[231] _Works of Shelley_, VIII, p. 3; March 22, 1818.

[232] _Works of Shelley_, VIII, p. 141; November 13, 1819.

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[233] Professor Masson says that one of Shelley's first acts was to offer Hunt £100. It is probable he refers to the occasion already discussed. (_Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats and Other Essays_, p. 112.)

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[234] Dowden, _Life of Shelley_, II, p. 61.

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[235] Nicoll and Wise, _Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century_, p. 331; December 8, 1816.

[238] Hunt, _Correspondence_, I, p. 146; September 12, 1819.

[239] Hunt, _Autobiography_, II, p. 36; _Correspondence_, I, p. 126.

[240] Medwin, _Life of Shelley_, II, p. 137.

[241] Mitford, _Life_, I, p. 280. Jeaffreson, _The Real Shelley_, II, p. 357.

[242] Nicoll and Wise, _Literary Anecdotes_, p. 348; April 5, 1820. He assumed the debt for Hunt's piano as naturally as he did for his own. Prof. Dowden says that John Hunt expected Shelley to become responsible for all of his brother's debts. (_Life of Shelley_, II, p. 458.)

[243] Hunt, _Correspondence_, I, p. 158; November 11, 1820.

[244] Nicoll and Wise, _Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century_, p. 342.

[246] Dowden, _Life of Shelley_, II, p. 456; also _Works of Shelley_, VIII, p. 252.

[247] (_a_) Nicoll and Wise, _Literary Anecdotes_, pp. 352, 356. (_b_) Byron, _Letters and Journals_, VI, p. 11.

[248] Dowden, _Life of Shelley_, II, p. 489.

[249] Hunt, _Autobiography_, II, pp. 36-37. In August, 1819, Hunt importunes Shelley to give no thought to his affairs (_Correspondence_, I, p. 136). Hunt wrote Mary Shelley on September 7, 1821: "Pray thank Shelley or rather do not, for that kind part of his offer relating to the expenses. I find I have omitted it; but the instinct that led me to do so is more honorable to him than thanks." (_Correspondence_, I, p. 171.)

[250] Jeaffreson, _The Real Shelley_, II, p. 355.

[251] W. M. Rossetti, _Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley_, I, p. 75.

[253] Kent, _Leigh Hunt as Poet and Essayist_, p. 28.

[255] _Atlantic Monthly_, February, 1863.

[256] _Works of Shelley_, VIII, p. 283. June 19, 1822.

[257] Built by Michaelangelo and situated on the Arno.

[259] Brandes attributes the inscription to Mary Shelley. (_Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature_, IV, p. 208.)