, 1877-04-29
BOSTON,.
Bryan Waller Proctor (Ba,p,
Cornwall ---Distinguis;:ed
Friends.
Letters from Emerson and
Longfellow.
Lord Byron md Don Juan...f,hor,..
Lamb--.Adelaide Proctor.
swinburne Sings a Requiem.

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From Our 0,cn CORRESPONDENT
BosToS, April 2B.-The life Of Basrr cn,,x,r
Of which spoke in previous letter, Is nov wv
before me in advance sheets. To look iuto II !, =
looS into mine where are not only the finest e.m,
OF thought, but most OF the jewels OF greatnes,
who made no that precious society Of which ch,,..
Lamb WIS the centre, and through which nv,.
flashed brilliantly from timc to time The con-.
piler Of the various notes, reminscence.. Ed
which make up the principal portion OF TIN hoo.
does not call it "a life.:' but simply eiyes r. 49,
tit1a Of the authors name. Brran ws,,ss Il Ias
toarty co1n"a.l5'-.ae iat'cF oefns the poeue
nom dc plume, BY which the poet was best kno.,
by the public of his day, and constantly addrr,,.s
even IN pfavate % 0y g as near personal friends Ths
eenet"l 1eaoc' Anu u'c4se''o'es ot 1o'day, rs Mr
Procters biographer truly says, knows little Of h,
poets tmost characteristic functions as . no., ~ y
npt III. IL enoken NJ Eoo,,.b r..da-. tee.
ou1 .as 80. 70 spe rhot1 hsns .ea. ! Should
say tnaI dtom WAL nase Known, the Younger
American Fehder-1 do not include the student ot
noet,s name eycn for bis ..sons.. % ~osnsa0 ~
~ s.-.1s,,- e.;a.s., 1,,x. a.e ao1 sfeat4
no' seeGiAn5 o'1s'u0!, nAe 'uc s'Ea'ns taat hasa
foated down to US through the centuries, from,
$500 - 49,. Ts.- ..n az ~e' "ese'
W uo'to"eo p'"a's'. @HeJ "'e .ot1 VI s"eefnesa
az tne'f OWL anu nave euIue1en1 strensth of
fibre to call forth from Lord Byron
THE wARMEsT Ap,11rAr1ov. g.
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II p1'sats Son' 'e!euon WIN Lazy n!esslnston,
be SAID OF 1hese songs: They are ''far ot
and de,fc,cv that Whilst thew ada II, w. s4t .S.
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ot woman - n'na' '0As VI none u Inc 1oFee of
As dramatic writer Byron and Others thonyAs
stf1 more highly Of him. After r+ad;no M ~ r.
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: ansn puohasasa, nsluH wt19 ~ 10 nm. WY don't
~ ~ tuc usaaa ~ asIu aaese u JooI JoTte; ND
said ~ Ju@ es ~ tn1im hs s4a ~ Tn naVs as
And Charles Lamb declared that. there msa 70.
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nramafic snee;men. so n1'0 4'419ea p1A'e N III
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Edlnouss neofm. taas t4s p9ems ios 1ea!s ia'ea
TO of1ns more ,naa .go 10 1a1s
TUE uhsAi hoDAAAnIAus =:
OF MS Lime, WHITES 70 his Lear ftoetef fn con
slant notes OF aam1i4ton, ano entteats lof hh
contributions. And harriet Marflneau. In her Aa-
the Barry Cornwall, VINO won nis asst fame whsn1
~; or.n;s,ta mrat-as 1rsra ~ ~ ton~rn ~ T., 800 -
hnd h.s - 49, nnd r;rht ~, ~ f1,r3 ~ M9 ~ ~
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t;tf ~ !. R.c1iec3;nns nf S,a - Th..s ~
th tha ,attsrs ~ h;sai fro, 1i9e+sry frsnds
forn, the ost aat;sfactorv nnrt;nr n ~. nrrsent
publithed poems. But Whether It is because Of IT,
arnvth ~ i.tan.+v IN srnro.sion ,thin f6ess thir
f. resrs " the tendencV to detsiis Or
!!hat5ar NJ p-nc+nr,. -arses rsrs 'ovs-r.fsd H.
cansa et that time noetic eTnressfon Of this sott