My Friends and Acquaintance
Vol II Contents
MY FRIENDS
AND ACQUAINTANCE:
BEING
MEMORIALS, MIND-PORTRAITS,
AND
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
OF
DECEASED CELEBRITIES
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY:
WITH
SELECTIONS FKOM THEIR UNPUBLISHED LETTERS.
By P. G. PATMORE,
AUTHOR OF
“CHATSWORTH; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK;” “MARRIAGE IN
MAY FAIR,”
ETC. ETC. ETC.
VOL. II.
LONDON
SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET.
1854
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LONDON:
SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT
GARDEN.
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CONTENTS
TO
THE SECOND VOLUME.
R PLUMER WARD.
Page
VII.
ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE” AND “DE VERE”
1
VIII.
ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE” AND “DE VERE”—(
continued)
7
IX.
ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE” AND “DE VERE”—(
continued)
24
X.
ANONYMOUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE AUTHOR OF “TREMAINE,” AND
“DE VERE”—(
concluded)
46
XI.
MY FIRST DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH MR. PLUMER WARD
53
XII.
MR. WARD LEAVES ENGLAND.—DOMESTIC CALAMITIES.—LETTERS OF
PLUMER WARD TO P. G. PATMORE, FROM LAUSANNE
61
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XIII.
MR. WARD’S RETURN TO ENGLAND. HIS LAST LETTERS FROM GILSTON
74
XIV.
MR. PLUMER WARD AND “CHATSWORTH.” HIS LETTERS TO P. G. PATMORE.—HIS
“ESSAY ON THE REVOLUTION”
82
XV.
R. P. WARD TO P. G. PATMORE.—“ESSAY ON THE REVOLUTION.”—MR.
READE’S “ITALY”
90
XVI.
THE “PICTURES OF THE WORLD.”
MR. WARD’S OPINIONS OF HIS OWN WORKS.—HIS CRITICISMS ON HIS
CRITICS. SIR ROBERT PEEL
105
XVII.
MR. WARD’S “DE CLIFFORD.”
ITS HISTORY, IN LETTERS TO P. G. PATMORE. WIESBADEN AND ITS SOCIETY
117
XVIII.
“DE CLIFFORD.”—ITS PUBLICATION.—STROKE
OF GENIUS. “CHATSWORTH” ATTRIBUTED TO MR.
WARD
138
XIX.
MR. WARD’S REMARKS ON “CONINGSBY; OR,
THE ENGAGEMENT”
147
XX.
MR. WARD’S OPINION OF “CECIL.”—HIS ANXIETIES ABOUT “DE
CLIFFORD.” THE ONLY CHARACTERS FROM REAL LIKE IN THAT WORK
161
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XXI.
MR. WARD’S EDITORSHIP OF “CHATSWORTH.” HIS CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS ON VARIOUS PORTIONS OF IT
172
XXII.
LETTERS TO P. G. PATMORE (continued). MR.
WARD’S OPINIONS OF MRS. GORE, MRS.
TROLLOPE, GALT, GLEIG, &c.
183
XXIII.
MR. WARD’S LAST LETTERS AND ESSAYS. HIS REMOVAL TO TOWN.—HIS
DEATH
196
HORACE AND JAMES SMITH.
I.
HORACE SMITH’S EARLY LITERARY CAREER.—HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH
CUMBERLAND. HIS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT IN THE DRAMA. THE FAMOUS
“REJECTED ADDRESSES,” REJECTED BY HALF THE LONDON
PUBLISHERS
205
II.
MY ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION WITH HORACE SMITH, AND ITS
RESULTS. HIS DESTRUCTION OF “THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK.”
MY PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIM
215
III.
JAMES SMITH A WIT OF THE OLD SCHOOL.—HIS REMARKABLE PERSONAL
APPEARANCE.—HIS IMPROMPTUS À LOISIR.—HIS ANECDOTES MADE TO ORDER.—HIS SHARE IN THE
“REJECTED ADDRESSES”
239
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WILLIAM HAZLITT.
Page
I.
MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH HIM.—HIS SINGULAR PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND MANNERS.—HIS
HABITS OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH
249
II.
EARLY IMPRESSIONS CONNECTED WITH HIM.—HIS HOUSE IN YORK STREET, FORMERLY THE
RESIDENCE OF MILTON. HIS TALK OF WORDSWORTH,
SOUTHEY, AND COLERIDGE.—HIS PASSION FOR
TRUTH, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
258
III.
HAZLITT IN THE STREETS OF LONDON.—HIS BESETTING WEAKNESS.—HIS
PROTEGÉES.—HIS REVENGES FOR SUPPOSED INJURIES
270
IV.
DINNER WITH HAZLITT AT JOHN
SCOTT’S.—ANECDOTES OF LORD BYRON WHEN AT
VENICE.—HAZLITT’S LONELY HABITS AND CHARACTER
283
V.
HAZLITT COMPARED AND CONTRASTED WITH
ROUSSEAU.—HIS PERSONAL BEARING AND ITS CAUSES.—HIS INTERCOURSE WITH
THE WORLD.—HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE
293
VI.
HAZLITT AT HOME.—HIS EVERLASTING TEA.—HIS SUPPERS AND TABLE-TALK AT
THE SOUTHAMPTON
310
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VII.
HAZLITT IN SOCIETY.—HIS MORBID FEELINGS ON POLITICAL TOPICS.—HIS
WORSHIP OF NAPOLEON, AS THE DESTROYER OF THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
319
VIII.
HAZLITT’S FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCE.—THE
MONTAGUES, HUMES, LEIGH
HUNT, NORTHCOTE, &c.
327
