The death of the Poet's wife appears, from a note appended to a subsequent edition of the whole poem, to be considered by himself as closing his career as a poet, since he thus expresses himself:-"The plan of 'The Angel in the House,' as it was schemed more than fourteen years ago, included a final section on the subject of the hope which remains for individual love in death. It is well, perhaps, for the interest of poetry in this great and hitherto unapproached theme, that my weak voice has been hushed. I no longer have at every step the needful encouragement of an approval which was all that my heart valued of fame. I can no longer feel that lively pleasure in the perfection of verbal expression for its own sake, without which such perfection cannot be attained; nor have I the aid of a criticism to which, I am bound to confess, now that the critic does not forbid the confession, that every page of the foregoing work is more or less indebted for such truth or grace as it may have."

In the intervals of leisure remaining to him after the discharge of his official duties as one of the Librarians of the British Muscum, and the composition of his principal work, Mr. Patmore has contributed numerous articles to the Edinburgh,' North British,' 'National,' and 'Saturday' Reviews. These articles almost exclusively relate to art, especially to architecture, a branch of the fine arts to which he has given considerable study.

Mr. Patmore has also published a volume of poetry selected for children, entitled 'The Children's Garland.'

After remaining a widower for some years, Mr. Patmore married a second time, and, having resigned his post in the Museum, he now resides at Buxted Hall, a property which he has purchased near Uckfield, on the borders of Sussex.