1831. She negotiates the matter--Entreats for certain modifications--The title is altered to _Adventures of a Younger Son_--The author's vexation--Mary's patience--Horace Smith's assistance--Trelawny surmises that "fate" may unite him and Mary Shelley some day--"My name will never be Trelawny"--Publication of the _Adventures_--Trelawny's later _Recollections of Shelley, Byron, and the Author_--His rare appreciation of Shelley--Singular discrepancies between the first and second editions of the book--Complete change of tone in later life with regard to Mrs. Shelley--Conclusions 204-232 CHAPTER XXIII OCTOBER 1831-OCTOBER 1839 Godwin's _Thoughts on Man_ (1830)--Letter to Mary--Letter from Clare--Question of Percy's going to a public school. 1831. Mary Shelley applies to Sir Timothy for an increase of allowance--She is refused. 1832. Letter from Godwin asking for an idea or suggestion-- Mary writes "Lives of Italian and Spanish Literary Men" for Lardner's _Cyclopædia_--Clare's tale--Cholera in London-- Mary goes to Sandgate--Trelawny returns--His daughter stays with Mary at Sandgate--Death of Lord Dillon--Letter from Godwin--His son William dies of cholera--Posthumous novel, _Transfusion_--Clare's letters to Jane and Mary. 1833. Mrs. Shelley goes to live at Harrow--Letter to Mrs. Gisborne--Influenza--Solitude--Hard work--Letter from 1834 Godwin--Letters from Mary to Trelawny and to Mrs. Gisborne--Offer of £600 for annotated edition of Shelley's works--Difficulties. 1835. _Lodore_--Its success--Reminiscences of her own experiences--Letter from Clare--Melancholy letter from Mary to Mrs. Gisborne--"A Dirge"--Trelawny returns from America-- Mary's friendship with Mrs. Norton--Letter to Mrs. Gisborne--Godwin's 1836 death--Efforts to get an annuity for his widow--Letters from Mrs. Norton and Trelawny. 1837. Letters from Mary to Trelawny--Death of the Gisbornes-- Impediments to Mary's undertaking the biography of her father--Her edition of Shelley's works--Painful task. 1839. Letter from Sir E. L. Bulwer--Fragment from Mrs. Norton--The Diplomatic Service--Journal--Bitter Vexations-- Illness--Recovery 233-291 CHAPTER XXIV OCTOBER 1839-FEBRUARY 1851 1839. Publication of Shelley's prose works--Motto--Letter from Carlyle. 1840. Journal--Brighton--Continental tour with Percy and his reading-party--Stay at Como--Mary's enjoyment--Her son takes his degree, and receives allowance from his grandfather-- Letter of congratulation from Mrs. Norton--Mary 1841 and Percy go abroad again--Kissingen; Gotha; Weimar; Leipzig; Berlin; Dresden; Prague; Linz; Salzburg; Venice-- Associations--Winter at Florence--Rome--Sorrento--Home again.