New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

SoHethinS COMMANDING Dul not OVeraWiny ,r
manner He was neither grave nor CAV ~.
place, and he seemed always made for tba,
pany in which he happened 70 find bf,
There was a mildness and yet decision - =,
mode OF conversing and even in his ada.
which are seldom united in the same ns-..~
Writing forty years after he saw his frtsnd ~
in the grave, HobhOuse testifes 10 the n.4
paired strength of his affection for this "e.a1'
gentleman His heart is wrung when Psr..l Pt
Genoese banker, Barry. tells him that fbs a ,Nla
when setting out OF that unTucky expeditins
Greece. confessed that he would not "a
then but that "Hobhouse and the others "a -
laugh at him" Colonel Stanhope. who vv,s ~ -..
Byron in Greece. told Hobhouse that thu
was sorry now and then that he ever ca,Se se'
the country:
FTe expressed anger at the GreeI, C'or,r,,,.
publishing his letter from Genoa in which he ',
known, ne thought himself bound To acf as male
At other times he said he was glad ne had It 70 Il
and talked with enthusiasm Of the caqsa c'1e.
would say that 1t was better being at MisSooIs lie
than going about talking and singing at nar,51lga
London at past forty. like Tom Moore
Count Gamba's detailed account os De-,
illness and death is published for the first -
by Lady Dorchester the translation 5,.'1
been made by her father. Particulars fror. :,
other sources Hobhouse gathered and faitbeur-
preserved. He notes. on undoubted ausbo-.
that until the sick man became deIirio,.
was perfectly calm, and calls to mind hon, &C.
he had heard him say that he was NOT an,--
hensive as to death itself. but as TO hour e.
physical inirmity. he might behave AZ So
hour. Let no one" he said. come near
when I am dying. if you can help IL ana
happen 70 be together at the time" rJon,o."'
charging himself with the arrangements IN, ~
funeral. deputed Mrs. Leigh to ask Lady pv..-
if she had any wishes respecting it. That oo..
placent lady answered that il the deceased ,a,
left no directions she thought the matter r,ir1.
be left to the Judgment of Mr. Hobhouse uos
house adds: There was a postscript saving p.
you like you may show this The coIdness "a
calculation of so young a woman on sueb -
occasion are quite unaccOuntabIe' Hobhor,.
says no harder thing than this Of his frisnT,
wife, but between the lines of all his reference,
to her we can read sincere disgust In mon
tioning his desire to publicly refute the cbary.,
made on her authority In regard to the senar,-
ton. he says: Il consulted friends and anno,,
them Lord Holland. who strongly recommendaS
silence, and did not scruple to say that the a5v
would be more annoyed if she were Ier. In
noticed than IT, whether wrong or right sbs
had to figure in controversy. was far from
wishing to annoy her at all; my sole wish Was
to do my duty by my friend; and I hone
have done that sufficiently by leaving behind
me. to be used IL necessary. a full and scruuu.
IousIy accurate account of the transaction in
question I shall content myself here with as
serting that IT was not fear on the part Of Lord
Byron that persuaded him to separate from his
wife. On the contrary. he was quite ready to
go into court as they call it"
Hobhouse's position as Byron's executor was
no easy one. He had to prevent the publication
by Dallas of a number Of the private letters Of
the poet to his mother and Others thereby call
ing down in print the vituperative wrath Of
that gossip monger. He had TO refuse Lady
Caroline Lambs request that he should give her
her letters to Byron in order 10 make sure that
she did not use Byron's letters to her in
novel Worst of all, he had to labor nightly
make sure OF the destruction Of the memoirs
i'm manuscript which, in an Unthinking hour
Byron had put into the hands Of Tom Moore
The executors full and careful narrative Of the
proceedings which led up TO the burning Of the
MSS. is included in these records. 1t certainly
does not shed much 1ustre on the memory Of
Moore After conceding that it was wise and
right to destroy them and agreeing to the saCri-
flee Moore still hankered for probable profits
and attempted to retain part if not the whole Of
the material Then rose John Murray, the
publisher. who had paid him $4,000 for the
MSS. which Moore then proposed TO redeem,
IT do not care whose the MSS. aTei" he ex