Upon its mother) may be both alike

Disarmed of power to unsettle present good
So prized, and things inward and outward held
In such an even balance, that the heart
Acknowledges God's grace, his mercy feels,
And in its depth of gratitude is still.

O gift divine of quiet sequestration!
The hermit, exercised in prayer and praise,
And feeding daily on the hope of heaven,
Is happy in his vow, and fondly cleaves
To life-long singleness; but happier far
Was to your souls, and, to the thoughts of others,
A thousand times more beautiful appeared,
Your dual loneliness. The sacred tie

Is broken; yet why grieve? for Time but holds His moiety in trust, till Joy shall lead

To the blest world where parting is unknown."

ADDITIONAL NOTES.

(Vol. i., p. 365.)

Sir George [William] Young.-I have been unable to obtain any information about this gentleman, whom Lamb in two successive letters to Hazlitt calls Sir George and Sir William. Although he possessed an important collection of pictures, he does not seem to be named in the Obituary of the "Gentleman's Magazine," nor does his name occur in Cunningham or Jesse. I observe that in the List of Subscribers to the Topographical Map of Kent, 1769, by Andrews, Dury, and Herbert, is Sir George Young, Bart.-possibly the same person.

(Vol. ii., p. 374.)

Illness of Miss Isola.—The subjoined note to Moxon was omitted in its proper place :

TO EDWARD MOXON.

[Enfield, 21 Feb., 1831.] "Dear M.,-I came to town last week, but could not stretch so far as you. A letter has just come from Mrs. Wms. to say that Emma is so poorly that she must have long holydays here. It has agitated us so much, & we shall expect her so hourly, that you shall excuse me to Wordsth for not coming up; we are both nervous & poorly. Your punctual newspapers are our bit of comfort. Adieu, till better times. "C. LAMB.

Ryle comes on Sunday week. Can you come with him? See him.”

(Vol. ii., p. 395.)

Last removal to Edmonton.-The Lambs, after their relinquishment of London as a place of regular abode, had moved in succession to Islington (with an occasional sojourn at Dalston), Enfield, and Edmonton. All these selections of locality appear to have been more or less fortuitous.

Islington, from its unusual accessibility to the theatre of their labours, was then, as it still is, a favourite haunt of the clerks employed in the City; and Lamb was no doubt led to seek quarters there by some of his colleagues who had preceded him.

Dalston, again, was a vicinity familiarized to him by the Novellos; and at Enfield his next-door neighbour was his quondam tailor Leishman who, on giving up his business in Blandford Court, near Marlborough House, had retired to Chase Side. Doubtless it was through him more immediately that Lamb chose that once pleasant suburb as a residence, though he must have been well acquainted with the place from the Clarkes' school there and its association with Keats.

The ultimate migration to Edmonton was equally due to a casual circumstance. Miss Lamb had originally stayed there under the charge of the Waldens, who possessed experience in the management of persons of unsound mind; and her brother judged it better, on the whole, that he should live with her, as it were, than that she should live with him. It was, in fact, a compromise, as Miss Lamb became proner to attacks, between a home and an asylum.

(Vol. ii., p. 396.)

Letter to Miss Betham.-Subjoined is an accurate copy of this letter. I unfortunately employed a transcript, which has proved to be inexact, and the inference drawn from the allusion to Southey's loss of course falls to the ground. For the letter was placed too late in the series. Moreover, that printed at p. 24 of vol. ii. under the same date, may be, after all, of 1815, as the postscript, on which I was induced to rely, really belongs to the present note. So much for transcripts!

TO MISS MATILDA BETHAM.

Be

"Dear Miss Betham,-I have sent your very pretty lines to Southey in a frank, as you requested. Poor S., what a grievous loss he must have had! Mary and I rejoyce in the prospect of seeing you soon in Town. Let us be among the very first persons you come to see. lieve me that you can have no friends who respect & love you more than ourselves. Pray present our kind remembrances to Barbara and to all to whom you may think they will be acceptable.

"Yours very sincerely,

"Have you seen Christabel since its publication?

"E. I. H., 1 June, 1816."

(Vol. ii., p. 397.)

"C. LAMB.

Legacy from Miss Betham's sister.-The legacy was £30, and was left to Miss Lamb by Mrs. Anne Norman, née Betham. Lamb gave Miss Matilda Betham a receipt for it (£27, being £30 less duty,) on the 3rd February, 1834, "for Mary Anne Lamb, the said Mary Lamb being at present of unsound mind, and under my charge."

INDEX.

*In the case of the Letters, when several addressed to the same
person appear in succession, an index reference is given to the first
only.