allow the writer's personality to overshadow the subject. That the poet may, as far as possible, be his own interpreter, I have selected as illustrations those poems which seem to have expressed his feelings at the different epochs of his life. They are chosen entirely for their fitness, not their literary rank. I must not neglect to render hearty thanks for assistance in sending "memories" and letters, to the Hon. Mrs. Williams, of Herringston; Mrs. Tennant, Mrs. Colfox, and Miss Bayley; to Prof. Palgrave, F.R.S.; Edmund Gosse, Esq.; Thomas Hardy, Esq.; Charles Holland Warne, Esq.; J. S. Udal, Esq.; Daniel Ricketson, Esq., of New Bedford, Mass., U S.A.; and the members of my own family. "LEADER SCOTT." (LUCY E. BAXTER.) FLORENCE, 1887. N.B.-Although I have been otherwise advised, I have decided to retain my signature "Leader Scott," which is better known than my own name to English readers, and was moreover chosen for me from family names by my father himself. |