Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II MY MOTHER'S JOURNAL AND MY FATHER'S LETTER-DIARIES Throughout Chapters II, III, IV and VI, for the greater clearness of the text, I have printed all extracts from my mothers journal in small print; and my father's diary and letters, as well as my own paragraphs, in large print. 1865-1869 My father s letter-diary. The death of his mother) 1865. Feb. 21 st. Rosemount, Hampstead. Mother had gone before I came, she went at 10 p.m., age 84. I dare not see her. I shall have to stop over the funeral. She did not ask for me especially, which is one comfort. Feb. 25M. Hampstead. I am going to put up at Arthur's. We are all I think pretty cheerful. I hope Woolner will make himself quite at home at Farringford and have an attic for smoking, for he enjoys his pipe. Monday, Hampstead. We are going to the funeral to-day. The departure of so blessed a being, almost whose last words were, when asked how she felt, "very quiet," seems to have no sting in it and she declared that she had no pain. We all of us hate the pompous funeral we have to join in, black plumes, black coaches and nonsense. We should like all to go in white and gold rather, but convention is against us. After the funeral.1 All has gone off very quietly. A funeral came before us and a funeral followed. I could have wished for the country churchyard.2 My mother's journal.--The Club, "Ay Inter's Field" Mesmerism, Winchester, Professor Owen The following Preface was written by A. for the "Selection from his Poems" (sold in threepenny numbers), in which were included six new poems, "The Captain," "On a Mourner," "Home they brought him slain with spears," and "Three sonnets to a coquette " "I have been assured that a selection from my poems would not be unacceptable to the...
