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Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness
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Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
Chapter XI.
Chapter XII.
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THE


LITERARY LIFE


OF


THE REV. WILLIAM HARNESS.

VICAR OF ALL SAINTS, KNIGHTSBR1DGE,
AND PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL’S.




BY

THE REV. A. G. L’ESTRANGE.




IN ONE VOLUME.






LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
13, GREAT MABLBOROUGH STREET.
1871.

The Right of Translation is reserved.
 
CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD.—EARLY FRIENDSHIP WITH MARY RUSSELL MITFORD.—SCHOOL DAYS AT HARROW.—BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH LORD BYRON.—INTERRUPTION AND RENEWAL, OF THEIR INTIMACY.—VISIT TO NEWSTEAD.—LIFE AT CAMBRIDGE.—REFINING INFLUENCE OF LITERATURE AND SOCIETY.—LETTER FROM DR. BLAND 1

CHAPTER II.

MR. HARNESS ENTERS THE MINISTRY.—HIS HAPPINESS IN A COUNTRY PARISH.—DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN LORD AND LADY BYRON.—BYRON’S ECCENTRICITY.—INJURIOUS CHARACTER OF HIS LATER WORKS.—MR. HARNESS APPOINTED BOYLE LECTURER 19

CHAPTER III.

SHAKESPEARE.—RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE DRAMA.—THE ELIZABETHAN AGE.—MR. HARNESS VISITS STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.—EDITS SHAKESPEARE.—HIS CHARACTER OF THE POET.—CONTEMPORARY STANDARD OF MORALITY.—EARLY THEATRES.—CRITIQUE ON “THE TEMPEST.” THE KEMBLES IN AMERICA 40

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CHAPTER IV.

CHARADES BY MR. HARNESS AND MISS MITFORD.—MAGAZINE ARTICLES.—EDITION OF MASSINGER COMMENCED.—DRAMATIC POEMS.—MEMORIALS OF CATHERINE FANSHAWE 75

CHAPTER V.

PARISH DUTIES.—SUCCESS IN THE PULPIT.—STYLE AND DELIVERY.—ATTACHMENT TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—CAUSES OF RITUALISM.—UNIMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS.—DUTIES OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN.—OF MASTERS AND SERVANTS.—SKETCH OF OLD ENGLISH PATRIARCHAL LIFE—PSALMODY 106

CHAPTER VI.

ADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.—FRIENDSHIPS WITH REMARKABLE MEN.—KINDNESS OF LORD LANSDOWNE.—CRABBE.—SCOTT.—COLERIDGE.—JOANNA BAILLIE.—MISS MARTINEAU 132

CHAPTER VII.

ANECDOTES CONTINUED.—SHERIDAN.—ROGERS.—MRS. GORE.—AMERICAN FRIENDS.—THEODORE HOOK.—LYDIA WHITE.—VISIT TO IRELAND.—REMARKABLE DREAM.—MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES.—CHRISTMAS STORIES 151

CHAPTER VIII.

POLITICS.—BENEFITS OF SETTLED GOVERNMENT TO RICH AND POOR.—POLITICAL ALLUSIONS UNSUITABLE IN THE PULPIT.—NECESSARY EXCEPTIONS.—CONDUCT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN INDIA.—ABSENCE OF RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE IN THE COUNCILS OF THE NATION.—STATE AID.—REFINEMENT NOT NECESSARILY CONDUCIVE TO MORALITY.—OBJECTIONS TO UNSECTARIAN EDUCATION 181

CONTENTS. ix

CHAPTER IX. THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT—VISITING ASSOCIATION.—EVIL RESULTS OF INJUDICIOUS CHARITY 205

CHAPTER X.

BUILDING OF ALL SAINTS’, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.—CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MR. HARNESS AND MISS MITFORD.—TOKEN OF ESTEEM.—HER LAST LETTERS AND DEATH.—COMMENCEMENT OF THE “LIFE Of MARY RUSSELL MITFORD.”—DIFFICULTIES.—PROGRESS OF THE WORK.—INTIMACY WITH MR. DYCE 237

CHAPTER XI.

LETTERS FROM MR. HARNESS, FOR 1866, DURING THE PREPARATION OF “THE LIFE OF MARY RUSSELL MITFORD” 254

CHAPTER XII.

CONTINUATION OF LETTERS FROM MR. HARNESS FOR 1867-68-69.—OUR LAST INTERVIEW.—HIS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH 287

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