A MINSTREL OF THE BORDER, 59 THE WAVERLEY DISPENSATION, 65 GLINTS OF ROYALTY, 77 CHAPTER III. A START IN LIFE, 83 HENRY BROUGHAM, 87 FRANCIS JEFFREY, 92 SYDNEY SMITH, 96 A HIGHLANDER, 103 REST AT CANNES, 107 CHAPTER IV. GIFFORD AND HIS QUARTERLY, 113 A PRINCE REGENT, 118 A SCHOLAR AND POET, 125 LANDOR IN ITALY, 132 LANDOR’S DOMESTICITIES, 136 FINAL EXILE AND DEATH, 138 PROSE OF LEIGH HUNT, 142 HUNT’S VERSE, 147 AN IRISH POET, 152 LALLA ROOKH, 157 CHAPTER V. THE “FIRST GENTLEMAN,” 165 HAZLITT AND HALLAM, 168 QUEEN OF A SALON, 173 YOUNG BULWER AND DISRAELI, 178 THE POET OF NEWSTEAD, 187 EARLY VERSE AND MARRIAGE, 193 CHAPTER VI. LORD BYRON A HUSBAND, 201 A STAY IN LONDON, 206 EXILE, 212 SHELLEY AND GODWIN, 216 BYRON IN ITALY, 223 SHELLEY AGAIN, 225 JOHN KEATS, 229 BURIED IN ROME, 233 PISA AND DON JUAN, 237 MISSOLONGHI, 241 CHAPTER VII. KING WILLIAM’S TIME, 252 HER MAJESTY VICTORIA, 255 MACAULAY, 259 IN POLITICS AND VERSE, 265 PARLIAMENTARIAN AND HISTORIAN, 270 SOME TORY CRITICS, 277 TWO GONE-BY STORY TELLERS, 281 _ENGLISH LANDS, LETTERS, & KINGS._ CHAPTER I.