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o me a now famous lady who as a girl had known Mrs。 Procter well察 made friendly company yesterday to a lonely meal察and brought back memories of Mr。 Kinglake's kind spoiling of a raw young woman察and of the wit察the egregious vanity察the coarseness察the kindness察of that hard old worldling our Lady of Bitterness。; In the presence of one man察 Tennyson察she laid aside her shrewishness此 talking with Alfred Tennyson lifts me out of the earth earthy察a visit to Farringford is like a retreat to the religious。; A celebrity in London for fifty years察she died察witty and vigorous to the last察in 1888。 ;You and I and Mr。 Kinglake察─she says to Lord Houghton察 are all that are left of the goodly band that used to come to St。 John's Wood察Eliot Warburton察Motley察Adelaide察Count de Verg察Chorley察 Sir Edwin Landseer察my husband。; ;I never could write a book察─she tells him in another letter察 and one strong reason for not doing so was the idea of some few seeing how poor it was。 Venables was one of the few察I need not say that you were one察and Kinglake。;
Kinglake was called to the Chancery Bar察and practised apparently with no great success。 He believed that his reputation as a writer stood in his way。 When察in 1845察poor Hood's friends were helping him by gratuitous articles in his magazine察 Hood's Own察─Kinglake wrote to Monckton Milnes refusing to contribute。 He will send 10 pounds to buy an article from some competent writer察but will not himself write。 ;It would be seriously injurious to me if the author of 'Eothen' were AFFICHED as contributing to a magazine。 My frailty in publishing a book has察I fear察already hurt me in my profession察and a small sin of this kind would bring on me still deeper disgrace with the solicitors。;
Twice at least in these early years he travelled。 ;Mr。 Kinglake察─ writes Mrs。 Procter in 1843察 is in Switzerland察reading Rousseau。; And in the following year we hear of him in Algeria察accompanying St。 Arnaud in his campaign against the Arabs。 The mingled interest and horror inspired in him by this extra´ordinary man finds expression in his ;Invasion of the Crimea; ii。 157。 A few察a very few survivors察still remember his appearance and manners in the forties。 The eminent husband of a lady察now passed away察who in her lifetime gave Sunday dinners at which Kinglake was always present察speaks of him as SENSITIVE察quiet in the presence of noisy people察of Brookfield and the overpowering Bernal Osborne察liking their company察but never saying anything worthy of remembrance。 A popular old statesman察still active in the House of Commons察 recalls meeting him at Palmerston察Lord Harrington's seat察where was assembled a party in honour of Madame Guiccioli and her second husband察the Marquis de Boissy察and tells me that he attached himself to ladies察not to gentlemen察nor ever joined in general tattle。 Like many other famous men察he passed through a period of shyness察which yielded to women's tactfulness only。 From the first they appreciated him察 if you were as gentle as your friend Kinglake察─writes Mrs。 Norton reproachfully to Hayward in the sulks。 Another coaeval of those days calls him handsome ´ an epithet I should hardly apply to him later ´ slight察not tall察 sharp featured察with dark hair well tended察always modishly dressed after the fashion of the thirties察the fashion of Bulwer's exquisites察or of H。 K。 Browne's ;Nicholas Nickleby; illustrations察 leaving on all who saw him an impression of great personal distinction察yet with an air of youthful ABANDON which never quite left him此 He was pale察small察and delicate in appearance察─says Mrs。 Simpson察Nassau Senior's daughter察who knew him to the end of his life察while Mrs。 Andrew Crosse察his friend in the Crimean decade察cites his finely chiselled features and intellectual brow察 a complexion bloodless with the pallor not of ill´health察but of an old Greek bust。;
CHAPTER II ´ ;EOTHEN;
;EOTHEN; appeared in 1844。 Twice察Kinglake tells us察he had essayed the story of his travels察twice abandoned it under a sense of strong disinclination to write。 A third attempt was induced by an entreaty from his friend Eliot Warburton察himself projecting an Eastern tour察and to Warburton in a characteristic preface the narrative is addressed。 The book察when finished察went the round of the London market without finding a publisher。 It was offered to John Murray察who cited his refusal of it as the great blunder of his professional life察consoling himself with the thought that his father had equally lacked foresight thirty years before in declining the ;Rejected Addresses;察he secured the copyright later on。 It was published in the end by a personal friend察Ollivier察of Pall Mall察Kinglake paying 50 pounds to cover risk of loss察even worse terms than were obtained by Warburton two years afterwards from Colburn察who owned in the fifties to having cleared 6000 pounds by ;The Crescent and the Cross。; The volume was an octavo of 418 pages察the curious folding´plate which forms the frontispiece was drawn and coloured by the author察and was compared by the critics to a tea´tray。 In front is Moostapha the Tatar察the two foremost figures in the rear stand for accomplished Mysseri察 whom Kinglake was delighted to recognize long afterwards as a flourishing hotel keeper in Constantinople察and Steel察the Yorkshire servant察in his striped pantry jacket察 looking out for gentlemen's seats。; Behind are ;Methley察─Lord Pollington察in a broad´brimmed hat察and the booted leg of Kinglake察who modestly hid his figure by a tree察but exposed his foot察of which he was very proud。 Of the other characters察 Our Lady of Bitterness; was Mrs。 Procter察 Carrigaholt; was Henry Stuart Burton of Carrigaholt察 County Clare。 Here and there are allusions察obvious at the time察 now needing a scholiast察which have not in any of the reprints been explained。 In their ride through the Balkans they talked of old Eton days。 ;We bullied Keate察and scoffed at Larrey Miller and Okes察we rode along loudly laughing察and talked to the grave Servian forest as though it were the Brocas clump。; 9 Keate requires no interpreter察Okes was an Eton tutor察afterwards Provost of King's。 Larrey or Laurie Miller was an old tailor in Keate's Lane who used to sit on his open shop´board察facing the street察a mark for the compliments of passing boys察as frolicsome youngsters in the days of Addison and Steele察as High School lads in the days of Walter Scott察were accustomed to ;smoke the cobler。; The Brocas was a meadow sacred to badger´baiting and cat´hunts。 The badgers were kept by a certain Jemmy Flowers察who charged sixpence for each ;draw;察Puss was turned out of a bag and chased by dogs察her chance being to reach and climb a group of trees near the river察known as the ;Brocas Clump。; Of the quotations察 a Yorkshireman hippodamoio; p。 35 is察I am told察an OBITER DICTUM of Sir Francis Doyle。 ;Striving to attain察─etc。 p。 33察is taken not quite correctly from Tennyson's ;Timbuctoo。; Our crew were ;a solemn company; p。 57 is probably a reminiscence of ;we were a gallant company; in ;The Siege of Corinth。; For ;'the own armchair' of our Lyrist's 'Sweet Lady'; Anne'; p。 161 see the poem察 My own arm´ chair; in Barry Cornwall's ;English Lyrics。; ;Proud Marie of Anjou; p。 96 and ;single´sin ´ ; p。 121察are unintelligible察a friend once asked Kinglake to explain the former察but received for answer察 Oh that is a private thing。; It may察however察have been a pet name for little Marie de Viry察Procter's niece察and the CHERE AMIE of his verse察whom Eothen must have met often at his friend's house。 The St。 Simonians of p。 83 were the disciples of Comte de St。 Simon察a Parisian reformer in the latter part of the eighteenth century察who endeavoured to establish a social republic based on capacity and labour。 Pere Enfantin was his disciple。 The ;mystic mother; was a female Messiah察expected to become the parent of a new Saviour。 ;Sir Robert once said a good thing; p。 93察refers possibly to Sir Robert Peel察not famous for epigram察whose one good thing is said to have been bestowed upon a friend before Croker's portrait in the Academy。 ;Wonderful likeness察─said the friend察 it gives the very quiver of the mouth。; ;Yes察─said Sir Robert察 and the arrow coming out of it。; Or it may mean Sir Robert Inglis察Peel's successor at Oxford察more noted for his genial kindness and for the perpetual bouquet in his buttonhole at a date when such ornaments were not worn察than for capacity to conceive and say good things。 In some mischievous lines describing the Oxford election where Inglis supplanted Peel察Macaulay wrote
;And then said all the Doctors sitting in the Divinity School察Not this man察but Sir Robert' ´ now Sir Robert was a fool。;
But in the fifth and later editions Kinglake altered it to ;Sir John。;
By a curious oversight in the first two editions p。 41 JOVE was made to gaze on Troy from Samothrace察it was rightly altered to Neptune in the third察and ;eagle eye of Jove; in the following sentence was replaced by ;dread Commoter of our globe