CHAPTER I.

THE REAL SHELLEY.

VOL. I.

THE REAL SHELLEY.

NEW VIEWS OF THE POET'S LIFE.

BY JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON,

AUTHOR OF 'THE REAL LORD BYRON,'

'A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS,'

'A BOOK ABOUT LAWYERS,' &c. &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,

13 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1885.

_All Rights reserved._

LONDON:

PRINTED BY STRANGEWAYS AND SONS,

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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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CHAPTER I.

THE SHELLEY OF ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHY 1

Creators of The Romantic Shelley--Clint's Fanciful

Composition--The Poet's Personal Appearance--His Little

Turn-up Nose--His Ancestral Quality--Sussexisms of his Speech

and Poetry--His Phenomenal Untruthfulness--His Temperance and

Intemperance--A Victim of Domestic Persecution--Was _The

Necessity of Atheism_ a mere Squib?--Lord Eldon's Decree--The

Slaughter of Reputations--The Poet's Character--His Treatment

of his familiar Friend--Biographic Fictions--Extravagances of

Shelleyan Enthusiasm.