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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery : Including FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETONSCOTHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY "^ m - i OF (S-^ #>?ia/t Q/am&t & - 'jztxytite/? L OTSTDON : LONGMAN, BROWN. GREEN 8c LONGW I RJSTOSTER ROW. MEMOIKS U/ 31 THE LIFE AND WRITINGS JAMES MONTGOMERY, INCLUDING SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE, REMAINS IN PROSE AND VERSE, AND CONVERSATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. BY JOHN HOLLAND AND JAMES EVERETT. VOL. II. ' There is a living spirit in the lyre, A breath of music and a soul of fire ; It speaks a language to the world unknown ; It speaks that language to the bard alone." World before the Flood. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. 1855. London . A. and G. A. Spottiswoode, New-street- Square. — CONTENTS. CHAPTER XXIII. 1800—1801. Page State of English Poetry at the Close of the Eighteenth Cen- tury. — Montgomery writes an Address for the Theatre. — Mrs. Siddons. — New Feature of the " Iris." — Series of Paragraphs on the Affairs of Switzerland. — Epitaph " on Edwin and Emma," and " on a Youth." — The " Suffering Peasant," by Ignatius Montgomery. — Local Distress. — " - - - - A Fragment " - I CHAP. XXIV. 1801—1803. " Hannah." — Montgomery extends his poetical Claims. — Adopts the Signature of " Alcajus." — The " Lyre." — Blank Verse. — The " Poetical Register," and the " An- nual Review." — Dr. Aikin. — The Peace of Amiens. Letters to Aston and to Montgomery. — The " Pillow," the " Thunder Storm," and the " Joy of Grief." — Chat- terton. — Political Paragraphs. — Origin of the " Wan- derer of Switzerland" - - - - 13 CHAP. XXV. 1803—1804. Threatened French Invasion of Great Britain. — Volunteer Corps. — Firing of a Yorkshire Beacon, and consecpient Alarm. — Montgomery endeavours to counteract the ge- neral Panic. — Rumours of hostile Preparations by the A 2 CONTENTS. Pace Enemy . — " Ode to the Volunteers." — "Verses in Memory of Joseph Brown." — Adam Clarke. — Religious Views and Feelings. — Montgomery's Review of his own Character and Position at this Period. — His personal Friends. — Letter to his Brother Ignatius. — Letter from Miss Sarah Gales -.-...-30 CHAP. XXVI. 1804. Ambition and Presumption of Bonaparte. — Gessler and Tell. — The Poet's Study in the Hartshead. — Influence of external Objects. — Miss Gales's Shop. — Letter to Aston. — Newspaper Statistics. — Letters to and from Samuel Roberts. — The Italian Language and Mr. Roscoe. — Sonnet - - - - - - 45 CHAP. XXVH. 1805. Death of " Justice Wilkinson." — The "Snowdrop." — The " Ocean." — Imputed Disloyalty. — The Quaker's Placard. — The " Widow." — Letter to Aston. — Amusing Mistake. — General Mack. — Threatened Prosecutions. — Death of Lord Nelson. — Chantrey, the Sculptor. — The " Grave." — The " Common Lot," and " Piping Bullfinches." — Gil- fillan's Remarks - - - - - 58 CHAP. XXVIIL 1806. First Appearance of the " Wanderer of Switzerland." — Plan of the Poem. — Its favourable Reception. — Dr. and Miss Aikin. — " Departed Days." — Notice of the " Wan- derer" in the " Eclectic Review." — Correspondence be- tween the Editor Daniel Parken, and the Poet. — Mont- gomery writes for the "Eclectic." — " Little's Poems." — Conversations. — Letters to Parken. — Death of Pitt and Fox. — Their Characters compared - - - 79 — CONTENTS. CHAP. XXIX. 1806. Page Carey and Chantrey. — Montgomery's Reviews long and in- teresting. — Letters to Parken. — Review of Moore's Poems. — Conversations. — Attention to religious Duties. — Methodist Class Meetings. — Change in his Habits. — Non-sectarian Piety. — Editorial Anxieties. — Success of the " Wanderer of Switzerland." — Wooll's Memoirs of Warton. — The "Dial." — " Harp of Sorrow." — Jeu d'Esprit - - - - - 102 CHAP. XXX. 1807. Business Affairs. — Letter from Dr. Aikin. — Letter to Parken. — "Life of Colonel Hutchinson." — Edinburgh Review of the " Wanderer of Switzerland," written by Jeffrey. — Vaticide. — Miss Aikin's Verses. — Letter to Aston. — Proposed new Sheffield Newspaper. — Letters to Parken - - - - - - 126 CHAP. XXXI. 1807. Correspondence with Gardiner of Leicester. — Letters to Aston and Parken.— Sotheby's " Saul." — Text and Notes. — Letter to Ignatius Montgomery.— Mrs. Skepper and her poetical Friends. — Montgomery takes part in local benevolent Movements. — "Chimney-sweeper's Boy." — Bombardment of Copenhagen.— Methodist Preachers. Spiritual Counsel — Conversations.— Eupolis - - 145 CHAP. XXXII. 1807—1808. Letter to Parken. — " Bolebill Trees."— The Mower Family. — "M. S." and her Friends. — Mrs. Le Noir. — The " Molehill," tbe " Cast-away Ship," and " Pope's Willow." — R. H. Cromek. — Namesake Children. — Spurious Poems. — " Pilgrimage to Canterbury." — Animadver- — VI CONTENTS. Pace sions on Cobbett's Advocacy of War. — Heroic Self- Devotion. — Review of Wordsworth's " Lyrical Ballads." — Conversation. — Foster, the Essayist. — Letters to Parken and Aston. — Nightingale's "Portraiture of Me- thodism." — Walter Scott, Kirke White, and Thomas Derinody. — Contrite Expressions. — " Marmion." — Lope de Vega. — The " Senses."— The "Walk in Spring." — " Swiss Cowherd's Song." — Convention of Cintra. — Address to the King ..... 170 CHAP. XXXIII. 1808. Political Comments in the " Iris." — Spirited personal Con- troversy. — Reclamation of poetical Credit. — The Flax Flower. — Visit to London. — Interview with Friends. Parken, Dr. Gregory, Josiah Conder, and Basil Montague. — Dr. Parr, his Pipe, and his Opinions. — The Aikins. — Letters from Bloonifield and Coleridge. — Anonymous Epi- grams. — "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" - 197 CHAP. XXXIV. 1809. The Slave Trade. — Early Movements on the Subject. Disuse of Sugar. — Progress of the Principles of the Abo- litionists. — Montgomery's Opinions. — Parliamentary Pro- ceedings. — Abolition of the British Slave Trade. — Cele- brations of the Event. — Bowyer's Project. — Poem of the " West Indies." — Its Character and Success. — Mungo Park. — Wilberforce and Las Casas. — Cowper - - 216 CHAP. XXXV. 1809. Review of Crabbe's " Poems." — Campbell's " Gertrude of Wyoming."— Burns' "Reliques."— Wordsworth's political Pamphlet.— Correspondence with Mr. Roscoe. —The Duke of York. — Sir John Moore. — Death of Thomas Gales. — Lancasterian School. —Writing in Sunday Schools. — The Jubilee ------- 234 — CONTENTS. vii CHAP. XXXVI. 1810. Paire Newspaper Writing. — The "Iris."—Wardle and Burdett, — Letters to and from Mr. Roseoe. — Letter to Miss Pear- son. — Death of Dr. Browne. — "Anne and Jane."— Let- ters to Roseoe. — To Robert Montgomery. — Review of Barlow's " Columbiad."— Grahame's " British Georgics." —Visit to Harrogate. — Excursions. — Park en at Sheffield. — Thoughts about Matrimony. — Letters from Roseoe and Dr. Gregory. — From Montgomery to Mrs. Gregory - 250 CHAP. XXXVII. 1811. " World before the Flood." — Origin and Progress of the Poem. — Transmission of the MS. to Parken. — Enlarge- ment of the Design recommended and adopted. — Opinions of various Friends. — Poetical Fiction. — Letter from Southey to Montgomery. — Robert Montgomery. — Edi- torship and Character of the "Eclectic Review." — Criti- cism anticipated. — Religious and Benevolent Institutions. — Montgomery's growing Interest in them. — Bible So- ciety. — Aged Females. — Influence of personal Religion on official Duty. — Letter from Walter Scott. — To William Roseoe. — The "Valentine Wreath." — Birthday Verses. — The Comet. — Letter to Robert Montgomery. Complimentary Lines to Montgomery - 290 CHAP. XXXVIII. 1812. Letter from Southey. — From Roseoe and Montgomery. Provincial Disturbances. — Editorial Responsibilities. — Political Spies. — Rioting in Sheffield. — Montgomery in a Mob. — Letter from Southey. — Ignatius Montgomery and his Family. — The Poet in the Metropolis. — May Meetings. — Lectures by Campbell and Coleridge. — Miss Benger. — Conversation. — Exhibition of the Royal Aca- demy. — Chantrey. — "Ode on Education."— The "Medi- terranean." — Sonnet from Petrarch - - - 319 vi 11 CONTENTS. CHAP. XXXIX. 1812. Page Letters to Parken. — His Death and Character — Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Montgomery. — Letter to Aston. — Montgomery's Visit to Buxton. — The "Peak Moun- tains." —Letter to the Rev. Ignatius Montgomery. — Let- ter from Southey. — Lord Milton at Sheffield. — Letter to Aston - - - - - - - 343 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. CHAPTER XXIII. 1800—1801. STATE OF ENGLISH POETRY AT THE CLOSE OF TIIE EIGHTEENTH CEN- TURY MONTGOMERY WRITES AN ADDRESS FOR TnE THEATRE. MRS. SIDDONS. NEW FEATURE OF THE " IRIS." SERIES OF PARA- GRAPHS ON TIIE AFFAIRS OF SWITZERLAND. EPITAPH " ON EDWIN AND EMMA," AND " ON A YOUTH." THE " SUFFERING PEASANT," BY IGNATIUS MONTGOMERY. LOCAL DISTRESS. A "FRAGMENT." The last year of the eighteenth century devolved upon political journalists the painful duty of describing, and upon government and benevolent individuals the more important obligation of mitigating, the evils of a general scarcity of food. The popular apprehension of famine, however, did not quench the poetical ardour of Mont- gomery and others, who were destined to adorn that golden age of verse which extended through the en- suing thirty years, and had already more than dawned — indeed, two of the bards, who specially distinguished it, Rogers and Campbell, had already published their masterpieces of song. But while the sober sweetness VOL. II. B ' 2 MEMOIRS OF JAMES MONTGOMERY. of the " Pleasures of Memory," and the animating charm of the " Pleasures of Hope," were a delightful prelude to that improved style which the tender but unaffected genius of Cowper
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