CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

The Writer's arrival at Pisa. Lord Byron's live-

stock and impediments. The Lanfranchi pa-

lace; Ugolino; Lanfranchi's ghost. An English

Cerberus. Lord B.'s Leporello; bas reliefs and

mantel-pieces.
1-4

Introduction to Lord Byron. His cordiality of

manner. Description of his person; his bust

by Bertolini; the cloven foot; his Lordship's

temperate habits, and regard for the brute cre-

ation. Conversations on Switzerland and Ger-

many; strong predilection for Turkey 5-13

Residence at Geneva. Malicious intruders. Ma-
dame de Staël. Dinner disaster. Excursions

on the Lake; Shelley and Hobhouse; St. Preux

and Julia; classical drowning. Lord Byron's

horsemanship; pistol-firing; remarks on duel-

ling; his own duels. Anecdote . 13-18

Sunset at Venice and Pisa. Routine of Lord By-

ron's life. The Countess Guiccioli; Lord B.'s

attachment to her; Sonnet and Stanzas in

honour of her. Cavalieri Serventi. Mode

of bringing up Italian females; its conse-

quences. Italian propensity to love.

macy with the Countess; her rescue

Inti-

18-31

Lord Byron's preference for Ravenna. Female

beauty in Italy and England compared. The

Constitutionalists; their proscription. Lord

Byron's danger. Assassination of the military

Commandant at Ravenna. Lord B.'s huma-

nity

31-37

The Byron Memoirs: Mr. Moore, Lady Burg-

hersh, and Lady Byron. Lord B.'s opinion of

his own Memoirs, his marriage and separation.

Mrs. Williams, the English Sybil. An omen.

Lord B.'s introduction to Miss Milbanke; his

courtship and marriage.
38-43

The wedding-ring. An uneasy ride. The honey-

moon. Lord and Lady B.'s fashionable dissipa-

tion; consequent embarrassment; final separa-

tion. Lord B.'s prejudices respecting women.

Family jars; Mrs. Charlement. Singular do-

mestic scrutiny. Mrs. Mardyn. Statute of

lunacy happily avoided. Lady Noel's hatred:

anecdote .
44-55

Lady Byron's abilities. Lord B.'s various counter-

parts." The Examiner," and Lady Jersey.

Sale of Newstead Abbey; his Lordship's de-

parture from England.
55-60

Madame de Staël and Goethe. Lord B.'s parti-

ality for America; curious specimen of Ameri-

can criticism. The 'Sketches of Italy.' Lord

B.'s life at Venice; further remarks on his

Memoirs

61-65

Anecdotes of himself and companions: Lord Falk-
land. Lord B.'s presentiments; early horror
of matrimony; anti-matrimonial wager. Anec-
dotes of his father. Craniology. Anecdote of
his uncle. Early love for Scotland: Mary

C. Harrow School; Duke of Dorset ;
Lords Clare and Calthorpe; school rebellion
66-80

The Hours of Idleness.' The skull goblet; a
new order established at Newstead. Julia Al-
pinula. Skulls from the field of Morat. Lord
B.'s contempt for academic honours; his bear;
the ourang-outang. A lady in masquerade.
Mrs. L. G.'s depravity. Singular occurrence.
Comparison of English and Italian profligacy
80-88

Fashionable pastimes; Hell in St. James's Street;
chicken-hazard. Scrope Davies, and Lord
B'.s pistols; the deodand. Lord B. commences
his travels. His opinion of Venice. His own
and Napoleon's opinion of women.
Fornarina; Harlowe the painter.
sometimes dangerous at Venice

The new

Gallantry

88-98

Lord Byron's religious opinions; his scepticism
only occasional. English Cathedral Service.
Religion of Tasso and Milton. Missionary So-
cieties, and missions to the East. Tentazione
di Sant' Antonio. Tacitus; Priestley and Wes-