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is the final dedicatory stanza。  It is the gracious fooling of a  philosopher who understood his company。  ;There are folks察─says  Mr。 Counsellor Pleydell察 before whom a man should take care how he  plays the fool察because they have either too much malice or too  little wit。;  Kinglake knew his associates察and was not ashamed  DESIPERE IN LOCO察to frolic in their presence。


One point there was on which he never touched himself or suffered  others to interrogate him察his conception of and attitude towards  the Unseen。  He wore his religion as Sir William Gull wore the fur  of his coat察INSIDE。  Outwardly he died as he had lived察a Stoic察 that on the most personal and sacred of all topics he should  consult the Silences was in keeping with his idiosyncrasy。  Another  famous man察questioned as to his religious creed察made answer that  he believed what all wise men believe。  And what do all wise men  believe拭  That all wise men keep to themselves拭



Footnotes


1 When ;Heartsease; first appeared察Percy Fotheringham was  believed to be a portrait察but the accomplished authoress in a  letter written not long before her death told me that the character  was wholly imaginary。

2 Pedigrees are perplexing unless tabulated察so here is  Kinglake's genealogical tree。

KINGLAKES OF SALTMOOR。      WOODFORDES OF                             CASTLE CARY。                                      ´                               WILLIAM=MARY WOODFORDE。 ROBERT                                                                                                                       SERJEANT    REV。 W。C。    A。W。 KING´    DR。 HAMILTON JOHN KING´  KINGLAKE     LAKE          KINGLAKE。 LAKE。                    ─Eothen。;

3 ;Eothen察─p。 33。  Reading ;Timbuctoo; to´day one is amazed it  should have gained the prize。  Two short passages adumbrate the  coming Tennyson察the rest is mystic nonsense。  ;What do you think  of Tennyson's prize poem拭─writes Charles Wordsworth to his brother  Christopher。  ;Had it been sent up at Oxford察the author would have  had a better chance of spending a few months at a lunatic asylum  than of obtaining the Prize。;  A current Cambridge story at the  time explained the selection。  There were three examiners察the  Vice´Chancellor察a man of arbitrary temper察with whom his juniors  hesitated to disagree察a classical professor unversed in English  Literature察a mathematical professor indifferent to all literature。   The letter G was to signify approval察the letter B to brand it with  rejection。  Tennyson's manuscript came from the Vice´Chancellor  scored all over with G's。  The classical professor failed to see  its merit察but bowed to the Vice´Chancellor察and added his G。  The  mathematical professor could not admire察but since both his  colleagues ordained it察good it must be察and his G made the award  unanimous。  The three met soon after察and the Vice´Chancellor察in  his blatant way察attacked the other two for admiring a trashy poem。   ;Why察─they remonstrated察 you covered it with G's yourself。;   ;G's察─said he察 they were Q's for queries察I could not understand  a line of it。;

4 ;Enoch Arden察─p。 34。

5 ;Eothen察─p。 169。  Reprint by Bell and Sons察1898。

6 ;Eothen察─p。 17。

7 His deferential regard for army rank was like that of Johnson  for bishops。  Great was his indignation when the ;grotesque  Salvation Army察─as he called it察adopted military nomenclature。   ;I would let those ragamuffins call themselves saints察angels察 prophets察cherubim察Olympian gods and goddesses if they like察but  their pretension in taking the rank of officers in the army is to  me beyond measure repulsive。;

8 ;Eothen察─p。 190 in first edition。  It was struck out in the  fourth edition。

9 ;Eothen察─p。 18。  Reprint by Bell and Sons察1898。

10 He is very fond of this word察it occurs eleven times。

11 ;Quarterly Review察─December察1844。

12 ;Eothen察─p。 46。

13 Poitier's ;Vaudeville。;

14 One characteristic anecdote he omits。  Two French officers  were attached to our headquarters察and the staff were partly  embarrassed and partly amused by Lord Raglan's inveterate habit察 due to old Peninsular associations察of calling the enemy ;the  French; in the presence of our foreign guests。

15 Some of us can recall the lines in which Sir G。 Trevelyan  commemorated ;The Owl's; nocturnal flights


;When at sunset察chill and dark察Sunset thins the swarming park察Bearing home his social gleaning ´ Jests and riddles fraught with meaning察Scandals察anecdotes察reports察  Seeks The Owl a maze of courts Which察with aspect towards the west察Fringe the street of Sainted James察Where a warm察secluded nest As his sole domain he claims察From his wing a feather draws察Shapes for use a dainty nib察Pens his parody or squib察Combs his down and trims his claws察And repairs where windows bright Flood the sleepless Square with light。;

16 Greville察vii。 223察quotes from a letter written after  Inkerman to the Prince Consort by Colonel Steele察saying ;that he  had no idea how great a mind Raglan really had察but that he now saw  it察for in the midst of distresses and difficulties of every kind  in which the army was involved察he was perfectly serene and  undisturbed。;

17 ;Go quietly; might have been his motto此even on horseback he  seemed never to be in a hurry。  Airey used to come in from their  rides round the outposts shuddering with cold察and complaining that  the Chief would never move his horse out of a walk。  ;I daresay察─ said Carlyle察 Lord Raglan will rise quite quietly at the last  trump察and remain entirely composed during the whole day察and show  the most perfect civility to both parties。;

18 The first death out of how many he nowhere reckons此he  shrinks from estimates of carnage察and we thank him for it。  But an  accomplished naturalist tells me that the vulture察a bird unknown  in the Crimea before hostilities began察swarmed there after the  Alma fight察and remained till the war was over察disappearing  meanwhile from the whole North African littoral。

19 ;D´n your eyes ─he said once察in a moment of irritation察to  his ATTACHE察Mr。 Hay。  ;D´n your Excellency's eyes ─was the  answer察delivered with deep respect but with sufficient emphasis。   Dismissed on the spot察the candid ATTACHE went in great anger to  pack up察but was followed after a time by Lady Canning察habitual  peacemaker in the household察who besought him if not to apologize  at least to bid his Chief good´bye。  After much persuasion he  consented。  ;Hardly had he entered the room when Sir Stratford had  him by the hand。  'My dear Hay察this will never do察what a devil of  a temper you have'  The two were firmer friends than ever after  this; LANE POOLE'S LIFE OF LORD STRATFORD察chapter xiii。。

20 The story of an old quarrel between Sir Stratford Canning and  the then Grand Duke Nicholas at St。 Petersburg in 1825 is disproved  by Canning's own statement。  The two met once only in their lives察 at a purely formal reception at Paris in 1814。

21 LA FEMME was a ;Miss; or ;Mrs。; Howard。  She followed Louis  Napoleon to France in 1848察and lived openly with him as his  mistress。  In the once famous ;Letters of an Englishman; we are  told how shortly after the December massacre the ELITE of English  visitors in Paris were not ashamed to dine at her house in the  President's company此and in 1860察Mrs。 Simpson察in France with her  father察Nassau Senior察found her察decorated with the title of  Madame de Beauregard察inhabiting La Celle察near Versailles察once  the abode of Madame de Pompadour察 with the national flag flying  over it察to the great scandal of the neighbourhood。;

22 Bachaumont's criticism of Latour。  Lady Dilke's ;French  Painters察─p。 165。

23 Here is one of the stanzas

;L'Autriche ´ dit´on ´ et la Russie Se brouillent pour la Turquie。 Des aujourd'hui il n'en est plus question。 En invitant une femme charmante察Le Turc ´ et je l'en complimente ´ Est devenu pour nous un trait d'union。;

24 ;Blackwood's Magazine察─December察1895察p。 802。

25  I inserted this quotation before reading the ;Etchingham  Letters。;  Sir Richard would wish me to erase it as hackneyed察but  it applies to Kinglake's talk as accurately as to Virgil's writing察 and I refuse to be defrauded of it。

26 This delightful phrase is Lady Gregory's。  One would wish察 like Lord Houghton察though suppressing his presumptuous rider察to  have been its author。

27 Of course Kinglake was not alone in this opinion。  It was  voiced in a delightful JEU D'ESPRIT察now forgotten察which it is  worth while to reproduce


;THE BERLIN CONGRESS。

;The following Latin poem察from the pen of the well´known German  poet察Gustave Schwetschke察was distributed by Prince Bismarck's  special request amongst the Plenipotentiaries immediately after the  last sitting on Saturday


;'GAUDEAMUS CONGRESSIBILE。 ;'Gaudeamus igitur Socii congressus察Post dolores bellicosos察Post labores gloriosos察Nobis fit decessus。

;'Ubi sunt察qui ante nos Quondam consedere察Viennenses察Parisienses Tot per annos察tot per menses拭Frustra decidere。

;'Mundus heu vult decipi察Sed non decipiatur察Non plus ultra inter gentes Litigant

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