The Life of George Borrow [226]
A. Egmont Hake in Athenaeum, 13th Aug. 1881.
{374a} There is something inexplicable about these dates. On 6th November Borrow agrees to alter a passage that in the 14th of the previous July he refers to as already amended.
{375a} Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences, The Globe, 21st July 1896.
{376a} Mr A. Egmont Hake in Athenaeum, 13th Aug. 1881.
{376b} The Gypsies of Spain, page 287.
{376c} "His sympathies were confined to the gypsies. Where he came they followed. Where he settled, there they pitched their greasy and horribly smelling camps. It pleased him to be called their King. He was their Bard also, and wrote songs for them in that language of theirs which he professed to consider not only the first, but the finest of the human modes of speech. He liked to stretch himself large and loose-limbed before the wood fires of their encampment and watch their graceful movements among the tents" (Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences, Globe, 21st July 1896).
{376d} This was said in the presence of Mr F. G. Bowring, son of Dr Bowring.
{378a} Mr F. J. Bowring writes: "I was myself present at Borrow's last call, when he came to take tea AS USUAL, and not a word of the kind [as given in the Appendix], was delivered."
{378b} There is no record of any correspondence with Borrow among the Museum Archives. Dr F. G. Kenyon, C.B., to whom I am indebted for this information, suggests that the communications may have been verbal.
{379a} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{380a} Annals of the Harford Family. Privately printed, 1909. Mr Theodore Watts-Dunton, in the Athenaeum, 25th March 1899, has been successful in giving a convincing picture of Borrow: "As to his countenance," he writes, "'noble' is the only word that can be used to describe it. The silvery whiteness of the thick crop of hair seemed to add in a remarkable way to the beauty of the hairless face, but also it gave a strangeness to it, and this strangeness was intensified by a certain incongruity between the features (perfect Roman-Greek in type), and the Scandinavian complexion, luminous and sometimes rosy as an English girl's. An increased intensity was lent by the fair skin to the dark lustre of the eyes. What struck the observer, therefore, was not the beauty but the strangeness of the man's appearance."
{380b} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{381a} E[lizabeth] H[arvey] in The Eastern Daily Press, 1st Oct. 1892.
{381b} The story is narrated by Dr Augustus Jessopp in the Athenaeum, 8th July 1893.
{381c} Wild Wales, page 487.
{381d} Wild Wales, page 36 et seq.
{382a} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{383a} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{383b} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{384a} George Borrow in East Anglia. W. A. Dutt.
{384b} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{385a} William Bodham Donne and His Friends. By Catherine B. Johnson.
{385b} William Whewell (1794-1866), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1848-66; Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1843-56; secured in 1847 the election of the Prince Consort as Chancellor; enlarged the buildings of Trinity College and founded professorship and scholarships for international law. Published and edited many works on natural and mathematical science, philosophy, theology and sermons.
{386a} Mr John Murray in Good Words.
{390a} To John Murray; the letter is in Mrs Borrow's hand but drafted by Borrow himself, 29th Jan. 1855.
{391a} 16th April 1845.
{391b} See post.
{393a} The Romany Rye, page 338.
{393b} Life of Frances Power Cable, by herself.
{393c} Borrow goes on to an anti-climax when he states that he believes him [Scott] to have been by far the greatest [poet], with perhaps the exception of Mickiewicz, who only wrote for unfortunate Poland, that Europe has given birth to during the last hundred years."
{393d} The Romany Rye, pages 344-5.
{393e} Romano
{374a} There is something inexplicable about these dates. On 6th November Borrow agrees to alter a passage that in the 14th of the previous July he refers to as already amended.
{375a} Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences, The Globe, 21st July 1896.
{376a} Mr A. Egmont Hake in Athenaeum, 13th Aug. 1881.
{376b} The Gypsies of Spain, page 287.
{376c} "His sympathies were confined to the gypsies. Where he came they followed. Where he settled, there they pitched their greasy and horribly smelling camps. It pleased him to be called their King. He was their Bard also, and wrote songs for them in that language of theirs which he professed to consider not only the first, but the finest of the human modes of speech. He liked to stretch himself large and loose-limbed before the wood fires of their encampment and watch their graceful movements among the tents" (Vestiges of Borrow: Some Personal Reminiscences, Globe, 21st July 1896).
{376d} This was said in the presence of Mr F. G. Bowring, son of Dr Bowring.
{378a} Mr F. J. Bowring writes: "I was myself present at Borrow's last call, when he came to take tea AS USUAL, and not a word of the kind [as given in the Appendix], was delivered."
{378b} There is no record of any correspondence with Borrow among the Museum Archives. Dr F. G. Kenyon, C.B., to whom I am indebted for this information, suggests that the communications may have been verbal.
{379a} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{380a} Annals of the Harford Family. Privately printed, 1909. Mr Theodore Watts-Dunton, in the Athenaeum, 25th March 1899, has been successful in giving a convincing picture of Borrow: "As to his countenance," he writes, "'noble' is the only word that can be used to describe it. The silvery whiteness of the thick crop of hair seemed to add in a remarkable way to the beauty of the hairless face, but also it gave a strangeness to it, and this strangeness was intensified by a certain incongruity between the features (perfect Roman-Greek in type), and the Scandinavian complexion, luminous and sometimes rosy as an English girl's. An increased intensity was lent by the fair skin to the dark lustre of the eyes. What struck the observer, therefore, was not the beauty but the strangeness of the man's appearance."
{380b} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{381a} E[lizabeth] H[arvey] in The Eastern Daily Press, 1st Oct. 1892.
{381b} The story is narrated by Dr Augustus Jessopp in the Athenaeum, 8th July 1893.
{381c} Wild Wales, page 487.
{381d} Wild Wales, page 36 et seq.
{382a} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{383a} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{383b} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{384a} George Borrow in East Anglia. W. A. Dutt.
{384b} Memoirs of Eighty Years. By Dr Gordon Hake, 1892.
{385a} William Bodham Donne and His Friends. By Catherine B. Johnson.
{385b} William Whewell (1794-1866), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1848-66; Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1843-56; secured in 1847 the election of the Prince Consort as Chancellor; enlarged the buildings of Trinity College and founded professorship and scholarships for international law. Published and edited many works on natural and mathematical science, philosophy, theology and sermons.
{386a} Mr John Murray in Good Words.
{390a} To John Murray; the letter is in Mrs Borrow's hand but drafted by Borrow himself, 29th Jan. 1855.
{391a} 16th April 1845.
{391b} See post.
{393a} The Romany Rye, page 338.
{393b} Life of Frances Power Cable, by herself.
{393c} Borrow goes on to an anti-climax when he states that he believes him [Scott] to have been by far the greatest [poet], with perhaps the exception of Mickiewicz, who only wrote for unfortunate Poland, that Europe has given birth to during the last hundred years."
{393d} The Romany Rye, pages 344-5.
{393e} Romano