New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

and even so. il does not pretend IN Ia svb,
tive Turning. FOX example. to the LIST ~ a.,
lions OF Poems on His Domestic CJrcBr-
stances" we find a record OF the hook a. A..
published by Hore In 1S16, and other ant-,a,
covering later editions in London and elsavvbs-.
but no mention is made Of an edition prin.sd ~
Bensley & Son for +. Cox & Son. also IN ISIS
which lies before US as we write bound mn
with the first edition Of Lara" printed FOR
Murray in ISL This must be one OF the
numerous pirated editions OF the dav. for Z,
contains two Of the forgeries which. as We know
from a letter OF Byron's TO Murray. caused hin,
so much transportation But il is interesting for
the variations in punctuation. capitalization and
spelling that it shows. and for the reason that
while twelve lines OF the familiar text OF
Waterloo are omitted, there are two inserted
for which We can find authority nowhere else:
Once II onward bore the brave.
Like foam upon the highest wave.
1t would be interesting If Mr. Colerfdge could
trace the source Of this passage. The edition In
question is also notable for an introduction en-
bOdying the letters which passed between Sir
Ralph Noel to the Editor Of The Morning
Chronicle in consequence of some observa-
tons respecting Lord and Lady Byron. which
have appeared in that paper" These letters DO
not appear. from Mr.. COleridge's bibIography.
to have been included in any Of the editions OF
the Poems on His Domestic Circumstances"
which he describes. and we have not found them
in that collection Of letters which is given in
the present edition Of Byron with reference to
the separation. The interest OF this curious sur
vivaI OF newspaper sensation now nearly a
hundred years old lies in the fact that it shows
TO the belief that he was a much abused man
Perry. the Editor Of The Morning Chronicle
had printed a paragraph stating the existence
Of u conspiracy against Lord Byron's domestic
peace" In conversation with him Sir Ralph
Noel contradicted this statement, but the editor
seems TO have inserted the contradiction in a
modified form, whereupon Sir Ralph wrote him
as follows: Il did not say that 1 knew OF no
conspiracy against Lord Byron's domestic peace.
but I told you In the most decided manner that
I knew no conspiracy at the time had ever ex-
listed. that the report was utterly false, and
gave you my word Of honor that the step taken
by Lady Byron was the result OF her own IN
biassed judgment. and that her parents and
friends interfered only when called upon by her
70 afford her their support In the necessity Of
the step indeed. her friends fully cOncurred.
but in the suggestion Of it they had no concern
This downright statement made slight impress
sion upon the resOIute Perry. He replied at
length to Sir Ralph Noel declaring that IN
spite Of their conversation. he remained fully
convinced. from circumstances within my own
knowledge, that nothing but gross misrepre-
seutatIon and malignant influence could have
prevailed on a wife, whose duty II was to cleave
to her husband and particularly such wife as
Lord Byron always described his Lady 70 be.
to take the step which she did. and TO remain
aprarentIy impIacable to all the overtures OF
reconciliation that have since been made
Perry. like Byron himself, was outraged by the
refusal OF Lady Byron's kinsfOIk and friends to
specify the charges they nOurished against
him. He has no patience with the declaration
that Lady Byron acted In this matter by the
advice OF Or. Lusington." and exclaims in
righteous wrath: What A wife tears herself
from the bosom Of her husband and acts by the
cold caution OF a lawyer. rather than By the
dictates Of her own hearth Perry's views
hardly count and though byron was not IN
willing on occasion to make use OF The Morn
ing Chronicle" we recall seeing somewhere N
one Of his letters a warning TO Murray not 70
let some poem or other inclOsed to the publisher
fall into Perry's hands But the letters rom
which we have quoted are interesting as echoes
from the very thick OF the conflict INTO when
Byron vas plunged through his and his "us'
failure to get on together.
Speaking OF his photography. Mr. Coieridse
remarks that no other English poet except
Shakespeare has been 50 widely read and 50
frequently translated" and glaHces at the ques-
ton as TO what the secret Of Byron's Continental