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to Be thought awful. mysterious and
gloomy. and sometimes limited at strange
causes. ! believe the whole to have bsen'ths
creation and sport Of q wild and powerful
fancy. In tho sane manner he crammed peo-
pie, as II Is termed about dusls, DO, which
hover existed, or were much exaggerated"
In another place We read: What I liked
about Byron. besides his boundlsss genius, WAS
his generosity Of spirit as well - purse, and
his utter contempt OF all the afYectations Of
literature. from tho sehoolma agisterial style to
the lackadsisical."
And again. some pages further: byron
used to kick and frisk moro oontemptuously
against tho literary gravity and slang than any
ono ever know who had climbed 10 high.
Then. 1t Is true. never knew any one climb so
high and before you despise the eminence.
carrying people along with you. as convinced
that you arc not playing the fox and the
grapes. you must be at tho top. Moore told me
some delightful stories OF him. One was that
while they stood at the window Of Byron's
palazzo in Venice. looking at beautiful sunset
Moore was naturally led to say something Of
Its beauty. whom Byron Answered in q tone
that can easily conceive. Obi come. d-n
me, Tom, don't be posticnl.' Another time.
standing with Moore on the balcony OF tho
Same palazzc. gondolA passed with two Eng
lish gentlemen. who were easily distinguished
by their app earancs. They cast csreles. look
at the balcony and won't on. Byron crossed his
arms and half STOPPING over tho balcony.
said All! d---n ~. II 70 had known what
two fellows you were staring at, you would have
taken longer look st us.' This was tho man,
quaint, cnpricious, and playful. with all his i'm
mense genius. He wrote from impulse. never
from effort; and therefore have always rsck-
.>l n,,rU "a nwp n,,s~
ioal geniusss OF my time and half century
before me. We have. however. many men OF
high poetieal talent, but none think. Of that
sver-eushlng and perennial fountain Of nat
ursl water"
OF Tom Moore We hear something under
date OF Nov. %. 1925. Scott writes: II saw
Moore lfor the first time may say, this sea.
son. We had indeed met In public twenty
years ago. There 10 manly frankness and
perfect ease and good breeding about him
which is delightful. Not the least touch Of the
poet or the pedant. A little. very little man.
Less. think. than Lewis lauthor OF "The
Monk"l and somewhat like him in person.
God knows. not in conversation. for Matt.
though clover fellow. WAS bore Of tho first
description. Moreover, he looked always like
a schoolboy. Now. Moore has none Of
this insiRnilcance; to be sure his person is
much stouter than that OF Lewis. his counte-
nance is decidedly plain. but the expression is
so very animated. especially In speaking or
singing. that 1t is far more interesting than the
finest features could have rendered 1t.
:" I was awaro that Byronhad often spoken.
both in private society and in his journal. of
Moore and myself In the same breath and with
the same sort OF regard: SO was curious to
see what thore could be In common betwixt us.
Moore having lived SO much in the gay world.
in the country. and with people OF business.
and sometimes with politicians: Moore q
scholar, mono: tScott know no Greek, but
WAS a good Latin scholar and had taught
himself French italian, Spanish, and German.
Il was he, rather than Carlyle, who revealed to
Englishmen the modern literature Of Ger
lnsny.l he q musician and artist without
knowledge Of note; he . democrat. / an
aristocrat-with many other points Of dif-
ferencs: besides his being an Irishman. ! .
sootchman. and both tolerably national. Yet
there 10 point Of resemblance, and . strong
one We are both good -humorsd fellows. who
rather seek to enjoy what is going forward
than to maintain our dignity rs lions: and We
have both seen the world too widely and too
we'll not 10 contemn in our souls the imaginary
consequence Of literary people, who walk with
their noses in the air, and remind me always
OF tho follow whom johnson met in an ale
house. and who called himself 'ths great
Twalmlev-inventor OF the floodgate iron for
linen He also enjoys tho mot pour
rire. and so dol
Moore has. think been ill-treated about
Byron's Memoirs: he surrendered them to the
family Lord Byron's executorsl. and thus lost
$1,000 which he had raised upon them At
most distressing moment OF his life. 1t is true
they offered and pressed the money on him
but they ought to have settled 1t
with the booksellers. and not put Door Toms
spirit in arms against his interest"
OF Sheridan, also, we hear a word or two:
Mathews the ederl assures me that Sheri-
dan was generally very dull In society. and sat
sullen and silent, swallowing glass after glass.
rather hlndrancs than help. But there was
a time whom he broke out with resumption
OF what had been going on. done with great
force. and generally attacking some person In
tho company or some opinion which had been
expressed never saw Sheridan but In large
pnrties He had Bardolph countena ance. with
heavy features. but his eye possessed the most
brllliancy. Mathews says It is
very simple In Tom Moore to admire how sheri-
dan came by the means Of paying tho price Of
Drury Lane Theatre. when all the world knows
he never paid II st all. and that Lacy. who sold
Il. was reduced to want BY his breach OF faith"
There was time whom 1t seemed probable
Campbsll. rather than Scott would figure
next 10 Burns in the short list OF Scotchmen
who would catch tho ear OF England as we'll rs
Of their own country It IL interesting 10 read
SCOTS comment on tho failure Of tho author
Of The Pleasures Of Hope" to accomp psh all
that was expected OF him: u wonder often
how Tom Campbell. with 80 much real genius,
has not maintained greater figure in tho
public eye than he has done OF late. The Mag
nEin' sesms 10 have paralyzed him. The au-
thor not only OF The Pleasures OF Hope but
Of 'Hohenlladen,' Lochisl.' &c,. should have
been at the very top Of the tree. Somehow he
wants audacity. fears the public. and. what Is
worse. fears the shadow Of his own reputation.
He 10 great corrector, too, which succeeds as
III in composition as In education. Many Q
clever boy is flogged into q Ounce. and many
an original composition corrected into mo.
diocrity Yet Tom Campbell ought to have
done great deal more. His youthful promise
was great. John Leydea introduced me to
him. They aftsrwsrd quarrelled. Whom re-
naated HohenlindAnt n Yavdan ha caId