Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jane Hyland, Rose Koven and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net _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 CHAPTER VIII. QUALITIES OF LORD BYRON'S HEART 245 CHAPTER IX. HIS BENEVOLENCE AND KINDNESS 284 CHAPTER X. LORD BYRON'S QUALITIES AND VIRTUES OF SOUL 305 CHAPTER XI. LORD BYRON'S CONSTANCY 347 CHAPTER XII. HIS COURAGE AND FORTITUDE 361 CHAPTER XIII. HIS MODESTY 372 CHAPTER XIV. VIRTUES OF HIS SOUL 381 CHAPTER XV. HIS GENEROSITY ELEVATED INTO HEROISM 396 CHAPTER XVI. HIS FAULTS 414 CHAPTER XVII. HIS IRRITABILITY 427 CHAPTER XVIII. HIS MOBILITY 450 CHAPTER XIX. HIS MISANTHROPY AND SOCIABILITY 457 CHAPTER XX. HIS PRIDE 484 CHAPTER XXI. HIS VANITY 488 CHAPTER XXII. LORD BYRON'S MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 504 CHAPTER XXIII. HIS GAYETY AND MELANCHOLY 545 CHAPTER XXIV. HIS MELANCHOLY 563 CHAPTER XXV. ATTRACTION OF TRUTH FOR; OR, CONSCIENCE THE CHIEF QUALITY OF HIS SOUL 631 SEMI-BIOGRAPHY OF BYRON IN MR. DISRAELI'S "VENETIA" 656 MY RECOLLECTIONS, ETC. INTRODUCTION. "To know another man well, especially if he be a noted and illustrious character, is a great thing not to be despised."--SAINTE-BEUVE.