. . . If you see Trench's new Book about Calderon {308c} you will see he
has dealt very handsomely with me. He does not approve the Principle I
went on; and what has he made of his own! I say this with every reason,
as you will see, to praise him for his good word. He seems to me wrong
about his 'asonantes,' which were much better _un_-assonanted as Cowell
did his Specimens. {309} With Trench the Language has to be forced to
secure the shadow of a Rhyme which is no pleasure to the Ear. So it
seems to me on a hasty Look.
* * * * *
Mr. Cowell was appointed Professor of History at the Presidency College,
Calcutta, in 1856, and went out to India by the Cape in August, greatly
to FitzGerald's regret. 'Your talk of going to India,' he wrote, 'makes
my Heart hang really heavy at my side.'
_To E. B. Cowell_.
31 GT PORTLAND ST. LONDON.
_Jan._ 22/57.