[270] For Shelley's desire for Hunt's good opinion, see _Works of Shelley_, VIII, p. 167. Hunt's collection of poems, published during 1818, under the title of _Foliage_ was dedicated to Shelley: "Had I known a person more highly endowed than yourself with all the qualities that it becomes a man to possess, I had selected for this work the ornament of his name. One more gentle, honorable, innocent and brave; one of more exalted toleration of all who do and think evil; one who knows better how to receive, and how to confer a benefit though he must ever confer far more than he can receive; one of simpler, and in the highest sense of the word, of purer life and manners I never knew: and I had already been fortunate in friendships when your name was added to the list." [271] _Correspondence_, I, p. 153. [272] _Ibid._, I, p. 154. [273] _Ibid._, I, p. 179; March 26, 1822. [274] In an article on the _Suburbs of Genoa and the Country about London_, pp. 118-119. [275] Dated August 4, 1823. [276] The second part of the sketch was in answer to the _Quarterly Review's_ attack on the _Posthumous Poems_, which Mrs. Shelley, aided by Hunt, had published in 1824. This account was reworked in 1850 for the _Autobiography_ and was taken in part for the preface to an edition of Shelley's works in 1871. Hunt wrote another biographical sketch of Shelley for S. C. Hall's _Book of Gems_ (p. 40). He gave a fine description of his physical appearance not often quoted. [277] It was considered by the _Athaneum_ to be the best part of the book, and to be the "powerful portrait of a benevolent man." (VI, p. 70.) [278] Letter to Ollier, February, 1858. [279] _Atlantic Monthly_, February, 1863. [280] Forman, _Shelley Library_, p. 113, says that the motto from _Laon and Cythna_ was added by Hunt. [281] Pt. 2, p. 37. [282] P. 217. [283] _A Shelf of Old Books_, p. 291. [284] Hunt's _Book of the Sonnet_, which appeared posthumously, contained a criticism of Shelley's sonnet on _Ozymandyas_ (I, p. 87). [285] August 13 and 20, 1859. [286] _The Examiner_, December 28, 1817. [287] _Ibid._, July 15, 1821. [288] _Literary Pocket Book_, London, 1819. Shelley's signature was [Greek: D] and [Greek: S]. See Hunt, _Correspondence_, I, 125. [289] _Literary Pocket Book_, 1821. (_Works of Shelley_, III, p. 150.) [290] _Literary Pocket Book_, 1821. (_Works of Shelley_, III, p. 380.) [291] _Literary Pocket Book_, 1822. (_Works of Shelley_, IV, p. 32.) [292] _Ibid._, 1822. (_Works of Shelley_, IV, p. 49.) [293] _Ibid._, 1823. (_Works of Shelley_, IV, p. 63.) [294] _Ibid._, 1823. (_Works of Shelley_, IV, p. 41.) [295] _Ibid._, 1823. Mr. Forman thinks that the poem refers to Harriet Shelley's death and that the date is a disguise. (_Works of Shelley_, III, p. 146.) [296] _The Indicator_, December 22, 1819. [297] Chapter IV. [298] _Works of Shelley_, VIII, p. 291; November 3, 1819. [299] _Works of Shelley_, IV, p. 359.