[Illustration: _Bayard Taylor._] THE LIFE, TRAVELS, AND LITERARY CAREER OF BAYARD TAYLOR. “Crown Love, crown Truth when first her brow appears, And crown the hero when his deeds are done: The Poet’s leaves are gathered one by one. In the slow process of the doubtful years. Who seeks too eagerly, he shall not find: Who seeking not pursues with single mind Art’s lofty aim, to him will she accord, At her appointed time, the sure reward.” BY RUSSELL H. CONWELL, AUTHOR OF “LIFE OF PRESIDENT HAYES,” “WHY AND HOW THE CHINESE EMIGRATE,” “HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON,” “HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN SAINT JOHN, N. B.,” “LESSONS OF TRAVEL,” ETC., ETC. BOSTON: B. B. RUSSELL & CO., No. 57 CORNHILL. DETROIT: R. D. S. TYLER & CO. PORTLAND: JOHN RUSSELL. PHILADELPHIA: QUAKER CITY PUBLISHING HOUSE. NEW YORK: CHARLES DREW. CHICAGO: ANDREWS & DORMAN. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.: FRED L. HORTON & CO. 1879. Copyright, BY B. B. RUSSELL & CO., 1879 BOSTON: Printed by ALBERT J. WRIGHT, 79 Milk Street. TO THE MISTRESS OF MY HOME. “My tears were on the pages as I read The touching close: I made the story mine, Within whose heart, long plighted to the dead, Love built his living shrine.” “For she is lost; but she, the later bride, Who came my ruined fortune to restore; Back from the desert wanders at my side, And leads me home once more.” —_Poet’s Journal._ PREFACE.