RECOLLECTIONS

OF

A LITERARY LIFE.

VOL. II.

OF

A LITERARY LIFE;

OR,

BOOKS, PLACES, AND PEOPLE.

BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD,

AUTHOR OP

“OUR VILLAGE,” “BELFORD REGIS,” &c.

IN TWO VOLUME S.

VOL. II.

NEW EDITION

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
Punfisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1857.

1.-CAVALIER POETS.

VISIT TO ROTHERFIELD GRAYS.-RICHARD LOVELACE-ROGER Page

L'ESTRANGE-THE MARQUIS OF MONTROSE . . . . . . 1

II.-POETRY THAT POETS LOVE,

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR-LEIGH HUNT_PERCY BYSSHE

SHELLEY-JOHN KEATS . . . . . i . . . . . . 23

III.-AUTHORS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACES.

VISIT TO BATH.-CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY. . . . . . . . 45

IV.-AMERICAN POETS.

JOIN GREENLEAF WHITTIER—FITZ-GREENE HALLECK

V.-VOLUMINOUS AUTHORS.

LOVE OF LONG BOOKS.—HARGEAVE'S STATE TRIALS. . . . 73

VI.-FISHING SONGS,

RECOLLECTIONS OF NORTHUMBERLAND.-MR. DOUBLEDAY-MISS

CORBETT. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 101

VII.-AUTHORS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACES.

RESIDENCE AT LYME.--STORY OF A LOTTERY-TICKET.-JOIN

KENYOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

VIII.-AUTHORS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACES.

VISIT TO BRISTOL AND CLIFTON.—THOMAS CHATTERTON-

ROBERT SOUTHEY-SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE-WILLIADI

WORDSWORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133