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[To the Editor of the Spectator]
Sir
There are certain errors or perversions of fact which are apparently as hard to kill as it is easy to show that they ought to die. In the Spectator of today I meet for the hundredth time-with a reference to 'Steele's beautiful eulogium on Lady Elizabeth Hastings.' It is as certain as any fact in literary history can well be, that this most exquisite tribute ever paid to the memory of a noble woman is no more Steele's than it is yours or mine. The character of 'Aspasia' in the 42nd number of the Tatler was written by Congreve. But ever since Leigh Hunt 'could not help thinking that the generous & trusting hand of Steele was very visible throughout this portrait' it has been assumed, with a placid
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | A.C. Swinburne letter to the editor of the Spectator, March 22, 1884 |
| Creator |
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 |
| Date Original | 1884-03-22 |
| Description | Concerning a reference in the day's Spectator to "Steele's 'eulogium on Lady Elizabeth Hastings,...To love her was a liberal education' which he insists was written by Congreve; Leigh Hunt's belief was that the author was Steele. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 Congreve, William, 1670-1729 |
| Chronological Subject |
1880-1890 |
| Type (DCMIType) |
Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence |
| Type (IMT) |
jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection |
Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html |
| Location | bound MsL S97 leaf 1 |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department. |
| Contact Information | Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Height (cm) | 17.9 |
| Width (cm) | 11.1 |
| Number of Pages | 2 + 2 blank |
| Number of Sheets of Paper | 1 |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available. |
| Date Digital | 2008-12-03 |
| Transcript | [To the Editor of the Spectator] Sir There are certain errors or perversions of fact which are apparently as hard to kill as it is easy to show that they ought to die. In the Spectator of today I meet for the hundredth time-with a reference to 'Steeles beautiful eulogium on Lady Elizabeth Hastings.' It is as certain as any fact in literary history can well be, that this most exquisite tribute ever paid to the memory of a noble woman is no more Steele's than it is yours or mine. The character of 'Aspasia' in the 42nd number of the Tatler was written by Congreve. But ever since Leigh Hunt 'could not help thinking that the generous & trusting hand of Steele was very visible throughout this portrait' it has been assumed, with a placid perversity which bids defiance to unacceptable fact, that the sentimental debauchee known to modern sympathies as 'dear Dick Steele' must be credited with the authorship of an immortal phrase which is considered by his admirers too beautiful to be property of a cynical worldling whose name has never been exposed to the posthumous homage of such tender & touching familiarities. So convincing an argument is hardly to be overthrown by mere prosaic evidence: yet the fact remains unalterable by the verdict of all the sentimental journalists in 'Letterland,' that it was not the author of 'The Conscious Lovers,' but the author of 'The Way of the World', who said of a good woman that 'to love her was a liberal education.' I remain your obedient servant A C Swinburne March 22. 84. |
| Transcript By |
Brewer, Luther |
| Transcript Location | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
Description
| Title | Page1 |
| Relation - Is Part Of | A.C. Swinburne letter to the editor of the Spectator, Mar. 22, 1884 |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| File Name | s97-1_Page1.jpg |
| Transcript | [To the Editor of the Spectator] Sir There are certain errors or perversions of fact which are apparently as hard to kill as it is easy to show that they ought to die. In the Spectator of today I meet for the hundredth time-with a reference to 'Steeles beautiful eulogium on Lady Elizabeth Hastings.' It is as certain as any fact in literary history can well be, that this most exquisite tribute ever paid to the memory of a noble woman is no more Steele's than it is yours or mine. The character of 'Aspasia' in the 42nd number of the Tatler was written by Congreve. But ever since Leigh Hunt 'could not help thinking that the generous & trusting hand of Steele was very visible throughout this portrait' it has been assumed, with a placid |
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