༑་ ADVERTISEMENT. THE reader will consider the first Poem in this volume ("The Flood of Thessaly ") as a sketch only of the great event which desolated the earlier world. Having abandoned my original intention of publishing a more elaborate Poem on this subject, I am only induced to mention the fact here, in order to account for the chasms which occur, in one or two instances, in the present production.—All reference to the Mosaic account of the Deluge has been purposely avoided. March, 1823. Barrylorinwall" less widely known as MuBryan waller Procter, is the most prominent nann in this with ouituary. This Poet of a great French pure &intelligibh skhool was bom 8.5 years ass, at the breaking out of the Revolution, which is still un progress. (nt 2 5 1.300.10 Oct 1874) Barry fornwall has griem urentainty to his real name Procter or Proctor. names haver bem put to er вит Indeed his combined. confusion. The The daily for pers have called thing. Procter: avun of the wukhus, Proctor. Public Opinion zjistered him as Wallace Procter. Look for min in Vapereau, & you find the first nurme conontut into Byrad! In the Lunes it is reanded that porn "Bryan Wallu Daveter" be made the Anagram. "Peter Barry may Cornwall" but M Procter men called Minsuf Petu. In "My. Wallu Prodir" the cuttion of Mirandola himself found "Barry Cornwall, Pact" but with a su puflions letter that could not be word. an In Favourite English Poems Poets (Low 1870) there is "The Amply story" by Adelaide Aune Proeter (Harry Conwell', daughter) bat in the Index the lady's name is spelled Proctor : Is the pufatory uemark, to his Memoir of Charly Lesbe the auther signs his name "My an Waller Procter" the name is pelt in all the books of London address. The most satisfacting solution might puchess, be found in the poet's autopiph signatiores, unless, indeed, he were like the late Miss O' heil, the actress (Lady Beecher) who spelt her Irish namme in all the variety of which it is rusaptible. (Mt 25ter. i. 319 170 et 1874) are a MSR. I Mayer write "you night in saying solection of the doubt is to be found in the synation, to his seller shave 30 a 40 letter of his, dating from 1818 to 1869 Deanch one is segund. B. W. Procter - neun with his chisten name in full. It way very careful in writing his name Knowing that no context could give ader to it; Huttuly, when his genual writing was very feeble, he took great pain to make his déquation distinct, & always wrote it in the left hand lower |