MEMOIRS

OF

THE LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

JAMES MONTGOMERY,

INCLUDING

SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE, REMAINS IN PROSE AND VERSE, AND CONVERSATIONS ON VARIOUS

SUBJECTS.

BY

JOHN HOLLAND AND JAMES EVERETT.

VOL. VI.

"There is a living spirit in the lyre,

A breath of music and a soul of fire;
It speaks a language to the world unknown;
It speaks that language to the bard alone."

World before the Flood.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

HARVARD COLLEGE

AUG 25 1922
LIBRARY

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LONDON:
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER LXXXV.

1841.

Appeal on behalf of Greenlanders.

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—Letter to Samuel Roberts.- Conversation.-Puseyism.

Lord's Supper among the Moravians. Jubilee of

Rev. William Jay. - Letter to George Bennet. — Reli-

gious People and Slavery.-Parson's Gown on the Stage.

- Sir Arnold Knight. Philosophical Society. - Mr.

Everett at the Mount. Conversation. - Easter Mon-

day and the Sweeps.- Death of Rev. Ignatius Montgo-

mery.Letter to George Bennet.- Thomson's Seasons.

-Epitaph. Montgomery sits for a Bust.- Chantrey.

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CHAP. LXXXVI.

1841.

Montgomery accompanies Rev. P. Latrobe to Scotland.

Public Meetings at Glasgow in behalf of Moravian Mis-

- Paisley and Greenock.

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mentary Breakfast to the Poet at Glasgow. Speeches.

Scenes and Incidents.. Montgomery re-

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Irvine.

ceives the Freedom of his Native Burgh.—Ayr.-Ladies

at Public Meeting. - Burns. Kilmarnock.- Loch Lo-

mond and Stirling. - Edinburgh. - Public Meetings. -

Addresses. Hawthornden

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Scottish Description of Montgomery's Personal Appearance.

- Deputation Returns to England. - Illidge's Portrait

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of Montgomery. Letters to and from Dr. Huie.

Seventieth Anniversary of his Birthday. Letter to

George Bennet.-Centenary Celebration of the Moravian

Missionary Society. Sudden Death of Mr. Bennet.

Lectures at Birmingham. - Letter to Mr. Holland. - To

Dr. Huie

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CHAP. LXXXVIII.

1842.

Robbery at the Mount.

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Perfidy of a Servant. Henry

Vaugham. Christening of the Prince of Wales.

Swain's Poem on "The Mind.". Conversation. — The

"Lost Church.". Conversation. — Animal Magnetism.

- Income-Tax. - Memento of the Poet to the Town of

Irvine. Letter to Bailie Dick. to Miss Gales. — Ro-

bert's "Jews and Gypsies." - Monument and Testimony

of Mr. Bennet. -Essay on Milton. - The Poor and the

Corn-Law. Letter to William Leach.

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Filtering

¡Old Poetry

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Slaves held by Missionaries at the Island of St Thomas.

Montgomery's Counsel and Protest.· Knibb the Baptist

Missionary. Montgomery accompanies Mr. La Trobe on

a Missionary Tour to Ireland. - Public Breakfast to the

Deputation in Dublin. — Meetings at Belfast. — Address

to the Poet in Verse.- Speeches. Gracehill. Letter

Failure of Parker, Shore, and Co.'s Bank.

Addresses a Public Meeting on the Subject. — Reading