $as not in the la$, he $ould beacMuiring, by his abilities, something to$ards his su''ort% -y occu'ationis entirely literary) 9 $ill do so, too% 9 $ill $rite, on the liberal side

of the Muestion, for $hoe#er $ill 'ay me% 9 ha#e not kno$n yet $hat it isto be diligent% 9 'ur'ose li#ing in to$n in a chea' lodging, andendea#ouring, for a beginning, to get the theatricals of some 'a'er% hen9 can afford to com'ose deliberate 'oems, 9 $ill% 9 shall be ineA'ectation of an ans$er to this% Look on my side of the Muestion% 9 amcon#inced 9 am right% !u''ose the tragedy should succeed,((there $ill beno harm done% *nd here 9 $ill take an o''ortunity of making a remark or t$o on our friendshi', and on all your good offices to me% 9 ha#e anatural timidity of mind in these mattersN liking better to take thefeeling bet$een us for granted, than to s'eak of it% But, good God $hat ashort $hile you ha#e kno$n me 9 feel it a sort of duty thus toreca'itulate, ho$e#er un'leasant it may be to you% &ou ha#e been li#ing

for others more than any man 9 kno$% This is a #eAation to me, because ithas been de'ri#ing you, in the #ery 'rime of your life, of 'leasures $hichit $as your duty to 'rocure% *s 9 am s'eaking in general terms, this maya''ear nonsenseN you 'erha's $ill not understand itN but if you can goo#er, day by day, any month of the last year, you $ill kno$ $hat 9 mean%:n the $hole ho$e#er this is a subject that 9 cannot eA'ress myself u'on((9 s'eculate u'on it freMuentlyN and belie#e me the end of mys'eculations is al$ays an anAiety for your ha''iness% This anAiety $illnot be one of the least incitements to the 'lan 9 'ur'ose 'ursuing% 9 hadgot into a habit of mind of looking to$ards you as a hel' in alldifficulties((This #ery habit $ould be the 'arent of idleness anddifficulties% &ou $ill see it is a duty 9 o$e myself to break the neck of

it% 9 do nothing for my subsistence((make no eAertion((*t the end of another year you shall a''laud me, not for #erses, but for conduct% hile9 ha#e some immediate cash, 9 had better settle myself Muietly, and fag onas others do% 9 shall a''ly to HaClitt, $ho kno$s the market as $ell asany one, for something to bring me in a fe$ 'ounds as soon as 'ossible% 9shall not suffer my 'ride to hinder me% The $his'er may go roundN 9 shallnot hear it% 9f 9 can get an article in the dinburgh, 9 $ill% :ne mustnot be delicate((@or let this disturb you longer than a moment% 9 look for$ard $ith a good ho'e that $e shall one day be 'assing free,



untrammelled, unanAious time together% That can ne#er be if 9 continue adead lum'% 9 shall be eA'ecting anAiously an ans$er from you% 9f it doesnot arri#e in a fe$ days this $ill ha#e miscarried, and 9 shall comestraight to (((( before 9 go to to$n, $hich you 9 am sure $ill agree had better be done $hile 9 still ha#e some ready cash% By the middle of :ctober 9 shall eA'ect you in London% e $ill then set at the theatres% 9f

you ha#e anything to gainsay, 9 shall be e#en as the deaf adder $hichsto''eth her ears%

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"RR%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

inchester, !e'tember .4, 1/17%

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o not suffer me to disturb you un'leasantly) 9 do not mean that youshould not suffer me to occu'y your thoughts, but to occu'y them 'leasantlyN for 9 assure you 9 am as far from being unha''y as 'ossible%9maginary grie#ances ha#e al$ays been more my torment than real ones((&oukno$ this $ell((+eal ones $ill ne#er ha#e any other effect u'on me than tostimulate me to get out of or a#oid them% This is easily accountedfor((:ur imaginary $oes are conjured u' by our 'assions, and are fostered by 'assionate feeling) our real ones come of themsel#es, and are o''osed by an abstract eAertion of mind% +eal grie#ances are dis'lacers of

'assion% The imaginary nail a man do$n for a sufferer, as on a crossN thereal s'ur him u' into an agent% 9 $ish, at one #ie$, you $ould see myheart to$ards you% DTis only from a high tone of feeling that 9 can 'utthat $ord u'on 'a'er((out of 'oetry% 9 ought to ha#e $aited for your ans$er to my last before 9 $rote this% 9 felt ho$e#er com'elled to make arejoinder to yours% 9 had $ritten to ilke on the subject of my last, 9scarcely kno$ $hether 9 shall send my letter no$% 9 think he $ould a''ro#eof my 'lanN it is so e#ident% @ay, 9 am con#inced, out and out, that by 'rosing for a $hile in 'eriodical $orks 9 may maintain myself decently%

? ? ? ? ?

"RR9%((T: "H*+L! @T:+TH 9LK%

inchester, Friday, :ctober 1 21/178%

-y dear ilke((For sundry reasons, $hich 9 $ill eA'lain to you $hen 9 come



to To$n, 9 ha#e to reMuest you $ill do me a great fa#our as 9 must call itkno$ing ho$ great a Bore it is% That your imagination may not ha#e time totake too great an alarm 9 state immediately that 9 $ant you to hire me acou'le of rooms =a !itting +oom and bed room for myself alone> inestminster% Quietness and chea'ness are the essentials) but as 9 shall$ith Bro$n be returned by neAt Friday you cannot in that s'ace ha#e

sufficient time to make any choice selection, and need not be #ery 'articular as 9 can $hen on the s'ot suit myself at leisure% Bro$n bids meremind you not to send the Aaminers after the third% Tell -rs% % 9 amobliged to her for the late ones $hich 9 see are directed in her hand%Acuse this mere business letter for 9 assure you 9 ha#e not a syllable athand on any subject in the $orld%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"RR99%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

inchester, !unday -orn 2:ctober 4, 1/178%

-y dear Haydon(("ertainly 9 might) but a fe$ -onths 'ass a$ay before $eare a$are% 9 ha#e a great a#ersion to letter $riting, $hich gro$s more andmore u'on meN and a greater to summon u' circumstances before me of anun'leasant nature% 9 $as not $illing to trouble you $ith them% "ould 9ha#e dated from my Palace of -ilan you $ould ha#e heard from me% @ot e#en

no$ $ill 9 mention a $ord of my affairs((only that I9 +ab am hereI butshall not be here more than a eek more, as 9 'ur'ose to settle in To$nand $ork my $ay $ith the rest% 9 ho'e 9 shall ne#er be so silly as toinjure my health and industry for the future by s'eaking, $riting or fretting about my non(estate% 9 ha#e no Muarrel, 9 assure you, of so$eighty a nature, $ith the $orld, on my o$n account as 9 ha#e on yours% 9ha#e done nothing((eAce't for the amusement of a fe$ 'eo'le $ho refineu'on their feelings till anything in the un(understandable $ay $ill godo$n $ith them(('eo'le 'redis'osed for sentiment% 9 ha#e no cause tocom'lain because 9 am certain anything really fine $ill in these days befelt% 9 ha#e no doubt that if 9 had $ritten :thello 9 should ha#e beencheered by as good a mob as Hunt% !o $ould you be no$ if the o'eration of

'ainting $as as uni#ersal as that of riting% 9t is not) and therefore itdid beho#e men 9 could mention among $hom 9 must 'lace !ir George Beaumontto ha#e lifted you u' abo#e sordid cares% That this has not been done is adisgrace to the country% 9 kno$ #ery little of Painting, yet your 'icturesfollo$ me into the "ountry% hen 9 am tired of reading 9 often think themo#er and as often condemn the s'irit of modern "onnoisseurs% <'on the$hole, indeed, you ha#e no com'laint to make, being able to say $hat sofe$ -en can, I9 ha#e succeeded%I :n sitting do$n to $rite a fe$ lines toyou these are the u''ermost in my mind, and, ho$e#er 9 may be beating



about the arctic $hile your s'irit has 'assed the line, you may lay to aminute and consider 9 am earnest as far as 9 can see% Though at this 'resent I9 ha#e great dis'ositions to $riteI 9 feel e#ery day more andmore content to read% Books are becoming more interesting and #aluable tome% 9 may say 9 could not li#e $ithout them% 9f in the course of afortnight you can 'rocure me a ticket to the British -useum 9 $ill make a

better use of it than 9 did in the first instance% 9 shall go on $ith 'atience in the confidence that if 9 e#er do anything $orth rememberingthe +e#ie$ers $ill no more be able to stumble(block me than the +oyal*cademy could you% They ha#e the same Muarrel $ith you that the !cotchnobles had $ith allace% The fame they ha#e lost through you is no joke tothem% Had it not been for you Fuseli $ould ha#e been not as he is major but maAimus domo% hat +e#ie$ers can 'ut a hindrance to must be((anothing((or mediocre $hich is $orse% 9 am sorry to say that since 9 sa$you 9 ha#e been guilty of a 'ractical joke u'on Bro$n $hich has had allthe success of an innocent ildfire among 'eo'le% !ome day in the neAt$eek you shall hear it from me by $ord of -outh% 9 ha#e not seen the 'ortentous Book $hich $as skummerDd at you just as 9 left to$n% 9t may be

light enough to ser#e you as a "ork Jacket and sa#e you for a $hile thetrouble of s$imming% 9 heard the -an $ent raking and rummaging about likeany +ichardson% That and the -emoirs of -enage are the first 9 shall beat% From !r% G% B%Ds, Lord -s210/8 and 'articularly !r% John Leicestersgood lord deli#er us% 9 shall eA'ect to see your Picture 'lum'ed out likea ri'e Peach((you $ould not be #ery $illing to gi#e me a slice of it% 9came to this 'lace in the ho'es of meeting $ith a Library but $asdisa''ointed% The High !treet is as Muiet as a Lamb% The knockers aredieted to three ra's 'er diem% The $alks about are interesting from themany old Buildings and arch$ays% The #ie$ of the High !treet through theGate of the "ity in the beautiful !e'tember e#ening light has amused mefreMuently% The bad singing of the "athedral 9 do not care to smoke((being

by myself 9 am not #ery coy in my taste% *t !t% "ross there is aninteresting 'icture of *lbert uererDs(($ho li#ing in such $ar(like times 'erha's $as forced to 'aint in his Gauntlets((so $e must make allallo$ances%

9 am, my dear Haydon, &ours e#er

J:H@ K*T!%

Bro$n has a fe$ $ords to say to you and $ill cross this%

"RR999%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place21078 2:ctober 16, 1/178%

-y dear Fanny((-y "onscience is al$ays re'roaching me for neglecting youfor so long a time% 9 ha#e been returned from inchester this fortnight,



and as yet 9 ha#e not seen you% 9 ha#e no eAcuse to offer((9 should ha#eno eAcuse% 9 shall eA'ect to see you the neAt time 9 call on -r% *% aboutGeorgeDs affairs $hich 'er'leA me a great deal((9 should ha#e to(day goneto see if you $ere in to$n((but as 9 am in an industrious humour =$hich isso necessary to my li#elihood for the future> 9 am loath to break throughit though it be merely for one day, for $hen 9 am inclined 9 can do a

great deal in a day((9 am more fond of 'leasure than study =many men ha#e 'referDd the latter> but 9 ha#e become resol#ed to kno$ something $hichyou $ill credit $hen 9 tell you 9 ha#e left off animal food that my brainsmay ne#er henceforth be in a greater mist than is theirs by nature((9 took lodgings in estminster for the 'ur'ose of being in the reach of Books, but am no$ returned to Ham'stead being induced to it by the habit 9 ha#eacMuired in this room 9 am no$ in and also from the 'leasure of being freefrom 'aying any 'etty attentions to a diminuti#e house(kee'ing% -r% Bro$nhas been my great friend for some time(($ithout him 9 should ha#e beenin, 'erha's, 'ersonal distress((as 9 kno$ you lo#e me though 9 do notdeser#e it, 9 am sure you $ill take 'leasure in being a friend to -r%Bro$n e#en before you kno$ him%((-y lodgings for t$o or three days $ere

close in the neighbourhood of -rs% ilke $ho ne#er sees me but sheenMuires after you((9 ha#e had letters from George lately $hich do notcontain, as 9 think 9 told you in my last, the best ne$s((9 ha#e ho'es for the best((9 trust in a good termination to his affairs $hich you 'leaseGod $ill soon hear of((9t is better you should not be teased $ith the 'articulars% The $hole amount of the ill ne$s is that his mercantiles'eculations ha#e not had success in conseMuence of the general de'ressionof trade in the $hole 'ro#ince of Kentucky and indeed all *merica%((9 ha#ea cou'le of shells for you you $ill call 'retty%


J:H@ ((((%

"RR9%((T: J:!PH !+@%

ent$orth Place, ednesday

2:ctober . 1/178%

ear !e#ern((ither your joke about staying at home is a #ery old one or 9really callDd% 9 donDt remember doing so% 9 am glad to hear you ha#efinishDd the Picture and am more anAious to see it than 9 ha#e time tos'are) for 9 ha#e been so #ery laA, unem'loyed, unmeridianDd, andobjectless these t$o months that 9 e#en grudge indulging =and that is nogreat indulgence considering the Lecture is not o#er till 7 and thelecture room se#en miles from ent$orth Place> myself by going toHaClittDs Lecture% 9f you ha#e hours to the amount of a brace of doCens tothro$ a$ay you may slee' nine of them here in your little "rib and chat



the rest% hen your Picture is u' and in a good light 9 shall make a 'ointof meeting you at the *cademy if you $ill let me kno$ $hen% 9f you should be at the Lecture to(morro$ e#ening 9 shall see you((and congratulate youheartily((Haslam 9 kno$ Iis #ery Beadle to an amorous sigh%I

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"RR%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

ent$orth Place, Ham'stead,

@o#ember 1 21/178%

-y dear Taylor((9 ha#e come to a determination not to 'ublish anything 9ha#e no$ ready $ritten) but, for all that, to 'ublish a 'oem before long,and that 9 ho'e to make a fine one% *s the mar#ellous is the mostenticing, and the surest guarantee of harmonious numbers, 9 ha#e beenendea#ouring to 'ersuade myself to untether Fancy, and to let her managefor herself%21108 9 and myself cannot agree about this at all% onders areno $onders to me% 9 am more at home amongst men and $omen% 9 $ould rather read "haucer than *riosto% The little dramatic skill 9 may as yet ha#e,ho$e#er badly it might sho$ in a drama, $ould, 9 think, be sufficient for a 'oem% 9 $ish to diffuse the colouring of !t% *gnesDs #e throughout a 'oem in $hich character and sentiment $ould be the figures to such

dra'ery% T$o or three such 'oems, if God should s'are me, $ritten in thecourse of the neAt siA years, $ould be a famous Gradus ad Parnassumaltissimum((9 mean they $ould ner#e me u' to the $riting of a fe$ fine 'lays((my greatest ambition, $hen 9 do feel ambitious% 9 am sorry to saythat is #ery seldom% The subject $e ha#e once or t$ice talked of a''ears a 'romising one((The arl of LeicesterDs history% 9 am this morning readingHolinshedDs IliCabeth%I &ou had some books a $hile ago, you 'romised tosend me, illustrati#e of my subject% 9f you can lay hold of them, or anyothers $hich may be ser#iceable to me, 9 kno$ you $ill encourage mylo$(s'irited muse by sending them, or rather by letting me kno$ $here our errand(cart man shall call $ith my little boA% 9 $ill endea#our to setmyself selfishly at $ork on this 'oem that is to be%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"RR9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%



ednesday -orn((2@o#ember 1, 1/178%

-y dear Fanny((9 recei#ed your letter yesterday #ening and $ill obey itto(morro$% 9 $ould come to(day((but 9 ha#e been to To$n so freMuently on

GeorgeDs Business it makes me $ish to em'loy to(day at Ham'stead% !o 9 sayThursday $ithout fail% 9 ha#e no ne$s at all entertaining((and if 9 had 9should not ha#e time to tell them as 9 $ish to send this by the morningPost%


J:H@%

"RR99%((T: J:!PH !+@%

ent$orth Place, -onday -orn((

2ecember 6 1/178%

-y dear !e#ern((9 am #ery sorry that on Tuesday 9 ha#e an a''ointment inthe "ity of an undeferable natureN and Bro$n on the same day has some business at Guildhall% 9 ha#e not been able to figure your manner of eAecuting the "a#e of des'air,21118 therefore it $ill be at any rate ano#elty and sur'rise to me((9 trust on the right side% 9 shall call u'on

you some morning shortly, early enough to catch you before you can getout(($hen $e $ill 'roceed to the *cademy% 9 think you must be suited $itha good 'ainting light in your Bay $indo$% 9 $ish you to return the"om'liment by going $ith me to see a Poem 9 ha#e hung u' for the PriCe inthe Lecture +oom of the !urry 9nstitution% 9 ha#e many +i#als, the mostthreatening are *n :de to Lord "astlereagh, and a ne$ series of Hymns for the @e$, ne$ Jerusalem "ha'el% =&ou had best 'ut me into your "a#e of des'air%>

#er yours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"RR999%((T: J*-! +9"%

ent$orth Place 2ecember 1/178%



-y dear +ice((*s 9 $ant the coat on my back mended, 9 $ould be obliged if you $ould send me the one Bro$n left at your house by the Bearer((uringyour late contest 9 had regular re'orts of you, ho$ that your time $ascom'letely taken u' and your health im'ro#ing((9 shall call in the courseof a fe$ days, and see $hether your 'romotion has made any difference inyour Beha#iour to us% 9 su''ose +eynolds has gi#en you an account of Bro$n

and lliston% *s he has not rejected our Tragedy, 9 shall not #enture tocall him directly a foolN but as he $ishes to 'ut it off till neAt season,9 cannot hel' thinking him little better than a kna#e%((That it $ill not be acted this season is yet uncertain% Perha's $e may gi#e it another furbish and try it at "o#ent Garden% DT$ould do oneDs heart good to see-acready in Ludol'h% 9f you do not see me soon it $ill be from the humour of $riting, $hich 9 ha#e had for three days continuing% 9 must say to the-uses $hat the maid says to the -an((ITake me $hile the fit is on me%I%%%

#er yours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"RR9R%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, -onday -orn((

2ecember .0, 1/17%8

-y dear Fanny((hen 9 sa$ you last, you askDd me $hether you should see me

again before "hristmas% &ou $ould ha#e seen me if 9 had been Muite $ell% 9ha#e not, though not un$ell enough to ha#e 're#ented me((not indeed atall((but fearful lest the $eather should affect my throat $hich oneAertion or cold continually threatens me%((By the ad#ice of my octor 9ha#e had a $arm great "oat made and ha#e ordered some thick shoes((sofurnishDd 9 shall be $ith you if it holds a little fine before "hristmasday%((9 ha#e been #ery busy since 9 sa$ you, es'ecially the last eek, andshall be for some time, in 're'aring some Poems to come out in the !'ring,and also in brightening the interest of our Tragedy%((:f the Tragedy 9 cangi#e you but ne$s semigood% 9t is acce'ted at rury Lane $ith a 'romise of coming out neAt season) as that $ill be too long a delay $e ha#edetermined to get lliston to bring it out this !eason or to transfer it

to "o#ent Garden% This lliston $ill not like, as $e ha#e e#ery moti#e to belie#e that Kean has 'ercei#ed ho$ suitable the 'rinci'al "haracter $ill be for him% -y ho'es of success in the literary $orld are no$ better thane#er% -r% *bbey, on my calling on him lately, a''eared anAious that 9should a''ly myself to something else((He mentioned Tea Brokerage% 9su''osed he might 'erha's mean to gi#e me the Brokerage of his concern$hich might be eAecuted $ith little trouble and a good 'rofitN andtherefore said 9 should ha#e no objection to it, es'ecially as at the sametime it occurred to me that 9 might make o#er the business to George((9



Muestioned him about it a fe$ days after% His mind takes odd turns% hen 9 became a !uitor he became coy% He did not seem so much inclined to ser#eme% He described $hat 9 should ha#e to do in the 'rogress of business% 9t$ill not suit me% 9 ha#e gi#en it u'% 9 ha#e not heard again from George,$hich rather disa''oints me, as 9 $ish to hear before 9 make any freshremittance of his 'ro'erty% 9 recei#ed a note from -rs% ilke a fe$ days

ago in#iting me to dine $ith her on Rmas day $hich 9 shall do% -r% Bro$nand 9 go on in our old dog trot of Breakfast, dinner =not tea, for $e ha#eleft that off>, su''er, !lee', "onfab, stirring the fire and reading%hilst 9 $as in the "ountry last !ummer, -rs% Bentley tells me, a $omanin mourning callDd on me,((and talkDd something of an aunt of ours((9 amso careless a fello$ 9 did not enMuire, but $ill 'articularly) :n Tuesday9 am going to hear some !choolboys !'eechify on breaking u' day((9Dll layyou a 'ocket 'iece $e shall ha#e I-y name is @or#al%I 9 ha#e not yetlookDd for the Letter you mentionDd as it is miADd u' in a boA full of 'a'ers((you must tell me, if you can recollect, the subject of it% Thismoment Bentley brought a Letter from George for me to deli#er to -rs%ylie((9 shall see her and it before 9 see you% The irection $as in his

best hand $ritten $ith a good Pen and sealed $ith a TassieDs !haks'earesuch as 9 ga#e you((e judge of 'eo'leDs hearts by their "ountenancesN may$e not judge of Letters in the same $ay((if so, the Letter does notcontain un'leasant ne$s((Good or bad s'irits ha#e an effect on thehand$riting% This direction is at least unner#ous and healthy% :ur !ister is also $ell, or George $ould ha#e made strange $ork $ith Ks and s% Thelittle Baby is $ell or he $ould ha#e formed 'recious #o$els and"onsonants((He sent off the Letter in a hurry, or the mail bag $as rather a $arm berth, or he has $orn out his !eal, for the !haks'eareDs head isflattened a little% This is close muggy $eather as they say at the *lehouses%

9 am e#er, my dear !ister, yours affectionately

J:H@ K*T!%

"RRR%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, ednesday%

2ecember .., 1/17%8

-y dear Fanny((9 $rote to you a Letter directed althamsto$ the day beforeyesterday $herein 9 'romised to see you before "hristmas day% 9 am sorryto say 9 ha#e been and continue rather un$ell, and therefore shall not beable to 'romise certainly% 9 ha#e not seen -rs% ylieDs Letter% Acuse mydear Fanny this #ery shabby note%




J:H@%

"RRR9%((T: G:+G9*@* K*T!%

Thursday, January 14, 1/.0%

-y dear !ister((By the time you recei#e this your trouble $ill be o#er% 9$ish you kne$ they $ere half o#er% 9 mean that George is safe in nglandand in good health%211.8 To $rite to you by him is almost like follo$ingoneDs o$n letter in the mail% That it may not be Muite so, 9 $ill lea#ecommon intelligence out of the Muestion, and $rite $ide of him as 9 can% 9fear 9 must be dull, ha#ing had no good(natured fli' from FortuneDs finger since 9 sa$ you, and no side$ay comfort in the success of my friends% 9

could almost 'romise that if 9 had the means 9 $ould accom'any George back to *merica, and 'ay you a #isit of a fe$ months% 9 should not think muchof the time, or my absence from my booksN or 9 ha#e no right to think, for 9 am #ery idle% But then 9 ought to be diligent, and at least kee' myself $ithin the reach of materials for diligence% iligence, that 9 do not meanto sayN 9 should say dreaming o#er my books, or rather other 'eo'leDs books% George has 'romised to bring you to ngland $hen the fi#e yearsha#e ela'sed% 9 regret #ery much that 9 shall not be able to see you before that time, and e#en then 9 must ho'e that your affairs $ill be inso 'ros'erous a $ay as to induce you to sto' longer% &ours is a hardishfate, to be so di#ided among your friends and settled among a 'eo'le youhate% &ou $ill find it im'ro#e% &ou ha#e a heart that $ill take hold of

your childrenN e#en GeorgeDs absence $ill make things better% His return$ill banish $hat must be your greatest sorro$, and at the same time minor ones $ith it% +obinson "rusoe, $hen he sa$ himself in danger of 'erishingon the $aters, looked back to his island as to the ha#en of his ha''iness,and on gaining it once more $as more content $ith his solitude% e smokeGeorge about his little girl% He runs the common(beaten road of e#eryfather, as 9 dare say you do of e#ery mother) there is no child like hischild, so original,((original forsooth Ho$e#er, 9 take you at your $ords%9 ha#e a li#ely faith that yours is the #ery gem of all children% *inDt 9its uncle

:n HenryDs marriage there $as a 'iece of bride cake sent me% 9t missed its

$ay% 9 su''ose the carrier or coachman $as a conjuror, and $anted it for his o$n 'ri#ate use% Last !unday George and 9 dined at -illarDs% There$ere your mother and "harles $ith Fool Lacon, sM%, $ho sent the sly,disinterested sha$l to -iss -illar, $ith his o$n heathen name engra#ed inthe middle% "harles had a silk handkerchief belonging to a -iss Gro#er,$ith $hom he 'retended to be smitten, and for her sake ke't eAhibiting andadoring the handkerchief all the e#ening% Fool Lacon, sM%, treated it$ith a little #enturesome, trembling contumely, $hereu'on "harles set himMuietly do$n on the floor, from $here he as Muietly got u'% This 'rocess



$as re'eated at su''er time, $hen your mother said, I9f 9 $ere you -r%Lacon 9 $ould not let him do so%I Fool Lacon, sM%, did not offer anyremark% He $ill undoubtedly die in his bed% &our mother did not look Muiteso $ell on !unday% -rs% Henry ylie is eAcessi#ely Muiet before 'eo'le% 9ho'e she is al$ays so% &esterday $e dined at TaylorDs, in Fleet !treet%George left early after dinner to go to e'tfordN he $ill make all sMuare

there for me% 9 could not go $ith him((9 did not like the amusement%Haslam is a #ery good fello$ indeedN he has been eAcessi#ely anAious andkind to us% But is this fair He has an innamorata at e'tford, and he has been $anting me for some time 'ast to see her% This is a thing $hich it isim'ossible not to shirk% * man is like a magnet((he must ha#e a re'ellingend% !o ho$ am 9 to see HaslamDs lady and family, if 9 e#en $ent for bythe time 9 got to Green$ich 9 should ha#e re'ellDd them to Blackheath, and by the time 9 got to e'tford they $ould be on !hooterDs HillN $hen 9 cameto !hooter Hill they $ould alight at "hatham, and so on till 9 dro#e theminto the sea, $hich 9 think might be indictable% The e#ening beforeyesterday $e had a 'ianoforte ho' at ilkeDs% There $as #ery littleamusement in the room, but a !cotchman to hate% !ome 'eo'le, you must ha#e

obser#ed, ha#e a most un'leasant effect u'on you $hen you see thems'eaking in 'rofile% This !cotchman is the most accom'lished fello$ inthis $ay 9 e#er met $ith% The effect $as com'lete% 9t $ent do$n like adose of bitters, and 9 ho'e $ill im'ro#e my digestion% *t TaylorDs too,there $as a !cotchman,((not Muite so bad, for he $as as clean as he couldget himself% @ot ha#ing succeeded in rury Lane $ith our tragedy, $e ha#e been making some alterations, and are about to try "o#ent Garden% Bro$nhas just done 'atching u' the co'y((as it is altered% The reliance 9 hadon it $as in KeanDs acting% 9 am not afraid it $ill be damnDd in theGarden% &ou said in one of your letters that there $as nothing but Haydonand "o% in mine% There can be nothing of him in this, for 9 ne#er see himor "o% George has introduced to us an *merican of the name of Hart% 9 like

him in a moderate $ay% He $as at -rs% ilkeDs 'arty((and sitting by meN $e began talking about nglish and *merican ladies% The -iss (((( and some of their friends made not a #ery enticing ro$ o''osite us% 9 bade him mark them and form his judgment of them% 9 told him 9 hated nglishmen becausethey $ere the only men 9 kne$% He does not understand this% ho $ould beBraggadochio to Johnny Bull JohnnyDs house is his castle((and a 'reciousdull castle it isN $hat a many Bull castles there are in so(and(socrescent 9 ne#er $ish myself an un#ersed $riter and ne$smonger but $hen 9$rite to you% 9 should like for a day or t$o to ha#e somebodyDskno$ledge((-r% LaconDs for instance((of all the different folks of a $ideacMuaintance, to tell you about% :nly let me ha#e his kno$ledge of familyminutiae and 9 $ould set them in a 'ro'er lightN but, bless me, 9 ne#er go

any$here% -y 'en is no more garrulous than my tongue% *ny third 'erson$ould think 9 $as addressing myself to a lo#er of scandal% But $e kno$ $edo not lo#e scandal, but funN and if scandal ha''ens to be fun, that is nofault of ours% There $ere #ery good 'ickings for me in GeorgeDs lettersabout the 'rairie settlement, if 9 had any taste to turn them to accountin ngland% 9 kne$ a friend of -iss *ndre$s, yet 9 ne#er mentioned her tohimN for after 9 had read the letter 9 really did not recollect her story% @o$ 9 ha#e been sitting here half an hour $ith my in#ention at $ork, tosay something about your mother or "harles or Henry, but it is in #ain% 9



kno$ not $hat to say% Three nights since, George $ent $ith your mother tothe 'lay% 9 ho'e she $ill soon see mine acted% 9 do not remember e#er toha#e thanked you for your tassels to my !haks'eare((there he hangs so ablysu''orted o''osite me% 9 thank you no$% 9t is a continual memento of you%9f you should ha#e a boy, do not christen him John, and 'ersuade Georgenot to let his 'artiality for me come across% DTis a bad name, and goes

against a man% 9f my name had been dmund 9 should ha#e been morefortunate%

9 $as sur'rised to hear of the state of society at Louis#illeN it seems tome you are just as ridiculous there as $e are here((three'enny 'arties,half'enny dances% The best thing 9 ha#e heard of is your shootingN for itseems you follo$ the gun% Gi#e my com'liments to -rs% *udubon, and tellher 9 cannot think her either good(looking or honest% Tell -r% *udubonheDs a fool, and Briggs that Dtis $ell 9 $as not -r% *%

!aturday, January 15%

9t is strange that George ha#ing to sto' so short a time in ngland, 9should not ha#e seen him for nearly t$o days% He has been to HaslamDs anddoes not encourage me to follo$ his eAam'le% He had gi#en 'romise to dine$ith the same 'arty to(morro$, but has sent an eAcuse $hich 9 am glad of,as $e shall ha#e a 'leasant 'arty $ith us to(morro$% e eA'ect "harleshere to(day% This is a beautiful day% 9 ho'e you $ill not Muarrel $ith itif 9 call it an *merican one% The sun comes u'on the sno$ and makes a 'rettier candy than $e ha#e on t$elfth(night cakes% George is busy thismorning in making co'ies of my #erses% He is making one no$ of an I:de tothe @ightingale,I $hich is like reading an account of the Black Hole at"alcutta on an iceberg%

&ou $ill say this is a matter of course% 9 am glad it is((9 mean that 9should like your brothers more the more 9 kno$ them% 9 should s'end muchmore time $ith them if our li#es $ere more run in 'arallelN but $e cantalk but on one subject((that is you%

The more 9 kno$ of men the more 9 kno$ ho$ to #alue entire liberality inany of them% Thank God, there are a great many $ho $ill sacrifice their $orldly interest for a friend% 9 $ish there $ere more $ho $ould sacrificetheir 'assions% The $orst of men are those $hose self(interests are their 'assionN the neAt, those $hose 'assions are their self(interest% <'on the$hole 9 dislike mankind% hate#er 'eo'le on the other side of the Muestion

may ad#ance, they cannot deny that they are al$ays sur'rised at hearing of a good action, and ne#er of a bad one% 9 am glad you ha#e something tolike in *merica((do#es% Gertrude of yoming and BirkbeckDs book should be bound u' together like a brace of decoy ducks((one is almost as 'oeticalas the other% Precious miserable 'eo'le at the 'rairie% 9 ha#e beensitting in the sun $hilst 9 $rote this till itDs become Muiteo''ressi#e((this is #ery odd for January% The #ulcan fire is the truenatural heat for $inter% The sun has nothing to do in $inter but to gi#e alittle glooming light much like a shade% :ur 9rish ser#ant has 'iMued me



this morning by saying that her father in 9reland $as #ery much like my!haks'eare, only he had more colour than the engra#ing% &ou $ill find onGeorgeDs return that 9 ha#e not been neglecting your affairs% The delay$as unfortunate, not faulty% Perha's by this time you ha#e recei#ed mythree last letters, not one of $hich had reached before George sailed% 9$ould gi#e t$o'ence to ha#e been o#er the $orld as much as he has% 9 $ish

9 had money enough to do nothing but tra#el about for years% ere you no$in ngland 9 dare say you $ould be able =setting aside the 'leasure you$ould ha#e in seeing your mother> to suck out more amusement for societythan 9 am able to do% To me it is all as dull here as Louis#ille could be%9 am tired of the theatres% *lmost all the 'arties 9 may chance to fallinto 9 kno$ by heart% 9 kno$ the different styles of talk in different 'laces,(($hat subjects $ill be started, ho$ it $ill 'roceed like an acted 'lay, from the first to the last act% 9f 9 go to HuntDs 9 run my head intomany tunes heard before, old 'uns, and old musicN to HaydonDs $orn(outdiscourses of 'oetry and 'ainting% The -iss (((( 9 am afraid to s'eak to,for fear of some sickly reiteration of 'hrase or sentiment% hen they $ereat the dance the other night 9 tried manfully to sit near and talk to

them, but to no 'ur'oseN and if 9 had it $ould ha#e been to no 'ur'osestill% -y Muestion or obser#ation must ha#e been an old one, and therejoinder #ery antiMue indeed% *t ilkeDs 9 fall foul of 'olitics% DTis best to remain aloof from 'eo'le and like their good 'arts $ithout beingeternally troubled $ith the dull 'rocess of their e#eryday li#es% henonce a 'erson has smoked the #a'idness of the routine of society he musteither ha#e self(interest or the lo#e of some sort of distinction to kee'him in good humour $ith it% *ll 9 can say is that, standing at "haring"ross and looking east, $est, north, and south, 9 can see nothing butdulness% 9 ho'e $hile 9 am young to li#e retired in the country% hen 9gro$ in years and ha#e a right to be idle, 9 shall enjoy cities more% 9f the *merican ladies are $orse than the nglish they must be #ery bad% &ou

say you should like your mily brought u' here% &ou had better bring her u' yourself% &ou kno$ a good number of nglish ladiesN $hat encomium couldyou gi#e of half a doCen of them The greater 'art seem to me do$nright*merican% 9 ha#e kno$n more than one -rs% *udubon% Her affectation of fashion and 'oliteness cannot transcend ours% Look at our "hea'sidetradesmenDs sons and daughters((only fit to be taken off by a 'lague% 9ho'e no$ soon to come to the time $hen 9 shall ne#er be forced to $alk through the city and hate as 9 $alk%

-onday, January 1%

George had a Muick rejoinder to his letter of eAcuse to Haslam, so $e hadnot his com'any yesterday, $hich 9 $as sorry for as there $as our old set%9 kno$ three $itty 'eo'le all distinct in their eAcellence((+ice,+eynolds, and +ichards% +ice is the $isest, +eynolds the 'layfullest,+ichards the out(oD(the($ayest% The first makes you laugh and think, thesecond makes you laugh and not think, the third 'uCCles your head% 9admire the first, 9 enjoy the second, 9 stare at the third% The first isclaret, the second ginger(beer, the third creme de Byra'ymdrag% The firstis ins'ired by -iner#a, the second by -ercury, the third by HarleMuin



'igram, sM% The first is neat in his dress, the second slo#enly, thethird uncomfortable% The first s'eaks adagio, the second allegretto, thethird both together% The first is !$iftean, the second Tom("rib(ean, thethird !handean% *nd yet these three eans are not three eans but one ean%

"harles came on !aturday but $ent earlyN he seems to ha#e schemes and

'lans and $ants to get off% He is Muite rightN 9 am glad to see himem'loyed at business% &ou remember 9 $rote you a story about a $oman named*lice being made young again, or some such stuff% 9n your neAt letter tellme $hether 9 ga#e it as my o$n, or $hether 9 ga#e it as a matter Bro$n $asem'loyed u'on at the time% He read it o#er to George the other day, andGeorge said he had heard it all before% !o Bro$n sus'ects 9 ha#e beengi#ing you his story as my o$n% 9 should like to set him right in it byyour e#idence% George has not returned from to$nN $hen he does 9 shall taAhis memory% e had a young, long, ra$, lean !cotchman $ith us yesterday,called Thornton% +ice, for fun or for mistake, $ould 'ersist in callinghim !te#enson% 9 kno$ three 'eo'le of no $it at all, each distinct in hiseAcellence((*, B, and "% * is the foolishest, B the sulkiest, " is a

negati#e% * makes you ya$n, B makes you hate, as for " you ne#er see himat all though he $ere siA feet high((9 bear the first, 9 forbear thesecond, 9 am not certain that the third is% The first is gruel, the secondditch($ater, the third is s'ilt((he ought to be $i'Dd u'% * is ins'ired byJack(oD(the(clock, B has been drilled by a +ussian serjeant, ", they say,is not his motherDs true child, but she bought him of the man $ho cries,&oung lambs to sell%

T$ang(dillo(dee((This you must kno$ is the amen to nonsense% 9 kno$ a goodmany 'laces $here *men should be scratched out, rubbed o#er $ith 'oncemade of -omusDs little finger bones, and in its 'lace T$ang(dillo(dee$ritten% This is the $ord 9 shall be tem'ted to $rite at the end of most

modern 'oems% #ery *merican book ought to ha#e it% 9t $ould be a gooddistinction in society% -y Lords ellington and "astlereagh, and "anning,and many more, $ould do $ell to $ear T$ang(dillo(dee on their backsinstead of +ibbons at their button(holesN ho$ many 'eo'le $ould goside$ays along $alls and Muickset hedges to kee' their IT$ang(dillo(deeIout of sight, or $ear large 'ig(tails to hide it% Ho$e#er there $ould beso many that the T$ang(dillo(dees $ould kee' one another incountenance(($hich Bro$n cannot do for me((9 ha#e fallen a$ay lately%Thie#es and murderers $ould gain rank in the $orld, for $ould any of themha#e the 'oorness of s'irit to condescend to be a T$ang(dillo(dee I9 ha#erobbed many a d$elling houseN 9 ha#e killed many a fo$l, many a goose,and many a -an =$ould such a gentleman say> but, thank Hea#en, 9 $as ne#er

yet a T$ang(dillo(dee%I !ome 'hiloso'hers in the moon, $ho s'y at our globe as $e do at theirs, say that T$ang(dillo(dee is $ritten in largeletters on our globe of earthN they say the beginning of the ITI is juston the s'ot $here London stands, London being built $ithin the flourishNI$anI reaches do$n$ard and slants as far as Timbuctoo in *fricaN the tailof the IgI goes sla' across the *tlantic into the +io della PlataN theremainder of the letters $ra' around @e$ Holland, and the last IeIterminates in land $e ha#e not yet disco#ered% Ho$e#er, 9 must be silentNthese are dangerous times to libel a man in((much more a $orld%



Friday . 2for ./th January 1/.08%

9 $ish you $ould call me names) 9 deser#e them so much% 9 ha#e only$ritten t$o sheets for you, to carry by George, and those 9 forgot to

bring to to$n and ha#e therefore to for$ard them to Li#er'ool% George $entthis morning at 6 oDclock by the Li#er'ool coach% His being on his journeyto you 're#ents my regretting his short stay% 9 ha#e no ne$s of any sortto tell you% Henry is $ife bound in "amden To$nN there is no getting himout% 9 am sorry he has not a 'rettier $ife) indeed Dtis a shame) she isnot half a $ife% 9 think 9 could find some of her relations in Buffon, or "a'tn "ookDs #oyages or the hieErogueEgly'hics in -oorDs *lmanack, or u'on a "hinese clock door, the she'herdesses on her o$n mantel'iece, or ina EcruelE sam'ler in $hich she may find herself $orsted, or in a utchtoysho' $indo$, or one of the daughters in the ark, or any 'icture sho'$indo$% *s 9 intend to retire into the country $here there $ill be no sortof ne$s, 9 shall not be able to $rite you #ery long letters% Besides 9 am

afraid the 'ostage comes to too muchN $hich till no$ 9 ha#e not been a$areof%

Peo'le in military bands are generally seriously occu'ied% @one may or can laugh at their $ork but the Kettle rum, Long rum, o% Triangle and"ymbals% Thinking you might $ant a rat(catcher 9 'ut your motherDs oldMuaker(colourDd cat into the to' of your bonnet% !heDs $iD kitten, so youmay eA'ect to find a $hole family% 9 ho'e the family $ill not gro$ toolarge for its lodging% 9 shall send you a close $ritten sheet on the firstof neAt month, but for fear of missing the Li#er'ool Post 9 must finishhere% God bless you and your little girl%


J:H@ K*T!%

"RRR99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, !unday -orning%

2February 6, 1/.0%8

-y dear !ister((9 should not ha#e sent those Letters $ithout some noticeif -r% Bro$n had not 'ersuaded me against it on account of an illness $ith$hich 9 $as attackDd on Thursday%21148 *fter that 9 $as resol#ed not to$rite till 9 should be on the mending handN thank God, 9 am no$ so% Fromim'rudently lea#ing off my great coat in the tha$ 9 caught cold $hich fle$to my Lungs% #ery remedy that has been a''lied has taken the desiredeffect, and 9 ha#e nothing no$ to do but stay $ithin doors for some time%



9f 9 should be confined long 9 shall $rite to -r% *bbey to ask 'ermissionfor you to #isit me% George has been running great chance of a similar attack, but 9 ho'e the sea air $ill be his Physician in case of illness((the air out at sea is al$ays more tem'erate than on land((Georgementioned, in his Letters to us, something of -r% *bbeyDs regretconcerning the silence ke't u' in his house% 9t is entirely the fault of

his -anner% &ou must be careful al$ays to $ear $arm clothing not only infrost but in a Tha$%((9 ha#e no ne$s to tell you% The half(built houseso''osite us stand just as they $ere and seem dying of old age before theyare brought u'% The grass looks #ery dingy, the "elery is all gone, andthere is nothing to enli#en one but a fe$ "abbage !talks that seem fiADdon the su'erannuated List% -rs% ilke has been ill but is better% !e#eralof my friends ha#e been to see me% -rs% +eynolds $as here this morning andthe t$o -r% ylieDs% Bro$n has been #ery alert about me, though a little$heeCy himself this $eather% #erybody is ill% &esterday e#ening -r%a#en'ort, a gentleman of Ham'stead, sent me an in#itation to su''er,instead of his coming to see us, ha#ing so bad a cold he could not stir out((so you see Dtis the $eather and 9 am among a thousand% hene#er you

ha#e an inflammatory fe#er ne#er mind about eating% The day on $hich 9 $asgetting ill 9 felt this fe#er to a great height, and therefore almostentirely abstained from food the $hole day% 9 ha#e no doubt eA'erienced a benefit from so doing((The Pa'ers 9 see are full of anecdotes of the lateKing) ho$ he nodded to a "oal(hea#er and laughDd $ith a Quaker and likDd boiled Leg of -utton% :ld Peter Pindar is just dead) $hat $ill the oldKing and he say to each other Perha's the King may confess that Peter $asin the right, and Peter maintain himself to ha#e been $rong% &ou shallhear from me again on Tuesday%


J:H@%

"RRR999%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, Tuesday -orn%

2February /, 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((9 had a slight return of fe#er last night, $hich terminatedfa#ourably, and 9 am no$ tolerably $ell, though $eak from the smallMuantity of food to $hich 9 am obliged to confine myself) 9 am sure amouse $ould star#e u'on it% -rs% ylie came yesterday% 9 ha#e a #ery 'leasant room for a sick 'erson% * !ofa bed is made u' for me in the frontParlour $hich looks on to the grass 'lot as you remember -rs% ilkeDsdoes% Ho$ much more comfortable than a dull room u' stairs, $here one getstired of the 'attern of the bed curtains% Besides 9 see all that 'asses((for instance no$, this morning((if 9 had been in my o$n room 9



should not ha#e seen the coals brought in% :n !unday bet$een the hours of t$el#e and one 9 descried a Pot boy% 9 conjectured it might be the oneoD"lock beer((:ld $omen $ith bobbins and red cloaks and un'resuming bonnets 9 see cree'ing about the heath% Gi'sies after hare skins andsil#er s'oons% Then goes by a fello$ $ith a $ooden clock under his armthat strikes a hundred and more% Then comes the old French emigrant =$ho

has been #ery $ell to do in France> $ith his hands joined behind on hishi's, and his face full of 'olitical schemes% Then 'asses -r% a#id Le$is,a #ery good(natured, good(looking old gentleman $ho has been #ery kind toTom and George and me% *s for those fello$s the Brickmakers they areal$ays 'assing to and fro% 9 musDnDt forget the t$o old maiden Ladies inell alk $ho ha#e a La' dog bet$een them that they are #ery anAiousabout% 9t is a cor'ulent Little beast $hom it is necessary to coaA along$ith an i#ory(ti''Dd cane% "arlo our @eighbour -rs% Bra$neDs dog and itmeet sometimes% La''y thinks "arlo a de#il of a fello$ and so do his-istresses% ell they may((he $ould s$ee' Dem all do$n at a runN all for the Joke of it% 9 shall desire him to 'eruse the fable of the Boys and thefrogs) though he 'refers the tongues and the Bones% &ou shall hear from me

again the day after to(morro$%


J:H@ K*T!%

"RRR9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place 2February 11, 1/.08%

-y dear Fanny((9 am much the same as $hen 9 last $rote% 9 ho'e a littlemore #erging to$ards im'ro#ement% &esterday morning being #ery fine, 9took a $alk for a Muarter of an hour in the garden and $as #ery muchrefreshDd by it% &ou must consider no ne$s, good ne$s((if you do not hear from me the day after to(morro$%


J:H@%

"RRR%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, -onday -orn%

2February 1;, 1/.0%8



-y dear Fanny((9 am im'ro#ing but #ery gradually and sus'ect it $ill be along $hile before 9 shall be able to $alk siA miles((The !un a''ears half inclined to shineN if he obliges us 9 shall take a turn in the garden thismorning% @o one from To$n has #isited me since my last% 9 ha#e had so many 'resents of jam and jellies that they $ould reach side by side the length

of the sideboard% 9 ho'e 9 shall be $ell before it is all consumed% 9 am#eAed that -r% *bbey $ill not allo$ you 'ocket money sufficient% He hasnot beha#ed $ell((By detaining money from me and George $hen $e most$anted it he has increased our eA'enses% 9n conseMuence of such delayGeorge $as obliged to take his #oyage to ngland $hich $ill be L150 out of his 'ocket% 9 enclose you a note((&ou shall hear from me again the dayafter to(morro$%


J:H@%

"RRR9%((T: J*-! +9"%

ent$orth Place, February 16, 1/.0%

-y dear +ice((9 ha#e not been $ell enough to make any tolerable rejoinder to your kind letter% 9 $ill, as you ad#ise, be #ery chary of my healthand s'irits% 9 am sorry to hear of your rela'se and hy'ochondriac sym'tomsattending it% Let us ho'e for the best, as you say% 9 shall follo$ your

eAam'le in looking to the future good rather than brooding u'on the 'resent ill% 9 ha#e not been so $orn $ith lengthened illnesses as youha#e, therefore cannot ans$er you on your o$n ground $ith res'ect to thosehaunting and deformed thoughts and feelings you s'eak of% hen 9 ha#e been, or su''osed myself in health, 9 ha#e had my share of them,es'ecially $ithin the last year% 9 may say, that for siA months before 9$as taken ill 9 had not 'assed a tranMuil day% ither that gloomo#ers'read me, or 9 $as suffering under some 'assionate feeling, or if 9turned to #ersify, that acerbated the 'oison of either sensation% The beauties of nature had lost their 'o$er o#er me% Ho$ astonishingly =here 9must 'remise that illness, as far as 9 can judge in so short a time, hasrelie#ed my mind of a load of dece'ti#e thoughts and images, and makes me

'ercei#e things in a truer light>,((ho$ astonishingly does the chance of lea#ing the $orld im'ress a sense of its natural beauties u'on us Like 'oor Falstaff, though 9 do not Ibabble,I 9 think of green fieldsN 9 muse$ith the greatest affection on e#ery flo$er 9 ha#e kno$n from myinfancy((their sha'es and colours are as ne$ to me as if 9 had justcreated them $ith a su'erhuman fancy% 9t is because they are connected$ith the most thoughtless and the ha''iest moments of our li#es% 9 ha#eseen foreign flo$ers in hothouses, of the most beautiful nature, but 9 donot care a stra$ for them% The sim'le flo$ers of our !'ring are $hat 9



$ant to see again%

Bro$n has left the in#enti#e and taken to the imitati#e art% He is doinghis forte, $hich is co'ying HogarthDs heads% He has just made a 'urchaseof the -ethodist -eeting 'icture, $hich ga#e me a horrid dream a fe$nights ago% 9 ho'e 9 shall sit under the trees $ith you again in some such

'lace as the 9sle of ight% 9 do not mind a game of cards in a sa$('it or $aggon, but if e#er you catch me on a stage(coach in the $inter fullagainst the $ind, bring me do$n $ith a brace of bullets, and 9 'romise notto D'each% +emember me to +eynolds, and say ho$ much 9 should like to hear from himN that Bro$n returned immediately after he $ent on !unday, andthat 9 $as #eAed at forgetting to ask him to lunchN for as he $ent to$ardsthe gate, 9 sa$ he $as fatigued and hungry%

9 am, my dear +ice, e#er most sincerely yours

J:H@ K*T!%

9 ha#e broken this o'en to let you kno$ 9 $as sur'rised at seeing it onthe table this morning, thinking it had gone long ago%

"RRR99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2February 17, 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((Being confined almost entirely to #egetable food and the

$eather being at the same time so much against me, 9 cannot say 9 ha#emuch im'ro#ed since 9 $rote last% The octor tells me there are nodangerous !ym'toms about me, and Muietness of mind and fine $eather $illrestore me% -ind my ad#ice to be #ery careful to $ear $arm cloathing in atha$% 9 $ill $rite again on Tuesday $hen 9 ho'e to send you good ne$s%


J:H@ ((((%

"RRR999%((T: J:H@ H*-9LT:@ +&@:L!%

2February .4 or .5, 1/.0%8

-y dear +eynolds((9 ha#e been im'ro#ing since you sa$ me) my nights are better $hich 9 think is a #ery encouraging thing% &ou mention your cold inrather too slighting a manner((if you tra#el outside ha#e some flannel



against the $ind(($hich 9 ho'e $ill not kee' on at this rate $hen you arein the Packet boat% !hould it rain do not sto' u'on deck though thePassengers should #omit themsel#es inside out% Kee' under Hatches from allsort of $et%

9 am 'retty $ell 'ro#ided $ith Books at 'resent, $hen you return 9 may

gi#e you a commission or t$o% -r% B% "% has sent me not only his !icilian!tory but yesterday his ramatic !cenes((this is #ery 'olite, and 9 shalldo $hat 9 can to make him sensible 9 think so% 9 confess they teaCeme((they are com'osed of amiability, the !easons, the Lea#es, the -oons,etc%, u'on $hich he rings =according to HuntDs eA'ression>, tri'le bobmajors% Ho$e#er that is nothing((9 think he likes 'oetry for its o$n sake,not his% 9 ho'e 9 shall soon be $ell enough to 'roceed $ith my faeries andset you about the notes on !undays and !tray(days% 9f 9 had been $ellenough 9 should ha#e liked to cross the $ater $ith you% Bro$n $ishes you a 'leasant #oyage((Ha#e fish for dinner at the sea 'orts, and donDt forget a bottle of "laret% &ou $ill not meet $ith so much to hate at Brussels as atParis% +emember me to all my friends% 9f 9 $ere $ell enough 9 $ould

'ara'hrase an ode of HoraceDs for you, on your embarking in the se#entyyears ago style% The Packet $ill bear a com'arison $ith a +oman galley atany rate%

#er yours affectionately

J% K*T!%

"RRR9R%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, Thursday%

2February .;, 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((9 am sorry to hear you ha#e been so un$ell) no$ you are better, kee' so% +emember to be #ery careful of your clothing((thisclimate reMuires the utmost care% There has been #ery little alteration inme lately% 9 am much the same as $hen 9 $rote last% hen 9 am $ell enoughto return to my old diet 9 shall get stronger% 9f my reco#ery should bedelayDd long 9 $ill ask -r% *bbey to let you #isit me((kee' u' your

!'irits as $ell as you can% &ou shall hear soon again from me%


J:H@ ((((%



"RL%((T: "H*+L! @T:+TH 9LK%

2Ham'stead, -arch ;, 1/.0%8

-y dear ilke((!ince 9 sa$ you 9 ha#e been gradually, too gradually

'erha's, im'ro#ingN and though under an interdict $ith res'ect to animalfood, li#ing u'on 'seudo #ictuals, Bro$n says 9 ha#e 'ickDd u' a littleflesh lately% 9f 9 can kee' off inflammation for the neAt siA $eeks 9trust 9 shall do #ery $ell% &ou certainly should ha#e been at -artinDsdinner, for making an indeA is surely as dull $ork as engra#ing% Ha#e youheard that the Bookseller is going to tie himself to the manger eat or notas he 'leases% He says +ice shall ha#e his foot on the fender not$ithstanding% +eynolds is going to sail on the salt seas% Bro$n has been mightily 'rogressing $ith his Hogarth% * damnDd melancholy 'icture itis, and during the first $eek of my illness it ga#e me a 'salm(singingnightmare, that made me almost faint a$ay in my slee'% 9 kno$ 9 am better,for 9 can bear the Picture% 9 ha#e eA'erienced a s'ecimen of great

'oliteness from -r% Barry "orn$all% He has sent me his books% !ome timeago he had gi#en his first 'ublishDd book to Hunt for meN Hunt forgot togi#e it and Barry "orn$all thinking 9 had recei#ed it must ha#e thought mea #ery neglectful fello$% @ot$ithstanding he sent me his second book andon my eA'laining that 9 had not recei#ed his first he sent me that also% 9am sorry to see by -rs% %Ds note that she has been so un$ell $ith thes'asms% oes she continue the -edicines that benefited her so much 9 amafraid not% +emember me to her, and say 9 shall not eA'ect her atHam'stead neAt $eek unless the eather changes for the $armer% 9t is better to run no chance of a su'ernumerary cold in -arch% *s for you, youmust come% &ou must im'ro#e in your 'enmanshi'N your $riting is like thes'eaking of a child of three years old, #ery understandable to its father

but to no one else% The $orst is it looks $ell((no, that is not the$orst((the $orst is, it is $orse than BaileyDs% BaileyDs looks illegibleand may 'erchance be readN yours looks #ery legible and may 'erchance not be read% 9 $ould endea#our to gi#e you a fac(simile of your $ordThistle$ood if 9 $ere not minded on the instant that Lord "hesterfield hasdone some such thing to his son% @o$ 9 $ould not bathe in the same +i#er $ith Lord "% though 9 had the u''er hand of the stream% 9 am grie#ed thatin $riting and s'eaking it is necessary to make use of the same 'articlesas he did% "obbett is eA'ected to come in% : that 9 had t$o double 'lum'ers for him% The ministry are not so inimical to him but it $ouldlike to 'ut him out of "o#entry% "asting my eye on the other side 9 see along $ord $ritten in a most #ile manner, unbecoming a "ritic% &ou must

recollect 9 ha#e ser#ed no a''renticeshi' to old 'lays% 9f the only co'iesof the Greek and Latin authors had been made by you, Bailey and Haydonthey $ere as good as lost% 9t has been said that the "haracter of a -anmay be kno$n by his hand$riting((if the "haracter of the age may be kno$n by the a#erage goodness of said, $hat a slo#enly age $e li#e in% Look atQueen liCabethDs Latin eAercises and blush% Look at -iltonDs hand% 9canDt say a $ord for !haks'eareDs%

&our sincere friend



J:H@ K*T!%

"RL9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2-arch .0, 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((*ccording to your desire 9 $rite to(day% 9t must be but afe$ lines, for 9 ha#e been attackDd se#eral times $ith a 'al'itation atthe heart and the octor says 9 must not make the slightest eAertion% 9am much the same to(day as 9 ha#e been for a $eek 'ast% They say Dtisnothing but debility and $ill entirely cease on my reco#ery of my strength$hich is the object of my 'resent diet% *s the octor $ill not suffer meto $rite 9 shall ask -r% Bro$n to let you hear ne$s of me for the future

if 9 should not get stronger soon% 9 ho'e 9 shall be $ell enough to comeand see your flo$ers in bloom%

#er your most affectionate Brother

J:H@ ((((%

"RL99%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, *'ril 1 21/.08%

-y dear Fanny((9 am getting better e#ery day and should think myself Muite$ell $ere 9 not reminded e#ery no$ and then by faintness and a tightnessin the "hest% !end your !'aniel o#er to Ham'stead, for 9 think 9 kno$$here to find a -aster or -istress for him% &ou may de'end u'on it if you$ere e#en to turn it loose in the common road it $ould soon find an o$ner%9f 9 kee' im'ro#ing as 9 ha#e done 9 shall be able to come o#er to you inthe course of a fe$ $eeks% 9 should take the ad#antage of your being inTo$n but 9 cannot bear the "ity though 9 ha#e already #entured as far asthe $est end for the 'ur'ose of seeing -r% HaydonDs Picture, $hich is just

finished and has made its a''earance% 9 ha#e not heard from George yetsince he left Li#er'ool% -r% Bro$n $rote to him as from me the other day((-r% B% $rote t$o Letters to -r% *bbey concerning me((-r% *% took nonotice and of course -r% B% must gi#e u' such a corres'ondence $hen as theman said all the Letters are on one side% 9 $rite $ith greater ease than 9had thought, therefore you shall soon hear from me again%




J:H@ ((((%

"RL999%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2*'ril 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((-r% Bro$n is $aiting for me to take a $alk% -rs% ilke ison a #isit neAt door and desires her lo#e to you% The og shall be takencare of and for his name 9 shall go and look in the 'arish register $herehe $as born((9 still continue on the mending hand%


J:H@ ((((%

"RL9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, *'ril 1. 21/.08%

-y dear Fanny((Acuse these shabby scra's of 'a'er 9 send you((and alsofrom endea#ouring to gi#e you any consolation just at 'resent, for thoughmy health is tolerably $ell 9 am too ner#ous to enter into any discussion

in $hich my heart is concerned% ait 'atiently and take care of your health, being es'ecially careful to kee' yourself from lo$ s'irits $hichare great enemies to health% &ou are young and ha#e only need of a little 'atience% 9 am not yet able to bear the fatigue of coming to althamsto$,though 9 ha#e been to To$n once or t$ice% 9 ha#e thought of taking achange of air% &ou shall hear from me immediately on my mo#ing any$here% 9$ill ask -rs% ilke to 'ay you a #isit if the $eather holds fine, thefirst time 9 see her% The og is being attended to like a Prince%


J:H@%

"RL%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

2Ham'stead, *'ril .1, 1/.0%8



-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e been slo$ly im'ro#ing since 9 $rote last% The octor assures me that there is nothing the matter $ith me eAce't ner#ousirritability and a general $eakness of the $hole system, $hich has 'roceeded from my anAiety of mind of late years and the too greateAcitement of 'oetry% -r% Bro$n is going to !cotland by the !mack, and 9am ad#ised for change of eAercise and air to accom'any him and gi#e myself

the chance of benefit from a oyage% -r% H% ylie callDd on me yesterday$ith a letter from George to his mother) George is safe at the other sideof the $ater, 'erha's by this time arri#ed at his home% 9 $ish you $erecoming to to$n that 9 might see youN if you should be coming $rite to me,as it is Muite a trouble to get by the coaches to althamsto$% !hould younot come to To$n 9 must see you before 9 sail, at althamsto$% They tellme 9 must study lines and tangents and sMuares and angles to 'ut a littleBallast into my mind% e shall be going in a fortnight and therefore you$ill see me $ithin that s'ace% 9 eA'ected sooner, but 9 ha#e not been ableto #enture to $alk across the country% @o$ the fine eather is come you$ill not find your time so irksome% &ou must be sensible ho$ much 9 regretnot being able to alle#iate the un'leasantness of your situation, but

trust my dear Fanny that better times are in $ait for you%


J:H@ ((((%

"RL9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, Thursday 2-ay ;, 1/.08%

-y dear Fanny((9 $ent for the first time into the "ity the day beforeyesterday, for before 9 $as #ery disinclined to encounter the scuffle,more from ner#ousness than real illnessN $hich not$ithstanding 9 shouldnot ha#e suffered to conMuer me if 9 had not made u' my mind not to go to!cotland, but to remo#e to Kentish To$n till -r% Bro$n returns% KentishTo$n is a mile nearer to you than Ham'stead((9 ha#e been getting gradually better, but am not so $ell as to trust myself to the casualties of rainand slee'ing out $hich 9 am liable to in #isiting you% -r% Bro$n goes on!aturday, and by that time 9 shall ha#e settled in my ne$ lodging, $hen 9$ill certainly #enture to you% &ou $ill forgi#e me 9 ho'e $hen 9 confess

that 9 endea#our to think of you as little as 'ossible and to let Georged$ell u'on my mind but slightly% The reason being that 9 am afraid toruminate on anything $hich has the shade of difficulty or melancholy init, as that sort of cogitation is so 'ernicious to health, and it is only by health that 9 can be enabled to alle#iate your situation in future% For some time you must do $hat you can of yourself for reliefN and bear your mind u' $ith the consciousness that your situation cannot last for e#er,and that for the 'resent you may console yourself against the re'roachesof -rs% *bbey% hate#er obligations you may ha#e had to her you ha#e none



no$, as she has re'roached you% 9 do not kno$ $hat 'ro'erty you ha#e, but9 $ill enMuire into it) be sure ho$e#er that beyond the obligation that alodger may ha#e to a landlord you ha#e none to -rs% *bbey% Let the suretyof this make you laugh at -rs% *%Ds foolish tattle% -rs% ilkeDs Brother has got your og% !he is no$ #ery $ell((still liable to 9llness% 9 $illget her to come and see you if 9 can make u' my mind on the 'ro'riety of

introducing a stranger into *bbeyDs house% Be careful to let no frettinginjure your health as 9 ha#e suffered it((health is the greatest of blessings(($ith EhealthE and Eho'eE $e should be content to li#e, and soyou $ill find as you gro$ older%

9 am, my dear Fanny, your affectionate Brother

J:H@ ((((%

"RL99%((T: "H*+L! @T:+TH 9LK%

2Ham'stead, -ay 1/.08%

-y dear ilke((*s Bro$n is not to be a fiAture at Ham'stead, 9 ha#e atlast made u' my mind to send home all lent books% 9 should ha#e seen you before this, but my mind has been at $ork all o#er the $orld to find out$hat to do% 9 ha#e my choice of three things, or at least t$o,((!outh*merica, or !urgeon to an 9ndiaman, $hich last, 9 think, $ill be my fate%9 shall resol#e in a fe$ days% +emember me to -rs% % and "harles, andyour father and mother%

#er truly yours

J:H@ K*T!%

"RL999%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

2esleyan Place, Kentish To$n8211;8

June 11 21/.08%

-y dear Taylor((9n reading o#er the 'roof of !t% *gnesDs #e since 9 leftFleet !treet, 9 $as struck $ith $hat a''ears to me an alteration in these#enth stanCa #ery much for the $orse% The 'assage 9 mean stands thus((

her maiden eyes incline !till on the floor, $hile many a s$ee'ing train



Pass by%

DT$as originally $ritten((

her maiden eyes di#ine FiADd on the floor, sa$ many a s$ee'ing train

Pass by%

-y meaning is Muite destroyed in the alteration% 9 do not use EtrainE for Econcourse of 'assers byE, but for EskirtsE s$ee'ing along the floor%

9n the first stanCa my co'y reads, second line((

bitter EchillE it $as,

to a#oid the echo EcoldE in the second line%

#er yours sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"RL9R%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

2esleyan Place, Kentish To$n, June 1/.0%8

-y dear Bro$n((9 ha#e only been to ((((Ds once since you left, $hen ((((

could not find your letters% @o$ this is bad of me% 9 should, in thisinstance, conMuer the great a#ersion to breaking u' my regular habits,$hich gro$s u'on me more and more% True, 9 ha#e an eAcuse in the $eather,$hich dri#es one from shelter to shelter in any little eAcursion% 9 ha#enot heard from George% -y book is coming out $ith #ery lo$ ho'es, thoughnot s'irits, on my 'art% This shall be my last trialN not succeeding, 9shall try $hat 9 can do in the a'othecary line% hen you hear from or see(((( it is 'robable you $ill hear some com'laints against me, $hich thisnotice is not intended to forestall% The fact is, 9 did beha#e badlyN butit is to be attributed to my health, s'irits, and the disad#antageousground 9 stand on in society% 9 could go and accommodate matters if 9 $erenot too $eary of the $orld% 9 kno$ that they are more ha''y and

comfortable than 9 amN therefore $hy should 9 trouble myself about it 9foresee 9 shall kno$ #ery fe$ 'eo'le in the course of a year or t$o% -enget such different habits that they become as oil and #inegar to oneanother% Thus far 9 ha#e a consciousness of ha#ing been 'retty dull andhea#y, both in subject and 'hraseN 9 might add, enigmatical% 9 am in the$rong, and the $orld is in the right, 9 ha#e no doubt% Fact is, 9 ha#e hadso many kindnesses done me by so many 'eo'le, that 9 am che#eauA(de(frised$ith benefits, $hich 9 must jum' o#er or break do$n% 9 met (((( in to$n, afe$ days ago, $ho in#ited me to su''er to meet ords$orth, !outhey, Lamb,



Haydon, and some moreN 9 $as too careful of my health to risk being out atnight% Talking of that, 9 continue to im'ro#e slo$ly, but 9 think surely%There is a famous eAhibition in Pall(-all of the old nglish 'ortraits byandyck and Holbein, !ir Peter Lely, and the great !ir Godfrey% Pleasantcountenances 'redominateN so 9 $ill mention t$o or three un'leasant ones%There is James the First, $hose a''earance $ould disgrace a I!ociety for

the !u''ression of omenNI so #ery sMualid and subdued to nothing helooks% Then, there is old Lord Burleigh, the high('riest of economy, the 'olitical sa#e(all, $ho has the a''earance of a Pharisee just rebuffed bya Gos'el bon(mot% Then, there is George the !econd, #ery like anunintellectual oltaire, troubled $ith the gout and a bad tem'er% Then,there is young e#ereuA, the fa#ourite, $ith e#ery a''earance of as slanga boAer as any in the "ourtN his face is cast in the mould of blackguardism $ith jockey('laster% 9 shall soon begin u'on ILucy aughanLloyd%I21158 9 do not begin com'osition yet, being $illing, in case of arela'se, to ha#e nothing to re'roach myself $ith% 9 ho'e the $eather $illgi#e you the sli'N let it sho$ itself and steal out of your com'any% hen9 ha#e sent off this, 9 shall $rite another to some 'lace about fifty

miles in ad#ance of you%

Good morning to you% &ours e#er sincerely

J:H@ K*T!%

"L%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

Friday -orn 2esleyan Place, Kentish To$n,

June .6, 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((9 had intended to delay seeing you till a Book $hich 9 amno$ 'ublishing $as out,21168 eA'ecting that to be the end of this $eek $hen 9 $ould ha#e brought it to althamsto$) on recei#ing your Letter of course 9 set myself to come to to$n, but $as not able, for just as 9 $assetting out yesterday morning a slight s'itting of blood came on $hichreturned rather more co'iously at night% 9 ha#e sle't $ell and they tellme there is nothing material to fear% 9 $ill send my Book soon $ith aLetter $hich 9 ha#e had from George $ho is $ith his family Muite $ell%


J:H@ ((((%

"L9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%



-ortimer Terrace,2118 ednesday 2July 5, 1/.08%

-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e had no return of the s'itting of blood, and for t$oor three days ha#e been getting a little stronger% 9 ha#e no ho'es of an

entire re(establishment of my health under some months of 'atience% -yPhysician tells me 9 must contri#e to 'ass the inter in 9taly% This isall #ery unfortunate for us(($e ha#e no recourse but 'atience, $hich 9 amno$ 'ractising better than e#er 9 thought it 'ossible for me% 9 ha#e thismoment recei#ed a Letter from -r% Bro$n, dated un#egan "astle, 9sland of !kye% He is #ery $ell in health and s'irits% -y ne$ 'ublication has beenout for some days and 9 ha#e directed a "o'y to be bound for you, $hichyou $ill recei#e shortly% @o one can regret -r% HodgkinsonDs ill fortune)9 must o$n illness has not made such a !aint of me as to 're#ent myrejoicing at his re#erse% Kee' yourself in as good ho'es as 'ossibleN incase my illness should continue an unreasonable time many of my friends$ould 9 trust for my sake do all in their 'o$er to console and amuse you,

at the least $ord from me((&ou may de'end u'on it that in case my strengthreturns 9 $ill do all in my 'o$er to eAtricate you from the *bbeys% Beabo#e all things careful of your health $hich is the corner stone of all 'leasure%


J:H@ ((((%

"L99%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

2-ortimer Terrace, July 1/.0%8

-y dear Haydon((9 am sorry to be obliged to try your 'atience a fe$ moredays $hen you $ill ha#e the Book211/8 sent from To$n% 9 am glad to hear you are in 'rogress $ith another Picture% Go on% 9 am afraid 9 shall 'o'off just $hen my mind is able to run alone%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"L999%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

-ortimer Terrace 2July .., 1/.08%



-y dear Fanny((9 ha#e been gaining strength for some days) it $ould be$ell if 9 could at the same time say 9 am gaining ho'es of a s'eedyreco#ery% -y constitution has suffered #ery much for t$o or three years 'ast, so as to be scarcely able to make head against illness, $hich thenatural acti#ity and im'atience of my -ind renders more dangerous% 9t $ill

at all e#ents be a #ery tedious affair, and you must eA'ect to hear #erylittle alteration of any sort in me for some time% &ou ought to ha#erecei#ed a co'y of my Book ten days ago% 9 shall send another message tothe Booksellers% :ne of the -r% ylieDs $ill be here to(day or to(morro$$hen 9 $ill ask him to send you GeorgeDs Letter% riting the smallest noteis so annoying to me that 9 ha#e $aited till 9 shall see him% -r% Huntdoes e#erything in his 'o$er to make the time 'ass as agreeably $ith me as 'ossible% 9 read the greatest 'art of the day, and generally take t$ohalf(hour $alks a(day u' and do$n the terrace $hich is #ery much 'esterDd$ith cries, ballad singers, and street music% e ha#e been so unfortunatefor so long a time, e#ery e#ent has been of so de'ressing a nature that 9must 'ersuade myself to think some change $ill take 'lace in the as'ect of

our affairs% 9 shall be u'on the look out for a trum' card%


J:H@ ((((%

"L9%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place 2*ugust 1;, 1/.08%

-y dear Fanny((DTis a long time since 9 recei#ed your last% *n accident of an un'leasant nature occurred at -r% HuntDs and 're#ented me fromans$ering you, that is to say made me ner#ous% That you may not su''ose it$orse 9 $ill mention that some one of -r% HuntDs household o'ened a Letter of mine((u'on $hich 9 immediately left -ortimer Terrace, $ith theintention of taking to -rs% BentleyDs againN fortunately 9 am not in solone a situation, but am staying a short time $ith -rs% Bra$ne $ho li#esin the house $hich $as -rs% ilkeDs% 9 am eAcessi#ely ner#ous) a 'erson 9am not Muite used to entering the room half chokes me% DTis not yet"onsum'tion 9 belie#e, but it $ould be $ere 9 to remain in this climate

all the inter) so 9 am thinking of either #oyaging or tra#elling to9taly% &esterday 9 recei#ed an in#itation from -r% !helley, a Gentlemanresiding at Pisa, to s'end the inter $ith him) if 9 go 9 must be a$ay ina month or e#en less% 9 am glad you like the Poems, you must ho'e $ith methat time and health $ill 'roduce you some more% This is the first morning9 ha#e been able to sit to the 'a'er and ha#e many Letters to $rite if 9can manage them% God bless you my dear !ister%




J:H@ ((((%

"L%((T: P+"& B&!!H !HLL&%

2ent$orth Place, Ham'stead, *ugust 1/.0%8

-y dear !helley((9 am #ery much gratified that you, in a foreign country,and $ith a mind almost o#er(occu'ied, should $rite to me in the strain of the letter beside me% 9f 9 do not take ad#antage of your in#itation, it$ill be 're#ented by a circumstance 9 ha#e #ery much at heart to 'ro'hesy%There is no doubt that an nglish $inter $ould 'ut an end to me, and do soin a lingering, hateful manner% Therefore, 9 must either #oyage or journeyto 9taly, as a soldier marches u' to a battery% -y ner#es at 'resent are

the $orst 'art of me, yet they feel soothed that, come $hat eAtreme may, 9shall not be destined to remain in one s'ot long enough to take a hatredof any four 'articular bed'osts% 9 am glad you take any 'leasure in my 'oor 'oem, $hich 9 $ould $illingly take the trouble to un$rite, if 'ossible, did 9 care so much as 9 ha#e done about re'utation% 9 recei#ed aco'y of the "enci, as from yourself, from Hunt% There is only one 'art of it 9 am judge of((the 'oetry and dramatic effect, $hich by many s'iritsno$adays is considered the -ammon% * modern $ork, it is said, must ha#e a 'ur'ose, $hich may be the God% *n artist must ser#e -ammonN he must ha#eIself(concentrationI((selfishness, 'erha's% &ou, 9 am sure, $ill forgi#eme for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity, and bemore of an artist, and load e#ery rift of your subject $ith ore% The

thought of such disci'line must fall like cold chains u'on you, $ho 'erha's ne#er sat $ith your $ings furled for siA months together% *nd isnot this eAtraordinary talk for the $riter of ndymion, $hose mind $aslike a 'ack of scattered cards 9 am 'icked u' and sorted to a 'i'% -yimagination is a monastery, and 9 am its monk% 9 am in eA'ectation of Prometheus e#ery day% "ould 9 ha#e my o$n $ish effected, you $ould ha#e itstill in manuscri't, or be but no$ 'utting an end to the second act% 9remember you ad#ising me not to 'ublish my first blights, on Ham'steadHeath% 9 am returning ad#ice u'on your hands% -ost of the 'oems in the#olume 9 send you ha#e been $ritten abo#e t$o years, and $ould ne#er ha#e been 'ublished but for ho'e of gainN so you see 9 am inclined enough totake your ad#ice no$% 9 must eA'ress once more my dee' sense of your

kindness, adding my sincere thanks and res'ects for -rs% !helley%

9n the ho'e of soon seeing you, 9 remain most sincerely yours

J:H@ K*T!%



"L9%((T: J:H@ T*&L:+%

ent$orth Place 2*ugust 1;, 1/.08%

-y dear Taylor((-y chest is in such a ner#ous state, that anything eAtra,

such as s'eaking to an unaccustomed 'erson, or $riting a note, half suffocates me% This journey to 9taly $akes me at daylight e#ery morning,and haunts me horribly% 9 shall endea#our to go, though it be $ith thesensation of marching u' against a battery% The first ste' to$ards it isto kno$ the eA'ense of a journey and a yearDs residence, $hich if you $illascertain for me, and let me kno$ early, you $ill greatly ser#e me% 9 ha#emore to say, but must desist, for e#ery line 9 $rite increases thetightness of my chest, and 9 ha#e many more to do% 9 am con#inced thatthis sort of thing does not continue for nothing% 9f you can come, $ithany of our friends, do%

&our sincere friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"L99%((T: B@J*-9@ +:B+T H*&:@%

-rs% Bra$neDs @eAt door to Bro$nDs,

ent$orth Place, Ham'stead,

2*ugust8 1/.0%

-y dear Haydon((9 am much better this morning than 9 $as $hen 9 $rote thenote) that is my ho'es and s'irits are better $hich are generally at a#ery lo$ ebb from such a 'rotracted illness% 9 shall be here for a littletime and at home all and e#ery day% * journey to 9taly is recommended me,$hich 9 ha#e resol#ed u'on and am beginning to 're'are for% Ho'ing to seeyou shortly

9 remain your affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"L999%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

2ent$orth Place, *ugust 1/.0%8



-y dear Bro$n((&ou may not ha#e heard from ((((, or ((((, or in any $ay,that an attack of s'itting of blood, and all its $eakening conseMuences,has 're#ented me from $riting for so long a time% 9 ha#e matter no$ for a#ery long letter, but not ne$s) so 9 must cut e#erything short% 9 shallmake some confession, $hich you $ill be the only 'erson, for many reasons,

9 shall trust $ith% * $inter in ngland $ould, 9 ha#e not a doubt, killmeN so 9 ha#e resol#ed to go to 9taly, either by sea or land% @ot that 9ha#e any great ho'es of that, for, 9 think, there is a core of disease inme not easy to 'ull out% 9 shall be obliged to set off in less than amonth% o not, my dear Bro$n, teaCe yourself about me% &ou must fill u'your time as $ell as you can, and as ha''ily% &ou must think of my faultsas lightly as you can% hen 9 ha#e health 9 $ill bring u' the long arrear of letters 9 o$e you% -y book has had good success among the literary 'eo'le, and 9 belie#e has a moderate sale% 9 ha#e seen #ery fe$ 'eo'le $ekno$% (((( has #isited me more than any one% 9 $ould go to (((( and makesome inMuiries after you, if 9 could $ith any bearable sensationN but a 'erson 9 am not Muite used to causes an o''ression on my chest% Last $eek

9 recei#ed a letter from !helley, at Pisa, of a #ery kind nature, askingme to 'ass the $inter $ith him% Hunt has beha#ed #ery kindly to me% &oushall hear from me again shortly%


J:H@ K*T!%

"L9R%((T: F*@@& K*T!%

ent$orth Place, ednesday -orning%

2*ugust .4, 1/.0%8

-y dear Fanny((9t $ill gi#e me great Pleasure to see you here, if you cancontri#e itN though 9 confess 9 should ha#e $ritten instead of callingu'on you before 9 set out on my journey, from the $ish of a#oidingun'leasant 'artings% -eantime 9 $ill just notice some 'arts of your Letter% The seal(breaking business is o#er blo$n% 9 think no more of it% *fe$ days ago 9 $rote to -r% Bro$n, asking him to befriend me $ith his

com'any to +ome% His ans$er is not yet come, and 9 do not kno$ $hen it$ill, not being certain ho$ far he may be from the Post :ffice to $hich mycommunication is addressed% Let us ho'e he $ill go $ith me% Georgecertainly ought to ha#e $ritten to you) his troubles, anAieties andfatigues are not Muite a sufficient eAcuse% 9n the course of time you $ill be sure to find that this neglect, is not forgetfulness% 9 am sorry tohear you ha#e been so ill and in such lo$ s'irits% @o$ you are better,kee' so% o not suffer your -ind to d$ell on un'leasant reflections((thatsort of thing has been the destruction of my health% @othing is so bad as



$ant of health((it makes one en#y sca#engers and cinder(sifters% There areenough real distresses and e#ils in $ait for e#ery one to try the most#igorous health% @ot that 9 $ould say yours are not real((but they aresuch as to tem't you to em'loy your imagination on them, rather thanendea#our to dismiss them entirely% o not diet your mind $ith grief, itdestroys the constitutionN but let your chief care be of your health, and

$ith that you $ill meet your share of Pleasure in the $orld((do not doubtit% 9f 9 return $ell from 9taly 9 $ill turn o#er a ne$ leaf for you% 9ha#e been im'ro#ing lately, and ha#e #ery good ho'es of Iturning a @eukIand cheating the consum'tion% 9 am not $ell enough to $rite to Georgemyself((-r Haslam $ill do it for me, to $hom 9 shall $rite to(day,desiring him to mention as gently as 'ossible your com'laint% 9 am, mydear Fanny,


J:H@%

"LR%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

2ent$orth Place, *ugust 1/.0%8

-y dear Bro$n((9 ought to be off at the end of this $eek, as the cold$inds begin to blo$ to$ards e#eningN((but 9 $ill $ait till 9 ha#e your ans$er to this% 9 am to be introduced, before 9 set out, to a r% "lark, a 'hysician settled at +ome, $ho 'romises to befriend me in e#ery $ay there%

The sale of my book is #ery slo$, though it has been #ery highly rated%:ne of the causes, 9 understand from different Muarters, of theun'o'ularity of this ne$ book, is the offence the ladies take at me% :nthinking that matter o#er, 9 am certain that 9 ha#e said nothing in as'irit to dis'lease any $oman 9 $ould care to 'leaseN but still there is atendency to class $omen in my books $ith roses and s$eetmeats,((they ne#er see themsel#es dominant% 9 $ill say no more, but, $aiting in anAiety for your ans$er, doff my hat, and make a 'urse as long as 9 can%


J:H@ K*T!%

"LR9%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

!aturday, !e'tember ./ 21/.08, E-aria "ro$therE,



:ff &armouth, 9sle of ight%

-y dear Bro$n((The time has not yet come for a 'leasant letter from me% 9ha#e delayed $riting to you from time to time, because 9 felt ho$im'ossible it $as to enli#en you $ith one heartening ho'e of my reco#eryNthis morning in bed the matter struck me in a different mannerN 9 thought

9 $ould $rite I$hile 9 $as in some liking,I or 9 might become too ill to$rite at allN and then if the desire to ha#e $ritten should become strongit $ould be a great affliction to me% 9 ha#e many more letters to $rite,and 9 bless my stars that 9 ha#e begun, for time seems to 'ress,((this may be my best o''ortunity% e are in a calm, and 9 am easy enough thismorning% 9f my s'irits seem too lo$ you may in some degree im'ute it toour ha#ing been at sea a fortnight $ithout making any $ay%21178 9 $as #erydisa''ointed at not meeting you at Bedham'ton, and am #ery 'ro#oked at thethought of you being at "hichester to(day% 9 should ha#e delighted insetting off for London for the sensation merely,((for $hat should 9 dothere 9 could not lea#e my lungs or stomach or other $orse things behindme% 9 $ish to $rite on subjects that $ill not agitate me much((there is

one 9 must mention and ha#e done $ith it% #en if my body $ould reco#er of itself, this $ould 're#ent it% The #ery thing $hich 9 $ant to li#e mostfor $ill be a great occasion of my death% 9 cannot hel' it% ho can hel'it ere 9 in health it $ould make me ill, and ho$ can 9 bear it in mystate 9 daresay you $ill be able to guess on $hat subject 9 amhar'ing((you kno$ $hat $as my greatest 'ain during the first 'art of myillness at your house% 9 $ish for death e#ery day and night to deli#er mefrom these 'ains, and then 9 $ish death a$ay, for death $ould destroy e#enthose 'ains $hich are better than nothing% Land and sea, $eakness anddecline, are great se'arators, but death is the great di#orcer for e#er%hen the 'ang of this thought has 'assed through my mind, 9 may say the bitterness of death is 'assed% 9 often $ish for you that you might flatter

me $ith the best% 9 think $ithout my mentioning it for my sake you $ould be a friend to -iss Bra$ne $hen 9 am dead% &ou think she has manyfaults((but for my sake think she has not one% 9f there is anything youcan do for her by $ord or deed 9 kno$ you $ill do it% 9 am in a state at 'resent in $hich $oman merely as $oman can ha#e no more 'o$er o#er me thanstocks and stones, and yet the difference of my sensations $ith res'ect to-iss Bra$ne and my sister is amaCing% The one seems to absorb the other to a degree incredible% 9 seldom think of my brother and sister in*merica% The thought of lea#ing -iss Bra$ne is beyond e#erythinghorrible((the sense of darkness coming o#er me((9 eternally see her figureeternally #anishing% !ome of the 'hrases she $as in the habit of usingduring my last nursing at ent$orth Place ring in my ears% 9s there

another life !hall 9 a$ake and find all this a dream There must be, $ecannot be created for this sort of suffering% The recei#ing this letter isto be one of yours% 9 $ill say nothing about our friendshi', or rather yours to me, more than that, as you deser#e to esca'e, you $ill ne#er beso unha''y as 9 am% 9 should think of((you in my last moments% 9 shallendea#our to $rite to -iss Bra$ne if 'ossible to(day% * sudden sto' to mylife in the middle of one of these letters $ould be no bad thing, for itkee's one in a sort of fe#er a$hile% Though fatigued $ith a letter longer than any 9 ha#e $ritten for a long $hile, it $ould be better to go on for



e#er than a$ake to a sense of contrary $inds% e eA'ect to 'ut intoPortland +oads to(night% The ca'tain, the cre$, and the 'assengers, areall ill(tem'ered and $eary% 9 shall $rite to ilke% 9 feel as if 9 $asclosing my last letter to you%

-y dear Bro$n, your affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

"LR99%((T: -+!% B+*@%

:ctober .; 21/.08, @a'les Harbour%

-y dear -rs% Bra$ne((* fe$ $ords $ill tell you $hat sort of a Passage $e

had, and $hat situation $e are in, and fe$ they must be on account of theQuarantine, our Letters being liable to be o'ened for the 'ur'ose of fumigation at the Health :ffice% e ha#e to remain in the #essel ten daysand are at 'resent shut in a tier of shi's% The sea air has been beneficial to me about to as great an eAtent as sMually $eather and badaccommodations and 'ro#isions has done harm% !o 9 am about as 9 $as% Gi#emy Lo#e to Fanny and tell her, if 9 $ere $ell there is enough in this Portof @a'les to fill a Muire of Pa'er((but it looks like a dream((e#ery man$ho can ro$ his boat and $alk and talk seems a different being frommyself% 9 do not feel in the $orld% 9t has been unfortunate for me thatone of the Passengers is a young Lady in a "onsum'tion((her im'rudence has#eAed me #ery much((the kno$ledge of her com'laints((the flushings in her

face, all her bad sym'toms ha#e 'reyed u'on me((they $ould ha#e done sohad 9 been in good health% !e#ern no$ is a #ery good fello$ but his ner#esare too strong to be hurt by other 'eo'leDs illnesses((9 remember 'oor +ice $ore me in the same $ay in the 9sle of ight((9 shall feel a load off me $hen the Lady #anishes out of my sight% 9t is im'ossible to describeeAactly in $hat state of health 9 am((at this moment 9 am suffering fromindigestion #ery much, $hich makes such stuff of this Letter% 9 $ouldal$ays $ish you to think me a little $orse than 9 really amN not being of a sanguine dis'osition 9 am likely to succeed% 9f 9 do not reco#er your regret $ill be softened((if 9 do your 'leasure $ill be doubled% 9 dare notfiA my -ind u'on Fanny, 9 ha#e not dared to think of her% The only comfort9 ha#e had that $ay has been in thinking for hours together of ha#ing the

knife she ga#e me 'ut in a sil#er(case((the hair in a Locket((and thePocket Book in a gold net% !ho$ her this% 9 dare say no more% &et you mustnot belie#e 9 am so ill as this Letter may look, for if e#er there $as a 'erson born $ithout the faculty of ho'ing 9 am he% !e#ern is $riting toHaslam, and 9 ha#e just asked him to reMuest Haslam to send you hisaccount of my health% : $hat an account 9 could gi#e you of the Bay of @a'les if 9 could once more feel myself a "itiCen of this $orld((9 feel as'irit in my Brain $ould lay it forth 'leasantly((: $hat a misery it is toha#e an intellect in s'lints -y Lo#e again to Fanny((tell Tootts 9 $ish 9



could 'itch her a basket of gra'es((and tell !am the fello$s catch here$ith a line a little fish much like an ancho#y, 'ull them u' fast%+emember me to -r% and -rs% ilke((mention to Bro$n that 9 $rote him aletter at Portsmouth $hich 9 did not send and am in doubt if he e#er $illsee it%

-y dear -rs% Bra$ne, yours sincerely and affectionate

J:H@ K*T!%

Good bye Fanny God bless you%

"LR999%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

@a'les, @o#ember 1 21/.08%

-y dear Bro$n((&esterday $e $ere let out of Muarantine, during $hich myhealth suffered more from bad air and the stifled cabin than it had donethe $hole #oyage% The fresh air re#i#ed me a little, and 9 ho'e 9 am $ellenough this morning to $rite to you a short calm letterN((if that can becalled one, in $hich 9 am afraid to s'eak of $hat 9 $ould fainest d$ellu'on% *s 9 ha#e gone thus far into it, 9 must go on a littleN(('erha's itmay relie#e the load of +T"H@!! $hich 'resses u'on me% The 'ersuasionthat 9 shall see her no more $ill kill me% -y dear Bro$n, 9 should ha#ehad her $hen 9 $as in health, and 9 should ha#e remained $ell% 9 can bear to die((9 cannot bear to lea#e her% :h, God God God #ery thing 9 ha#e

in my trunks that reminds me of her goes through me like a s'ear% The silk lining she 'ut in my tra#elling ca' scalds my head% -y imagination ishorribly #i#id about her((9 see her((9 hear her% There is nothing in the$orld of sufficient interest to di#ert me from her a moment% This $as thecase $hen 9 $as in nglandN 9 cannot recollect, $ithout shuddering, thetime that 9 $as a 'risoner at HuntDs, and used to kee' my eyes fiAed onHam'stead all day% Then there $as a good ho'e of seeing her again((@o$((:that 9 could be buried near $here she li#es 9 am afraid to $rite toher((to recei#e a letter from her((to see her hand$riting $ould break myheart((e#en to hear of her anyho$, to see her name $ritten, $ould be morethan 9 can bear% -y dear Bro$n, $hat am 9 to do here can 9 look for consolation or ease 9f 9 had any chance of reco#ery, this 'assion $ould

kill me% 9ndeed, through the $hole of my illness, both at your house andat Kentish To$n, this fe#er has ne#er ceased $earing me out% hen you$rite to me, $hich you $ill do immediately, $rite to +ome ='osterestante>((if she is $ell and ha''y, 'ut a mark thus N if((((

+emember me to all% 9 $ill endea#our to bear my miseries 'atiently% * 'erson in my state of health should not ha#e such miseries to bear% ritea short note to my sister, saying you ha#e heard from me% !e#ern is #ery$ell% 9f 9 $ere in better health 9 $ould urge your coming to +ome% 9 fear



there is no one can gi#e me any comfort% 9s there any ne$s of George :that something fortunate had e#er ha''ened to me or my brothers((then 9might ho'e,((but des'air is forced u'on me as a habit% -y dear Bro$n, for my sake be her ad#ocate for e#er% 9 cannot say a $ord about @a'lesN 9 donot feel at all concerned in the thousand no#elties around me% 9 am afraidto $rite to her((9 should like her to kno$ that 9 do not forget her% :h,

Bro$n 9 ha#e coals of fire in my breast((9t sur'rises me that the humanheart is ca'able of containing and bearing so much misery% as 9 born for this end God bless her, and her mother, and my sister, and George, andhis $ife, and you, and all

&our e#er affectionate friend

J:H@ K*T!%

2Thursday, @o#ember .%8

9 $as a day too early for the "ourier% He sets out no$% 9 ha#e been morecalm to(day, though in a half dread of not continuing so% 9 said nothingof my healthN 9 kno$ nothing of itN you $ill hear !e#ernDs account fromHaslam% 9 must lea#e off% &ou bring my thoughts too near to Fanny% God bless you

"LR9%((T: "H*+L! B+:@%

+ome, @o#ember 40, 1/.0%

-y dear Bro$n((DTis the most difficult thing in the $orld to me to $rite aletter% -y stomach continues so bad, that 9 feel it $orse on o'ening any book,((yet 9 am much better than 9 $as in Muarantine% Then 9 am afraid toencounter the 'ro(ing and con(ing of anything interesting to me inngland% 9 ha#e an habitual feeling of my real life ha#ing 'assed, andthat 9 am leading a 'osthumous eAistence% God kno$s ho$ it $ould ha#e been((but it a''ears to me((ho$e#er, 9 $ill not s'eak of that subject% 9must ha#e been at Bedham'ton nearly at the time you $ere $riting to mefrom "hichester((ho$ unfortunate((and to 'ass on the ri#er too There $asmy star 'redominant 9 cannot ans$er anything in your letter, $hich

follo$ed me from @a'les to +ome, because 9 am afraid to look it o#er again% 9 am so $eak =in mind> that 9 cannot bear the sight of anyhand$riting of a friend 9 lo#e so much as 9 do you% &et 9 ride the littlehorse, and at my $orst e#en in Muarantine, summoned u' more 'uns, in asort of des'eration, in one $eek than in any year of my life% There is onethought enough to kill meN 9 ha#e been $ell, healthy, alert, etc%, $alking$ith her, and no$((the kno$ledge of contrast, feeling for light and shade,all that information ='rimiti#e sense> necessary for a 'oem, are greatenemies to the reco#ery of the stomach% There, you rogue, 9 'ut you to the



tortureN but you must bring your 'hiloso'hy to bear, as 9 do mine, really,or ho$ should 9 be able to li#e r% "lark is #ery attenti#e to meN hesays, there is #ery little the matter $ith my lungs, but my stomach, hesays, is #ery bad% 9 am $ell disa''ointed in hearing good ne$s fromGeorge, for it runs in my head $e shall all die young% 9 ha#e not $rittento +eynolds yet, $hich he must think #ery neglectfulN being anAious to

send him a good account of my health, 9 ha#e delayed it from $eek to$eek% 9f 9 reco#er, 9 $ill do all in my 'o$er to correct the mistakes madeduring sicknessN and if 9 should not, all my faults $ill be forgi#en%!e#ern is #ery $ell, though he leads so dull a life $ith me% +emember meto all friends, and tell Haslam 9 should not ha#e left London $ithouttaking lea#e of him, but from being so lo$ in body and mind% rite toGeorge as soon as you recei#e this, and tell him ho$ 9 am, as far as youcan guessN and also a note to my sister(($ho $alks about my imaginationlike a ghost((she is so like Tom% 9 can scarcely bid you good(bye, e#en ina letter% 9 al$ays made an a$k$ard bo$%

God bless you

J:H@ K*T!%21.08

9@R

@:T%((The first lines of all #erses Muoted in the letters are gi#en hereunder the first $ord% *n asterisk is 'refiAed to the names of those to$hom letters are $ritten, the letters themsel#es, as $ell as the addressesfrom $hich Keats $rote, being gi#en under the heading ILetters%I

*bbey, -iss, 1..

*bbey, -r%, 5. and note, 5/, 117, 1.4, 161, 16., 1/., 1/5, .16, .1/, .4., .6/, .1, .4, .;, ./;, .70, .7;, .7, 411, 414, 415, 41/, 441, 446, 4;, 450, 45;, 456, 457% +eferred to as Imy guardian,I .6

*bbey, -rs%, 51, 1.4, 17, .6., .1, 457

*bbeys, the, 464

*bbot, .41

*belard, !andt, like a young, 400

*cademy, the +oyal, 4.7

*chie#ement, a man of, needs negati#e ca'ability, ;/



*chilles, .1, /0, 1/0

*damDs dream =EParadise LostE, Bk% #iii%>, com'ared to imagination, ;1, ;.

E*donaisE, AiA%

*donis, .64

E*donis, enus andE, Muoted, ;5

E*gnes, !t%, #e ofE, .1, ..1, ./0, .//, 444, 46. noteN an alteration in it censured, 460

*griculture, influence of, ./ EseM%E

I* haunting -usic sole 'erha's and lone,I etc%, ./7

I*h, ken ye $hat 9 met the day,I etc%, 1.

*laddin, ..4

*lcibiades, 75

*leAander, the em'eror, 1;

*lfred =Aeter Pa'er>, the, 11

*lfred, King, 15, /0

*lice Fell, .;7

I*ll gentle folks $ho o$e a grudge,I etc%, 14

E*llDs ell that ends ellE, Muoted, 44 and note

*lstonDs I<riel,I 6

E*ltam and his ifeE, by :llier, 17

*mena =and ells>, .47, .;5

*merica, George K% goes to, 107

*mericans distrusted, 41.

E*natomy of -elancholyE, Muoted, .76, .7

*ndre$, !ir 2*guecheek8, misMuoted, 104 and note

*ndre$s, -iss, 4;1



E*nnals of Fine *rtsE, contributed to, .., note

*nn or *nne, the maid, .07, 410

*nthony, !t%, 407

*nthony, -ark, com'ared to Buona'arte, 1

E*nthony and "leo'atraE, 75N Muoted, 16, 1

*'ollo, ;, /.

*'uleius, the Platonist, .57

*rcher, 170, .0/

*rchimage, .;7

*rchimago, 1/

*rchimedes, .0

*retino, 414

*riadne, ..4

*riosto, 75 note, ./7, 414, 444

*rt, the eAcellence of, its intensity, ;

*rthurDs !eat, 146

I*s Hermes once took to his feathers light,I .;6

*thenaeum, ilke connected $ith, A#iii%

*2ubrey8, -rs% -2ary8, #erses to, by -rs% Phili's, .7

*udubon, .71, 41., 4;1

*udubon, -rs%, 4;1, 4;;

*ugustan age, .57

*unt, J% K%Ds, .;% E!eeE -rs% Jennings

*utogra'h originals of J% K%Ds letters, Aii% Aiii%

E*utumn, :de toE, 4.0 and note



*yr described, 144

B%, -iss% E!eeE Bro$n, -iss

Babel, the to$er of, .4, .7

Bacchus, ..4

Bacon, Lord, 1;

Bag'i'e, effect of, 14/

?Bailey, Benjamin, Aii%, .6, 4., ;;, 5., 54, /;, 7, 10., 107, 14., 145, 1;6, 16;, 170, 455N his character, ., 5;N his curacy, 46N

his a''reciation of EndymionE, 41N his lo#e affairs, ..; EseM%EN K%Ds #isit to him at :Aford, 17 and note

Bailey, -rs%, ./1

Barbara Le$th$aite, .;7

IBards of 'assion and of mirth,I .06

Barley, +igs of, by Burns, 144

Barnes, 111

Barnes, -iss, .41

BartoloCCi, 175, 176

EBasil, Pot ofE, 114, 166, 11, ..1, ./0N fe$ stanCas of, $ritten in folio !haks'eare, 101

IBathsheba,I by ilkie, 6

Beattie, .01

Beaumont, !ir George, 4.7, 440 note

Beaumont and Fletcher, ../

Bedham'ton, #isit to, .16, .17, ..1

EBeggar of "umberlandE, 41



Bellaston, Lady, 40.

Benjamin, -r%, 41

Bensley, 10

Bentley =J% K%Ds landlord>, 44 note, 154, 17;, .17, 44

Bentley, -rs%, 44, 154, 17;, .17, .47, 44, 465

Bentley children, the, 44, 104 note, 1//

Bertrand, General, 1 note

Betty Foy, .;7

Be$ick 2J%8, 56, 5/, 76, .;0

Bible, the, 1, ..5, ..6

Birkbeck, 15, 1//, 17;, .1, ..6, .4/, .5, .6/, 4;.

Birkbeck, the -isses, .;

Black$ood, 60, 16;, 16, 11, 17;, .4;, 4.4

Boccaccio, 101N tales from, ./0

Bonchurch described, .6, .7

IBook, myI =the #ol% containing ELamiaE, E9sabellaE, EThe #e of !t% *gnesE, EHy'erionE, and the E:desE>, 46., 464, 46/, 40

BoAer =-rs% ilkeDs dog>, .6

BoA Hill ascended, ;5

Boys, the% E!eeE Bro$nDs brothers

Bradsha$, +ichard, 117

Braggadochio, 4;0

Bra$ne, Fanny, 171 and note, .1/, .;;N described, 176N K%Ds feelings to$ards, 41, 4., 44, 4;N letters to, Aii% noteN reasons for their being omitted, A#ii%

?Bra$ne, -rs%, 171, .0., .17, ..;, .47, .;;, 4;7, 465



2Bra$ne8, !am, 44

Briggs, 4;1

Brigs of *yr, 144

Britain, Little% E!eeE +eynoldses, the

British Gallery seen, 6

British -useum, 4.7

Brothers% E!eeE Keats, George and Tom

?Bro$n, "harles *rmitage, A#iii%, .6, 44, 45, ;/, 56, 5/, 6, /., 7/, 117, 1.4, 1./, 144, 146, 14/, 147, 1;1, 1;5, 1;/, 165, 1, 171, 17;, 175 note, 176, 17/, .00, .07, .1/, .17, ..1, .;0, .;4, .;;,

.;5, .6;, .., .4, .7, ./1, ./;, ./6, ./7, .7., 401, 406, 40, 407, 41;, 417, 4.4, 4.5, 4./, 44., 444 note, 44;, 446, 4;;, 4;5, 4; and note, 4;/, 45., 456, 45, 45/, 457, 460 note, 464, 467N anecdote of, .75, .76N as a draughtsman, .;, 451N and Jenny Jacobs, .7N a joke on, 416, 4.0N his kindness, .4;N lends K% money, .;, .70N li#es $ith K%, 1/ note, 1//, 441 noteN his odd dislikes, 4.;N a story by, .17, ..0, ..;N

tour to !cotland $ith K%, 110 211;(1618N $rites a tragedy $ith K% E!ee :tho the GreatE

Bro$nDs brothers, .47 note, .;5

Bro$n, John, .;5

Bro$n, -rs% !e'timus, .1/

B2ro$n8, -iss, 176

Bucke, -r% =dramatic author>, .;1

Buffon, .44, 4;6

BunyanDs EPilgrimDs ProgressE, .1N his EmblemsE, 407

Buona'arte, .0, 14, .17N com'ared to -ark *nthony, 1



Burdett, !ir F%, 1;

Burford Bridge #isited, ;0(;5

Burleigh, Lord, 461

Burns, 140, 141, 14., .4;N s'oilt by the Kirk, 1.;N lines after #isiting his country, 1;6N after #isiting his tomb, 11N his misery, 14;N his nati#e 'lace described, 144

Burns, -rs%, 11/

BurtonDs E*natomy of -elancholyE Muoted, .76, .7

Butler, 6, 10., .0.

Butler, !arah, 10.

Byron, 44, 106, 164, 14, 17/, ..1, ..6, .41, .;0N his Eon JuanE, .7N Fourth canto of E"hilde HaroldE eA'ected, 6N Eon Gio#anniE eA'ected, .1/

"aesar, Julius, /0

E"aleb illiamsE, .05

"aliban, note, 5/, .;5 note

"ameron, -rs%, 155 EseM%E

"anning, 4;5

"anterbury, a #isit to, 'rojected, 1/

E"a' and BellsE, 441 note, 444 and note, 46. note

"a'ital letters, 'eculiar use of, Ai#%

"a''er, 1/, 1/1, .7;

"arisbrooke #isited, 6 EseM%E

"arlisle, eist bookseller, ..0, .77

"arlisle #isited, 11



"aryDs EanteE, 114

I"astle, The nchanted,I by "laude, 71 and note

"astlereagh, 70, 4;5N *n :de to, 445

E"a#e of es'airE, !'enserDs, a 'icture by !e#ern, 44; and note, 455

"eres, 1;.

"hambers of Life((the infant or thoughtless "hamber, and the "hamber of -aiden thought, 10, 10/N the third "hamber, 107

E"ham'ionE, The, a number $ritten by K%, ;, ;7, 5.N a sonnet by K% 'rinted in, /

"ha'manDs EHomerE, 464 and note

"harlemagne, 11/

"harles% E!eeE ylie, "harles

"harles 9%,

"harles 99%, 70

"harles !tuart, a IJacobinI song on, 1;/

"harlotte, Princess, 17.

I"harmian,I 165 note, 1., 14% E!eeE "oA, -iss "harlotte

"hatterton, EndymionE, dedicated to, 7N HaClitt on, 6N $rites the 'urest nglish, 414, 4.1

"haucer, 1/, 104, ../, 444N his Gallicisms, 414, 4.1

"hesterfield, Lord, 455

"hichester #isited, .1., .1, .1/

I"hief of :rganic @umbersI etc%, 6.

"hrist +ejected =HaydonDs 'icture>, ;, 7;

"hristianity #% EThe AaminerE, 10N



!haks'eareDs, 11

"hristians, a Muery concerning, 10

"hristie, ;;

E"hronicleE, The, ;6, 11, .;N John !cottDs defence of K% in, 16

"inderella, .1, .4.

"irce =in EndymionE>, 77

"laret, a rha'sody concerning, ..., ..4

"lark, r%, 40, 46

?"larke, "% "%, A#ii%, 10, .17N

his influence on K%, A#iii%

"laudeDs Inchanted "astle,I 71 and note

"leo'atra, 1.5, 14

"linker, Hum'hrey, 5.

"obbett, .0/, .1/, ..., 455

"ockney school, 47, 60 and note

"ockney, the young, A#i%

"oleridge, 4/, .N his limitations, ;/N his talk, .;;

"ollins, HaClitt on, 6

"olnaghi, 400

"ol#in, !%, allo$ed H% BuAton Forman to use autogra'hs in his 'ossession, Aii% noteN

his life of K% in E-en of LettersE, Ai%, 441 note, 4; note

"ommon'lace 'eo'le, HaClitt on, 4

E"omusE, /7, 10/

"onstable, the bookseller, 60

"ontinent, K%Ds thoughts of #isiting the, 1/



"ook, "a'tain, 4;6

"ordelia, /0

E"oriolanusE, HaClitt on, ..7

"orneille, 75 and note

"2orn$all8 B2arry8, -r%, 454, 45;

"ountry, the, K%Ds o'inion of, .07N K% thinks of settling in, ;

"o#ent Garden Tragedy 2E+etribution, or the "hieftainDs aughterE8, an article on, ;7 and note

"o$es #isited,

"o$'er, .N as a letter($riter, Ai#%

"oA, -iss "harlotte, 165 and note, 1. and note, 14% E!eeE I"harmianI

"rabbe, ., .4.

"ri''s, 4., 4, ;0, ;1, ;;, 5., 56, 6., 1N introductions to Haydon, 4., 54

"riticism, K%Ds inde'endence of, 16

"roft, r%, .

"rom$ell, 1;

E"rusoe, +obinsonE, .6, 44/

I"rystalline Brother of the belt of Hea#en,I etc%, ;6

E"umberland BeggarE, the, 41

ance, a Highland, described, 116

ante, 75 note, 114, 1;5, .1;, .;6, 414

a#en'orts, the, ..0, .41, .47, 4;/

a#id, .5, 4.5



Iear +eynolds as last night 9 lay in bed,I etc%, 71

eath, K%Ds thoughts of, $hen alone, 11.

Eeist, TheE, .77

ennet, -iss, a "olumbine, 51

Ientatus,I HaydonDs 'icture, /

e#ereuA, 46.

e#on, uke of, .

e#onshire described, 5, 7, /0, /4, /5, 71, 75, 7, 7/, 101N like Lydia Languish, /4

e$int, 11;

e$int, -rs%, 11;

?ilke, "harles ent$orth, Aii% note, 7, .6, 41, ;, ;/, 56, 57, 6, /1, 1./, 1;6, 15/, 175 note, .00, .0., .04, .0/, .47, .;5, .66, .67, .7., .76, 4., 4;0, 4;4, 4., 4;N a ca'ital friend, 51N takes the E"ham'ionE, 51, 5/N his character, 41;N his de#otion to his son, ..., .;0, .;1, .75N editor follo$s his dates, Aiii%N a IGod$in -ethodist,I 41;N

a IGod$in 'erfectibility -an,I 15N ill, 10, 4;/N neighbour to K%, 1/ note

ilke, "harley, ..., ..;, .;0, .;1, .6;, .7, .7., .75, 41;, 460

ilke, -rs%, ;, /, 7, .6, 41, 51, 16;, 10, 1/4, 1/7, 17/, .0., .07, .10, .14, .1, ..4, ..;, .;0, .6., .6;, .67, .;, .7., 4.5, 4./, 44., 446, 4;0, 4;7, 45;, 45, 457, 460, 465, 4;N her brother, 457

ilke, illiam, .6 and note

inah, *unt, 6

iocletian, 1;

iomed, /0

olabella =in E*nthony and "leo'atraE>, 16



on Juan, .7

ra$ing of K%, a, . and note

re$e family, the, 17

re$e, George, 17/

rury Lane Pantomime 2Eon Gio#anniE8, ;7 and note, 55

ryo'e =in EndymionE>, /

u Bois, ;, 17/

unghill, uchess of, 1.6

uns, besieged by, 17, ./

uerer, *lbert, 440

Edinburgh +e#ie$E, the, 4, 47, ;0, 114, 170, 401, 40., 4.6

dmund 9ronside, /0

lements, the, regarded as comforters, .5

EliCabeth, QueenE, HolinshedDs, 444N her Latin eAercises, 455

liCabethans, com'ared $ith moderns, 6/

llenborough, Lord, ;

lli'sis, recommended by Haydon, .

lliston, 445, 446

lmes, James, .. note, .;

EmblemsE, the, of Bunyan, 407

EndymionE 2I9 stood ti'toe u'on a little hillI8, 4 note

EndymionE, ., 4;, 45, 161, 40., 466% EFirst bookE begun, 1N 'ros'ects of, 5N in the 'ress, 64N readings in, 6;) Esecond bookE co'ied, 1N 'roofs of, .)



Ethird bookE, 'rogressing, 41N finished, 44) Ethird and fourth booksE, co'ied, /) Efourth bookE, Muoted, /;N finished, //% *lterations suggested by Taylor, N

anAiety to get it 'rinted, /N a''reciated by Bailey, 41N dedicated to "hatterton, 7N described, 16/N cheMue sent to author of it, 17., 177N engra#ings by Haydon for it, 5N referred to by K% as a 'ioneer, N admired by the -iss Porters, 17., 174N the 'reface to it, //, 76, 7, 7/N readings in, 77N called sli'shod, 16 and noteN the story of it told to Fanny K%, ..

nfield, school at, A#iii%

nglish, "hattertonDs is the 'urest, 414

nobarb =in E*nthony and "leo'atraE>, 16

rasmus, 10, 1

sau, 6/

uclid, .7, 1

ustace, 164

E#adneE, by !heil, .41, .4.

#ans, !ir Hugh =in E-erry i#esE>, 10; and note

#e, 104, .55

I#er let the Fancy roam,I etc%, .04

EAaminerE, The, 1, ;0, ;;, ;, 51, 17;, .0/, .17, .4;, 4./N

its defence of K%, 11N K%Ds notice of +eynoldsD EPeter BellE in it, .;/, .;7N #% "hristianity, 10

EAcursionE, ords$orthDs, one of the three good things of the age, 54, 5;

Fagging at schools, 1/



EFairies, "horus ofE, .51

Falstaff, , 451

Fame, sonnets on, .5/

IFame like a $ay$ard girl $ill still be coy,I etc%, .5/

Family letters, Ai%

Fanny% E!eeE Keats, Fanny

IFar, far around shall those dark(crested trees,I etc%, 115

FaCio, .

Fenbank, -r% P%, 177

Fielding, 5., .00

FingalDs "a#e described, 150

FitCgerald, -iss, 174

Fladgate, Frank, 144

Flageolet, not admired, 161, 16.

Fleet !treet household =Ei%e%E TaylorDs% E!eeE '% ./6>, 5;

Fletcher, -rs% Phili's, com'ared to, 41

Fletcher and Beaumont, ../

Flirting, 14

EFlorence, * Garden ofE, by +eynolds, 6 and note

Florimel, .;/, .;7

EFoliageE, by Leigh Hunt, 11 noteN

re#ie$ed in the Quarterly, 114

Forman, H% BuAton, his edition, Aii%N letters to Fanny K% 'rinted in this #olume by his 'ermission, Aii% note

FortunatusDs 'urse, 4.

IFour !easons fill the measure of the year,I etc%, /1



Fram'tons, the, .4/

Francesca, 5/, .;6

Franklin, Benjamin, 15

French dramatists, 75 and note

French language inferior to nglish, .4

Frogley, -iss, 17.

Fry, .70

Fuseli, 406, 440

G% minor =EseeE ylie, Georgiana>, 17.

Gaelic talked, 1;0

Gattie, 17

Gay, 106

Genesis, .6

Genius, of K% in 'rose $riting, Ai%N men of, ha#e not indi#iduality, ;1

George% E!eeE Keats, George

George, little =EseeE ylie, Georgiana>, .00, .01

George 99%, 46.

EGertrude of yomingE, 4;.

Ghosts, ;;

Gibbon, 6

Gifford, ..0, ..6 EseM%E, ..7N his attack on K%, 17.

EGio#anni, onE, by Byron, eA'ected, .1/

Gi'sies, 4

EGi'sy, TheE, of ords$orth, 4



Glasgo$ #isited, 141, 14.

Glaucus =in EndymionE>, 77

Gleig, AiA%, 45, 46, ;;, 64, /., 114N

described, 45 note

Gleig, -iss, ..5

Gliddon, .70

God$in, 15, .05, .06, 41;N his E-ande#illeE, 51, ./6N his E"aleb illiamsE and E!t% LeonE, .05

Gray, 106N as a letter $riter, Ai#%N

HaClitt on, 6

IGreat s'irits no$ on earth are sojourning,I etc%, .

Greek, K% determines to learn, 101

Green, -r%, .;;

Griselda, .;5

Gro#er, -iss, 447

Guido, .01

GygesDs ring, 4.

H%, -iss, .41, .4.

EHamletE, /0, 106

Hammond, 407

Hand$riting of K%, Ai#%

Ha''iness not eA'ected, 4/

IHa''y ha''y glo$ing fire,I etc%, .51

EHarold, "hildeE, 6/

Harris, Bob, 51, 5/



Hart, 4;0

Haslam, 51, 56, 157, 1/, 1/1, 1/, 1//, 1/7, 175, 17, .00, .0., .07, .10, .17, ..;, ../, .45, .6;, .0, ./;, 40, 4;., 4;;, 467, 44, 45N his fatherDs death, .4/, .66N

a kind friend, .67, 447N his Ilady and family,I 4;0N in lo#e, .74N Iis #ery Beadle to an amorous sigh,I 444N a message to, 4

Hastings, Lady, met at, 17, ..4

?Haydon, Aii% note, . and note, 5, /, 7, 47, ;1, ;, 5;, 5/, 175, 17, 17/, .01, .;0, .., 4;0, 4;4, 455, 456, 461N his autobiogra'hy, 50 and noteN his I"hristI contained a 'ortrait of K%, 16N

and is Itinted into immortality,I 7;N his Ientatus,I /N on lgin marbles, 5N his eyes $eak, .17N on French dramatists, etc%, 75 and noteN his ILife and Lo#e,I 440 and noteN lo#ed as a brother, 15N his 'ictures one of the three glories of the age, 54, 5;N his 'ortrait, 6N Muarrels $ith Hunt, 44, 4;, 45, 56, 61N and $ith +eynolds, 55, 56N disco#ers a seal of !haks'eare, /5N

Ithis glorious Haydon and all his creation,I 1N his I!olomon,I .1;

HaCle$ood, 1/, 1/1, .7;

HaClitt, 4, 76, 101, 106, 10, 107, 111, 17, 171, 17, .05, .1/, 4.6N his 'rosecution of Black$ood, 16;N his essay on common'lace 'eo'le, 4N the only good damner, /N his lectures, 6;, ., 6, 44.N his letter to Gifford Muoted, ..6 EseM%E, ..7N on !haks'eare, 16, 56, 5/N

his re#ie$ of !outhey, 10 and note, 16N his de'th of taste, 54, 5;N his E+ound TableE, 41 and note

HaClitt, -rs%, .1/

EHeart of -idlothianE =an o'era>, .;7

HeartDs affections and beauty of 9magination the only certain things, ;1



Hebre$, the study of, ad#ised, .;

IHe is to $eet a melancholy "arle,I etc%, .;;

Helen, 1.5

IHence Burgundy, "laret, and Port,I etc%, 65

Hengist, 70

Henrietta !treet% E!eeE ylies, the

Henry% E!eeE ylie, Henry

Herculaneum, a 'iece of, /4

IHere all the summer could 9 stay,I etc%, /5

Hermes, ..4

IHermia and Helena,I by !e#ern, .65

Hesketh, Lady, A#%

?Hessey, Ai%, 54, 100, 11;, 16;, 1, 1/; note, 177, ./., ./6

Hessey, -rs%, //

Hesseys, the% E!eeE Percy !treet

Hill, ;

Hilton, 11;, .;0

Hindoos, .5

Hobhouse, .0/

Hodgkinson, .1, ./;, .7, 464

Hogarth, 10, .00, 451

Hogg, .4;

Holbein, 461

HolinshedDs EQueen liCabethE, 444

Holts, one of the, .1/



EHomerE, /0, 75 note, 101, 14;, 1;;N Po'eDs, 14, 1;N "ha'manDs, 464 and note

Hone, ;, 51, ..0

Honeycomb, -r%, ./

Hook, 407

Hooker, Bisho', 14

Ho'kinses, the, 4/

Ho''ner, 1/7, 170

Horace, 454

Houghton, Lord, AiA%, ./7 note, 4; noteN his Life of K%, Aii%

IHo$ fe#erDd is that -an $ho cannot look,I etc%, .5/

Ho$ard, John, 14

Hubbard, -other, 1

Hugh, Parson, 10; and note

Humour su'erior to $it, ;

Hunger and slee'iness, 1..

Hunt, Henry, his trium'hal entry into London, .77, 4.7

Hunt, John, 1, ./, 5/, 6 note, ., 171

?Hunt, Leigh, A#iii%, . note, 4, 7, ;7, 51, 64, 6/, ., 6, 76, 1;, 1, 17, 171, .4., .47, .;0, .;/, .;7, 40, 4;4, 454, 45;, 465, 466, 4;N attacked, 47, 114N I"ockney school articlesI thought to be by !cott, 60 and noteN

criticises EndymionE, 5, 5/N his EFoliageE, 11 noteN damned Ham'stead, /N his influence on K%, A#iii%N K% his Eele#eE, 45N K% mo#es near to him, 460 noteN K% stays in his house, 464 note, 46;N his kindness, 46/N his lock of -iltonDs hair, 6.N



his money difficulties, .1/N his E@ym'hsE, 11N his sonnet on the @ile, .N his 'a'er on Preternatural History, .4;N his ELiterary Pocket(bookE, 170, 17N his Muarrel $ith Haydon, 44, 4;, 45, 56, 61N

his self(delusions, 15

Hunt, -rs%, 14, 51, 55

EHy'erionE, 441 note, 46. noteN begun, 17;, 175N not continued, ..1N continued, ./0N gi#en u' because of its -iltonic in#ersions, 4.1

9ago, 1/;

9dleness, ./

I9f by dull rhymes our nglish must be chained,I etc%, .61

I9 had a do#e and the s$eet do#e died,I .0

I9 ha#e eAaminDd and do find,I etc%, by -rs% Phili's, .7

9magination, ;1, ;., ;4, 10/N the rudder of Poetry, 4;N its beauty and the heartDs affections alone certain, ;1N

com'ared to *damDs dream =EParadise LostE, Book #iii%>, ;1, ;.

9mogen, .;, 1/;

E9ndolence, :de onE, .45 and noteN EThe "astle ofE, by Thomson, .4;

9n#ention, the Polar !tar of Poetry, 4;

9ona 29conkill8 #isited, 1;/, 1;7

9reby, 11N

country dancing school at, 116

9reland #isited, 1.;

9rish and !cotch com'ared, 1.6, 1.7

E9sabellaE, or EThe Pot of BasilE, 107, 114, 46. note

9sis, K%Ds boating on the, ./



9talian, studied, 101, ./7N the language full of 'oetry, .4

9taly, AiA%

I9t kee's eternal $his'erings around,I etc%, /

Jacobs, Jenny, and Bro$n, .7

JacMues, 6/

James 9%, 461

Jane, !t% E!eeE +eynolds, Jane

Jean, BurnsD, 14;

Jeffrey, Aii%, AiA%

Jemmy, -aster% E!eeE +ice, James

Jennings, -rs%, .70, 41/N referred to as Imy aunt,I .;

EJessy of umblaneE, 160

Jesus and !ocrates, .46

EJoanna, ToE, by ords$orth, 116 note

John =EseeE +eynolds>, ., 44, 16.

John, !t%, 4.5

Jonson, Ben, .; note

Journal(letters, Aii%

Jo#e better than -ercury, 5, 7

Judea, 11

Juliet, .;, 145

Junkets, Ei%e%E John Keats, 14

Kean, ;6, ;/, /;, 141, 171, ..6, .;1, ./0, ./;, ./5, ./6, .71, 417, 446, 4;0



Keasle, 1/7

Keasle, -iss, 10, 1/7, 40/

Keasle, -rs%, 1/7

Keats, mily =daughter of George K%>, .7;, 417, 447, 4;;, 4;N her birth announced, .4

Keats family, letters to, Ai%

?Keats, Fanny, Aii% note, 6, 51, 5/, 154, 15/, 167, 1, 17, ..4, ../, .7., 41, 45, 4N she is ke't from K% by the *bbeys, 1;5, .1/N the story of EndymionE is related to her, ..

Keats, Frances% E!eeE Keats, Fanny

?Keats, George, 6, /, 7, 10, 14, 1;, 1, .., .4, 4;, 4/, ;7, 5., /;, 101, 107, 11., 11;, 117, 14., 1;., 15., 154, 161, 166, 1/, .14, .1, .64, .65, .6/, .0, .4, .5, ., ./;, ./5, 4.0, 44, 4;0, 4;1, 4;4, 4;;, 4;5, 4;6, 4;, 4;7, 45/, 457, 461, 46., 467, 45, 46, 4N his affairs troublesome, 4.;, 441, 446N he goes to *merica, 107, 1/.N he #isits ngland, 4./ and noteN he returns to *merica, 45/N he is more than a brother to John K%, 15/N he co'ies John K%Ds #erses, 4;.N

he is de#oted to his little girl, 447N bad ne$s from him, 4.1, 4.., 44.N J% K%Ds sonnet to him, .

Keats, Georgiana% E!eeE ylie, Georgiana

Keats, John, his genius in 'rose($riting, Ai%N his Life by "ol#in, Ai%, 441 noteN and by Lord Houghton, Ai%N the characteristics of his letters, Ai#% A#%N his character, Ithe young "ockney,I !haks'eare in his blood, A#i%, 1;N his reticence about Fanny Bra$ne, A#i%N

the influence of Haydon, Leigh Hunt, and "harles "o$den "larke o#er him, A#iii%N his school at nfield, A#iii%N his 'ortrait, .N his thoughts of settling in the country, ;N he $rites in the E"ham'ionE, /, ;, ;7N he cannot eAist $ithout 'oetry, 7, 165N I$hy 9 should be a 'oet,I 1.N his money troubles, 1;, 17, ./N



he reads and $rites eight hours a day, but cannot com'ose $hen Ife#ered in a contrary direction,I 1;N his morbidity, 15, 4/, 110, 111N his eAcitement during com'osition, 1/N his thoughts of #isiting the country, 1/N he $rites $ith energy, .4N

he regards the elements as comforters, .5N he 'rojects a romance, 4.N he eA'ects to be called HuntDs Eele#eE, 45N he does not eA'ect ha''iness, 4/N his article on I"o#ent Garden,I ;7 and noteN his #ie$s of religion, /1, .56N his 'lan of life, 7;N he regards the 'ublic as an enemy but does not $rite under its shado$, 76N he studies 9talian, 101, ./7N he determines to learn Greek, 101N his thoughts of death $hen alone, 11.N

is noticed in the EdinburghE and EQuarterlyE, 114N his ill(health, 1.., 4;(4N his inde'endence of criticism, 16N he eA'ects to be among the nglish 'oet after his death, 11N his defence by +eynolds, 11N his declamations against matrimony, 1/0N his 'leasure in solitude, 1/1N he talks of gi#ing u' $riting, 1/;N a sonnet and cheMue to him, 17., 177N his notion of a rondeau, .0N his thoughts of the country, .07N his notice of +eynoldsD EPeter BellE, .;/, .;7N

he feels himself the 'rotector of Fanny K%, .16N Ihe is Muite the little 'oet,I .17N his rha'sody about claret, ..., ..4N his scorn of 'arsons, ..1 EseM%E, .44, .6/N he talks of turning 'hysician, .44N his 'ortrait by !e#ern, .;N his change of character, 407N his distrust of *mericans, 41.N his feelings to$ards Fanny Bra$ne during his last illness, 41, 4.

?Keats, Tom, /, 7, 11, ;;, ; note, 7, /., /;, /5, /, 7;, 100, 11., 145, 15/, 157, 165, 167, 15, 1, 17, 1/0, 1/1, 1/., 1/4, 1/5,

.15, 401 note, 4;7N his death, 1/ and noteN his illness, ;4, ;7, 64, 104, 161, 16., 16;, 16/, 1/6, 1/N his belief in immortality, 1//N his likeness to Fanny K%, 47N his lo$ s'irits, 7/N ellsD treatment of him, .47, .;5

Kelly, -r%, 1.;



Kemble, 17/

Kent, -iss, 14, 51

Kes$ick #isited, 11;, 115

Kingston, ;, 50 and note, 54, 75, 176N his criticisms, 7/

Kirkman, 170, .0/, .07N his uncle illiam, .0/

Kneller, !ir G%, 461

KnoA, John, ..0

KotCebue, .;1, 400

ELa Belle ame sans -erciE, .50

Lacon, Fool, 447

ELady of the LakeE, 146

Lakes, the, described, 11;, 115

Lamb, "harles, 47, 171, 416, 461N his 'ractical jokes, 50

ELamiaE, ., ./0, .7;, 46. noteN finished, .//N Muoted, ./7 and note

Landseer, 50, 5/

ELaon and "ythnaE, by !helley, ;/ and note

Launce =in ET$o Gentlemen of eronaE>, ;

ELear, KingE, ;, 5/, 64, /0N

a sonnet on, 57

ELeech(gathererE, the, 41

Leicester, !ir John, .;0

Lely, !ir Peter, 461

ELeon, !t%E, by God$in, .05



Letters, those to Fanny Bra$ne omitted, A#ii%N fri#olous classification of, 106, 164N characteristics of K%Ds, A#%N ated from, Burford Bridge, ;0(;;N "arisbrooke, 6N

"arlisle, 116N onaghadee, 1.;N Featherstone Buildings, ;/N Fleet !treet =ellsD>, 1N Ham'stead =ell alk>, 44(;0, ;6, 54(6, 1(/, 107(11;, 161(1/N Ham'stead =ent$orth Place>, 1/(.4, 441(457N Kes$ick, 11;N London, 1(;, 17, 47N -argate, 10(1N the E-aria "ro$therE, 40N -ortimer Terrace =Leigh HuntDs>, 464N @a'les, 4.(4;N

:Aford, 17(4.N +ome, 46N !cotland, 11/(1.4, 1.5(15/ *uchen(cairn, 117, 1.4N Ballantrae, 1.N "airndo$, 146N umfries, 11/N Gir#an, 1.7N Glasgo$, 141N 9n#erness, 15/N 9n#erary, 14/, 1;.N 9sland of -ull, 1;;(1;N

Kilmelfort, 147N Kings$ells, 140, 144N Kirkcudbright, 1.0N Kirkos$ald, 1.7N Letter Findlay, 154N -aybole, 140N @e$ton(!te$art, 1.., 1.4N :ban, 1;1, 1;/N !tranraer, 1.5N !hanklin, .5(.N !outham'ton, ;N Teignmouth, /(104N

ent$orth Place =-rs% Bra$neDs>, 46;(40N esleyan Place, Kentish To$n, 460(46.N inchester, ./0(4./% To Bailey, Benjamin, 44, 46, 47, ;0, 61, /, 107, 111, 1;., ./0N Bra$ne, -rs%, 4.N Bro$n, "harles, 4.5, 4., 460, 46/, 40, 4;, 46N "larke, "harles "o$den, 1, .N ilke, "harles ent$orth, ;0, 164, ., 4.., 4./, 45;, 457N lmes, James, ..N



Haydon, Benjamin +obert, 1, ., 14, 4., 54, /5, 7;, .11, .14, .1;, .15, .6, .;, 4./, 464, 46N Hessey, James *ugustus, 16N Hunt, Leigh, 10N Keats, Fanny, .1, 11/, 161, 16., 166, 1/., 1/4, 1/5, 1/, .14, .15, .16, .6., .64, .6;, .65, .6/, .0, .1, .., .4, .5, ./4, 441,

44;, 445, 44, 4;, 4;/, 450, 45., 454, 455, 456, 45, 45/, 46., 464, 46;, 46/N Keats, George and Georgiana, 16/, 1/, .1, .70N Keats, George and Thomas, ;, ;6, ;/, 5;, 5, 1, 5N Keats, Georgiana, 44/N Keats, Thomas, 11;, 1.4, 1., 146, 1;, 154N +eynolds, Jane, .;, 16.N +eynolds, John Hamilton, 4, ;, 6, ./, ;;, 65, 6, 4, /., 70, 76, 7/, 100, 104, 14., 165, .6, ./., 417, 45.N +eynolds, -ariane and Jane, 17N +eynolds, -rs%, .11N +ice, James, //, 1/6, 445, 450N

!e#ern, Jose'h, .65, 44., 44;N !helley, Percy Bysshe, 465N Taylor, John, 54, 5/, 6;, 1, , 77, 11;, .1., ./1, ./6, 444, 460, 46N -essrs% Taylor and Hessey, 1, 17, /, //N oodhouse, +ichard, .10N ylie, -rs%, 15/

Le$is, 1, 1/7, 17, .17, ...

Le$is, a#id, 4;7

Life, a 'alace $ith chambers, 10, 107N a 'leasant life, 4N that 'rojected by J% K%, 7;N of a man $orth anything is an allegory, ..6

Lisle, ./6

Listen, 17/

Little, 106

Little Britain% E!eeE +eynoldses, the

Llanos, !enor, AiA%

ILloyd, Lacy aughan,I Ei%e%E J% K%, 46. and note

ELord of the 9slesE, 146

Lo#er, the, a ridiculous 'erson, .74



Lucifer, .5

Lucius, !ir, .10

Ludol'h =in E:tho the GreatE>, 417, 445

Lyceum, .75

Lycidas, /7

Lydia Languish, /4

-acbeth, .//

-achia#elli, 414

-ackenCie, .01

E-acmillanDs -agaCineE, Aii% note

-acready, 445

-agdalen Hall #isited, 17 note, ..N a beautiful name, /;

-ahomet, 157

-aiden(Thought, the second chamber of life, 10

E-aidDs TragedyE, by Beaumont and Fletcher, ../

-an is like a ha$k, .46N is a 'oor forked creature, .5;(.5

-ancur or -anker, .0/, .;5

E-ande#illeE, by God$in, 51, ./6

-argate #isited, 10(1

E-aria "ro$therE =the shi' in $hich K% $ent to @a'les>, 40, 41 note

-ariane% E!eeE +eynolds, -ariane

E-ark, !t%, #e ofE, ..1N Muoted, 40., 404

-arlo$e, .; note

-artin, 41, ;;, 54, 17;, .;5, .;7, .7., .74, 45;



-artin, -iss, ..5, .74

-ary Queen of !cots, 6, 4.

-assinger, 4.;

-athe$, "aroline, .0/

-athe$, -rs%, .0/

E-atthe$E =ords$orthDs>, 6/

-atthe$s, the comedian, .7

-atrimony, K% declaims against, 1/0

-a$ the a'ostate, .17

E-easure for -easureE Muoted, 11

-edicine, the study of, 10;

-eg -erriliesDs country, 117, 1.4

-ercury, 5, 4;;

-ermaid lines, 0, 1 and note

E-erry i#es of indsorE Muoted, 10; and note

-ethodists eA'osed by Horace !mith, .

-illar, 447

-illar, -ary, 171, .1/, .17, .;/, 40/, 447N her suitors, 1/7, .10

-illar, -rs%, 10, 16, 1/, .;/

-ilman, /

-ilton, 101, 106, 1;., 1;, 15, .64, 455N anecdote of, //, /7, 70N his Hierarchies, ./4N his influence sho$n in EHy'erionE, 4.1N his Latinised language, 414, 41;N a 'icture of him, 6N his 'hiloso'hy, 10/N Muoted, ;., .4N K%Ds #erses on his hair, 6.N



com'ared to ords$orth, 105

-iner#a, 4;;N her *egis, .

-onkhouse, 50, ..7, .;

-ontague, Lady -% %, .7

-oore, Thomas, 107, 174, .0., .4.N his ETom "ribbDs -emorial to "ongressE, ../

-ooreDs *lmanack, .1, /0, 4;6

-orbidity of tem'erament, 15

-orley, John, Ai%

I-other, yourI =in K%Ds *merican letters>% E!eeE ylie, -rs%

I-other of Hermes and still youthful -aiaI etc%, 105

-ountains, effect of, 1;;

-oCart, 174, 17;

-uggs, @ehemiah, by Horace !mith, .

-ulgra#e, Lord, 440 and note

-urray, 41.

@a'les Harbour, 4. EseM%E

@a'oleon, 1;

I@ature $ithheld "assandra in the skies,I etc%, 166

@egati#e ca'ability needed by men of achie#ement, ;/

@elson, 7/

@e#ille, Henry, 17., 174

@e#is, Ben, described, 154

@e$'ort #isited, , /

@e$ton, +e#% John, A#%



@icolini, the singer, .0

@iece% E!eeE Keats, mily

E@ightingale, :de toE, 71 note, .. note, 4;.

@ile, sonnets on, .

@imrod, .6

@iobe, 4/

@orthcote, .;0

@or#al, 44

I@o those days are gone a$ay,I etc%, 67

I@ot *laddin magian,I 150

I@ot as a s$ordsman $ould 9 'ardon cra#e,I etc%, 417

@o#ello, 171, 174, 175

@o#ello, -rs%, 17

E@ym'hs, TheE, by Leigh Hunt, 11

:des, the, 46. note

I:f late t$o dainties $ere before me 'laced,I etc%, 147

I: Goddess hear these tuneless numbers, $rung,I etc%, .57

I: golden(tongued +omance $ith serene LuteI etc%, 57

I:ld -eg she $as a gi'sy,I etc%, 1.0

:llier, 1, /, 17, 17, .17N 'ublished K%Ds EPoemsE, .N his E*ltam and his ifeE, 17

E:ne, T$o, Three, FourE, by +eynolds, .75

I:'ening on @e'tune $ith fair blessed beams,I etc%, .5

:'helia, /0

:'ie, -rs%, .



:'s, 1/;

E:riginal PoemsE, by -iss Taylor, .4

:rinda, the matchless% E!eeE Phili's, -rs%

:r'heus, .1;

I: soft embalmer of the still midnight,I etc%, .57

E:thelloE, 4.7

E:tho the GreatE, ., .7, ./0, ./1, ./;, ./5, 4.4, 4.5, 445, 446, 4;0 =sometimes referred to as the, or our, tragedy>

I: those $hose face hath felt the $interDs $ind,I etc%, ;

I:#er the hill and o#er the dale,I etc%, 70

I: $hat can ail thee knight(at(arms,I etc%, .50

:Aford described, .0, ..N #isited, 17(4.

E:Aford HeraldE, The, 11. and note

Paine, Tom, .77

Paolo, .;6

EParadise LostE, ;., /7, 10/, ./1, ./., 414

Park, -ungo, 50

Parsons, ..1 EseM%E, .44, .6/

Patmore, 106

Payne, Ho$ard, 171

Peachey, 17., .1, ..6

Peachey family, ;7

Peacock, /

IPensi#e they sit, and roll their languid eyes,I etc%, .74

Peona, 4/



Pe'in, King, the History of, .1

Percy !treet =Ei%e%E the Hesseys>, 5;, /, //, 100, 11;, ./.

EPeter BellE, by ords$orth, and the 'arody by +eynolds, .;0, .;/, .;7

PetCelians, 10

Phaethon, 1.

Phili's, -rs%, her #erses to -rs% -2ary8 *2ubrey8, .7

Philli's, old, .6

Philoso'herDs stone, 4.

Philoso'herDs back(garden, /7

Physician, K%Ds thoughts of becoming a, .44

EPilgrimDs ProgressE, .1

Pindar, Peter, ;7, ., 4;/

Pistol =in EHenry 9%E>, /; and note

PiCarro, .5;

Pliny, .44

EPlutarchDs Li#esE, 1;

EPocket(book, The LiteraryE, by Leigh Hunt, 170, 17

Poems of 1/1, . note

Poems, original, by -iss Taylor, .4

IPoet, he is Muite the little,I said of K%, .17

Poet, the @orthern, Ei%e%E ords$orth, ./

IPoet, $hy 9 should be a,I 1.

Poets, ad#ertisement to, in the E"hronicleE, ;6

Poets, the nglish, K% eA'ects to be among, after death, 11

Poets, the #ices of, .11, .1.

Poetry, aAioms of, N



genius of, 16, 16/N effect of $riting on K%, 1/N K% cannot eAist $ithout, 7, 165N K% cannot $rite $hen Ife#ered in a contrary direction,I 1;N in#ention the Polar !tar of, 4;N a Jack oDLantern, /1N

other things necessary, 101N not $ritten under the shado$ of 'ublic thought, 76N should be retiring, unobtrusi#e, 6/

Politics, .7/

Po'eDs EHomerE, 14, 1;

Po'ularity, ./1

Porter, Jane, .17

Porter, the -isses, 17., 174

EPot of BasilE, 101, 114

Present, an anonymous, 17., 177

Primrose 9sland, the 9sle of ight,

Proser'ine, 1;.

Prose $riting, genius of K% in, Ai%

Protector of Fanny K%, .16

Protestantism discussed, 10/

EPsyche, :de toE, 115 note, .57

Public, the, an enemy to K%, 76

Punctuation 'eculiar, 'reser#ed, Ai#%

Pythagoras, /7

EQuarterly +e#ie$E, the, 4, 114, 16, 11, ..;, 40.

EQueen -abE, ;/

+%Ds, the -iss% E!eeE +eynolds, -isses

+abelais, 6



+adcliffe, -rs%, /4, ..1

+akehell, ;;

+aleigh, !ir %, .0

+a'hael, 1, .01

I+ead me a lesson, -use, and s'eak it loud,I etc%, 15/

+ed +iding Hood, 1

+edhall, 5., 175, .0.

+eformation, effects of, 10/

+eligion, K% on, /1, .56

E+e#olt of 9slamE, ;/ note

?+eynolds, Jane, Aii%, /, ., 44, ;4N as !t% Jane, 47N a translator, .;

?+eynolds, John Hamilton, Ai%, ., 5, 6, 1, 1/, ., 44, 4;, 45, 46, ;6, ;/, 5;, 5, 6., 1, 140, 1;., 16., 16;, 17, 17/, .1/, ..4, .;5, 411, 4.;, 445, 45., 45;, 46 =sometimes as John>N anecdote of, 40/N t$o articles by, .N

his character, 4;;N defends K%, 11N $rites for the Edinburgh +e#ie$E, 60, 170, 17/N 'oetical e'istle by K% to, 71N his farce, .75N his EGarden of FlorenceE, 6 and noteN his illness, 6, 70, 7, 100, 111, 114N he takes u' la$, 4.4, 4.5N his Muarrel $ith Haydon, 55, 61N his EPeter BellE, .;0, .;/, .;7N his sonnets, 4 note, 6 and note, 67N his !'enserian, 104, 10;

?+eynolds, -ariane, Aii%, .6, ., 44, ;4N her attitude to$ards Bailey, ..5

+eynolds, the -isses, 6, 7, ;;, 10., 145, 1., 14, 170, .1/, ..5 =sometimes as sisters of J% H% +%>

?+eynolds, -rs%, 46, ;;, 10., 11;, 145, 1., ..5, .6;, 4;/ =mother of J% H% +%>



+eynoldses, the, 17, ;;, ;7, 7, 111, 1;., 16;, 165 note, 17/, ..5, 4.. =sometimes as Little Britain>

I+eynoldsDs "o#e,I a s'ot so called by K%, ./, 41

E+hyme, ssays inE, by -iss Taylor, .4

?+ice, James, Aii%, 7, 41, 46, 50, 5., 6;, /;, 10., 10;, 111, 145, 16;, 166, 1, 17/, .17, ..4, ..5, .;7, ./., .7., 4;5, 45;, 44N =once as -aster Jemmy> and the barmaids, 70N his character, 4;;N his ill health, 44, ;;, 5/, .4, .6, .

+ichards, 4, ., .17, .;1, 4;;

+ichardson, 401, 440

E+imini, The !tory ofE, by Hunt, 10, 5/

+itchie, 50, 17/

+obertsonDs E*mericaE, .5;

+obin Hood, 1.5N sonnets to, by +eynolds, 6 noteN J% K% ans$ers abo#e, 6/, 67 and note

+obinson, "rabb, . and note

+obinson, -iss, 176

+od$ell, 54

+ogers, .1/, .4.

+omance, a fine thing, //N 'rojected by K%, 4.

+ome #isited, 46, 4

+omeo, .5

+ondeau, K%Ds notion of, .0

+onsard translated by K%, 165, 166

+oss, "a'tain, 1/7

E+ound TableE, by HaClitt, 41 and note



+uth, 1.5

!almasius, //, /7

!almon, -r%, .1.

!am 2Bra$ne8, 44

!ancho, 6

!andt, 400

!annaCaro, 414

!a''ho, .7

!aturn, 1/;

!aunders, .74

!a$rey, r%, ;7, 166

!a$rey, -rs%, .4/, .47

!cenery, /0

!choolmaster of K%, A#iii%

!cotch, the, 11/, 1.;, 1.6

!cotland #isited, 110, 11/(15/

!cott, John =editor of the E"ham'ionE>, / note, 50, 16 note

!cott, -rs%, .

!cott, !ir %, 6, 17/N author of I"ockneyI articles, 60 and noteN com'ared to !mollett, 51, 5.

!ea, a sonnet on the, /

!erjeant, the, of Fielding or !mollett, 5.

?!e#ern, Jose'h, AiA%, 4, ;7, 1/6, .41, .74, 406N orders for dra$ing from m'eror of +ussia, 5.N his illness, 11N his IHermia and Helena,I .65N dra$s a head of K%, .;N his I"a#e of es'air,I 44; and note, 445N



is $ith K% during his last illness and death, 44, 45, 4 note

!haks'eare, A#i%, A#iii%, 1 note, 5 note, note, /, 7, 16, 1, .5, ;, ;/, ., , /0, /1, /;, 75 note, 101, 106, 10, 141, 1, 1/7, .01, ..1, ..6, ../, ..7, .64, ./1, 44, 4;4, 455N his "hristianity, 11N

a 'residing genius to K%, 1;N his seal, /5N his sonnets, ;5

!handy, Tristram, 4;;

!hanklin described, 6 EseM%EN #isited, .5(./0

!heilDs 'lay, .41, .4.

?!helley, 1. and note, 44, 45, 6, 465N

ca'tious about EndymionE, 5/N his ELaon and "ythnaE and EQueen -abE objected to, ;/N as a letter($riter, A#%N his sonnet on the @ile, .

!helley, -rs%, 1., 466

!hi'ton, -other, .4.

E!ibylline Lea#esE, 1/, ;0

!idney, *lgernon, 1;, 15

!idney, !ir Phili', 10

!ilenus, ..4

!imon Pure, .;/, .;7

!im'le =in E-erry i#esE>, 75 note

!ister or sister(in(la$ =in K%Ds *merican letters>% E!eeE ylie, Georgiana

!kinner, .;5

!lang of the +ice set, 50

!lee', sonnet on, .57

!li's of the 'en, not 'reser#ed in this edition, Ai#%

!mith, Horace, 44, ;, ., 5



!mith, !idney, 407

!mith, illiam, !outheyDs letter to, 10 note

!mithfield, the burnings at, 10/

!mollett com'ared to !cott, 51, 5.

!nook, .6, 175 and note, .17, 41, 41 noteN #isited by K%, .1

!ocrates, .55N and Jesus, .46

!olitude, K%Ds 'leasure in, 1/1

!olomon, 100

I!olomon,I by Haydon, .1;

!ongs, many $ritten by K%, .

!onnet to Keats, a, 177

!onnets by K%, ., /, 57, 66, /1, 11, 147, 15/, .4/, .;6, .5/, .57N a ne$ form, .61N many $ritten, .N one on the @ile, . and note

!o'hocles, 1;.

I!ouls of Poets dead and gone,I etc%, 0

!outham'ton, road to, described, ; EseM%E

!outhcote, Joanna, ..0

!outhey, .4., .;;, 461N HaClitt on, 10 and note, 16

E!'ectatorE, The, .74

!'eedDs edition of K%, Aiii% and note

!'elling tricks, K%Ds, not follo$ed in this edition, Ai#%

!'enser, 7N his E"a#e of es'airE subject of a 'icture by !e#ern, 44; note, 445

!taffa described, 150



!tark =the artist>, 6

I!tar of high 'romise((not to this dark age,I etc% =sonnet to K%>, 177

!te'hens, ;7

!te#enson =+iceDs nickname for Thornton>, 4;5

!usan Gale, .;7

!$ift, 6, 4;;

T%, -r%, 1/% E!eeE Taylor

Tam oD !hanter, 140, 144

Tar'eian +ock, 4/

Tasso, 75 note

Taste, HaClittDs de'th of, 54, 5;

?Taylor, Ai%, 1/, ;;, 54, 56, 6, 7, 111, 145, 16/, 1, 177, ..1, .46, .4/, .;/, .50, .7., 4.;, 4;0N he hel's K%, .70N he is 'leased $ith EndymionE, 5N and suggests changes,

Taylor, Jeremy, ..5

Taylor, -iss =author of Essays in +hymeE and E:riginal PoemsE>, .4

Taylors, the =as Fleet !treet>, 5;

Teignmouth #isited, /(107

ETem'estE Muoted, 5 note, note, 7, .;5

Tertullian, 10

TeAt of this edition, Ai#%

Theatricals, 'ri#ate, described, 57

Theocritus, 1/0

IThere is a charm in footing slo$ across a silent 'lain,I etc%, 1;6

IThere $as a naughty Boy,I etc%, 1.1



IThe sun from meridian height,I etc%, .5

IThe To$n, the churchyard, and the setting sun,I etc%, 11

Thomson, ., .4;

Thornton, 164, 4;5

Thought, the centre of the intellectual $orld, /.

Tighe, -rs%, .01

Timotheus, .5

ETintern *bbeyE, by ords$orth, 10/

IDTis the $itching time of night,I etc%, 15

Tom% E!eeE Keats, Tom

ETom "ribbDs -emorial to "ongressE, by -oore, ../, 4;;

Tootts, 44

Tournament, suggested by mountains, 116

To$ers, -r%, .1/

Tragedy% E!eeE E:tho the GreatE

Trimmer, -r%, 17.

Troilus, 1/0

Trojan horse, 76

Turton, r%, 101

ET$elfth @ightE, Muoted 11

T$isse, Horace, 17/

IT$o or three Posies,I etc%, .67

<nreser#e of K%Ds letters, Ai#%

I<'on a !abbath(day it fell,I etc%, 404

I<'on my Life !ir @e#is 9 am 'iMueDd,I 156



<rganda, 1/

I<riel,I by *lston, 6

andyck, 461

athek, "ali'h, 14;

eloci'ede, .44

enery, the 'hiloso'hy of, 106

Eenus and *donisE, Muoted, ;5

erse and other Muotations in letters gi#en in full in this edition, Aiii%

EirgilE, 1/

oltaire, 6, .41, .5;, 46.

aldegra#e, -iss, 10, 171, .17, .;/, .7., 415

allace, 4.7

al'oleDs Letters, .0/

alton, .70

arder, 1/1

arner !treet, 4

ashington, 15

ay, ..1

ebb, "ornelius, 47

ebb, -rs%, .1/

ellington, uke of, 1, 4;5

ell alk =$here the brothers K% lodged>, 15., 1/4

ells, "harles, ; and note, ;/ note, ;7, 50, 5., 55, 5/, 57N his treatment of George K%, .47, .;5



ells, -rs%, 5.

ent$orth Place =occu'ied by ilke and Bro$n>, 1;., 164, =K% mo#es to>, 1/

ent$orthians, the, ..4

Iere they unha''y then((9t cannot be,I etc%, 10.

est, /N his Ieath on the Pale Horse,I ;

Ihen 9 ha#e fears that 9 may cease to be,I etc%, 66

Ihen they $ere come into the FaeryDs "ourt,I etc%, .;1

Ihere be ye going, you e#on -aidI etc%, 66

Iherein lies Ha''iness 9n that $hich becks,I etc%, 6;

hitehead, 64, /.

Ihy did 9 laugh to(night @o #oice $ill tell,I etc%, .4/

ight, 9sle of, Ithe Primrose 9sland,I N #isited, 6(7, .5(.7, 40

ilkie, 6, 111

ilkinson, 6

illiam of ickham, ./;

illiams, ominie, .1/

illiams, -rs%, 4;

inchester described, ./4 EseM%E, 40., 4.0N #isited, ./0(4./

inkine =author of treatise on garden(rollers>, .0

inter, -iss, .41

omen, the influence of, 1;4N classed $ith Iroses and s$eetmeats,I 40N $hy should they suffer 61

ood, 10

?oodhouse, +ichard, 100, 11;, 16/, .1/, .;/, .50, ./., ./ note, ./7



note, 4.0 note, 4.., 4.;N co'ied letters, Ai%N a letter from him introducing -iss Porter, 17., 174

ooler, ;

ords$orth, . and note, 1, ./, 44, 47, 50, 5;, 55, 5/, 7, /1, 75, 11;, .4., .46, .;7, 461 =as the @orthern Poet, ./>N his character, 6N his genius, 105(10/N his EGi'syE, 4N his house, 116N damned the Lakes, /N his EPeter BellE, .;0N his 'hiloso'hy illustrated by his E-atthe$E, 6, 6/N his 'ortrait in HaydonDs I"hrist,I 16 and noteN he is read by K%, ./N his ETintern *bbeyE, 10/N

the Iords$orthian or egotistical !ublime style of 'oetry,I 1/;

ords$orth, -rs% and -iss =as % %Ds $ife and sister>, /

ylie, "harles, 165, 10, 1/, 1/7, .7., 40, 447, 4;1, 4;., 4;; =sometimes as "harles>

?ylie, Georgiana, 5 and note, 11, 117, 17., .00, .01, 405, 406, 4. =sometimes as sister, sister(in(la$, G% minor, or little George>N an acrostic on her name, 400N admired by K%, 114, 167, 14N married to George K%, AiA%

ylie, Henry, 10, 16, 1/, 17, .17, .41, .5, .7., 4;1, 4;6, 45/ =sometimes as Henry>N Ia greater blade than e#er,I 40N his bride cake, 447

?ylie, -rs%, 11, 15/, 16/, 167, 1/, 1/7, 171, 17, .1, ..., ..4, .41, .47, .;/, .5, .64, .0, ./;, .7., 40, 41;, 44, 44/, 4;1, 4;7 =sometimes as mother>

ylie, -rs% Henry, 447, 4;6

ylies, the t$o, Ei%e%E "harles and Henry, .47, .;/, .66, 4;/, 46; =sometimes as brothers>

ylies, the =as Henrietta !treet>, 1/7

Eyoming, Gertrude ofE, 4;.

E&ello$ $arfE, the, 6 note, .



&oung =the actor>, ./5

Ooroastrians, .5

TH @

EPrinted in Great Britain byE +% U +% "L*+K, L9-9T, EdinburghE%

F::T@:T!)

2*8 * com'lete friend% This line sounded #ery oddly to me at first%

2B8 s'ecially as 9 ha#e a black eye%

218 -acmillanDs -agaCine, *ugust 1///%

2.8 For the letters already 'rinted by Lord Houghton, -r% Forman as a rulesim'ly co'ied the teAt of that editor% The letters to Fanny Bra$ne andFanny Keats, on the other hand, he 'rinted $ith great accuracy from theautogra'hs, and had autogra'hs also before him in re#ising those to ilke,Haydon, and se#eral besides% The corres'ondence $ith Fanny Keats he kindlyga#e me lea#e to use for the 'resent #olume, recei#ing from me in returnthe right to use my -!% materials for a re#ised issue of his o$n $ork% 9n

that issue, $hich a''eared at the end of 1//7, the ne$ matter is, ho$e#er, 'rinted se'arately, in the form of scra's and addenda detached from their conteAtN and the 'resent edition =the a''earance of $hich has been delayedfor t$o years by accidental circumstances> is the only one in $hich thetrue teAt of the *merican and miscellaneous letters is gi#en consecuti#elyand in 'ro'er order%

248 The letters in $hich 9 ha#e relied $holly or in 'art on -r% !'eedDsteAt are @os% AA#% lAAA% =only for a fe$ 'assages missing in theautogra'h> cA#i% and cAAAi%

2;8 here the dates in my teAt are 'rinted $ithout brackets, they are

those gi#en by Keats himselfN the dates $ithin brackets ha#e been su''liedeither from the 'ostmarks =as $as done by oodhouse in all histranscri'ts> or by inference from the teAt%

258 The autogra'hs of these letters, all eAce't three, are no$ in theBritish -useum%

268 The early letters of Keats are full of these !haks'earean tags andallusions) some of the less familiar 9 ha#e thought it $orth $hile to mark



in the footnotes%

28 The references are of course to ords$orth, Leigh Hunt, and Haydon% 9nthe sonnet as 'rinted in the EPoemsE of 1/1, and all later editions, thelast line but one breaks off at I$orkings,I the $ords Iin the human martIha#ing been omitted by HaydonDs ad#ice%

2/8 Presumably as sho$n in some dra$ing or miniature%

278 @ot the long 'oem 'ublished under that title in 1/1/, but the earlier attem't beginning, I9 stood ti'toe u'on a little hill,I $hich $as 'rintedas a fragment in the EPoemsE of 1/1%

2108 This letter, $hich is marked by oodhouse in his co'y Ino date, sent by hand,I 9 take to be an ans$er to the commendatory sonnet addressed by+eynolds to Keats on February ., 1/1) see EKeatsE =-en of Letters!eries>, *''endiA, '% ..4%

2118 For !te'hanoDs IHereDs my comfort,I t$ice in ETem'estE, 99% ii%

21.8

I9Dll not sho$ him here the Muick freshes are%I

"aliban in ETem'estE, 999% ii%

2148 This sonnet $as first 'ublished in the E"ham'ionE =edited by John!cott> for *ugust 1, 1/1%

21;8 "harles "o$den "larke%

2158 For !unday, -ay ;, 1/1%

2168 The first 'art, 'ublished in the same number of the EAaminerE, of aferocious re#ie$ by HaClitt of !outheyDs ELetter to illiam !mith, sM%,-%P%E

218 The 'oem so entitled on $hich Hunt $as no$ at $ork, and $hich $as 'ublished in the #olume called EFoliageE =1/1/>%

21/8 *lluding to the $ell(kno$n story of !helley dismaying an old lady in

a stage(coach by suddenly, Ea 'ro'osE of nothing, crying out to Leigh Huntin the $ords of +ichard 99%, IFor GodDs sake, let us sit u'on the ground,Ietc%

2178 :'ening s'eech of the King in ELo#eDs LabourDs LostE%

2.08 E9%e%E, their likenesses, as introduced by Haydon into his 'icture of "hristDs ntry into Jerusalem%



2.18 General Bertrand, $ho follo$ed @a'oleon to !t% Helena%

2..8 :n a #isit to Benjamin Bailey at -agdalen Hall%

2.48 Littleham'ton%

2.;8 +eynoldsDs family li#ed in Little Britain%

2.58 illiam ilke, a younger brother of "harles ilke, $ho had ser#ed inthe "ommissariat de'artment in the Peninsula, *merica, and Paris% He diedin 1//5 at the age of 70%

2.68 The E+ound TableE) re'ublished from the EAaminerE of the t$o 'receding years%

2.8 First Lord in E*llDs ell that nds ellE, 9% iii%

2./8 Bentley, the Ham'stead 'ostman, $as KeatsDs landlord at the house in

ell alk $here he and his brothers had taken u' their Muarters the 're#ious June%

2.78 G% +% Gleig, son of the Bisho' of !tirling) born 176, died 1///)ser#ed in the Peninsula ar and after$ards took orders) "ha'lain(Generalto the Forces from 1/;6 to 1/5) author of the E!ubalternE and manymilitary tales and histories%

2408 +eynolds and +ice%

2418 E!icE) for Iun'aidI

24.8

I!he disa''earDd, and left me dark) 9 $aked To find her, or for e#er to de'lore Her loss, and other 'leasures all abjure) hen, out of ho'e, behold her not far off, !uch as 9 sa$ her in my dream, adornDd ith $hat all arth or Hea#en could besto$ To make her amiable%I

EParadise LostE, Book 999%

2448 "harles ells, a schoolmate of Tom KeatsN after$ards author of E!tories after @atureE and EJose'h and his BrethrenE% For KeatsDssubseMuent cause of Muarrel $ith him see belo$, Letter R"99%

24;8 *n admirable 'hrase((if only E'enetraliumE $ere Latin%

2458 ELaon and "ythnaE, 'resently changed to EThe +e#olt of 9slamE%

2468 The family of "harles ells li#ed at this address%



248 Both in fact a''eared in the number for !unday, January ;) see 'ostscri't belo$%

24/8 The Ham'stead doctor $ho attended the Keats brothers%

2478 The teAt of this letter is described by its *merican editor =$hoseems to ha#e mistaken the order of one or t$o 'assages> as $ritten in ane#ident hurry and almost illegible%

2;08 -r% Kingston $as a "ommissioner of !tam's, an acMuaintance andtiresome hanger(on of ords$orth%

2;18 For a more glo$ing account of this su''er 'arty of ecember ./, 1/1,com'are Haydon, E*utobiogra'hyE, i% '% 4/;% The -r% +itchie referred tostarted on a Go#ernment mission to FeCCan in !e'tember 1/1/, and died at-orCouk the follo$ing @o#ember% *n account of the eA'edition $as 'ublished by his tra#elling com'anion, "a'tain G% F% Lyon, +%@%

2;.8 The manager) of $hom -acready in his E+eminiscencesE has so much thatis 'leasant to say%

2;48 Tea(merchant, of Pancras Lane and althamsto$) guardian to the Keats brothers and their sister%

2;;8 :f course a mere delusionN but Hunt and those of his circle retainedfor years after$ards an im'ression that !cott had in some $ay ins'ired or encouraged the E"ockney !choolE articles%

2;58 *lluding to t$o sonnets of +eynolds E:n +obin HoodE, co'ies of $hich

Keats had just recei#ed from him by 'ost% They $ere 'rinted in the E&ello$$arfE =edited by John Hunt> for February .1, 1/1/, and again in thecollection of 'oems 'ublished by +eynolds in 1/.1 under the title E*Garden of FlorenceE%

2;68 Both the E+obin HoodE and the E-ermaidE lines as after$ards 'rinted#ary in se#eral 'laces from these first drafts%

2;8 Henry "rabb +obinson, author of the EiariesE%

2;/8 The :lliers =!helleyDs 'ublishers> had brought out KeatsDs EPoemsE the 're#ious s'ring, and the ill success of the #olume had led to a shar'

Muarrel bet$een them and the Keats brothers%

2;78 Georgiana ylie, to $hom George Keats $as engaged%

2508 This letter has been hitherto erroneously 'rinted under date!e'tember 1/1/%

2518 +eading doubtful%



25.8 The fi#e lines ending here Keats after$ards re(cast, doubtless inorder to get rid of the cockney rhyme I'ortsI and Ithoughts%I

2548 I*nd, s$eetheart, lie thou thereI)((Pistol =to his s$ord> in EHenry9%E, Part ., 99% i#%

25;8 +e'lying to an ecstatic note of HaydonDs about a seal $ith a truelo#erDs knot and the initials % !%, lately found in a field at!tratford(on(*#on%

2558 EentatusE $as the subject of HaydonDs ne$ 'icture%

2568 The famous 'icture no$ belonging to Lady antage, and eAhibited atBurlington House in 1///% hether Keats e#er sa$ the original is doubtful=it $as not sho$n at the British 9nstitution in his time>, but he mustha#e been familiar $ith the subject as engra#ed by i#ares and oollett,and its suggesti#e 'o$er $orked in his mind until it yielded at last thedistilled 'oetic essence of the Imagic casementI 'assage in the E:de to a

@ightingaleE% 9t is interesting to note the theme of the Grecian <rn odecoming in also amidst the Iunconnected subject and careless #erseI of thisrhymed e'istle%

258 E!icE) 'robably, as suggested by -r% Forman, for I9 ho'e $hat youachie#e is not lost u'on me%I

25/8 The nglish rebels against tradition in 'oetry and art at this timetook much the same #ie$ of the French dramatists of the Egrand siecleE as$as taken by the EromantiMuesE of their o$n nation a fe$ years laterN andHaydon had $ritten to Keats in his last letter, Ihen 9 die 9Dll ha#e!haks'eare 'laced on my heart, $ith Homer in my right hand and *riosto in

the other, ante at my head, Tasso at my feet, and "orneille under my((((I

2578 IHe hath fought $ith a arrenerI)((!im'le in E-erry i#esE, 9% i#%

2608 The first draught of the 'ro'osed 'reface to EndymionE%

2618 "hanged in the 'rinted #ersion to((IHis image in the dusk she seemedto see%I

26.8 The Muotation is from !lender in E-erry i#es of indsorE, 9% i%

2648 -eaning the atmos'here of the little Bentleys in ell alk%

26;8 I9 $ill make an end of my dinnerN thereDs 'i''ins and cheese tocomeI)((!ir Hugh #ans in E-erry i#es of indsorE, 9% ii%

2658 The crossing of the letter, begun at the $ords IHa#e you not,I here Edi'sE into the original $riting%

2668 The E:Aford HeraldE for June 6, 1/1/%



268 +eferring 'robably to the unfortunate second marriage made by their mother%

26/8 * leaf $ith the name and Ifrom the *uthor,I notes oodhouse%

2678 E"om'are the :de to PsycheE)((

IFar, far around shall those dark(crested trees Fledge the $ild(ridged mountains stee' by stee'%I

208 ords$orthDs lines ITo JoannaI seem to ha#e been s'ecial fa#ourites$ith Keats%

218 Keats here re'eats for his brother the -eg -errilies 'iece containedin the 'receding letter to Fanny%

2.8 +eading doubtful%

248 Here follo$s a sketch%

2;8 The !$an and T$o @ecks, Lad Lane, London, seems to ha#e been thecoach office for Li#er'ool and the @orth(estN com'are LambDs ELettersE =ed% *inger>, #ol% i% '% .;1%

258 By Long 9sland Keats means, not of course the great chain of the:uter Hebrides so styled, but the little island of Luing, east of !carba!ound% His account of the 'lace from $hich he is $riting, and its distancefrom :ban as s'ecified in the 'aragra'h added there neAt day, seem toidentify it certainly as Kilmelfort%

268 "aryDs translation%

28 @o 'lace so named a''ears on any ma') but at the foot of the"ruach(oire(nan("uilean, off the road, is a house named errynaculan, anda fe$ miles farther on, at the head of Loch !eridain, an ancient fortifiedsite or EunE, $ith an inn on the road near by%

2/8 For Loch na Keal%

278 The siA lines from I'laceI to IdanceI $ere judiciously omitted byKeats in co'ying these #erses later%

2/08 -iss "harlotte "oA, an ast(9ndian cousin of the +eynoldses((theI"harmianI described more fully in Letter LRR999%

2/18 +eferring to these $ords in John !cottDs letter in his defence, E-orning "hronicleE, :ctober 4, 1/1/)((IThat there are also many, #erymany 'assages indicating both haste and carelessness 9 $ill not denyN nay,9 $ill go further, and assert that a real friend of the author $ould ha#edissuaded him from immediate 'ublication%I



2/.8 -iss "harlotte "oAN see abo#e, Letter LRR%

2/48 This, notes oodhouse, is in re'ly to a letter of 'rotest he had$ritten Keats concerning I$hat had fallen from him, about siA $eeks back,$hen $e dined together at -r% HesseyDs, res'ecting his continuing to

$riteN $hich he seemed #ery doubtful of%I

2/;8 :n the death of his brother Tom =$hich took 'lace ecember 1, a fe$hours after the last letter $as $ritten> Bro$n urged Keats to lea#e thelodgings $here the brothers had li#ed together, and come and li#e $ith himat ent$orth Place((a block of t$o semi(detached houses in a large gardenat the bottom of John !treet, of $hich ilke occu'ied the larger and Bro$nthe smaller) see EKeatsE =-en of Letters !eries>, '% 1./% Keats com'liedNand henceforth his letters dated Ham'stead must be understood as $rittennot from ell alk, but from ent$orth Place%

2/58 * 'a'er of the largest folio siCe, used by Keats in this letter only,

and containing some eight hundred $ords a 'age of his $riting%

2/68 This is KeatsDs first mention of Fanny Bra$ne% His sense on firstacMuaintance of her 'o$er to charm and tease him must be understood, ins'ite of his reticence on the subject, as ha#ing gro$n Muickly into theabsorbing 'assion $hich tormented the remainder of his days%

2/8 :f Bedham'ton "astle) a connection of the ilkes and s'ecial friendof Bro$n%

2//8 E9%e%E on George KeatsDs mother(in(la$, -rs% ylie%

2/78 The tassels $ere a gift from his sister(in(la$%

2708 The sheet $hich Keats accidentally left out in making u' his 'acketin the s'ring, and $hich he for$arded $ith this su''lement from inchester the follo$ing !e'tember, seems to ha#e begun $ith the $ords, I:n -onday $ehad to dinner,I etc% ='% .41>, and to ha#e ended $ith the $ords, Ibut as 9amI ='% .45, line 1>) at least this 'ortion of the letter is missing inthe autogra'h no$ before me% 9 su''ly it from JeffreyDs transcri't%

2718 To about this date must belong the 'osthumously 'rinted E:de on9ndolenceE, $hich describes the same mood $ith nearly the same imagery%Possibly the Iblack eyeI mentioned by Keats in his footnote, together $ith

the reflections on street(fighting later on, may hel' us to fiA the dateof his famous fight $ith the butcher boy%

27.8 "om'are the re'etition of the same thought and 'hrase in the ode EToa @ightingaleE $ritten t$o months later%

2748 !lightly misMuoted from E-acbethE in the banMuet scene%

27;8 By mistake for the 17th of -arch%



2758 For I'ut togetherI

2768 Bro$nDs younger brothers) see belo$, '% .;5%

278

I!ometime am 9 *ll $ound $ith adders, $ho $ith clo#en tongues o hiss me into madness%I

"aliban in ETem'estE, 99% ii%

27/8 This old $ord for a snack bet$een meals is used by -arlo$e and BenJonson, and 9 belie#e still sur#i#es at some of the 'ublic schools%

2778 This notice of +eynoldsDs 'arody $as 'rinted, $ith some re#ision, inthe EAaminerE for *'ril .6, 1/17%

21008 There is no other autogra'h co'y of this famous 'oem eAce't thedraft here gi#en% 9t contains se#eral erasures and corrections% 9n #erse 4Keats had $ritten first, for Ia lilyI and Ia fading rose,I IdeathDs lilyIand IdeathDs fading roseI) in #erse ;, for I-eads,I IildsI) in #erse ,for Imanna de$,I Ihoney de$I) in #erse /, for Iand sighDd full sore,I Iandthere she sighDdIN in #erse 11, for Iga'ed $ide,I I$ide aga'eI) and in#erse 1., for Isojourn,I I$ither%I

21018 E!icE) ob#iously for IrunI or Igo%I

210.8 9n all 'robability the E:de to a @ightingaleE, 'ublished in the July

number of the E*nnals of the Fine *rtsE, of $hich James lmes $as editor%

21048 This and the neAt inter'olation are Bro$nDs%

210;8 !o co'ied by oodhouse) Muery Ibattle(aAeI

21058 KeatsDs Muotation from his first draft of Lamia continued, saysoodhouse, for thirty lines more) but as the teAt #aried much from thatsubseMuently 'rinted, and as oodhouseDs notes of these #ariations arelost, 9 can only gi#e thus much, from an autogra'h first draft of the 'assage in the 'ossession of Lord Houghton%

21068 Keats here co'ies, $ith slight changes and abridgments, his letter to Tom of July .4, 1/1/ =see abo#e, '% 1;>, ending $ith the lines $rittenafter #isiting !taffa) as to $hich he adds, I9 find 9 must kee'memorandums of the #erses 9 send you, for 9 do not remember $hether 9 ha#esent the follo$ing lines u'on !taffa% 9 ho'e notN Dt$ould be a horrid boreto you, es'ecially after reading this dull s'ecimen of descri'tion% For myself 9 hate descri'tions% 9 $ould not send it if it $ere not mine%I

2108 The beautiful E:de to *utumnE, the draft of $hich Keats had co'ied



in a letter =unluckily not 'reser#ed> $ritten earlier in the same day tooodhouse%

210/8 !ir George Beaumonts and Lord -ulgra#es) com'are HaydonDs ELifeE and E"orres'ondenceE%

21078 9n the inter#al bet$een the last letter and this, Keats had triedthe eA'eriment of li#ing alone in estminster lodgings, and failed% *fter a #isit to his belo#ed at Ham'stead, he could kee' none of his $iseresolutions, but $rote to her, I9 can think of nothing else %%% 9 cannoteAist $ithout you %%% you ha#e absorbDd me %%% 9 shall be able to donothing((9 should like to cast the die for Lo#e or eath((9 ha#e no 'atience $ith anything elseI %%% and at the end of a $eek he had gone back to li#e neAt door to her $ith Bro$n at ent$orth Place% Here he Muicklyfell into that state of fe#erish des'ondency and recklessness to $hich hisfriends, es'ecially Bro$n, ha#e borne $itness, and the signs of $hich are 'erce'tible in his letters of the time, and still more in his #erse, #iC%the remodelled EHy'erionE and the E"a' and BellsE) see EKeatsE =-en of

Letters !eries>, ''% 1/0(170%

21108 +eferring to the fairy 'oem of EThe "a' and BellsE, the $riting of $hich, says Bro$n, $as KeatsDs morning occu'ation during these $eeks%

21118 !'enserDs "a#e of es'air $as the subject of the 'icture =alreadyreferred to in Letter "RR9%> $ith $hich !e#ern $on the +oyal *cademy 'remium, a$arded ecember 10 of this year%

211.8 George Keats had come o#er for a hurried #isit to ngland on business%

21148 Hemorrhage from the lungsN in $hich Keats recognised hisdeath($arrant, and after $hich the remainder of his life $as but that of adoomed in#alid% The 'articulars of the attack, as related by "harlesBro$n, are gi#en by Lord Houghton, and in EKeatsE =-en of Letters !eries>, '% 174%

211;8 Bro$n ha#ing let his house =ent$orth Place> $hen he started for afresh !cotch tour on -ay , Keats mo#ed to lodgings at the abo#e addressin order to be near Leigh Hunt, $ho $as then li#ing in -ortimer Terrace,Kentish To$n%

21158 The E"a' and BellsE $as to ha#e a''eared under this 'seudonym% By

IbeginI Keats means begin again =com'are abo#e, "RRR999%>) he did not,ho$e#er, do so, and the eighty(eight stanCas of the 'oem $hich are leftall belong to the 're#ious year =end of :ctober((beginning of ecember 1/17>%

21168 The #olume containing ELamiaE, E9sabellaE, EThe #e of !t% *gnesE, EHy'erionE, and the E:desE%

2118 *fter the attack last mentioned, Keats $ent to be taken care of in



HuntDs house, and stayed there till *ugust 1.%

211/8 "ha'manDs EHomerE%

21178 The E-aria "ro$therE had in fact sailed from London !e'tember 1/)contrary $inds holding her in the "hannel, Keats had landed at Portsmouth

for a nightDs #isit to the !nooks of Bedham'ton%

21.08 :n the 10th of ecember follo$ing came a rene$al of fe#er andhemorrhage, eAtinguishing the last ho'e of reco#ery) and after ele#en more$eeks of suffering, only alle#iated by the de#oted care of !e#ern, the 'oet died in his friendDs arms on the .4d of February 1/.1%

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