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Homes and haunts of the most eminent British poets, Vol. II (of 2)
HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE MOST EMINENT BRITISH POETS.
VOL. II.
HOMES AND HAUNTS
OF THE
MOST EMINENT BRITISH POETS.
BY
WILLIAM HOWITT.
The Illustrations Engraved by H. W. Hewet.
"An indissoluble sign of their existence has stamped itself on the abodes of all distinguished men, a sign which places all kindred spirits in communion with them."—The Citizen of Prague.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
82 CLIFF STREET.
1847.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
POETS. | ILLUSTRATIONS. | PAGE |
CRABBE | Belvoir Castle | 5 |
HOGG | 34 | |
COLERIDGE | Coleridge Enlisting | 81 |
MRS. HEMANS | Residence at Rhyllon | 122 |
L. E. L. | Cape Coast Castle | 145 |
SCOTT | Abbotsford | 167 |
Tomb, Dryburgh Abbey | 536 | |
CAMPBELL | Gateway of Glasgow College | 231 |
SOUTHEY | Residence at Keswick | 255 |
Birthplace at Bristol | 284 | |
BAILLIE | 285 | |
WORDSWORTH | Grasmere | 295 |
MONTGOMERY | Fulneck Moravian Settlement | 334 |
LANDOR | Residence near Fiesole | 369 |
LEIGH HUNT | Birthplace at Southgate | 396 |
ROGERS | House in St. James's Place | 420 |
MOORE | Cottage at Sloperton | 445 |
ELLIOTT | The "Ranter" Preaching | 462 |
WILSON | 501 | |
PROCTER | 508 | |
TENNYSON | Birthplace at Somersby | 513 |
Antique Cross | 532 | |
Concluding Remarks | 533 |
GEORGE CRABBE.
When a youth, with a voracious appetite for books, an old lady, who kindly supplied me with many, put one day into my hands Crabbe's Borough. It was my first acquaintance with him, and it occasioned me the most singular sensations imaginable. Intensely fond of poetry, I had read the great bulk of our older writers, and was enthusiastic in my admiration of the new ones who had appeared. The Pleasures of Hope, of Campbell, the West Indies and World before the Flood, of Montgomery, the first Metrical Romances of Scott, all had their due appreciation. The calm dignity of Wordsworth and the blaze of Byron had not yet fully appeared. Every thing, however, old or new, in poetry, had a certain elevation of subject and style which seemed absolutely necessary to give it the title of poetry. But here was a poem by a country parson; the description