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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

II

_E. J. TRELAWNY._

_From a portrait after Severn._

_in the possession of Sir Percy F. Shelley, Bart._

London. Richard Bentley & Son: 1889.]

THE LIFE & LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

by

MRS. JULIAN MARSHALL

With Portraits and Facsimile

In Two Volumes

VOL. II

London Richard Bentley & Son Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1889

CONTENTS

PAGES

CHAPTER XVII

JULY-SEPTEMBER 1822

1822 (July).--Mary and Mrs. Williams go to Pisa--They can
learn nothing--Trelawny accompanies them back to Casa
Magni--The bodies of Shelley and Williams are washed
ashore--Trelawny brings Mary, Jane, and Clare back to
Pisa--Mary's endurance--Letters from Godwin--Mary's letter
to Mrs. Gisborne--The bodies are cremated--Dispute about
Shelley's heart--It remains with Mary--Mary's decision to
remain for a time with the Hunts, and to assist them and
Byron with the _Liberal_--Goes to Genoa--Mrs. Williams goes
to England--Letter from Mary to Mrs. Gisborne and Clare--
Letters from Clare and Jane Williams--The Hunts and Byron
are established at Albaro 1-35

CHAPTER XVIII

SEPTEMBER 1822-JULY 1823

1822 (October).--Mary's desolate condition--Her diary--
Extracts--Discomfort with the Hunts--Byron's antipathy to
them all--Note from him to Mary--Trelawny's presence a
refreshment--Letters to and from him--Letter from Godwin--
Journal--Letter to Clare--Mary's poem "The Choice."

1823. Trelawny's zealous care for Shelley's tomb--Mary's
gratitude--She decides on returning to England--Sir Timothy
Shelley's refusal to assist her--Letter from Godwin--
Correspondence between Mary and Trelawny--Letter from
Godwin criticising _Valperga_--Byron is induced to go to
Greece--Summons Trelawny to accompany him--Mrs. Hunt's
confinement--Letters from Mary to Jane Williams--She starts
on her journey to England--Diary 36-88

CHAPTER XIX

JULY 1823-DECEMBER 1824

1823. Mary's journey--Letters to the Leigh Hunts--Arrival
in London--Jane Williams--Her attractiveness--_Frankenstein_
on the stage--Publication of Shelley's Posthumous Poems.

1824. Journal--Mary's wish to write for the stage--Godwin
discourages the idea--Affairs of the _Examiner_ newspaper--
The Novellos--Mrs. Cowden Clarke's reminiscences of Mary--
Death of Byron--Profound sensation--Journal--Letters from
Trelawny--Description of the "Cavern Fortress of Mount
Parnassus"--Letter from Mary to Trelawny--Letter to Leigh
Hunt--Negotiation with Sir T. Shelley--Allowance--
Suppression of the Posthumous Poems--Journal--Medwin's
Memoirs of Byron--Asks Mary to assist him--Her feelings on
the subject--Letter to Mrs. Hunt--Journal 89-129

CHAPTER XX

JANUARY 1825-JULY 1827

1825. Improvement in Mary's prospects--Letter to Miss
Curran--Letter to Leigh Hunt about his article on Shelley--
Shelley's portrait arrives--Journal--Trelawny's adventures
and escape from Greece--Mary's letter to him (February 1826).

1826. Reminiscences of Lord Byron's projected performance
of _Othello_ at Pisa--Clare Clairmont's life as a governess
in Russia--Description of her--Letter from her to Jane
Williams--Publication of _The Last Man_--Hogg's
appreciation--Stoppage of Mary's allowance--Peacock's
intervention in her behalf--Death of Charles Shelley--Mary's
letter to Leigh Hunt on the subject of Shelley's intended
legacy--Increase of allowance--Melancholy letter from
Trelawny.

1827. Mary's reply--Letter from Clare to Jane Williams--Jane
Williams' duplicity--Mary becomes aware of it--Her misery--
Journal 130-167

CHAPTER XXI

JULY 1827-AUGUST 1830

1827. Letter to Mary from Frances Wright presented by
Robert Dale Owen--Friendly Correspondence--Acquaintance--
Fanny Wright's history--Her personal appearance--Contrast
between her and Mrs. Shelley--She returns to America--Letter
from her--Letter from Godwin to Mary--Mary's stay at
Arundel--The Miss Robinsons--Letter from Trelawny--
Explanation with Jane Williams--Letter from Mary--Visit to
Paris--Mary catches the small-pox--Trelawny arrives in
England--Letters from him.

1829. He returns to Italy--Letter to Mary to say he is
writing his own life--Asks Mary to help him with
reminiscences of Shelley--She declines--He is angry--Letter
from Lord Dillon--_Perkin Warbeck_.

1830. Journal (January)--Mrs. Shelley's "at homes" in
Somerset Street--T. Moore--_Perkin Warbeck_ a
disappointment--Need of money--Letter from Clare--Mary
writes for the _Keepsake_ 168-203

CHAPTER XXII

AUGUST 1830-OCTOBER 1831

1830. Trelawny's autobiographical adventures to be entitled
_A Man's Life_--Correspondence with Mary respecting the
preparation and publication of the book.

1831. She negotiates the matter--Entreats for certain
modifications--The title is altered to _Adventures of a
Younger Son_--The author's vexation--Mary's patience--Horace
Smith's assistance--Trelawny surmises that "fate" may unite
him and Mary Shelley some day--"My name will never be
Trelawny"--Publication of the _Adventures_--Trelawny's later
_Recollections of Shelley, Byron, and the Author_--His rare
appreciation of Shelley--Singular discrepancies between the
first and second editions of the book--Complete change of
tone in later life with regard to Mrs. Shelley--Conclusions 204-232