Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-01-14

NEDonA LElGH AHi-1oHy tNDAS Atra-
/ BIoGaArHY," Is the title OF "a ne, ana ia some
respects perhaps an important contribution to
the Byron controversy II is book oi aboet
three hundred pages, and Wa- st first announced
as consisting of '' a series Cf letters from L.Ir
Byron 10 her husbands Ilrura daughter,
and also as contributing Go the support ot i,rs
Stoves charges against Lord byron and Mira
Leigh The book proves, however. TO ns quite
The reverse Of this, being yu-.c-4.r oi L.ri
Byron, and consisting OF preface and intro
d4cjion by DIR. Charles Na1Esr. the au, .liurri-
phy Of M-dora Leigh, the fourth dsu-at-- oi
the Hon. Augusta Leigh, a yiuLeti.a O. lord
Byron, and d few pages ot su-.-. 3 e---s--.us
matter relating 20 Lord Byron DE b. i..-.
The preface Informs the rtaIer . lIul..
which tie autobiography came iu,o fis hands o.
the editor, AID proves TIE auIleat-.- q. t.s
paper with reasonable c,esrness. FLe ilct t.-t
the Nelora Leigh Of the autl-ioe-lalT was tae
fourth child Of Lord Byr0u's BAL. sister i~ 1.i.
sufficiently evident in tie iutr0lucl0u t5 ,.-r
rant q careful consideration VI her statements.
Her story Is briefly this She was born ID l-Is.
and when fourteen years Old went 90 iuc fora
short time with her elies, sister Gear..ua, VITO
married distant cousin, Air. Henry lrevan.on.
Sac was seduced by this man, and soon li-er-
wards went with him to live ID the ~.is. of
Normandy. Tre7anian's wi.ea a-lu'e.cli iu and
aided ia many ways her husbands alu.tefg.
She appeared 10 wish TO get iii OF her husband.
and told Ael1r- that t0loue. Leigh Tls not t-.
father, and that if she lGeargi-4) could -e-
divorce, She lAleiore) could marry Ira,al..a.
But Aeiora liking for Der sJiIcar WAS rs-s
slight, and after living with liu about flI-e
years she applied 10 her friends i- means 90
enable her 10 separate from him. One of these
appeals for money reached Lady Byron. aul
called forth from her q very ate-t0uite letter.
aieIing protection and funds. 4h.s Was il
August, 1870, and not long afterwards LAZY
Byron met Melors at Fonttineueau, aui ii-
formed her thst the deep interest she ist Boz lcv
welfare arose from the fact tina, Lord Byron bad
been her father This fact she then learned fer
She FIRST time, as neither her sister nor her sis
ier's husband had ever, in their stories about
her mothers adultery, hintel at incest. Tor
about tao ears she lived upon LAZY Byron's
bounty, but IN the summer OF 1913 that bounty
was suddenly, and for some unexplained reason
removed. After several months hal been soeat
in Intellectual ei3rts TO bring about a rec1neIia-
ton wici Lady Byron, in which she was aided
by Sir George Stephen, Dr. Lushington, aud
other gentlemen Of character, Nei0ra Leigh
disappeared at the close Of the year l,i3 and
soon afterwards died. The concluding part Of
the book compares the two narratives Of Meiom
Leigh and Mrs. Stowe, and attempts to show
tina; the charge Of incest against Lord Byron
was not concocted until long after his dea'h
and that Lady Byron, in accepting the charge
as truth, was the victim Of the conspiracy and
intrigue Of certain interested parties.