The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey
Vol. II Contents
THE
LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
ROBERT SOUTHEY.
EDITED BY HIS SON, THE
REV. CHARLES CUTHBERT SOUTHEY, M.A.
CURATE OF PLUMBLAND, CUMBERLAND.
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1850.
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CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER VI.
Residence at Westbury.—Dramatic Plans.—Ill-health.—Goes to
London to keep the Term at Gray’s Inn.—Madoc
completed.—Excursion into Devonshire.—Letters from thence.—Goes again to
reside at Barton.—Severe Illness.—Returns to Bristol.—Thalaba.—Project of establishing Begoinages.—Poem in Hexameters, on
Mohammed, commenced.—Continued Ill-health.—Makes
arrangements for going to Lisbon.—1799, 1800.
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CHAPTER VII.
LETTERS FROM PORTUGAL.
Voyage and Arrival.—Visits.—Anecdotes.—Description of
Lisbon.—Romish Customs.—Description of the Country, Processions,
etc.—Account of a Bull-fight.—Proposed Monument to
Fielding.—Thalaba
finished.—Letters from Cintra.—Lent
Plays.—Wine.—Laws.—Monastic Superstitions.—Bad Roads.—Advice
to his Brother Henry as to his Studies.—Attachment to
Cintra.—Account of Mafra; its Church, Convent, and Library.—Pestilence at
Cadiz.—Description of Cintra; Scenery, etc.—Directions for the Publication of
Thalaba.—Projected History of Portugal.—Excursion
to Costa.—Fishermen.—Image by the Road-side.—Journey to
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Pombal.—Torres Vedras, etc.—English Politics—Thalaba.—Madoc.—Kehama.—Probable Invasion of Portugal.—Account of Journey to
Faro.—1800, 1801.
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CHAPTER VIII.
Return to England.—Thinks of going down to Cumberland.—Letter from
Mr. Coleridge, describing Greta Hall.—Thoughts of a
Consulship.—The Law.—Lyrical Ballads.—Conspiracy of
Gowrie.—Madoc.—Difficulty of meeting the Expense of the Journey to
Keswick.—Letter to Mr. Bedford.— Unchanged
Affection.—Goes down to Keswick.—First Impressions of the
Lakes.—Excursion into Wales.—Appointment as Private Secretary to Mr.
Carry.—Goes to Dublin.—Letters from thence.—Goes to
London.—Account of his Official Duties.—1801.
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CHAPTER IX.
His Mother’s Death.—Melancholy Thoughts.—Resigns his
Secretaryship.—Edition of Chatterton’s Works.—Thinks
of residing at Richmond.—At Keswick.—Well-known Persons met in
London.—Negotiates for a House in Wales.—Chronicle of the
Cid.—Review of Thalaba in the “Edinburgh„.—Negotiation for House broken
off.—Want of more Books.—Alarm of War.—Edinburgh
Review.—Hayley’s Life of
Cowper.—Recollections of Brixton.—Early Difficulties.—Amadis of Gaul.—The Atlantic a good Letter
Carrier.—Home Politics.—Scottish Border
Ballads.—Cumberland’s Plays.—Plan for a
Bibliotheca Britannica.—1802,1803.
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CHAPTER X.
Death of his little Girl—Arrival at Keswick.—Postponement of the
Bibliotheca Britannica.—Stagnation of Trade.—Madoc.—Scenery of the Lakes.—History of
Portugal.—Hazlitt’s Pictures of Mr.
Coleridge and Mr. Wordsworth.—Wants Information
concerning the West Indies.—Literary Occupations and Plans.—The Annual Review.—Politics.—The Yellow Fever.—New
Theory of such
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Diseases.—Description of Scenery reflected in
Keswick Lake.—Specimens of English Poets
projected.—Course of Life at Keswick.—Visit from Mr.
Clarkson.—Habits of Mind.—Madoc.—Mr. Coleridge and Mr.
Godwin.—Directions to Mr. Bedford about
Specimens.—Regret at Mr. Coleridge leaving England.—Modern
Critics.—Mr. Coleridge’s Powers of Mind.—Letter
to Mr. Bedford on Habits of Procrastination.—Literary
Employments.—Specimens of English Poets.—Goes to
London—Letters from thence.—Return.—Spanish Books.—The Mabinogion.—Sir H.
Davy.—Mr. Sotheby.—William
Owen, etc.—Change of Administration.—Progress of Historical
Labours.—1804.
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CHAPTER XI.
Family Details.—Politics.—He wishes to edit Sir Philip
Sydney’s Works—Dr. Vincent.—The West
Indies.—Spanish War.—Wishes to go to Portugal with Sir John
Moore.—Use of Reviewing Early Poems, why written.—Travels in
Abyssinia.—Steel Mirrors.—Sir W. Scott’s new
Poem.—Madoc—The Compass, when first
used.—The Diving Bell.—Uses of Printing.—Changes in the Critical Review.—Loss of the Abergavenny.—Endowment of
the Romish Church in Ireland.—Translations from the Latin.—Reasons for not going to
London—English Poetry.—Publication of Madoc—Duty upon foreign Books a great Hardship.—Story of Pelayo.—The Butler.—Madoc
criticised and defended.—Reviewing.—Literary Remarks—Lord
Somerville.—Suggestion to his Brother Thomas to
collect Information about the West Indies.—The Moravians.—Visit to Scotland and
to Sir W. Scott at Ashestiel.—Reviewals of Madoc.—Espriella’s Letters.—1805.
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