ALBUMVERSES

albumverses

page46.inthealbumofaclergyman'slady.

thisladywasprobablymrs.williams,offornham,insuffolk,inwhosehouselamb'sadopteddaughter,emmaisola,livedasagovernessin1829-1830.theepitaphonpage65andtheacrosticonpage107werewrittenforthesamelady.

page46.intheautographbookofmrs.sergeantw——.

mrs.sergeantwilde,néewileman,wasthefirstwifeofthomaswilde,

afterwardslordtruro(1782-1855),forwhoseelectionatnewarkin1831

lambissaidtohavewrittenfacetiousverses(seemylargeedition).

thewildeswerelamb'sneighboursatenfield.

page47.inthealbumoflucybarton.

theselinesweresentbylambtolucybarton'sfather,bernardbarton,thequakerpoet,intheletterofseptember30,1824.lucybarton,whoafterwardsbecamethewifeofedwardfitzgerald,thetranslatorofomarkhayyam,liveduntilnovember27,1898.sheretainedherfacultiesalmosttotheend,andin1892kindlywroteoutformehermemoryofavisitpaidwithherfathertothelambsatcolebrookrowabout1825—alittlereminiscencefirstprintedinbernardbartonandhisfriends,1893.

page48.inthealbumofmiss——.

thispoemwasfirstprintedinblackwood'smagazine,may,1829,entitled"forayounglady'salbum."theidentityoftheyoungladyisnotnowdiscoverable:probablyaschoolfriendofemmaisola's.

page48.inthealbumofaveryyounglady.

josephawasadaughterofmrs.williams,offornham.

page49.inthealbumofafrenchteacher.

firstprintedinblackwood'smagazine,june,1829,entitled"forthe

albumof:miss——,frenchteacheratmrs.gisborn'sschool,enfield."

page49.inthealbumofmissdaubeny.

missdaubenywasaschoolfellowofemmaisola's,atdulwich.

page50.inthealbumofmrs.janetowers.

charlesclarke—inline7—wascharlescowdenclarke(1787-1877),afriendofthelambsnotonlyforhisownsake,butforthatofhiswife,maryvictorianovello,whomhemarriedin1828andwhodiedasrecentlyas1898.theirrecollectionsofwriters,1878,havemanyinterestingreminiscencesofcharlesandmarylamb.writingtocowdenclarkeonfebruary25,1828,lambsays:—"ihadapleasantletterfromyoursister,greatlyoveracknowledgingmypoorsonnet….alasforsonnetting,'tisasthenervesare;allthesummeriwasdawdlingamonggreenlanes,andversescameasthickasfancies.iamsunkwinterlybelowproseandzero."

mrs.towerslivedatstanderwick,insomersetshire,andwasfairlywellknowninherdayasawriterofbooksforchildren,thechildren'sfireside,etc.

page50.inmyownalbum.

thispoemwasfirstprintedinthebijou,1828,editedbywilliam

fraser,underthetitle"versesforanalbum."