ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

A MEMOIR

BY HIS SON

I have lived my life, and that which I have done
May He within Himself make pure!

VOLUME I|

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1898

All rights reserved

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. THE "ENOCH ARDEN VOLUME, WITH NOTES BY MY

FATHER, 1864

II. MY MOTHER'S JOURNAL AND MY FATHER'S LETTER-

III. TOUR IN SWITZERLAND, 1869; ALSO SOME OPINIONS ON

POETRY

IV. "THE HOLY GRAIL," 1869, AND MY MOTHER'S JOURNAL,

1870-1872.

V. "THE IDYLLS OF THE KING," AND "BALIN AND BALAN".

VI. MY MOTHER'S JOURNAL, AND LETTERS, 1873-74

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66

89

121

IX. REMINISCENCES BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. E. H.

XI. DEATH OF CHARLES (TENNYSON) TURNER. "THE FAL-

CON." VENICE. 1879-80 .

XII. BALLADS AND POEMS. MY FATHER'S NOTIS. "THE

CUP." 1880

249

XIII. SPEDDING'S DEATH. "THE PROMISE OF MAY."

GLAD-

STONE. 1881-1883

261

XIV. VOYAGE ON THE "PEMBROKE CASTLE," SEPT.

1883.

TALK ON POETS AND POETRY

278

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CHAPTER

PAGE

XV. PEERAGE. EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE. 1883-84 294

XVIII. SOCIETY, POLITICS, CRUISE IN THE "STELLA." 1887-88 335

XIX. MY FATHER'S ILLNESS, 1888: AND CRUISE IN THE

66

XX. DEMETER AND OTHER POEMS." NOTES BY MY FATHER.

TENNYSON, BY THE LATE EARL OF SELBORNE, 1893

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS

BY THE LATE MASTER OF

A GLIMPSE OF FARRINGFORD, 1858; AND THE ANCIENT

66

LETTER FROM FREDERIC W. H. MYERS

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS BY F. T. PALGRAVE (INCLUD-

ING SOME CRITICISMS BY TENNYSON), 1849-1892

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TENNYSON, BY THE DUKE

OF ARGYLL

481

484

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX

INDEX.

513