The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 - A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

LAST DAYS OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. MY ANNUAL. WERE THEY CRICKETS? MADAM WALDOBOROUGH'S CARRIAGE. PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS. SAINTE-BEUVE. DE SPIRIDIONE EPISCOPO. A STRUGGLE FOR SHELTER. DOCTOR JOHNS. KILLED AT THE FORD THE LATE INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA. THE CHIMNEY-CORNER FOR 1866. THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS. GRIFFITH GAUNT; OR, JEALOUSY. REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES. When, in October, 1864, the European steamer brought us the intelligence of Walter Savage Landor's death, which occurred the month previous at Florence, newspaper readers asked, "Who is Landor?" The few who remember him remotely through the medium of Mr. Hillard's selections from his writings exclaimed, "What! Did he not die long ago?" The half-dozen Americans really familiar with this author knew that the fire of a genius unequalled in its way had gone out. Two or three, who were acquainted with the man even better than with his books, sighed, and thanked God! They thanked God that the old man's prayer had at last been answered, and that the curtain had been drawn on a life which in reality terminated ten years before, when old age became more than ripe. But Landor's walk into the dark valley was slow and majestic. Death fought long and desperately before he could claim his victim; and it was not until the last three years that body and mind grew thoroughly apathetic. "I have lost my intellect," said Landor, nearly two years ago: "for this I care not; but alas! I have lost my teeth and cannot eat!" Was it not time for him to go? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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