, 1870-08-07

mestic happiness; and, Is harriet Shelley ap..
pea11 not TO hare bad sufficient strength OF
mind 10 aeee1t herself In her own hoasa, mat-
ters were made wolse. Il would have ,osst ossp
fcr Shelley and his wife, II this insn1e.Able
etetc,-in-lsw had been aoated down the Ouse, |
rs suggested By Shel1ey's friend, Hogg. Dear
Har1set," says this gentleman. Nhow niee!y
How swectly shs would turn round md round,
Ike thai log Of wood! And; gracious heaven!
What would Niss Wxrue say:"
Anyhow, she was = nuisance to 6hel!eys
+ sent packing. whsa she did :. last 60,
atle poet" says Hogg, *exultod with
malicious pleAsuze that Ls had fairly planted
her Al last.r Oae Of the Westbrook family
vas beginning to be too much for Shelley, with
nal reading aloud Of books that she did not at
all understand, varied with dissertations on
matricide, guicide, rck-IurniuE, etc. She was
out Of her proper sphere . 1avo mistako
had been committed; and the woman who
Easnen ii her fathers cotree-Louse, was
Tho wife, not the conpanion-that abe
cScld never te-of great and disino poet.
"Towa1d the close OF ls13, says Lady shel,
ley, crtrangemcnts, which for some tinae had
been slowly growing oetweeu Ar. and Mrs
Shelley, came to 4 crisis. Separation ensuedi
ard N1s. Shelley returned to her fathers house.
Hers che gave bi,th to ler second child.
would te uat1ees 10 attempt to ralllate Shclleys
conduct Mary Shelley, with her usual no6ihsg
tell the truth LoIdly aud deliberately, she at
least placcd the matter In such light that there
vas no room left for doubt. he bad been visit
iEE at the GodTins for Borne time previously, |
and Mary Goodwin had made deep impression
upon him. She was perhaps the ono woman in
tie world worthy Of being his companion, and
q 1itilees fate LaI kept them apart from each |
other. The descrtion Of Harriet Shelley VAS
The only way III which the obstaele to their com
panionsbip could bs surmounted. Mary God
vin plighted her troth to Shelley over her moth.
er'a crave. and Shelley (there Is no other word
for ii deserted his wife, This WAS q source Of
| he g1eateet pain to the poet, and his hhppa-
nefs vas clonded " TIC .ntoiesaoie ~ thought i
hunee1ing for his love-the mother Of his child.
| ren, The COMPANION Of his early struggles and
asriratons-A woman, moreover, that 4e could
| no, love but only pity with pity divine At
| length the Fad end came. His wife committed
suicide, to which she had always been Predis-
poted. Never says Lady Shelley, ''during
Ill his {Shelley's) a{tcr-life did the shade de-
| p.rt which had fallen on lis gentle and sens-
nature 1,q It, the s:,,x g.zs q e ss
lcy sou8lt destruction In the waters Of the
gcrpcntine: Shelley wss drowned BY the cap
sizinE OF his yacht in the Bay OF speziA. The
despair and suspense Of MARY Shelley, as she
vailed to hear the fate Of her husband, was
i with a 1aco Of marble and refused 70 be
ca med or comfortcd. byron Afterward In
formed Lady Blct.ington that he never saw
| anything In dramatic tragedy 70 equal the ter
rot Of A1e. Shelley's apposrante on that day
pIesKs punishment on the heads Of tho guilty.
CAn eadder picture be imsgined7 On tho
one side, Mary Shelley wildly pacing the shore
Of the Bay Of Spczia, and beaecchiug the sea
, to give up its dead; On the other, Harriet
A.. ~ 4 ~ Er5@@ IT,
woman, rushing to the banks Of tho serpen..
tine aud plunging wildly into its waters!
1 Dcsp,te the tragedy, it would have been 4
! great loss to the world il Mary Goodwin and
: Shelley had never como together. She, as
, We have before declared, was the woman
sltLough she was but 1G years Of agee
$ when ehe Joined him she Was A!oselhc. suited
: to liu-grcat poet that he WAS. Mary Shelley
. war the daughter IT William Goodwin and Mary
!, Nol,stouecraft (tley had not been wedded),
. aud from lher earliest years had been brought
10 in thc belief ltrt marriage was IN unneco
. . ta1y contract. " To her" We arc quoting the
. Memorials, ''ae they met one oscn,ful dag il
:, St. PaIc1ss churchyard, by her znothets grave
u. eehe in burning words poured forth tho talt
Of ls wild past; how he had suffered, how ht
!, h.a bsen nislcd and how, II supported by Ac'
b ui;l tho wise ard good who had done battle 10
. tLcir gcllow-u1en, end ne true through I'LL "a
wire storms to the cause OF adversely. pn
/. heeitatingly, ele riaced her hand in his, ALT
~ linked ller fortunes with his own; and mos
!. i:l,thfullr, rs the remaining portion OF thes
- Memorials will prove, was the pledge Of botl
= r,deemetl." She waa indeed A true wife an!
- c4mpanion to him ): With An intellect nearly tn
- equal OF his own, she combined the gTaces an'
O. -, scandal acainet him. and could face danse
= y. fur him, as the following passage from ono o
~ Ler letters to him will provo :. wrote to 20
ID With far different feelings. last night believe
int loye mo a. yo, haye ever done. and Go
v rreeerye nv child to me, and our enemies sllal
rot bo TOO much for rs. Consider well j
y Florence be a fit.seeidenco for us. I love,
y cwp. 10 face danger; but would not be IN
p the eariy age Of n. A more noblc-hearted {
10 more intellectual woman never brcathed; An
Ne intipili,y ard mcannesB Of Harriet
II. character stand ont the more prominent
ny enntrssted With her own generous and fearle.
,,irnosition.
Of Ea viii now naes on TO friend of Na,
sl,e,fey'F-Warianno Hunt. tho wife Of Leie
IS. limit woman Of \ totally different cast
er, ! Mind to Nary Si,e1]eytn. but yery loving ar
ut rrol wife. Indeed. Leigh Hunts married ii
snnesrr to MA to have been, setting aside son
ny feev discnmforta brourht about br external q
cnuttnncrs. Tie ncrfection OF happiuoss-
ierctual loncymoon; md doubtless it xas
ne | feeling OF gratitude for having drawn mi;
nd ! n, tha ratfimnnial LOTTERY. that prom oted hi
IN | IN write thofe lcltchtful sketches tbey ORR
W rnl]y aprcaycd in the Court Magazine,
,at tb;nt1 entitled IA Year Of Honcymoons
ut- Yairb Nunt yss vcry ypuuc {only 1Tl vile
tu- ,iu t1rst made the acquaint 1nce OF his futu
on wife. Marianne Kent. Their intimacy ri
3te brought about in this way: A friend OF hi
,re III. John Robertson, had formed
~. .+,,cl,Ycrnt Ia her sister. Miss F1iz
Ike beth Kent. who contributed to a iuy
nd nile magazine called the No,41ily Preu,psd
.he In art;rfc of Iunt's which appeared in X
nd | ncrin]ic.l yery much attracted her attcntlo
nd Ind slie was yety desirous OF seeing the vritt
lu- Wr. Roberson oblcipElv conseuted to brij
,e, about an introduction; and tho poet went OF
es, MP his reeidepcc with them. He did not, no
.ds ever, fall in love with Elizabeth, or Bcss,
au- lie delighted to call her, but With her eisi
uIl W,nanne. They were ycrr soon engaged
lis each other; but tho engagement was }or ali,
gu broken on, on account OF the {ouns lsdy q
ORC scntEg her lover y constant ana urgent appe
CTS ~ her to cultivate hef iaculties Ases niS Q
hts sacrifice her independence II she consented
be | be dictated to by tho poet and she must
18th conpluented {at least By her own sex)
he showing certain honesty Of disposition a
uial 61mnces Of mind. Most young ladies won
n, We think. have taken the matter qu city .
mo- With thc thought That marriage would place
fol- ROVER Of revenge in their owl, hands, and Il
but they tl:en would 10 ablc to triumphantly
tnal clare their Independence. tot their own grai6
GETS tiou. ard the discontinue Of their loris ant
3tld Iy pleasing fction-massers, The enea
'nds ment between Leigh Hunt and Marianne X,
us IVES. however, fpecd''y reneEed, ana u
7 70 we're maIfeu On Tue ~ o1 July. aoo-
70 young lady a. th1t t'a1e otne IN nef .lst Ee
ride lived at Dechepl,an1, iu Kent, sud were