vert veut-il montrer le nez; pas un rossignol encore; enfin, l'hiver
le 17 d'Avril.'

{218} In _Macmillan's Magazine_ for April 1881.

{219} Partly printed in 'Letters,' ii. 313.

{221} Partly printed in 'Letters,' ii. 312.

{227a} On Madame de Sevigne.

{227b} Published in 1882 as 'Records of Later Life.'

{227c} See letter of August 24th, 1875.

{230} Partly printed in 'Letters,' ii. 320-1.

{231} The correct date is 1794-1805.

{233} 'Evenings with a Reviewer.' The Reviewer was Macaulay, and the
review the Essay on Bacon.

{234a} At Boulge.

{234b} He was in London from February 17th to February 20th.

{236} See 'Letters,' ii. 324-6.

{237a} Full moon April 3rd, 1882.

{237b} 'Thomas Carlyle. The Man and His Books.' By W. H. Wylie. 1881,
p. 363.

{241a} On May 7 FitzGerald wrote to me from Lowestoft:

"I too am taking some medicine, which, whatever effect it has on me,
leaves an indelible mark on Mahogany: for (of course) I spilled a lot
on my Landlady's Chiffonier, and found her this morning rubbing at the
'damned Spot' with Turpentine, and in vain."

And two days later:

"I was to have gone home to-day: but Worthington wishes me to stay, at
any rate, till the week's end, by which time he thinks to remove what
he calls 'a Crepitation' in one lung, by help of the Medicine which
proved its power on the mahogany. Yesterday came a Cabinet-maker, who
was for more than half an hour employed in returning that to its
'sound and pristine health,' or such as I hope my Landlady will be
satisfied with."

{241b} Serjeant Ballantine's 'Experiences of a Barrister's Life'
appeared in March 1882.

{241c} Full moon was June 1st, 1882.

{243a} W. B. Donne died June 20th, 1882.

{243b} This letter is in my possession, and as it indicates what Mr.
Froude's plan originally was, though he afterwards modified it, I have
thought it worth while to give it in full.

'5 ONSLOW GARDENS, S.W.
'_May_ 19.

'DEAR MR. FITZGERALD,

'Certainly you are no stranger to me. I have heard so often from
Carlyle, and I have read so much in his letters, about your exertions,
and about your entertainment of him at various times, that I can
hardly persuade myself that I never saw you.

'The letters you speak of must be very interesting, and I would ask
you to let me see them if I thought that they were likely to be of use
to me; but the su