The New York herald., 1864-10-16
Obituary..
wALTEK SAVAGE LANDOR.
lErar.. sha nnAovl 1nlonrnnh Cant %

lFrom the London telegraph sept. 27l
The Nesor OF English poets, Walter Savage Landor ID
last dead At the age OF nearly ninety years HIS de-
took place tho lth at his Italian horne
Florence he had taken up his residence entirely
Waiter Savage Iauaor vas the OF comparatively
wealthy parents, and was born to competencs and
something more Walter Landor became the father Of
the poet by bis second wife, Elizabeth daughter
and co-heir OF Charles Savage, ESQ.,. OF 1achbrooke in
;hs county Of Wa,ws HIS s.eosa son rst saw M ,as the
OF January, l77s, and Was sent at IN early age 70
Rugby school, whence he passed n due 70 Trinity
College, oxford. He did not. however, remain there
70 take degree; and as there was no classl-
col honors then to be gained BY opep competition.
n s scarcely to be wondered at that 40 ambitious
youth like Iandor conscious OF high pow shond
but lilts ipdoeut University life, or have
et any streng inclination for country parsonage ia
obedience TO the classical precept, Csjon crma oeo
be threw aside all thoughts Of . military NE
pcndepce OF spirit, however accompanied by earnest
theoretical repubcasism, led him eventually decline
both professions and 70 devote himself instead 10 life o
freedom and literature income allowed him by hs
father HSceforth he resolved 10 become in deed aps
1885, nearly seventy years ago, he first became al s
thor, being iLas only few years junior 10 the literary
world 70 Craooe, Burns wordsworn, seeridge and Ro'
gers while be anticipated Campbell, Scott and Byron
ard pernsps Sou,hey 700. His FIRST volume Of "Poems
published 10 that year. attracted considerable attention
In 1907, during the peace Of Amisns. be visited PARIS,
where be witnessed with his eyes the accession 0.
tie Great Napoleon 10 the perpetual Consusnp la l6ot
h. gave the Latin translation OF "Gebr. one o
tue English poems which had Already appeared under hs
On he death Of his father be suoceeded " consd
erahe property 10 tho est OF England bot dsgusted s
the uugateu conduct Of some OF his tenants whom 10
had largely befrended and for whose senea he had ex
pended considerable sums Of money bis property he
sold of large portion OF his lands and went into voluo
ary exile on the Continent preferripg 70 live ie Of
tranmeled lreedsm 10 the dull routine OF duties
the irksoms lies which bind an English landowner 70
the soil.
In 1908 he entered upon phase Of ME. In that
year he raised troop Of volunteers, and Joined the
Spanish patriots. under bsto, 10 their rising against Ma
poeon. For some years be assisted this cause person
~ and By gfu Of money 70 the Spanish Jura and In
r.waro OF his o9 he presented with coonel's
ss. - sss sSs1sh y srny sssssq.s n1
version o The constitution which the Spsnards had
formed duras their struggle for ndependspce, Landor
resigned hts commtsson emphsticzy docis airing that
though willing aid the spsush people In ths assertion
their liberties against the great soetny Of Europs be
would have nothing to do with psrjurer and traitor
beautiful property which he bad purchased IA the sish.
borhood Of Florence, and fron that time forward
be made tho fair city almost entirely his home 10 sr
cep few years spent by him al Bath abou, Ave or sx
years sgo t5is leisure LIE 10 the valley 0; shs Arno was
brosen and waved BY occasional visits 10 England
AID ! va ye'y fnnu N nsr,ry proauo.iops 10 e.rly
Latin ves,Gcation, and he showed that ns haA uos
forgotten n In 1890 he fsuei from the press a Pisa
On the general neglect Of medieval and modern Latia
pces During the next four or ave years he occupied
himself 10 composing his well known Imaginary Ton.
ycrsKiius Of Litertry Msu aud sts,ssrnsa,D which
winch appeared in 1929. THIS s hp lsrgesi
aud most important wors, and perhaps the most
b name will be io1g.s, remembered Hs subsequent
publications include clifton OF MA "Sebir count
Je'ian ani aher p. sfnsn tiSSl "Lstl.rs Ccntcrva
!. q ,sft " the Frash Churc1p lsoe), - Satire on
ss'r'f fua &dugrtipn 70 netrectors" ts6S1s tfhs
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