{407b} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.

{407c} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.

{408a} George Borrow, by R. A. J. Walling.

{409a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.

{411a} This is rather awkwardly phrased, as Mrs Borrow was alive at that date.

{412a} The first reference to the famous Appendix is contained in a letter to John Murray (11th Nov. 1853) in which Borrow writes: "In answer to your inquiries about the fourth volume of Lavengro, I beg leave to say that I am occasionally occupied upon it. I shall probably add some notes."

{412b} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.

{413a} The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.

{415a} Wild Wales, page 6.

{415b} There appears to have been a slight cast in his (Borrow's) left eye. The Queen of the Nokkums remarked that, like Will Faa, he had "a skellying look with the left eye" (Romano Lavo-Lil, page 267). Mr F. H. Bowring, who frequently met him, states that he "had a slight cast in the eye."

{416a} E[lizabeth] H[arvey] in The Eastern Daily Press, 1st Oct. 1892.

{417a} Ellen Jones actually wrote -

Ellen Jones yn pithyn pell i gronow owen

{417b} Wild Wales, pages 227-8.

{418a} This was the mason of whom Borrow enquired the way, and who "stood for a moment or two, as if transfixed, a trowel motionless in one of his hands, and a brick in the other," who on recovering himself replied in "tolerable Spanish."--Wild Wales, page 225.

{418b} Wild Wales, page 5.

{418c} These particulars have been courteously supplied by Mr George Porter of Denbigh, who interviewed Mrs Thomas on 27th Dec. 1910. Borrow's accuracy in Wild Wales was photograph. The Norwich jeweller Rossi mentioned in Wild Wales (page 159 et seq.) was a friend of Borrow's with whom he frequently spent an evening: conversing in Italian, "being anxious to perfect himself in that language." I quote from a letter from his son Mr Theodore Rossi. "There was an entire absence of pretence about him and we liked him very much--he always seemed desirous of learning."

{419a} This story is told by Mr F. J. Bowring, son of Sir John Bowring. He heard it from Mrs Roberts, the landlady of the inn.

{419b} Wild Wales, page 274.

{419c} Wild Wales, page 130.

{419d} Wild Wales, page 130.

{420a} Wild Wales, page 150.

{420b} These carvels were written by such young people as thought themselves "endowed with the poetic gift, to compose carols some time before Christmas, and to recite them in the parish churches. Those pieces which were approved of by the clergy were subsequently chanted by their authors through their immediate neighbourhoods." (Introduction to Bayr Jairgey, Borrow's projected book on the Isle of Man.)

{422a} Painted by H. W. Phillips in 1843.

{423a} Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences. The Globe, 21st July 1896.

{423b} The Anglo-Saxon scholar (1795-1857), who though paralysed during the whole of her life visited Rome, Athens and other places. She was the first woman elected a member of the British Association.

{423c} To judge from Borrow's opinion of O'Connell previously quoted, "notoriety" would have been a more appropriate word in his case.

{424a} Given to the Rev. A. W. Upcher and related by him in The Athenaeum, 22nd July 1893.

{425a} Lavengro, page 361.

{425b} The Romany Rye, page 309.

{425c} Wild Wales, page 285.

{425d} The Eastern Daily Press, 1st Oct. 1892.

{427a} Garcin de Tassy. Note sur les Ruba'iyat de 'Omar Khaiyam, which appeared in the Journal Asiatique.

{428a} Letters and Literary Remains of Edward FitzGerald, 1889.

{428b} Songs of Europe, or Metrical Translations from All the European Languages, With Brief Prefatory Remarks on Each Language and its Literature. 2 vols. (Advertised as "Ready for the Press" at the end of The Romany Rye. See page 438.)

{429a} Rev. Whitwell Elwin, editor of The Quarterly Review. See post, p. 431.

{431a} Elwin could not very well have known Borrow all his, Borrow's life, as Dr Knapp states, for he was fifteen years younger, being born 26th Feb. 1816.

{432a} Some XVIII. Century Men of Letters. Ed. Warwick Elwin, 1902.

{432b} Some XVIII. Century Men of Letters. Ed. Warwick Elwin, 1902.

{433a} Some XVIII. Century Men of Letters. Ed. Warwick Elwin, 1902.

{435a} Entitled Roving Life in England. March 1857.

{436a} Elwin had already testified, also in The Quarterly Review, to the accuracy of Borrow's portrait of B. R. Haydon in Lavengro, as confirmed by documentary evidence, and this after first reading the account as "a comic exaggeration."

{437a} Letters and Literary Remains of Edward FitzGerald, 1889.

{437b} Mr A. Egmont Hake in Athenaeum, 13th Aug. 1881.

{438a} Works by the Author of The Bible in Spain, ready for the Press.

In Two Volumes, Celtic Bards, Chiefs, and Kings.--In Two Volumes, Wild Wales, Its People, Language, and Scenery.--In Two Volumes, Songs of Europe; or, Metrical Translations From all the European Languages. With brief Prefatory Remarks on each Language and its Literature.--In Two Volumes, Koempe Viser; Songs about Giants and Heroes. With Romantic and Historical Ballads, Translated from the Ancient Danish. With an Introduction and Copious Notes.--In One Volume, The Turkish Jester; or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin Efendi. Translated from the Turkish. With an Introduction.--In Two Volumes, Penquite and Pentyre; or, The Head of the Forest and the Headland. A Book on Cornwall.--In One Volume, Russian Popular Tales, With an Introduction and Notes. Contents:- The Story of Emelian the Fool; The Story of the Frog and the Hero; The Story of the Golden Mountain; The Story of the Seven Sevenlings; The Story of the Eryslan; The Story of the Old Man and his Son, the Crane; The Story of the Daughter of the Stroey; The Story of Klim; The Story of Prince Vikor; The Story of Prince Peter; The Story of Yvashka with the Bear's Ear.--In One Volume, The Sleeping Bard; or, Visions of the World, Death, & Hell. By Master Elis Wyn. Translated from the Cambrian British.--In Two Volumes (Unfinished), Northern-Skalds, Kings, and Earls.--The Death of Balder; A Heroic Play. Translated from the Danish of Evald.--In One Volume, Bayr Jairgey and Glion Doo: The Red Path and the Black Valley. Wanderings in Quest of Manx Literature.

{439a} "She was a lady of striking figure and very graceful manners, perhaps more serious than vivacious."--Mr A. Egmont Hake in The Athenaeum, 13th August 1881.

{440a} She bequeathed to her son by will "all and every thing" of which she died possessed, charging him with the delivery of any gift to any other person she might desire.

{440b} Wild Wales, page 548.

{442a} These particulars have been kindly supplied by Mr D. B. Hill of Mattishall, Norfolk.

{445a} Mr. A. Egmont Hake in The Athenaeum, 13th Aug. 1881.

{445b} The Life of Frances Power Cobbe, by Herself, 1894.

{446a} The Life of Frances Power Cobbe, by Herself, 1894.

{447a} "In Defence of Borrow," prefixed to The Romany Rye. Ward, Locke & Co.

{447b} Vestiges of Borrow; Some Personal Reminiscences. The Globe, 21st July 1896.

{448a} The Athenaeum, 13th August 1881.

{449a} Mr A. Egmont Hake in Macmillan's Magazine, November 1881.

{449b} Mr A. Egmont Hake in The Athenaeum, 13th August 1881.

{449c} Memoirs of Eighty Years, by Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.

{450a} The Athenaeum, 10th September 1881.

{451a} The Athenaeum, 10th September 1881.

{451b} The Athenaeum, 13th August 1881.