HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE MOST EMINENT BRITISH POETS. VOL. I. HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE MOST EMINENT BRITISH POETS. BY WILLIAM HOWITT. The Illustrations Engraved by H. W. Hewet. "An indissoluble sign of their existence has stamped itself on the abodes of all distinguished men, a sign which places all kindred spirits in communion with them."--_The Citizen of Prague._ IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET 1847. ADVERTISEMENT. The subject of the present work is very extensive, and it was soon found necessary to leave out the Dramatic Poets for separate treatment. To them may possibly be added such other of our eminent poets as could not be included in the present work. It will be recollected that it is professedly on the Homes and Haunts of the Poets, and is not strictly biographical. For this reason there are some poets of considerable eminence who will find comparatively small mention; and others none, not because they are not entitled to much notice, but because there is nothing of deep interest or novelty connected with their homes and abodes. THE ELMS, CLAPTON, _Dec. 18, 1846_. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. POETS. ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE CHAUCER _Tabard Inn, Southwark_ 1 SPENSER _Kilcolman Castle on Fire_ 15 SHAKSPEARE _Shakspeare reading to Queen Elizabeth_ 45 COWLEY _House at Chertsey_ 66 MILTON _Cottage at Chalfont_ 75 BUTLER _Ludlow Castle_ 118 DRYDEN _Burleigh House_ 126 ADDISON _Holland House_ 139 GAY 157 POPE _Villa at Twickenham_ 163 SWIFT _Laracor Church_ 198 _Stella's Cottage_ 223 _Ruins of Swift's House_ 236 THOMSON _Cottage in Kew Lane_ 237 SHENSTONE _Leasowes_ 258 CHATTERTON _Muniment Room_ 264 _Effigy of Canynge_ 307 GRAY 308 GOLDSMITH _Room at Walker's Hotel_ 322 BURNS _Burns and Mary parting_ 379 _Lincluden Abbey_ 441 COWPER _House at Weston_ 442 MRS. TIGHE 461 KEATS _Tombs of Keats and Shelley at Rome_ 475 SHELLEY _Shelley's Body found_ 489 BYRON _Annesley Hall_ 524 GEOFFREY CHAUCER. [Illustration]