Here the circumstances point to only one conclusion--that Tennyson was
living at Aldworth in the summer of 1867. It is a satisfaction to get down
to a solid substratum of truth.
[43]
Johnson's _Cyclopedia_, Vol. VII., p. 755.
Appleton's _Cyclopedia_, Vol. XV., p. 652.
Meyer's _Kon-Lex._, vol. XV., p. 589.
Hart's _Manual of English Literature_, p. 509.
Jenkins' _Handbook of British and American Literature_, p. 401.
[44] _London Times_, March 12, 1884. An item in the _Chicago Herald_,
April 5, 1892, refers to Tennyson as "Baron d'Eyncourt." Thus he is called
in _Lives of English Authors_ (1890). His title is given as "baron
Tennyson d'Eyncourt d'Aldworth," by Larousse (_Dictionnaire Universel_,
2d. Supplement, p. 1914); and as "Baron Tennyson von Altworth," by
Brockhaus (_Con-Lex._, vol. xv., p. 559), and by Meyer (_Kon-Lex._, vol.
xv., p. 589). The _Illustrirtes Kon-Lex._ says he was offered a Baronetcy
in 1875. The _International Cyclopedia_ says he was made a baron in 1883,
as does Alden's _Cyc. of Univ. Lit._ and other compilations. From this
showing it would appear that French and German erudition is about on a par
with English and American.
[45] Mrs. Ritchie on "Alfred Tennyson," in _Harper's Magazine_ (Dec.,
1883), and Alice Maude Fenn on "The Borderlands of Surrey," in _The
Century_ (Aug., 1882).
[46] Of the numerous works of reference which give Somerby as the poet's
birthplace, are the following: Vapereau. _Dictionnaire des Contemporains_;
Larousse. _Dictionnaire Universel du XIXe Siecle_, 2e. Supplement; Schem.
_Conversations-Lexicon_; Meyer. _Conversations-Lexicon._ Brockhaus, etc.
[47] Selections from Tennyson's "Queen Mary."
[48] "The First Quarrel."