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notorious, which is the next thing tc
famous. Through the generous aid oI
Lord Moira, our bard was appointed to
a government post at Bermuda, where
he arrived in January, 1904. Neither
the climate nor the social surroundings
of the place suited him, and turning over
the Office to a deputy, he Travelled short
time in the United States, and then re.
turned permanently to England. In
1906, two volumes of odes and epistles
appeared, upon which the Edinburgh
Review set its critical claw so 6ercely,
that Moore lost his temper and chal-
lenged the editor, Francis Jeffrey. The
belligerents met at Chalk Farm, but no
blood was she'd and they subsequently
became personal friends. Byron had q
good-humored laugh at the affair in his
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, y
whereupon the Celtic wrath of the juve-
Lille Anacreon was again reused, and he
sent a challenge to the future father of
Childe Harold" " The quarrel was
compromised without the aid of gun
powder, and an attachment sprung up
between the two which lasted until poor
Byron went under the sod. In 1871,
Moore married Miss Bessy Dyke, and
took up his residence in the fashionable
part of London, where he speedily
gathered about him host of con-
genial companions, and was a wei
come guest in the most aristocratic
circles Of the kingdom-enjoying
the special friendship of Lords Lans-
downe and Holland. In 1913 he re-
moved to Mayfeld cottage, near Ash.
bourne, in Derbyshire, and there worked
diligently upon the task which is his
best claim to the remembrance of pos
terity--the g Irish Melodies" He also
wrote here the Two-P Penny Post Bag"
and "Sacred Songs" and commenced
Lalla Rookh." Moore's prominence
in literature at this time, may be seen
from the fact that the Messrs. Longman
purchased the last named poem before
it was written, at a price equivalent to
$l5,000. "Lallah Rookh was pub
lished in 1917, and at once attained the
position which it now holds--as the
prettiest specimen of the poetical ro-
nance to be found in English literature
With the halo of his latest achievement
around him, Moore went TO Paris, where
he collected material for his funny
Fudge Family" which appeared in
1918. 1t was at this time that he
learned his Bermuda deputy was de-
faulter in the sum Of 10000, blow
which threatened to involve him in
hopeless bankruptcy. Investigation re-
duced the amount materially, and it was
then paid by Lord LaDsdowne-his lord
ship being afterward remunerated in
full by the unlucky poet. Pecuniary
embarrassment, however, compelled
him to abandon his beautiful cot
tage near Bowood, and he went
abroad with Lord John Russell, remain
ing until 1922. During this period he
wrote Rhymes on the Road" Loves
of the Angels" and the " Epicurean."
Upon his return to England lie again
settled at Sloperton cottage, Immediately
adjoining the estate of his friend Lands
downes and continued his literary la
bors. The Life of Sheridan" appeared
in 1925; Life of Byron" in 1880;
" Life Of Lord Edward Fitzgerald" in
1881, and History of Ireland" soon
afterward. With the exception of wri-
ting prefaoes to collected edition OF
his works in l84l-42, Moore's career as
aa author closed with the history of his
native land. In 1913 serious disease Of
the brain manifested ITSELF which re-
suited in a complete loss of memory,
and reduced him to a state of second
childhood He died February %, 1852,
retaining his passionate fondness for
music to the very last hour of his exist
ence. His widow survived him nearly
fourteen years-dying at Sloperton cot
tage, September 4, 1865,