Chapter X: March 1817-March 1818

1817 (March).--Albion House--Description--Visit of the Leigh
Hunts--Shelley's benevolence to the poor--Lord Eldon's
decree depriving Shelley of the custody of his children--His
indignation and grief--Godwin's continued impecuniosity and
exactions--Charles Clairmont's requests--Mary's visit to
Skinner Street--_Frankenstein_ is published--_Journal of a
Six Weeks' Tour_--Shelley writes _Revolt of Islam_--Allegra's
presence the cause of serious annoyance to the Shelleys--Mr.
Baxter's visit of discovery to Marlow--Birth of Mary's
daughter Clara (Sept. 2)--Mr. Baxter's second visit--His warm
appreciation of Shelley--Fruitless efforts to convert his
daughter Isabel to his way of thinking--The Shelleys
determine to leave Marlow--Shelley's ill-health--Mary's
letters to him in London--Desirability of sending Allegra to
her father--They decide on going abroad and taking her.

1818. Stay in London--The Booths and Baxters break off
acquaintance with the Shelleys--Shelley suffers from
ophthalmia--Preparations for departure--The three children
are christened--The whole party leave England (March 12) 182-210

CHAPTER XI

MARCH 1818-JUNE 1819

1818 (March).--Journey to Milan--Allegra sent to Venice--
Leghorn--Acquaintance with the Gisbornes--Lucca--Mary's wish
for literary work--Shelley and Clare go to Venice--The
Hoppners--Byron's villa at Este--Clara's illness--Letters--
Shelley to Mary--Mary to Mrs. Gisborne--Journey to Venice--
Clara dies--Godwin's letter to Mary--Este--Venice--Journey to
Rome--Naples--Shelley's depression of spirits.

1819. Discovery of Paolo's intrigue with Elise--They are
married--Return to Rome--Enjoyment--Shelley writes
_Prometheus Unbound_ and the _Cenci_--Miss Curran--Delay in
leaving Rome--William Shelley's illness and death 211-243

CHAPTER XII

JUNE 1819-SEPTEMBER 1820

1819 (August).--Leghorn--Journal--Mary's misery and utter
collapse of spirits--Letters to Miss Curran and Mrs. Hunt--
The Gisbornes--Henry Reveley's project of a steamboat--
Shelley's ardour--Letter from Godwin--Removal to Florence--
Acquaintance with Mrs. Mason (Lady Mountcashel)--Birth of
Percy (Nov. 19).

1820. Mary writes _Valperga_--Alarm about money--Removal to
Pisa--Paolo's infamous plot--Shelley seeks legal aid--Casa
Ricci, Leghorn--"Letter to Maria Gisborne"--Uncomfortable
relations of Mary and Clare--Godwin's distress and petitions
for money--Vexations and anxieties--Baths of San Giuliano--
General improvement--Shelley writes _Witch of Atlas_ 244-268

CHAPTER XIII

SEPTEMBER 1820-AUGUST 1821

1820. Abandonment of the steamboat project--Disappointment--
Wet season--The Serchio in flood--Return to Pisa--Medwin--His
illness--Clare takes a situation at Florence.

1821. Pisan acquaintances--Pacchiani--Sgricci--Prince
Mavrocordato--Emilia Viviani--Mary's Greek studies--Shelley's
trance of Emilia--It passes--The Williams' arrive--Friendship
with the Shelleys--Allegra placed in a convent--Clare's
despair--Shelley's passion for boating--They move to
Pugnano--"The boat on the Serchio"--Mary sits to E. Williams
for her portrait--Shelley visits Byron at Ravenna 269-293

CHAPTER XIV

AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1821

1821. Letters from Shelley to Mary--He hears from Lord Byron
of a scandalous story current about himself--Mary, at his
request, writes to Mrs. Hoppner confuting the charges--Letter
entrusted to Lord Byron, who neglects to forward it--Shelley
visits Allegra at Bagnacavallo--Winter at Pisa--"Tre Palazzi
di Chiesa"--Letters: Mary to Miss Curran; Clare to Mary;
Shelley to Ollier--_Valperga_ is sent to Godwin--His letter
accepting the gift (Jan. 1822)--Extracts 294-315

CHAPTER XV

NOVEMBER 1821-APRIL 1822

1822. Byron comes to Pisa--Letter from Mary to Mrs.
Gisborne--Journal--Trelawny arrives--Mary's first impression
of him--His description of her--His wonder on seeing
Shelley--Life at Pisa--Letters from Mary to Mrs. Gisborne
and Mrs. Hunt--Clare's disquiet--Her plans for getting
possession of Allegra--Affair of the dragoon--Judicial
inquiry--Projected colony at Spezzia--Shelley invites Clare
to come--She accepts--Difficulty in finding houses--
Allegra's death 316-342

CHAPTER XVI

APRIL-JULY 1822

1822 (April).--Difficulty in breaking the news to Clare--
Mary in weak health--Clare, Mary, and Percy sent to Spezzia--
Letter from Shelley--He follows with the Williams'--Casa
Magni--Clare hears the truth--Her grief--Domestic worries--
Mary's illness and suffering--Shelley's great enjoyment of
the sea--Williams' journal--The _Ariel_--Godwin's affairs and
threatened bankruptcy--Cruel letters--They are kept back from
Mary--Mary's letter to Mrs. Gisborne--Her serious illness--
Shelley's nervous attacks, dreams and visions--Mrs. Williams'
society soothing to him--Arrival of the Leigh Hunts at
Genoa--Shelley and Williams go to meet them at Pisa--They
sail for Leghorn--Mary's gloomy forebodings--Letters from
Shelley and Mrs. Williams--The voyagers' return is anxiously
awaited--They never come--Loss of the _Ariel_ 343-369

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY