Lord Byron juge par les temoins de sa Vie.
MY RECOLLECTIONS
OF
LORD BYRON;
AND
THOSE OF EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS LIFE.
"The long promised work of the COUNTESS GUICCIOLI."--
Athenaeum.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1869.
ADVERTISEMENT BY THE ENGLISH PUBLISHER.
The Publisher of this Translation feels authorized to state, that it is the production of the celebrated COUNTESS GUICCIOLI.
RICHARD BENTLEY.
TO
THE AUTHOR OF THIS WORK,
THE
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
IS
Respectfully Dedicated
BY
HUBERT E.H. JERNINGHAM.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF LORD BYRON Page 9
CHAPTER I. LORD BYRON AND M. DE LAMARTINE 43
CHAPTER II. PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON 58
CHAPTER III. FRENCH PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON 70
CHAPTER IV. HIS RELIGIOUS OPINIONS 106
CHAPTER V. HIS CHILDHOOD AND HIS YOUTH 174
CHAPTER VI. HIS FRIENDSHIPS 201
CHAPTER VII. LORD BYRON CONSIDERED AS A FATHER, AS A BROTHER, AND AS A SON--HIS GOODNESS SHOWN BY THE STRENGTH OF HIS INSTINCTIVE AFFECTIONS 232