reason than that of really wishing to see me, for better or worse, in
my home, come--some Spring or Summer day, when my Home at any rate is
pleasant. This all sounds mock-modesty; but it is not; as I can't
read Books, Plays, Pictures, etc. and don't see People, I feel, when a
Man comes, that I have all to ask and nothing to tell; and one doesn't
like to make a Pump of a Friend.'

{10a} At the Royal Institution, on 'The Theatre in Shakespeare's Time.'
The series consisted of six lectures, which were delivered from 20th
January to 24th February 1872. On 18th February 1872, Mrs. Kemble wrote:
'My dear old friend Donne is lecturing on Shakespeare, and I have heard
him these last two times. He is looking ill and feeble, and I should
like to carry him off too, out of the reach of his too many and too heavy
cares.'--'Further Records,' ii. 253.

{10b} 27th February, 1872, for the recovery of the Prince of Wales.

{10c} Mr. Jenney, the owner of Bredfield House, where FitzGerald was
born. See 'Letters,' i. 64.

{11} H. F. Chorley died 16th February 1872.

{13a} Perhaps Widmore, near Bromley. See 'Further Records,' ii. 253.

{13b} 'Old Kensington,' the first number of which appeared in the
_Cornhill Magazine_ for April 1872.

{15} He came May 18th, 1872, the day before Whitsunday.

{16a} F. T. came August 1st, 1872.

{16b} See 'Letters,' ii. 142-3.

{19a} Miss Harriet St. Leger.

{19b} April 14th, 1873. See 'Letters,' ii. 154.

{23a} Probably the piece beginning--

'On plante des pommiers es bords
Des cimitieres, pres des morts, &c

Olivier Basselin ('Vaux-de-Vire,' ed Jacob, 1858, xv. p. 28)

On Oct 13th, 1879, FitzGerald wrote of a copy of Olivier (ed. Du Bois,
1821) which he had sent by me to Professor Cowell: "If Cowell does not
care for Olivier--the dear Phantom!--pray do you keep him. Read a little
piece--the two first Stanzas--beginning 'Dieu garde de deshonneur,' p.
184--quite beautiful to me; though not classed as Olivier's. Also 'Royne
des Flours, &c,' p. 160. These are things that Beranger could not reach
with all his Art; but Burns could without it."

{23b} De Damoyselle Anne de Marle (Marot, 'Cimetiere,' xiv ):--

'Lors sans viser au lieu dont elle vint,
Et desprisant la gloire que l'on a
En ce bas monde, icelle Anne ordonna,
Que son corps fust entre les pauures mys
En cette fosse. Or prions, chers amys,
Que l'ame soit entre les pauure