St. David's. Retires in Disgust. His Influence at Court. His Appearance at Rome. The Mediæval Man of Letters. Topographia Hiberniæ. His Lite- rary Ability. Giraldus and the Irish. Unfairly criticised. Self Portraiture. His Opinion of him- self. Wales in the Thirteenth Century. His true Motives. Refuses several Bishoprics. His Influence Retires from Court. His Essays. Representative of the Renaissance. His Coarseness. His Frankness. His gious Liberty. Goes to New England. Settles at Salem. Suffers Persecution. Flies to the Indians. Settles in Rhode Island. Obtains a Charter. Co- lonial Differences. Chosen President of the Colony. His Literary Productions. His Character. His Tolerance. His Claim upon our Regard . . 164 His Character misrepresented. His Sincerity. His Sus- ceptibility. Reception in London. Scandals. His Relations with Women. His Wife and Daughter. His Grossness. How derived. Uncle Toby. Con- His Power and Fame. His View of the Literary Calling. His Pride. Was no Humourist. His Personal Cha- racter. Magnanimity. In Society. His Relations 1 Home and Foreign Travel. The Picturesque. Rage for Historical Relics. Origin of the Sentiment. Its Effects. Its Influence on Art. Decay a Type of ITERATURE is a term which has, like many others, been wrested from its original meaning. At one time it was supposed to have something to do with learning ; but step by step it has been degraded, till at length it has become synonymous with writing; and now every person, who describes current events or reports another's speech, or gives us his opinion about a book or a picture or a poem, claims to be a man of letters. Just as the taking a shilling from a person in a red coat makes a soldier of Hodge, so, it seems, does the printing of his opinions make a man free of the republic of letters. From the moment when his production appears in a book or periodical publica a a a B |
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